The digital economy is creating immense opportunities and challenges for CIOs to draw upon their leadership to help position their companies for competitive advantage, according to an esteemed group of speakers who will be presenting at next week's 2015 Phoenix CIO Executive Leadership Summit. The summit will be held at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa on January 15, 2015 and hosted by HMG Strategy, LLC, in association partnership with the Arizona Chapter of the Society for Information Management.
"CIOs need to re-examine how IT can be leveraged to drive innovation and to create more effective approaches to conducting business in today's turbulent markets," said Hunter Muller, HMG Strategy's President and CEO. "Accelerated change is forcing the CIO to become more adaptive and responsive to meeting the needs of both customers and the business."
The summit will highlight a luminary collection of speakers and thought leaders. The opening keynote will be presented by Shawn Henry, President of CrowdStrike Services, who will address the heightened security threats facing businesses and how the use of actionable intelligence can be used to mitigate these risks. The afternoon keynote will be delivered by Sastry Durvasula, VP, Global Technology Head of Information Management & Digital Capabilities at American Express who will share opportunities for harnessing data-driven capabilities across the enterprise.
Associated panel discussions will explore emerging technologies and trends that will impact the enterprise along with best practices for building a roadmap for the future.
World-class speakers will include Renee Arrington, Senior Vice President, Pearson Partners International, Inc.; David Atrostic, Vice President of IT, TASER International; David Bruno, Senior Client Partner and Managing Director, DHR International; Scott Cadwalader, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Diligent Partners, LLC; Brian Chan, VP, Information Technology, Corporate Services Group, Avnet; Deborah DeCorrevont, IT Business Relationship Manager, Salt River Project, President of SIM Arizona; Sastry Durvasula, VP, Global Technology Head of Information Management & Digital Capabilities, American Express; Michael Guggemos, CIO, Insight Enterprises; Kevin Haskew, SVP & CIO, ON Semiconductor; Jim Haskin, SVP & CIO, Aspect Software; Vishwa Hassan, Director – Pathfinding and Application Strategy, Intel Corporation; Shawn Henry, President, CrowdStrike Services; David Jarvis, Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Honeywell; Nathan Johnson, SVP & CIO, Ports America; Sineesh Keshav, Vice President, IT Application Development, Safeway, Inc.; Fred Mapp, Author and former CIO, AMD and Honeywell; Hunter Muller, President & CEO, HMG Strategy, LLC; Michael Spandau, SVP Global IT & CIO, Fender Musical Instruments; Deanna Wise, EVP & CIO, Dignity Health.
Sponsor partners for the summit include Neudesic, SafeNet, ServiceNow, and Workday.
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