
Boston CIO Virtual Executive Summit
June 9, 2021 | 8:00am - 3:00pm EDT
June 9, 2021 | 8:00am - 3:00pm EDT
Collaborate with your peers
Come together with your peers virtually to tackle top business challenges through peer-driven content and discussions at the Boston CIO Virtual Executive Summit.
Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CIOs today:
Fortifying the foundations of business enablement
Thriving in the Moment – empowering people, maximizing potential, delivering value
Seizing the future – turning the corner to embrace what's next
Governing Body Co-Chairs

Arthur Harvey
Boston Medical Center
VP & CIO

Katrina Jagroop-Gomes
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
CIO - Gaming Commission

Jeff Lamoreaux
Global Partners LP
CIO

Chuck LoCurto
Bryant University
Vice President & Chief Information Officer

Nick Perugini
GE Digital
CIO, TechCo

Deepa Soni
The Hartford
Chief Information Officer
What to Expect
Connect with your CIO community through a variety of different session formats at the upcoming Virtual Executive Summit. You'll have the opportunity to listen, engage and create lasting relationships with like-minded peers.
Meet the Speakers
Don't miss this opportunity to meet with CIO practitioners and industry thought leaders who shared their insights on the agenda. Come with questions and get ready to meet new friends in this casual session designed to foster peer connections and collaboration in the Boston community.
Agenda
June 9, 2021
11:00am - 12:00pm EDT Virtual Summit Boardroom
Securing and Scaling Cloud Environments
Hosted by IBM

Paulo Carvao
General Manager, IBM Public Cloud - Americas
IBM

Arthur Harvey
VP & CIO
Boston Medical Center
Studies show that 74% of CEOs believe cloud computing will be the most helpful technology to deliver results over the next 2-3 years. How can businesses digitally transform with cloud, while ensuring they have a secure environment where customers’ data is not compromised?
Join us for an interactive boardroom that explores how businesses can:
- Make the transition to cloud rapidly while keeping experiences frictionless for consumers
- Build secure and open hybrid cloud architecture and distributed cloud environments
- Explore strategic cloud options and execute on them seamlessly
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11:00am - 12:00pm EDT Virtual Summit Boardroom
CIOs Promise: Delivering Data & Analytics

Sorin Hilgen
Group CDO & In-country CIO EG America
EG Group

Jim Whalen
SVP, Chief Information & Technology Officer
Boston Properties
Faced with demands for modernization, cost optimization and digital business transformation, CIOs are looking at how data and analytics programs can support expanding their digital business and increasing their D&A maturity. After a D&A strategy is set, IT leaders must execute and deliver on the intended business outcomes.
Join your peers in discussing:
- Approaches to leveraging technology and resources to support D&A program and improve business outcomes
- Best Practices for building out new business process and executing change management across the enterprise
- Management of cultural shifts in the organization
11:00am - 12:00pm EDT Virtual Summit Boardroom
Digital Workplace Experience in Hybrid Environments
Hosted by Adobe

Ani Nayak
Head of Business Process Transformation, Document Cloud
Adobe

Chuck LoCurto
Vice President & Chief Information Officer
Bryant University
Employee experience and company culture will continue to be primary pillars of the unfolding era of hybrid-remote work environments. While leading with a people-first strategy, technology plays a crucial role in this evolution, to foster unique work styles, meet changing employee expectations, and streamline business processes.
In this interactive roundtable, join your peers for a deep dive exploring:
- How technology talent will enable innovation and inspire the future workplace
- The role of technology in organizational health in terms of culture and well-being
- How newly formed digital workspaces can blend seamlessly with digital design and strategy
12:00pm - 12:30pm EDT Networking
Meet the Speakers
Don't miss this opportunity to meet with CIO practitioners and industry thought leaders who shared their insights on the agenda. Come with questions and get ready to meet new friends in this casual session designed to foster peer connections and collaboration in the Boston community.
1:15pm - 1:30pm EDT Break
8:00am - 8:45am EDT Virtual Summit Keynote
Digital Acceleration and Security Excellence
Hosted by Citrix Systems, Inc.

Bagirathi Narayanan
VP, Digital Workspace
Citrix Systems, Inc.

Shelia Anderson
SVP, CIO Corporate Functions at Liberty Mutual Insurance
Liberty Mutual

Adolph DuBose
CIO
Athenahealth
According to a 2021 Gartner survey of boards of directors, remote work is one of the extraordinary changes arising from the pandemic that is expected to persist. Organizations must elevate their digital workplace — moving from delivery of technology to delivery of business capabilities ingraining security excellence. How does your digital strategy measure up to the mission?
In this session, you will explore:
- What it means to be ‘digital-first with built-in security’
- How to expand digital business and deliver exceptional customer and employee experiences
- How CIOs create secure, remote and hybrid work environments
8:45am - 9:00am EDT Break
9:00am - 10:00am EDT Virtual Summit Boardroom
Forge the Path to Business Alignment With Low-Code Automation
Hosted by Appian

Pavel Zamudio-Ramirez
Chief Customer Officer and Senior Vice President, Customer Success
Appian Corp

Michael Shanno
Head of Digital and IT, Biologics Quality
Sanofi

Ravi Shankavaram
VP, Global IT
New Balance
In a highly disruptive and digital environment, hyperautomation and agility are critical to the transformation and optimization of business operations. To keep pace, organizations are increasingly looking to empower their technology-savvy workforce with low-code automation platforms to modernize legacy systems, improve customer experience and ignite innovation.
Join this boardroom discussion to explore how CIOs are:
- Improving critical business processes with low-code automation platforms
- Leveraging talent across the business to enable scalable enterprise ready innovation
- Managing the pros and cons of democratized technology
9:00am - 10:00am EDT Virtual Summit Boardroom
The Executioner’s Song – Putting Your Cloud Strategy into Practice
Hosted by Google Cloud

Ben Lavallee
Head of Customer Engineering
Google Cloud

Brian Shield
VP of Information Technology
Boston Red Sox

Ramesh Razdan
Global Chief Information Officer
Bain & Co
You’ve done all leg work of building a robust cloud strategy – business alignment, clear expectations, and the right partners. But taking the step from strategy to execution can bring your efforts to their knees. From decisions on control and configuration to data access and adoption, reaping the rewards of the cloud requires a systematic, comprehensive approach.
In this session, CIOs will discuss:
- The most successful approaches to driving rapid cloud adoption across the enterprise
- Collaboration across the C-suite on data ownership, cloud controls and cloud security
- Ongoing metrics to track the success of your implementation strategy
9:00am - 10:00am EDT Virtual Summit Boardroom
Accelerating Security at the Pace of the Business

Rhonda Gass
VP & Global CIO
Stanley Black & Decker

Thor Wallace
Senior VP & Chief Information Officer
Netscout
In 2020, the multi-decade process of turning the digital enterprise inside out accelerated instantly. We’ve now passed an inflection point – most cyber assets live outside the old “walls” of the organization and cybersecurity controls must be scalable, flexible and reliable. How are CIOs partnering with CISOs to establish a security strategy that is an enabler of the digital business rather than an obstacle?
In this interactive session, you’ll discuss:
- Redesigning cybersecurity architecture to enable the work-from-anywhere culture
- Foundational technologies to support a global cybersecurity mesh
- Reconceptualizing traditional ideas of how to approach security within the enterprise and shifting the business mindset
10:00am - 10:45am EDT Virtual Summit Keynote
Driving an Agenda That Enables and Transforms Your Business
Hosted by Google Chrome Enterprise

Mike Daoust
Managing Director, Chrome Enterprise Customer Team

Biao Wang
Global Head of Employee Tech
Wayfair
One of the biggest challenges facing the modern CIO is balance. When it comes to business transformation, the sky is the limit… until you run into budget, time and resource constraints. How can CIOs balance these real limitations while encouraging their teams to dream big and come up with outside the box solutions?
Join this keynote to discuss:
- Crafting a technology and cultural transformational strategy
- Successful frameworks that allow space for a “test fast, learn quick” environment
- Strategies for enabling and securing a hybrid WFH workforce
10:45am - 11:00am EDT Break
1:30pm - 3:00pm EDT Virtual Peer-to-Peer Meetings
Peer-to-Peer Meetings
Meet virtually for in-depth conversations with your colleagues
June 9, 2021
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