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Bunge
Global Chief Information Security Officer
Massimo Favro
NVR
CISO
Vishal Gupta
GoGuardian
Global CTO & CPO
Amergis Healthcare Staffing
CIO
NIST
Chief Privacy Officer
Sands Capital
CTO & CISO
Federal Realty Investment Trust
VP & CIO
Perdue Farms
SVP & CIO
Bank Fund Staff Federal Credit Union
CIO
Miller & Long
VP, IT
Tekni-Plex
SVP & CIO
Chemonics International
CIO
LifeBridge Health
VP & CTO
Georgetown University
CIO & Assistant Dean of Technology, Georgetown University Capitol Campus
City of Alexandria
CIO & Director, IT Services
Child Fund International
Vice President & Chief Information Officer
Export-Import Bank of the United States
SVP & CIO
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Washington Marriott Metro Center
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Convene at 1201 Wilson Blvd
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As CIOs across our communities prepare for another year of peer-driven programs, IT leaders are sharing their priorities, opportunities and challenges through annual surveys and interviews. Here, we explore three themes that are emerging as top focus areas for CIOs in 2026.
View PostAt the Atlanta CIO Community Executive Summit, Equifax EVP and CTO Jamil Farshchi led a keynote session on aligning IT and security to drive innovation. Jamil shared strategies for building this alignment, overcoming misconceptions about security and enabling early integration between IT and security. Here, Jamil shares some key takeaways from the session.
View PostAccording to Ryan Snyder, SVP and CIO of Thermo Fisher Scientific, CIOs should focus on the parts of their businesses that require comprehensive AI transformation to best measure the ROI of AI. Snyder explored this topic at the Global CIO Community Executive Summit, and here, he shares highlights from the session, including strategies for accurately assessing the ROI of AI.
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