Southern California CIO Community


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Join a powerful network of peers

Connect with a local community of like-minded peers who share similar challenges and priorities. Access the collective expertise of CIOs from diverse experiences, backgrounds and industries. Members of the community come together several times a year to connect with each other, exchange ideas and experiences, and validate strategies and solutions.

Join your local community for exclusive access to:

Programs

Participate in year-round gatherings with your local peer group featuring unparalleled opportunities for collaboration, in-depth discussions and networking.

Insights

Exchange peer-validated strategies, solutions and partners, and access exclusive community insights to learn how other CIOs approach similar challenges.

Connections

Make new connections, enhance your career through an exclusive network, and build lasting relationships with peers.

Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CIOs today.

  1. Accelerating High Growth and Digitally-Driven Outcomes
  2. Thriving through Volatility - Empowering People, Resiliency and Insights
  3. Orchestrating Change - Influencing Culture and Creating Value

Southern California CIO Governing Body


A regional Governing Body leads the Southern California CIO community, shaping the topics and agendas for your local programs and ensuring that all content is driven by CIOs, for CIOs.

Co-Chairs

Glenn Coles

Yamaha Motor Corporation USA
VP & CIO

Matt Crouse

Taco Bell
CISO

Ginny Davis

Technicolor
SVP, CIO & CSO

James Davis

University of California - Los Angeles
Vice Provost IT & CTO, Manufacturing USA, Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute

Lara Divi

Dine Brands Global, Inc.
VP, CISO

Allen Fazio

Houlihan Lokey
CIO

Todd Friedman

ResMed
CISO

Chad Hamilton

Fremantle
VP, Technology

Michael Keithley

United Talent Agency
CIO

Arthur Lessard

Universal Music Group
SVP & CISO

Dan Meacham

Legendary
VP, Global Security and Corporate Operations, CISO

Theresa Miller

LionsGate Entertainment
CIO & EVP, IT

Greg Moore

KB Home
VP & CIO

Anthony Moses

Crossroads Equipment Lease and Finance
Chief Innovation Officer

Bryan Muehlberger

Vuori Clothing
Chief Information Officer

Emily O'Carroll

Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp.
Sr. Director, Global Information Security & IT Compliance

Thomas Phelps

Innovate UCLA
Executive Chair and Laserfiche CIO

David Tyburski

Wynn Resorts
Vice President, Chief Information Security Officer

Members

Sunil Agarwal

OSI Systems
CISO, VP Information Security and Risk Management

Jeffrey Aguilar

Los Angeles County, CA
CISO

Wasi Ahmed

Foundation Building Materials
CIO

James Alvarez

Aristocrat
CIO

Mary Ames

Zenith National Insurance
EVP, CIO

Louis Anumudu

Los Angeles Care Health Plan
Information Security Officer

Awwab Arif

Bank of Hope
SVP & CISO

Dawn Armstrong

Human Good
VP, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure

Bhupesh Arora

Magellan Midstream Partners
VP & CIO

Yev Avidon

The Kroger Co.
Director, Data Protection

Derrick Beard

STAAR Surgical
CIO

George Bedar

Fitness International, LLC
CIO

Steve Begalman

Boyd Gaming
Chief Information Security Officer

Andrew Bereczky

Automobile Club of Southern California
CISO

Alex Bermudez

Fisker Automotive, Inc.
Chief Information Security Officer

Jeff Blair

CAA
CISO

Jason Borinski

Dexcom
Director of Information Security

Stephen Brobst

Teradata
CTO

Carmella Cassetta

Hoag Hospital
CIO

Joseph Cevetello

City of Santa Monica, CA
CIO

Anthony Chogyoji

Riverside County
CISO

Jonathan Chow

Genesys
Chief Information Security Officer

Tammy Choy

Aerospace Corporation
VP & CIO

Nicholas Colisto

Avery Dennison
Vice President & Chief Information Officer

Quincey Collins

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
Chief Security Officer

Christopher Coye

Skechers
SVP, IT

Brett Cumming

Skechers
Sr. Director, Information Security Officer

Mike Cushing

Patagonia
Head of Global Information Security

Aaron DeSpain

Hoag Hospital
Chief Information Security Officer

Webb Deneys

Cardinal Financial Company
SVP, Information Technology, CISO

Amir Desai

Molina Healthcare
CIO

Pavan Desaneni

Yokohama Tire Corporation
CIO

Lea Eriksen

City of Long Beach
Director of Technology & Innovation / CIO

Dave Estlick

Chipotle Mexican Grill
Chief Information Security Officer

Robert Fell

Jazz Pharmaceuticals
CISO

Konrad Fellmann

Cubic Corporation
VP & CISO

Anson Fong

Los Angeles World Airports
CISO

Roberta French

WD-40 Company
Director of IT Operations and Security

Douglas Gaboya III

Yamaha Motor Corporation USA
Head of IT Security / CISO

Eddie Galang

Port of Long Beach
Chief Information Security Officer

Vipin Gautam

Paradigm
Deputy CISO

Greg Geary

DigitalBridge
VP IT

Nemi George

Pacific Dental Services
Vice President, Information Security Officer

Sven Gerjets

Mattel
EVP & CTO

Josh Goode

SCAN Health Plan
SVP/CIO

Ben Gordon

Sempra Energy
Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer and Chief Digital Officer

Leslie Grau

Dun & Bradstreet
SVP, IT

Kevin Gray

City of Burbank
CIO

Jim Green

Los Angeles County Probation Department
CIO

Jason Grovert

Irvine Company
Chief Information Officer

Raj Gupta

Pacific Life Insurance
BISO

Dylan Hack

Smile Brands Group
Vice President, Security.

Mark Hagan

AMN Healthcare Services
CIO

Rosalia Hajek

MGM Resorts International
Business Information Security Officer

Alex Hall

International Vitamin Corporation
Senior Director, Information Security (CISO)

Christopher Hall

Pacific Life Insurance
CISO

Kelly Hamilton

Sony Pictures Entertainment
CIO

George Hanna

Los Angeles Clippers
Chief Technology and Digital Officer

Todd Inlander

Southern California Edison Company
Sr. Vice President & CIO

Guilda Javaheri

Golden State Foods
CTO

Satya Jayadev

Skyworks
Vice President & Chief Information Officer

Chris Joerg

Radiology Partners
CISO

Brandon Johnson

Korn Ferry
SVP, Chief Information Officer

Mary Joseph

Harman International Industries
Divisional CIO, VP, Digital Leadership, Lifestyle Audio Division

Rajendra Kadam

Liberty Dental Plan
CIO

Sunil Kanchi

UST
Chief Information Officer and Chief Investment Officer

Ghalib Kassam

LA Times
Chief Information Officer

Kevin Kealy

Light & Wonder
CISO

Shawn Kelly

University of California
Lead Information Security & Risk Analyst

Manish Khadiya

DIRECTV
Head of Enterprise Architecture & Strategy

George Khalil

City of Riverside, CA
Chief Innovation Officer

Clemens Koegler

Red Bull Distribution Company
VP, Information Technology & Chief Information Officer

Tom Lamog

Gibson Dunn
CISO

Gary Landau

Unisys
vCISO

Phillip Leclair

City of Pasadena, CA
CIO

Tim Lee

City of Los Angeles, CA
CISO

Joe Leggio

National Veterinary Associates
Chief Information Officer

Ernie Liu

United Talent Agency
CISO

Peter Loo

Los Angeles County, CA
Chief Deputy CIO

Guillermo Lopez

LuLaRoe
CIO

Diana Lovati

Ball Corporation
Chief Information Security Officer

Paul Love

CO-OP Financial Services
Senior Vice President, Chief Information Security and Privacy Officer

Raymond Lowe

AltaMed Health Services
SVP & CIO

Karl Ma

CTBC Bank
SVP & CISO

Nyariana Maiko

Port of Long Beach
CIO

Joel Manfredo

Motion Picture Industry Pension & Health Plans
CIO

Jake Margolis

Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
CISO

Dan McClintock

The Meruelo Group
CIO

Scott McCool

California Resources Corporation
CIO

Gary Megson

Hot Topic
CTO

Howard Miller

UCLA Anderson School of Management
Chief Information Officer

Michael Mongold

Deckers Brands
Vice President, Information Security and Chief Information Security Officer

Doug Murray

Texas Security Bank
Vice President, IT Governance and Risk Management

Greg Nelson

EBizCharge
Director, Compliance and Cybersecurity

Nader Nemati

Leidos
CIO, QTC

Scott Niebuhr

Aerospace Corporation
Director, Cyber Engineering

Helen Norris

Chapman University
VP & CIO

Billy Norwood

FFF Enterprises
Chief Information Security Officer

Michael Payne

ASGN
CIO

Sasha Pereira

Wash Multifamily Laundry Systems
CISO / Director of IT Security

Steve Plank

Taco Bell
CIO

Jim Puerner

Bragg Companies
CTO

Shoaib Qazi

RXO
Chief Information Security and Technology Officer

Mujeebur Rahmansaher

The TEAM Companies
Chief Technology Officer

Lance Ralls

ThreeSixty Sourcing
CTO

Geraldine Ramezani

First American Financial
Chief Technology Officer

Rudy Ramirez

Citizens Business Bank
CISO

Sreesha Rao

Niagara Bottling
Director Of Information Technology

John Rojas

Air Lease Corporation
VP, Head of IT (CIO/CISO)

Ted Ross

City of Los Angeles, CA
CIO

James Rothman

VCA
Vice President, Information Security

Suneel Sajnani

Cetera Financial Group
SVP, Head of Infrastructure and Cloud Services

Cisco Sanchez

Qualcomm
Senior IT Vice President & CIO

Michael Sass

GE Digital
CIO

Steve Schwartz

LionsGate Entertainment
Vice President and CISO

Howard Schweitzer

Mars Petcare
Global Chief Information Officer

David Shaw

University of California - Los Angeles
CISO

Kristine Sheu

Cathay Bank
SVP Deputy CIO

James Shira

PwC
Principal, Global and US Chief Information & Technology Officer

Doug Shook, Ph.D.

University of Southern California
CIO

Marty Simmons

Iovance Biotherapeutics
Executive Director, IT Security

Charles Sims

United Talent Agency
CTO

Jeremy Smith

Avery Dennison
Global Head of IT Risk & Security

Janette Smrcka

Kroenke Sports & Entertainment
VP of IT at SoFi Stadium and Hollywood Park

Rich Stefani

Dunn-Edwards Corporation
CIO, VP of Technology

Jason Stevens

Herbalife
Chief Information Officer

Chris Stoneley

Cathay Bank
CISO

David Suh

Enlyte
Director Information Security & Risk Management

Cyrus Tibbs

PennyMac
CISO

Kendrick Tse

Hot Topic
Director of Information Security

Mohandoss Tychicus

AIDS Healthcare Foundation
CIO

Ninish Ukkan

Arvest
CTO

John Underwood

Big 5 Sporting Goods
VP, Information Security

Tony Velleca

UST
CISO

Kris Virtue

Qualcomm
VP, Cybersecurity

Steve Wallace

Monster Beverage Corporation
Chief Information Officer

Michael Wang

Epson America
CIO & VP, Digital Innovation

Terrence Weekes

Jack in the Box
VP, Technology Operations & CISO

Alan Weidlich

PWGA
CIO

Jon Whittaker

Kelly Spicers
CIO

Brian Wood

Tutor Perini
VP, Information Technology / CIO

Arlene Yetnikoff

California Institute of Technology
CISO

Jose Yong

City National Bank
VP - Senior Business Information Security Officer

Wael Younan

CalOptima Health
Chief Information Officer/Chief Information Security Officer

Richard Yun

Masimo
CISO

Louis Zhan

Beachbody
Senior Vice President, Enterprise Solutions & Services

Upcoming Programs


IN-PERSON

April 12, 2023 | an evening

Southern California CIO Inner Circle

Redbird

A gathering with peers to discuss timely topics over dinner in a private setting.

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IN-PERSON

May 23, 2023 | 1 day

Southern California CIO Executive Summit

Renaissance Long Beach

Walk away from this peer-led program with new connections and with actionable insights.

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IN-PERSON

September 26, 2023 | an evening

Southern California CIO Inner Circle

Jonathan Club

A gathering with peers to discuss timely topics over dinner in a private setting.

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IN-PERSON

December, 2023 | 1 day

Southern California CIO Executive Summit

Walk away from this peer-led program with new connections and with actionable insights.

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