Florida CIO Community
Executive Summit
May 14, 2026 | Fort Lauderdale Marriott Coral Springs Hotel & Convention Center
May 14, 2026
Fort Lauderdale Marriott Coral Springs Hotel & Convention Center
Collaborate with your peers
Get together with Florida'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:
Driving Purposeful Innovation Through AI Adoption and Governance
Strengthening Cybersecurity Leadership to Navigate Evolving Risks and Regulations
Optimizing Technology Investments for Strategic Agility and Resilience
Florida 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

Carrie Busbee
Core & Main
CIO

Elvis Clemetson
SBA Communications
SVP & Global CIO

Otto Contreras
Miami-Dade County
Director of Public Safety and Criminal Justice Division, IT

Chad Couch
JM Family Enterprises
CIO

Christina Shannon
KIK Consumer Products
CIO

Luis Suarez
H.I.G. Capital
Chief Technology Officer

Christine Vanderpool
Florida Crystals Corporation
VP & Chief Technology Officer
What to Expect
Agenda
Keynote Sessions
Top Strategic Technology Trends for 2026 and Beyond
Hear from Distinguished VP Analyst at Gartner, Gene Alvarez, on the top trends for 2026 and beyond to propel your business and technology goals. Learn how to transform disruption and uncertainty into opportunity and growth.
Join this session to hear about:
- Emerging technology trends shaping the future
- Understanding the impact and importance of these trends
- Leveraging insights to drive opportunity, growth, and competitive advantage
True Leadership During Times of Change and Innovation
At a time of incredible innovation acceleration, new technology adoption must be driven by meaningful organizational change. That's easier said than done. CIOs and CISOs have the opportunity to step up to become strategic change agents who lead their teams into the future.
Join this session as Tony Ambrozie, Chief Digital, Technology, and Information Officer at CVS Health, is helping to fundamentally reshape the healthcare journey to deliver greater value to both consumers and the business through:
- Experience-driven strategies that overcome transformation challenges
- Defining the best-in-class digital experiences
- Taking bold steps to ensure technology delivers lasting value
Breakout Sessions
From Cost Center to Value Driver
Technology and security functions are often labeled cost centers—recognized more for risk prevention than for delivering measurable business outcomes. The Mosaic Company redefined this perception by spearheading an initiative that automated contractor oversight, resulting in the recovery of tens of millions of dollars in overbilling.
This session will discuss:
- Elevating technology’s impact on the bottom line
- Operating as business enablers to drive transparency
- Measuring and communicating value to stakeholders
Foundations vs. Frontiers — Debate Showdown
As technology and risk rapidly evolve, CIOs and CISOs must choose: reinforce core IT and security fundamentals, or pursue advanced capabilities?
During this interactive debate-style breakout you will:
- Hear how peer leaders set organizational priorities
- Broaden your perspective on key IT and security topics
- Join in through audience participation
Executive Boardroom Session
Beyond Passwords — Advancing IAM
Modernizing identity is a top priority as organizations realize traditional approaches fall short—especially with agentic systems and cloud environments. Security leaders are rethinking Identity and Access Management to reduce user friction, address technical debt, and build a solid foundation before adopting advanced capabilities like passwordless authentication. The challenge extends beyond new tools to integrating identity across legacy systems, federated domains, and diverse workloads for seamless, secure access.
Join this boardroom to discuss:
- Approaches for modernizing identity in hybrid and cloud environments
- Strategies to reduce friction for users and agents while maintaining security
- Overcoming technical debt to enable advanced identity controls
Apply to Participate
Apply to participate in the Florida CIO Community Executive Summit.
Gartner facilitates exclusive, C-level communities by personally qualifying and understanding the priorities, challenges and interests of each member.
Our selective approach maintains the high quality of the network and ensures top-level discussions with peers from the world’s leading organizations.
Each application will be reviewed, and once your participation is confirmed, you will have access to year-round community programs.
Location
Venue & Accommodation
Fort Lauderdale Marriott Coral Springs Hotel & Convention CenterCommunity Program Manager
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