Houston CIO Executive Summit

Initiating a new approach to business and IT co-delivery, Schlumberger CIO Eric Abercassis radically rolled out a Scrum@Scale operating model and developed a three-mode approach to delivery —leveraging central, decentral, and hybrid resource configurations. Hear how Abercassis, James Brady and his team are currently realigning development and operations into a DevOps model that compliments this new approach to: 

• Build a solid ERP foundation with an agile approach to providing value optimization extensions
• Leverage data by creating a technical stack that delivers clean data to central and decentral groups
• Changing the corporate mindset by demonstrating IT’s strong partnership in leading agile transformation across the enterprise

Join Oil States as a few small steps toward a “Digital Twin” of the organization uncovers a wealth of strategic, collaborative and value-generating opportunities. This session explores how to:

• Leverage the DTO to understand and unite the various perspectives of your business
• Improve operational performance by integrating a BI performance feedback loop in day to day functions
• Build an environment for employees to be successful, greatly enhanced by technology

Exxon Mobil’s XTO Energy Permian Basin operation is remote, vast and data-rich, but the data was stranded in the field and underutilized. Enter Microsoft, who partnered with XTO to apply Connected Field Services to improve performance and reduce downtime. This session explores how XTO and Microsoft worked together to:

• Digitally transform and execute in a fundamentally different way
• Improve data management, including seamless data transfer and mobile access
• Increase volumes while simultaneously reducing safety risks and improving the bottom line

CIOs want to be able to adapt, innovate and meet the needs of the business, all the while being more strategic to help grow the bottom line. Cloud-based ERP systems can be true differentiators. Come to this interactive session to discuss:

• How a cloud-foundational ERP system can provide deep insights into your organization
• How to take those insights and drive innovation and increase agility
• How to make better decisions and act on real-time reporting and analytics

Executive boardrooms are private, closed-door discussions that encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CIOs). To reserve your seat, please contact: Pierre Ngung at 503-808-9818 or pierre.ngung@evanta.com; or Rich Keating at 971-978-5040 or rich.keating@evanta.com.

Still encumbered by legacy business processes? Struggling to speed up onboarding, improve customer experience, and secure collaboration across the extended enterprise? Business processes need to keep up with the digitization of your enterprise. Join a group of your peers to discuss how to:

• Identify opportunities for improving outdated processes
• Unlock new customer experiences with digital practices
• Empower your workplace with seamless business processes

Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to C-level executives). To reserve your seat, please contact your event Program Manager.

A panel of CISOs share their perspectives on the cyber security landscape. They tackle these questions and more:

• From your CISO perspective, how do you assess risk in your network so you can mitigate it? And how do you communicate that risk with your CIO, other executive leaders and the board?
• What are practical solutions to cybersecurity, beyond just hiring a security team and building a SOC? How are you handling the basic blocking and tackling?
• How does the CISO avoid becoming the department of “no”?
• How are you handling the governance and compliance side of cybersecurity?

As the fourth industrial revolution gains speed fueled by emerging technologies, business operations are lagging behind. Organizations need to embrace Business 4.0^TM and implement a unified vision for innovation. Join as Krish Rao unpacks:

• The current state of innovation and changing role of CIOs 
• A model that focuses on personalization, exponential value creation, risk mitigation and ecosystem leverage
• A culture of innovation at scale

As technology continues to be the primary driver of business capability, CIOs have stopped being looked to as simply providers of internal technical support. IT executives must modernize the enterprise to move to value-based, iterative approaches to technology implementation and utilization while also driving cultural change. This session explores:

• Enterprise platform strategy vs. siloed, single-purpose technology stack
• How do CIOs align IT investments to business top priorities?
• How does IT make smarter decisions with real-time analytics across the entire IT value chain?

Executive boardrooms are private, closed-door discussions that encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CIOs). To reserve your seat, please contact: Pierre Ngung at 503-808-9818 or pierre.ngung@evanta.com; or Rich Keating at 971-978-5040 or rich.keating@evanta.com.

APIs and API management have become essential to how enterprises deliver applications in and across clouds. They help build and connect modern applications, increase execution times at scale to optimize costs and use analytics and machine learning to make smarter decisions.

This interactive session explores:

• How to build transformation strategies across the business with APIs in mind
• How to measure ROI on your API strategy, including tracking early wins and demonstrating value
• How your API platform aids innovation and shortens your maturity curve for emerging technologies

Executive boardrooms are private, closed-door discussions that encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CIOs). To reserve your seat, please contact: Pierre Ngung at 503-808-9818 or pierre.ngung@evanta.com; or Rich Keating at 971-978-5040 or rich.keating@evanta.com.