
Southern California CIO Executive Summit
December 15, 2021 | Omni Los Angeles
December 15, 2021
Omni Los Angeles
Collaborate with your peers
Get together with Southern California's top CIOs to tackle shared business challenges and critical priorities facing your role today. Participate in this one-day, local program with peer-driven topics and interactive discussions with your true C-level peers.
Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CIOs today:
Seizing momentum – influencing and leading the enterprise
Thriving through uncertainty - empowering people and delivering value
Advancing and scaling strategic, outcome-based technologies
Southern California CIO Governing Body
The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the summit agenda, ensuring that all content is driven by CIOs, for CIOs.
Governing Body Co-Chairs

Glenn Coles
Yamaha Motor Corporation USA
VP & CIO

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

Ginny Davis
Technicolor
SVP, CIO & CSO

Alex Grimwade
Disney
CIO, Disney Television Studios

Chad Hamilton
Fremantle
VP, Technology

Michael Keithley
United Talent Agency
CIO

Greg Moore
KB Home
VP & CIO

Anthony Moses
Crossroads Equipment Lease and Finance
CTO

Bryan Muehlberger
Beachbody
CIO & EVP of Technology

Robert Valle
Mazda Motor of North America
CIO and Vice President - Information Technology
What to Expect
Agenda
December 14, 2021
December 15, 2021
8:00am - 8:45am Registration & Breakfast
8:45am - 9:30am Keynote
Leading Through Change With Rhonda Vetere

Rhonda Vetere
Global CIO
Herbalife
CIO of Herbalife and Leadership Expert Rhonda Vetere takes a look at how today's CIO are transforming and innovating in an ever-changing world of business.
9:45am - 10:30am Breakout Session
Enterprise Cloud: Patterns of Success
Hosted by Amazon Web Services

Jake Burns
Enterprise Strategist
Amazon Web Services
What do enterprises who’ve adopted cloud successfully have in common? In this session, Jake Burns, Enterprise Strategist at AWS, will share what he’s learned in the past 3 years advising executives from over 500 of AWS’s largest customers, in addition to his first-hand experience planning, leading, and executing a successful all-in migration to AWS in his former role. We’ll take a look at strategies based on real-world experience for how to motivate and re-skill existing employees, do more with less, and organize teams to be as successful as possible, as quickly as possible.
In this session, we’ll cover how to:
- Turn nay-sayers and doubters into allies
- Build momentum in your transformation through small wins that deliver big results
- Creating an environment that encourages calculated risk-taking and growth
9:45am - 10:30am Breakout Session
Building A Customer-Centric Culture
Hosted by Tanium

Glenn Coles
VP & CIO
Yamaha Motor Corporation USA

Christopher Coye
SVP, IT
Skechers

Joseph Cevetello
CIO
City of Santa Monica, CA
Executive leaders at high-performing customer-centric organizations acknowledge that the employee experience is a critical component to success. CIOs need to take the next step past creating a customer-centric vision to fully enable employees to connect with the customers.
In this breakout you’ll discuss how to:
- Collaborate with cross-functional leaders to enable employees to be customer-centric in their day-to-day work
- Eliminate barriers that prevent employees from delivering the ideal customer experience
- Incorporate feedback from employees to continuously improve how you interact with the customer
9:45am - 10:30am Executive Boardroom
Can the Link Between Data and User Experience Stall Your Digital Transformation?
Hosted by WalkMe

Jeff McKittrick
Vice President, Revenue Excellence
WalkMe

Alex Grimwade
CIO, Disney Television Studios
Disney

Jim Puerner
CTO
Bragg Companies
A common element in every digital transformation is buying and customizing software to create compelling user experiences that improve business processes. But figuring out how multimillion-dollar software investments are driving advancements across the enterprise is difficult when CIOs lack visibility and insights into digital assets. Additionally, the risk of creating a poor user experience is high when there are no UI standards and the cross-application nature of the users’ work isn’t considered.
Join this boardroom with your CIO peers to discuss:
- How to drive user adoption and better digital transformation outcomes
- How to gain deeper visibility and insights into your tech stack
- How to take action on those insights through greater efficiency and agility
10:30am - 11:00am Networking Break
December 14, 2021
December 15, 2021
Location
Venue & Accommodation
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Health & Safety Local Guidelines
Our host venue, Omni Los Angeles Hotel, requires all guests to present proof of vaccination* upon arrival. For proof of vaccination, you can use:
- CDC Vaccination Card. A photo or photocopy of this card is also acceptable.
- LAC Vaccination Record or other official immunization record from within or outside the U.S., including from your healthcare provider. A photo or photocopy of this card is also acceptable. If you are unable to get this record, call 311.
At this time, our host venue requires all guests to wear a mask in all public spaces. Masks will be provided for your convenience.
A block of rooms has been reserved at the Omni Los Angeles at a reduced conference rate. Reservations should be made online or by calling 1-213-617-3300. Please mention Southern California CIO Executive Summit to ensure the appropriate room rate.
Deadline to book using the discounted room rate of $189 USD (plus tax) is November 22, 2021.
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