
New Jersey CIO Community
Executive Summit
October 29, 2025 | Hilton Parsippany
October 29, 2025
Hilton Parsippany
Collaborate with your peers
Get together with New Jersey'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:
Aligning IT and Security for Business Impact
Bridging Risk and Resilience at Scale
Leading with Purpose for Resilient and Empowered Organizations
New Jersey 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

Roota Almeida
Kyowa Kirin
Global CISO

Lookman Fazal
NJ Transit
Chief Information & Digital Officer

Zouhair Guelzim
L'Oréal
VP & CISO

Hussein Syed
RWJBarnabas Health
CISO
What to Expect
Agenda
8:00am - 8:30am Registration & Breakfast
8:30am - 9:15am Keynote
Scaling Leadership — Lessons from Wyndham Hotels & Resorts

Scott Strickland
EVP, Chief Commercial Officer
Wyndham Hotels and Resorts

Michael Mahar
SVP, Head of Commercial Technology, Loyalty & Digital Products
Wyndham Hotels and Resorts
The most impactful leaders continually evolve their roles, pushing beyond traditional boundaries. At Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, elevating technology leadership has not only reshaped the business but also redefined career trajectories across the organization. Recent changes at the C-suite level demonstrate a powerful model for succession planning, strategic growth, and cross-functional collaboration.
Join this fireside chat to discover:
- Strategically evolve leadership roles to amplify influence and drive business outcomes
- Practical approaches to succession planning that foster growth and seamless transitions
- Eliminating barriers between Business and IT to drive business innovation through technology
9:15am - 9:40am Networking Break
9:40am - 10:25am Executive Boardroom
Optimizing Data for Strategic Impact
Up to 80% of enterprise data remains unorganized—slowing decisions, inflating costs, and increasing risk. Data optimization isn’t just an IT priority; it’s a strategic advantage that drives trusted insights, AI readiness, and enterprise resilience. Are you unlocking the full value of your data—or falling behind?
Join this roundtable to explore how to:
- Unlock value from untapped enterprise data assets
- Strengthen decision-making through analytics utilizing clean, optimized data
- Accelerate AI with trusted data foundations
10:25am - 11:10am Networking Break
10:35am - 11:00am Peer-to-Peer Meetings
Peer-to-Peer Meetings
Connect with like-minded peers in a 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.
11:10am - 11:55am Breakout Session
Designed for People — Human Centered Approach to AI

Lookman Fazal
Chief Information & Digital Officer
NJ Transit
Technology is evolving rapidly, but the core of impactful leadership remains unchanged — people first. AI and automation can serve as powerful tools; but only when anchored in human needs, customer priorities, and strategic thinking. Technology works best when it’s built around people — not in place of them.
Join this session to discuss:
- Prioritizing customer experience in every technology decision
- Centering technology decision making around the roadmap and strategy
- Identifying where technology can impact business value
11:55am - 12:30pm Lunch Service
Apply to Participate
Apply to participate in the New Jersey 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
Hilton ParsippanyCommunity Program Manager
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