In-Person

New Jersey CIO Community

Executive Summit

October 4, 2023 | Hilton Hasbrouck Heights/Meadowlands

October 4, 2023
Hilton Hasbrouck Heights/Meadowlands

Governing Body Agenda Location Sponsors Contact

Governing Body Co-Chairs

Roota Almeida

Amazon Stores
Head of Security Governance

Lookman Fazal

NJ Transit
Chief Information & Digital Officer

Zouhair Guelzim

L'Oreal Americas
VP, Chief Information Security Officer

Hussein Syed

RWJBarnabas Health
Chief Information Security Officer

Gabrielle Wolfson

Quest Diagnostics Inc
Senior VP & Chief Information & Chief Digital Officer

What to Expect

Interactive Sessions

Hear from CIO practitioners and thought leaders on how they're solving critical challenges impacting your role today in Keynote sessions, and join smaller, interactive discussions with your peers in Breakout and Boardroom sessions.

Community Networking

Make new connections and catch up with old friends in casual conversations during dedicated time for networking designed to better acquaint you with your New Jersey CIO community.

Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Connect with like-minded peers in a private, one-on-one setting through Peer-to-Peer Meetings. You will be matched with peers in your community based on your shared interests and priorities.

Agenda

CIO Agenda CISO Agenda

October 3, 2023

evening

October 4, 2023

morning afternoon

6:00pm - 8:30pm Governing Body Welcome Reception

Governing Body Welcome Reception

Who doesn't love connecting with peers to eat and enjoy a friendly competition? Governing Body members will have the opportunity to enjoy dinner and participate in a hands-on dessert competition. Participants will form small teams and receive an assortment of toppings along with tempered chocolate to create their own unique chocolate bark. They will have 20 minutes to put the dessert together and will be judged on flavor, appearance, texture and originality. This is an evening of networking you won't want to miss!

7:45am - 8:30am Registration & Breakfast

8:30am - 9:15am Keynote

Remarkable Resilience - Tools for Combating Toxic Stress & Burnout

Sheila Hamilton

Mental Health Thought Leader and Author of "All the Things We Never Knew"

Guest Speaker

Today’s CIOs & CISOs face daunting challenges. As the business leader in charge of adding value to the company, finding the right talent and inspiring technology innovation, there’s an incredible amount of pressure. It’s no surprise that CIOs & CISOs are experiencing burnout at unprecedented rates. While taking care of employees is important, how can CIOs & CISOs make sure they are taking care of themselves to help make their careers sustainable while maintaining a sense of well-being?

Join this keynote to explore:

Evidence-based strategies that can help alleviate burnout
How to recognize the signs and symptoms of toxic stress and burnout
How to remain engaged, energized, and focused during turbulent times

9:15am - 9:40am Networking Break

9:40am - 10:25am Breakout Session

Building Cyber Resilience — Why Does it Matter and How Can You Get Started?

Jim Richberg

Public Sector Field CISO and VP of Information Security

Fortinet

Building cyber resilience is gaining prominence as a priority for many organizations. The classic ingredients of people, process, technology can be applied creatively and in multiple ways to address this challenge. But how do you go about implementing this change?

Join this interactive discussion to learn:

Simplifying the framework for success
Multiplying approaches of implementation
Building resilience through best practices and common pitfalls

9:40am - 10:25am Executive Boardroom

Preparing Your Infrastructure for the Future of AI

Albert (Wing Hong) Ho

VP, Strategy and Product Management

IBM

Priscilla Amalraj

CIO

IEEE

Scott Bourne

IT Risk Management/ Attack Surface Reduction

Merck & Co.

Cynthia Cullen

BISO

Thomson Reuters

It is no secret that 2023 has been a revolutionary time for AI. These advances are driving enterprises to leverage generative AI capabilities to improve business performance and create stakeholder value. With the push to implement AI, how do you modernize your infrastructure to realize it’s full value? The answer goes beyond general purpose storage and legacy infrastructure.

In this session, we will explore:

Strategies for modernizing systems and architectures
The data foundation for extending AI deep into the business
Modernization with resiliency, performance, security, sustainability, and compliance in mind

10:25am - 11:00am Networking Break

10:30am - 10:55am Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Connect with like-minded peers in a one-on-one setting through Evanta’s Peer-to-Peer Meetings. You will be matched with peers in your community based on your shared interests and priorities.

11:00am - 11:45am Breakout Session

Leading with Digital Sustainability - A Strategy Led by Technology

Andy Rollo

Sr. Chrome Enterprise Customer Engineer

Google Chrome Enterprise

Enterprises are under pressure to address multiple challenges impacting the planet, their people and profitability. This is all happening while a recession is looming, quiet quitting is real and climate change is a top concern. Now is the time to position technology leaders as key partners in tackling these issues maximizes sustainable value across the business.

Join this session to explore sustainable strategies for:

Reducing efforts in the negative impact your company and products have on the planet (environmental sustainability)
How to best champion and manage the impact on your people (social sustainability)
Managing the business' fiscal health and future profitability (financial sustainability)

11:00am - 11:45am Executive Boardroom

CIO Leadership to Advance Customer Experience

John Poli

Industry Principal, Healthcare

RingCentral

Leo Rajapakse

Global Head of Platform Infrastructure & Advanced Technology

Bimbo Bakeries USA

Jordan Tannenbaum

VP/Chief Information Officer/Chief Medical Information Officer

Saint Peter's Healthcare System

Customer experience is a mission-critical priority for most organizations to achieve and maintain a sustainable and competitive advantage. CIOs have an opportunity to play an outsized role in advancing customer experience initiatives by leading with technology and IT acumen. Yet, false starts, roadblocks, differing cultural expectations and complexity impede progress on these goals.

Join this interactive session to discuss:

How CIOs can support or lead cross-functional customer experience initiatives
How technologies can play a pivotal role in capturing and acting on key customer data
What strategies lead to more efficient and effective customer interactions

11:45am - 12:30pm Lunch Service

12:30pm - 1:05pm Keynote

Making Security a Core Company Value – And a Shared Responsibility

Sam Curry

VP, CISO

Zscaler

In an age where cyber risk is business risk, CIOs and CISOs are ultimately responsible for instilling a security mindset in every employee within an organization. Rather than a siloed concern, managing this risk must risk to the highest levels of leadership. As we know, cyberattacks can be as devastating as lawsuits, legislative non-compliance, and fraud. This session offers board members, executives, and technology leaders ideas for cultivating a strong security mindset throughout their organization.

Join this session to learn:

How to foster inclusive conversations on cybersecurity by framing issues in terms of business risk
Methods for protecting your organization at every level by integrating security and automation into the CI/CD pipeline
How to identify, understand, and prepare for social engineering and AI-enabled attacks

1:05pm - 1:30pm Break

1:30pm - 2:15pm Breakout Session

New Cybersecurity Rules and Regulations -- Are You Prepared?

Ken Fishkin

Senior Manager of Information Security

Lowenstein Sandler

Galo Vaca

SVP, IT Risk & Cybersecurity, Group Information Security Officer (GISO)

Citibank

As cybersecurity incidents continue to impact businesses around the world, rules and regulations are constantly changing to address emerging concerns. As a leader in a quickly-changing landscape, you must balance following new regulations and educating company leaders about cybersecurity.

Join this session to discuss:

What business impacts new SEC rulings will have
How CISOs roles and responsibilities are shifting
Strategies for communicating materiality to an organization

1:30pm - 2:15pm Executive Boardroom

CIOs Connecting Business, Data and Technology

Matt Castriotta

Manager, Tech GTM

Rubrik

Mark Eimer

SVP, Associate CIO & Chief Technology Officer

Hackensack Meridian Health

David Plotzker

Senior Director, Transformational Projects

Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey

According to Gartner, the challenge for many IT and business leaders today is to instill a culture of data-driven decision making across the organization. Those who want to exploit the potential of new data and advanced analytics capabilities at scale typically face numerous challenges.

In this session, CIOs will:

Discuss best practices for designing data and analytics programs
Identify and define quick-win opportunities supporting the business data strategy
Brainstorm technology and resource alignment

2:15pm - 2:50pm Networking Break

2:20pm - 2:45pm Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Connect with like-minded peers in a one-on-one setting through Evanta’s Peer-to-Peer Meetings. You will be matched with peers in your community based on your shared interests and priorities.

2:50pm - 3:35pm Breakout Session

Elevate Your Board Presentation – An Interactive Exercise

Robyn Wright

CISO & Data Protection Officer

Wiley

Presenting to the board is a skill that must be mastered. CIOs & CISOs are tasked to communicate business value and synthesize complex information in a way that makes sense. This interactive session will help you identify the holes in your board presentation – and improve it for the next time you’re in the hot seat.

In this collaborative session, you will work in a group to:

Create and deliver a board presentation
Receive real-time feedback on your presentation
Learn best practices and strategies for communicating with your board

2:50pm - 3:35pm Executive Boardroom

Instituting Adaptive Enterprise-Wide Governance

Christopher Callahan

CISO

Weichert Companies

Roota Almeida

Head of Security Governance

Amazon Stores

Afzal Khan

Global Chief Information Security Officer

OPKO Health

Today's rapidly evolving enterprise requires a governance model balanced with agility and conformance performance. According to Gartner, traditional IT governance cannot meet the needs of today's digital business. Organizations will need to deliver adaptive decision-making capabilities in pursuit of achieving the right governance outcomes to ensure a focus on strategic direction, effective execution, adaptability and composability.

In this session, CIOs & CISOs will discuss:

Introducing adaptability amongst ongoing market uncertainty
Prioritizing risk-adjusted execution flexibility
Motivating teams with desired business goal attainment

3:35pm - 4:00pm Break

4:00pm - 4:35pm Keynote

Generative AI - Who's Actually Using It?

Michael Mahar

SVP, Head of Technology & Digital Product

Wyndham Hotels and Resorts

Viral Tripathi

Global CIO

Ascendion

The hype around generative AI has been focused on opportunities and concerns. Technology executives are now looking to take the conversation a step further to discuss specific use cases and how organizations are using AI as a decision-making driver. With the ease of access, companies are hurrying to implement policies and are working cross-functionally with peers to figure out how AI can address business needs.

During this keynote, speakers will discuss:

Practical AI use cases
Strategies for creating governance and managing risk around AI
How companies are keeping up with the changing AI landscape

4:35pm - 5:00pm Closing Reception & Prize Drawing

7:45am - 8:30am Registration & Breakfast

8:30am - 9:15am Keynote

Remarkable Resilience - Tools for Combating Toxic Stress & Burnout

Sheila Hamilton

Mental Health Thought Leader and Author of "All the Things We Never Knew"

Guest Speaker

Join this keynote to explore:

Evidence-based strategies that can help alleviate burnout
How to recognize the signs and symptoms of toxic stress and burnout
How to remain engaged, energized, and focused during turbulent times

9:15am - 9:40am Networking Break

9:40am - 10:25am Breakout Session

Building Cyber Resilience — Why Does it Matter and How Can You Get Started?

Jim Richberg

Public Sector Field CISO and VP of Information Security

Fortinet

Join this interactive discussion to learn:

Simplifying the framework for success
Multiplying approaches of implementation
Building resilience through best practices and common pitfalls

9:40am - 10:25am Executive Boardroom

A Cloud Crossroads – Trends in Innovation, Multi-Cloud and Kubernetes

Rich Menta

Senior Information Security Leader

Bausch Health

David Johnson

Principal Solutions Architect

Expel

Cloud security is constantly evolving, emphasizing the need for organizations of all shapes and sizes to fully understand the potential impact of their cloud security strategies on their overall business success. With multi-cloud solution adoption surging, the challenges facing security teams are ever-evolving and it can be difficult to stay ahead of the latest advances. Dive deep into cloud security trends and challenges, discuss perceptions and perspectives on security-enabled innovation, and analyze emerging cloud usage patterns to see what to prepare for in cloud security – now and into the future.

Join this session to discuss:

The apparent disconnect between the C-suite and security personnel around the role cybersecurity plays in fostering innovation
Surprising findings suggesting that some workloads are moving from the cloud and going back on-prem
The rising popularity of containerization and how it aligns with the "shifting left" trend in DevSecOps

10:25am - 11:00am Networking Break

10:30am - 10:55am Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Connect with like-minded peers in a one-on-one setting through Evanta’s Peer-to-Peer Meetings. You will be matched with peers in your community based on your shared interests and priorities.

11:00am - 11:45am Breakout Session

Leading with Digital Sustainability - A Strategy Led by Technology

Andy Rollo

Sr. Chrome Enterprise Customer Engineer

Google Chrome Enterprise

Join this session to explore sustainable strategies for:

Reducing efforts in the negative impact your company and products have on the planet (environmental sustainability)
How to best champion and manage the impact on your people (social sustainability)
Managing the business' fiscal health and future profitability (financial sustainability)

11:00am - 11:45am Executive Boardroom

Revolutionize the Business Through Cutting Edge Technology

Lakshmi Pappu

US CDIO

Haleon

Madhu Thekk

Cybersecurity Officer

Siemens Financial Services

By recognizing and acknowledging the potential of generative AI and machine learning models, businesses can elevate the customer experience and leverage technology as a catalyst for digital innovation. The present moment offers an opportunity to unlock AI's transformative power by setting up the necessary business readiness, objectives, guardrails and guidelines.

Join this boardroom to discuss:

Using generative AI to drive innovation
Incorporating company values, principles of fairness and governance to ensure responsible and ethical practices
Implementing data engineering to build efficient and sustainable AI systems

11:45am - 12:30pm Lunch Service

12:30pm - 1:05pm Keynote

Making Security a Core Company Value – And a Shared Responsibility

Sam Curry

VP, CISO

Zscaler

Join this session to learn:

How to foster inclusive conversations on cybersecurity by framing issues in terms of business risk
Methods for protecting your organization at every level by integrating security and automation into the CI/CD pipeline
How to identify, understand, and prepare for social engineering and AI-enabled attacks

1:05pm - 1:30pm Break

1:30pm - 2:15pm Breakout Session

New Cybersecurity Rules and Regulations -- Are You Prepared?

Ken Fishkin

Senior Manager of Information Security

Lowenstein Sandler

Galo Vaca

SVP, IT Risk & Cybersecurity, Group Information Security Officer (GISO)

Citibank

Join this session to discuss:

What business impacts new SEC rulings will have
How CISOs roles and responsibilities are shifting
Strategies for communicating materiality to an organization

1:30pm - 2:15pm Executive Boardroom

Prevent, Detect, Respond - The Rhythm of Global Security

Sohail Iqbal

CISO

Veracode

Sai Iyer

CISO

Ziff Davis

Rajat Sharma

SVP and Global Head of Platforms

RPG Group (Zensar Technologies)

Ideally, threats get stopped at the door. But in a developing environment or a growth period for your security program, it can be tough to continuously find and fix the flaws that happen at every stage.

Gather with your C-Level peers to discuss:

Why increased security sometimes starts with developer competency
Ways of managing and maintaining your attack surface
Actionable, practical response processes

2:15pm - 2:50pm Networking Break

2:20pm - 2:45pm Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Connect with like-minded peers in a one-on-one setting through Evanta’s Peer-to-Peer Meetings. You will be matched with peers in your community based on your shared interests and priorities.

2:50pm - 3:35pm Breakout Session

Elevate Your Board Presentation – An Interactive Exercise

Robyn Wright

CISO & Data Protection Officer

Wiley

In this collaborative session, you will work in a group to:

Create and deliver a board presentation
Receive real-time feedback on your presentation
Learn best practices and strategies for communicating with your board

2:50pm - 3:35pm Executive Boardroom

Up Your Cloud Game

Rob Reiser

Sr. Director Information Security and Data Privacy

Tory Burch

Damiano Tulipani

SVP, Chief Information Security Officer

Provident Bank

As the cloud landscape continues to evolve, so too should the strategies CISOs develop in order to remain secure. The seismic changes of cloud migration, and ultimately cloud maturity, can be difficult to manage, but the CISOs who transition effectively will find their organizations more agile and secure.

During this peer-discussion you will explore:

Strategies to guide your organization's cloud priorities
Connecting a “cloud right” strategy to business value
Setting realistic goals to achieve cloud maturity

3:35pm - 4:00pm Break

4:00pm - 4:35pm Keynote

Generative AI - Who's Actually Using It?

Michael Mahar

SVP, Head of Technology & Digital Product

Wyndham Hotels and Resorts

Viral Tripathi

Global CIO

Ascendion

During this keynote, speakers will discuss:

Practical AI use cases
Strategies for creating governance and managing risk around AI
How companies are keeping up with the changing AI landscape

4:35pm - 5:00pm Closing Reception & Prize Drawing

October 3, 2023

evening

October 4, 2023

morning afternoon

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