IN-PERSON

Seattle CIO Executive Summit

December 14, 2023 | Grand Hyatt Seattle

December 14, 2023
Grand Hyatt Seattle

Collaborate with your peers

Get together with Seattle'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 technology with the entire organization to improve business outcomes

Building a culture of security and enabling smart, secure decision making

Creating a culture of innovation to improve processes and efficiencies

Seattle 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

Brian Abrahamson

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Chief Digital Officer

Anja Canfield-Budde

University of Washington
Associate Vice President for Data & Applications

Laurent Rotival

Cambia Health Solutions
SVP, Strategic Technology Solutions & CIO

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 Seattle CIO community.

Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Connect with like-minded peers in a private, 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.

Agenda


December 13, 2023

December 14, 2023

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

Governing Body Welcome Reception

Governing Body members host this dinner for attendees to launch the event with an evening of peer networking.

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

8:30am - 9:15am  Keynote

Transcend the Tactical – CIOs and CISOs Advancing Business Innovation and Security

Adrian Mayers headshot

Adrian Mayers

VP & CISO

Premera Blue Cross

Charu Jain headshot

Charu Jain

Senior Vice President Merchandising & Innovation

Alaska Airlines

Reema Nath headshot

Reema Nath

Vice President Information Technology

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Technology and security leaders are leveraging collaborative strategies to drive innovation while addressing cybersecurity concerns and enabling the business to thrive in a post-pandemic environment. By fostering intimate partnerships across the business and elevating their roles to the board level, CIOs and CISOs can contribute meaningfully to resolving market and cyber issues. With an aim to transcend the tactical and embrace a proactive approach, the future of these roles is projected to center around shared outcomes and views to best enable the business.

Join a panel of your peers to learn:

  • How CIOs and CISOs can balance innovation and security through intimate partnerships
  • The ways to elevate CIO and CISO roles to weigh in on critical organization decisions at the board level
  • Insights into the anticipated evolution of these roles over the next 5-10 years

9:15am - 9:40am  Networking Break

9:40am - 10:25am  Breakout Session

Hashbrown Diplomacy — How to Build Political Capital

Sean Murphy headshot

Sean Murphy

SVP, CISO

Boeing Employees Credit Union

Cybersecurity breaches are not a matter of “if” but “when.” Effective cybersecurity leadership hinges not just on technical acumen, but also on the strength of relationships forged within an organization. For a technology or security leader, it's essential to proactively build and nurture these relationships well before a crisis unfolds. Cultivating connections across various departments ensures that when issues arise, a foundation of trust and understanding already exists. The ability to manage disruption is a collective responsibility and everyone must work together to prevail.

Join this session with Sean Murphy, SVP, CISO, Boeing Employees Credit Union to discuss,

  • The importance of transitioning from transactional interactions to strategic, relationship-building conversations that foster trust and credibility
  • Practical strategies to integrate cyber considerations seamlessly into broader business conversations and operations
  • The significance of consistent networking, personal development and strategies for maintaining personal balance to remain effective in evolving leadership roles

9:40am - 10:25am  Executive Boardroom

Powering Growth with Data and Insights

Matt Knox headshot

Matt Knox

CIO

Sound Physicians

Anja Canfield-Budde headshot

Anja Canfield-Budde

Associate Vice President for Data & Applications

University of Washington

Carlos Melvin headshot

Carlos Melvin

Global Data Privacy Officer

Starbucks

Business leaders are challenged with developing a D&A strategy that expands business value and inspires leaders to make data-driven decisions confidently. Their success hinges on the ability to navigate the complexities of the enterprise, while increasing the company’s data accessibility and culture of insights.  All this, as it's more important than ever to establishing a secure data governance program that successfully aligns with business priorities is paramount.

Join this conversation to discuss:

  • Challenging leaders across the enterprise to embrace data
  • Inspiring actions throughout the D&A value chain to increase growth opportunities
  • Implementing strategies to ensure availability, integrity and confidentiality in data while mitigating risks

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

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

Jim Richberg headshot

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

11:00am - 11:45am  Executive Boardroom

Putting AI to Work

Jason Federoff headshot

Jason Federoff

Principal Data & AI Transformation Executive

IBM

Lutz Beck headshot

Lutz Beck

CIO

Daimler Truck North America

Ralph Johnson headshot

Ralph Johnson

State Chief Information Security Officer

State of Washington

AI adoption has more than doubled since 2017 and its evolution leaped forward in 2023 with advances in generative AI that hold the potential to unlock trillions in economic value over the next decade.

However, implementing AI for business has unique needs – it needs to be open, properly governed, designed for the enterprise, and most importantly, create value.

Explore the age of AI including:

  • Developing a foundational data fabric architecture
  • Delivering a competitive business advantage through strategic use cases
  • Deploying governed AI with responsibility

11:00am - 11:45am  Executive Boardroom

Is Your Productivity Suite Critical Infrastructure?

Abhishek Agrawal headshot

Abhishek Agrawal

Co-Founder & CEO

Material Security

Aradhna Chetal headshot

Aradhna Chetal

Managing Director Executive Cloud Services and Cybersecurity Technology

TIAA

Ronald Jimerson headshot

Ronald Jimerson

CISO

Port Of Seattle

Your cloud office suite is home to all your people, content, and communications, and it’s constantly under attack from increasingly sophisticated actors. But it’s often overlooked compared to other surface areas like production infrastructure and networks.

Join this session to discuss:

  • Why the cloud office risk profile is greater than it appears
  • How to manage complex threats, configurations, and data
  • Key considerations regarding upcoming SEC regulations

11:45am - 12:30pm  Lunch Service

12:30pm - 1:05pm  Keynote

Cultivating a Strong Security Culture

Syam Nair headshot

Syam Nair

CTO

Zscaler

Jeffrey Jones headshot

Jeffrey Jones

CISO

Milliman

By nature, the CIO and CISO roles are complex, adaptive, and evolving as adversaries exploit new attack vectors, and the sun never rises on the same threat landscape two days in a row. In the current spotlight on cyber risk and strategy, how can leaders leverage their skills to cultivate a strong security culture and foster inclusive conversations on cybersecurity throughout the organization?

Join this session and learn:

  • How to drive the mindset and cultural changes essential to overcome inertia and accelerate transformation
  • How to navigate complex technology like AI, automation, and generative AI to its full potential
  • How zero trust architecture reduces security risks while driving greater productivity and simplicity

1:05pm - 1:30pm  Break

1:30pm - 2:15pm  Breakout Session

The Practical Reality of Success in Generative AI

Sanjay Srivastava headshot

Sanjay Srivastava

Chief Digital Officer

Genpact

Much has been said about the promise and potential of GenAI – a technology as fundamentally game-changing as the internet or mobility. We are already seeing use cases beginning to deliver benefits in productivity, cycle time reduction, enterprise knowledge access and even early signs of incremental revenue. But across them, the pilot-to-production journey for enterprises is riddled with bumps and bruises, and many lessons have been learned. Sanjay Srivastava, CDO at Genpact and Venture Capitalist in Data and AI highlights what it takes to chart a successful AI strategy.

Join this session to learn:

  • The strategic advantage of being a first mover in GenAI: identifying the most impactful use cases
  • Insights from industry experience: key lessons from implementing GenAI in large enterprises
  • Best practices in governance and preparing talent for the future demands of GenAI

1:30pm - 2:15pm  Executive Boardroom

The Highwire Act – Balancing Security and Networking

John Spiegel headshot

John Spiegel

Field CTO, Network Transformation

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Michael Boyd headshot

Michael Boyd

CISO

Qorvo

Sherry Carpenter headshot

Sherry Carpenter

CISO

BBSI

Security teams and networking teams often have competing goals.  One may favor speed while the other favors security.  Result - they can sometimes be at odds.  How do you balance these needs within your organization?  Should Networking and Security be a single team?  Should they have SLAs with each other?  

Join us for an interactive round table to explore the following topics:
• The possibilities of harmony between network and security
• Security and networking leadership approaches to organizational change
• How frameworks such as SASE/SSE/Zero Trust technology may not be the biggest challenge

1:30pm - 2:15pm  Executive Boardroom

Gaining C-Suite Influence – Becoming a Trusted Ally to the Board

Brian Abrahamson headshot

Brian Abrahamson

Chief Digital Officer

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Timothy Lovell headshot

Timothy Lovell

VP & CIO

Precision Castparts Corp.

Digital acceleration requires good relationships between CIOs and boards of directors. To deepen these relationships into a business advisory role, CIOs should understand the board’s business priorities and take steps to advance them. But what are the techniques CIOs can use to engage stakeholders, deal with conflicts and build consensus among peers? This Boardroom is an opportunity to share war stories and techniques on effective partnership and alignment. Specifically, you’ll discuss:

  • Working with the board to establish digital-friendly budgeting and metrics
  • Embracing and enhancing business ownership of technology initiatives
  • How to bring your digital strategy to the top of the agenda

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

Buzzers Over Buzzwords — An Interactive Benchmarking

Megan Clarke headshot

Megan Clarke

CIO

King County, WA

What's your community's top priority? What do your C-Level peers consider the largest hurdle to accomplishing their goals? What percentage of your peers are experiencing the same struggles as you? In this fun, highly interactive, game-show-style session, we'll put your knowledge to the test and provide insight into your community.

Come on down to:

  • Compete in a data-driven, community-specific, gamified quiz
  • Learn more about the struggles and opportunities reported by members of your community
  • Share and expand on these reported goals and challenges

2:50pm - 3:35pm  Executive Boardroom

Overcoming Legacy Technology — Stuck in the Middle of Modernization

Alex Di Giacomo headshot

Alex Di Giacomo

CISO

Sound Transit

Claus Jensen headshot

Claus Jensen

Former Chief Innovation Officer

Teladoc Inc

Cheri Larson headshot

Cheri Larson

Chief Information Officer

Charlie's Produce

Digital enterprises strive for the best business outcomes, but let’s face it, legacy technology is a hurdle many organizations have yet to clear. As leaders work to prioritize investments that support high-value technology opportunities, they must balance existing resources and planning for future upgrades.

Join this interactive session to:

  • Identify new ways to leverage legacy technology to bring value to the customer
  • Strategize what to sequentially modernize using data
  • Discuss integration challenges CIOs can anticipate as they plan for eventual upgrades

3:35pm - 4:00pm  Break

4:00pm - 4:35pm  Keynote

You Speak, They Swarm — The Future of Reaching Your Audience

Arthur Zards headshot

Arthur Zards

Thought Leader, TED/TEDx Speaker, Coach & Producer

Guest Speaker

Speakers want action, not just applause. But busy executives don’t have time to learn complex communication models or esoteric storytelling processes — they need a simple, effective speaking framework that can help them not only connect with any audience, but also elicit real change. Enter the "Swarm Effect."

Join this session with Arthur Zards — a thought leader, TEDster and provocateur — to:

  • Hone your skills in executive influence
  • Adopt a more authentic and engaging approach to speaking
  • Take your next presentation from “understandable” to “compelling"

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

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

Governing Body Welcome Reception

Governing Body members host this dinner for attendees to launch the event with an evening of peer networking.

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

8:30am - 9:15am  Keynote

Transcend the Tactical – CIOs and CISOs Advancing Business Innovation and Security

Adrian Mayers headshot

Adrian Mayers

VP & CISO

Premera Blue Cross

Charu Jain headshot

Charu Jain

Senior Vice President Merchandising & Innovation

Alaska Airlines

Reema Nath headshot

Reema Nath

Vice President Information Technology

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Technology and security leaders are leveraging collaborative strategies to drive innovation while addressing cybersecurity concerns and enabling the business to thrive in a post-pandemic environment. By fostering intimate partnerships across the business and elevating their roles to the board level, CIOs and CISOs can contribute meaningfully to resolving market and cyber issues. With an aim to transcend the tactical and embrace a proactive approach, the future of these roles is projected to center around shared outcomes and views to best enable the business.

Join a panel of your peers to learn:

  • How CIOs and CISOs can balance innovation and security through intimate partnerships
  • The ways to elevate CIO and CISO roles to weigh in on critical organization decisions at the board level
  • Insights into the anticipated evolution of these roles over the next 5-10 years

9:15am - 9:40am  Networking Break

9:40am - 10:25am  Breakout Session

Hashbrown Diplomacy — How to Build Political Capital

Sean Murphy headshot

Sean Murphy

SVP, CISO

Boeing Employees Credit Union

Cybersecurity breaches are not a matter of “if” but “when.” Effective cybersecurity leadership hinges not just on technical acumen, but also on the strength of relationships forged within an organization. For a technology or security leader, it's essential to proactively build and nurture these relationships well before a crisis unfolds. Cultivating connections across various departments ensures that when issues arise, a foundation of trust and understanding already exists. The ability to manage disruption is a collective responsibility and everyone must work together to prevail.

Join this session with Sean Murphy, SVP, CISO, Boeing Employees Credit Union to discuss,

  • The importance of transitioning from transactional interactions to strategic, relationship-building conversations that foster trust and credibility
  • Practical strategies to integrate cyber considerations seamlessly into broader business conversations and operations
  • The significance of consistent networking, personal development and strategies for maintaining personal balance to remain effective in evolving leadership roles

9:40am - 10:25am  Executive Boardroom

Navigating the Cyber Risks of Cloud — Evaluating Options

Mani Keerthi Nagothu headshot

Mani Keerthi Nagothu

Americas Field CISO Associate Director

SentinelOne

Steve Person headshot

Steve Person

Chief Information Security Officer

Cambia Health Solutions

Jeffrey Jones headshot

Jeffrey Jones

CISO

Milliman

The use of cloud technology has become a popular choice for businesses, providing them with numerous advantages but also introducing new threats. Cyber security risks can cause financial and reputational damage if left unmanaged, which is why it is essential to understand all the ways to protect the enterprise.    

In this boardroom we will discuss:               

  • Governance, risk and compliance in cloud                
  • New insights into cloud-based attacks and their impacts 
  • Defenses to financial and reputational damage

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

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

Jim Richberg headshot

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

11:00am - 11:45am  Executive Boardroom

Is Your Productivity Suite Critical Infrastructure?

Abhishek Agrawal headshot

Abhishek Agrawal

Co-Founder & CEO

Material Security

Aradhna Chetal headshot

Aradhna Chetal

Managing Director Executive Cloud Services and Cybersecurity Technology

TIAA

Ronald Jimerson headshot

Ronald Jimerson

CISO

Port Of Seattle

Your cloud office suite is home to all your people, content, and communications, and it’s constantly under attack from increasingly sophisticated actors. But it’s often overlooked compared to other surface areas like production infrastructure and networks.

Join this session to discuss:

  • Why the cloud office risk profile is greater than it appears
  • How to manage complex threats, configurations, and data
  • Key considerations regarding upcoming SEC regulations

11:45am - 12:30pm  Lunch Service

12:30pm - 1:05pm  Keynote

Cultivating a Strong Security Culture

Syam Nair headshot

Syam Nair

CTO

Zscaler

Jeffrey Jones headshot

Jeffrey Jones

CISO

Milliman

By nature, the CIO and CISO roles are complex, adaptive, and evolving as adversaries exploit new attack vectors, and the sun never rises on the same threat landscape two days in a row. In the current spotlight on cyber risk and strategy, how can leaders leverage their skills to cultivate a strong security culture and foster inclusive conversations on cybersecurity throughout the organization?

Join this session and learn:

  • How to drive the mindset and cultural changes essential to overcome inertia and accelerate transformation
  • How to navigate complex technology like AI, automation, and generative AI to its full potential
  • How zero trust architecture reduces security risks while driving greater productivity and simplicity

1:05pm - 1:30pm  Break

1:30pm - 2:15pm  Breakout Session

The Practical Reality of Success in Generative AI

Sanjay Srivastava headshot

Sanjay Srivastava

Chief Digital Officer

Genpact

Much has been said about the promise and potential of GenAI – a technology as fundamentally game-changing as the internet or mobility. We are already seeing use cases beginning to deliver benefits in productivity, cycle time reduction, enterprise knowledge access and even early signs of incremental revenue. But across them, the pilot-to-production journey for enterprises is riddled with bumps and bruises, and many lessons have been learned. Sanjay Srivastava, CDO at Genpact and Venture Capitalist in Data and AI highlights what it takes to chart a successful AI strategy.

Join this session to learn:

  • The strategic advantage of being a first mover in GenAI: identifying the most impactful use cases
  • Insights from industry experience: key lessons from implementing GenAI in large enterprises
  • Best practices in governance and preparing talent for the future demands of GenAI

1:30pm - 2:15pm  Executive Boardroom

The Highwire Act – Balancing Security and Networking

John Spiegel headshot

John Spiegel

Field CTO, Network Transformation

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Michael Boyd headshot

Michael Boyd

CISO

Qorvo

Sherry Carpenter headshot

Sherry Carpenter

CISO

BBSI

Security teams and networking teams often have competing goals.  One may favor speed while the other favors security.  Result - they can sometimes be at odds.  How do you balance these needs within your organization?  Should Networking and Security be a single team?  Should they have SLAs with each other?  

Join us for an interactive round table to explore the following topics:
• The possibilities of harmony between network and security
• Security and networking leadership approaches to organizational change
• How frameworks such as SASE/SSE/Zero Trust technology may not be the biggest challenge

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

Buzzers Over Buzzwords — An Interactive Benchmarking

Megan Clarke headshot

Megan Clarke

CIO

King County, WA

What's your community's top priority? What do your C-Level peers consider the largest hurdle to accomplishing their goals? What percentage of your peers are experiencing the same struggles as you? In this fun, highly interactive, game-show-style session, we'll put your knowledge to the test and provide insight into your community.

Come on down to:

  • Compete in a data-driven, community-specific, gamified quiz
  • Learn more about the struggles and opportunities reported by members of your community
  • Share and expand on these reported goals and challenges

2:50pm - 3:35pm  Executive Boardroom

New Cybersecurity Rules and Regulations: Are You Prepared?

Chuck Markarian headshot

Chuck Markarian

CISO

PACCAR

John Howie headshot

John Howie

Head M&A IT Security

Bayer Corporation

Hardik Mehta headshot

Hardik Mehta

Head of Cyber Risk Management

Uber

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 roles and responsibilities are shifting
  • Strategies for communicating materiality to an organization

3:35pm - 4:00pm  Break

4:00pm - 4:35pm  Keynote

You Speak, They Swarm — The Future of Reaching Your Audience

Arthur Zards headshot

Arthur Zards

Thought Leader, TED/TEDx Speaker, Coach & Producer

Guest Speaker

Speakers want action, not just applause. But busy executives don’t have time to learn complex communication models or esoteric storytelling processes — they need a simple, effective speaking framework that can help them not only connect with any audience, but also elicit real change. Enter the "Swarm Effect."

Join this session with Arthur Zards — a thought leader, TEDster and provocateur — to:

  • Hone your skills in executive influence
  • Adopt a more authentic and engaging approach to speaking
  • Take your next presentation from “understandable” to “compelling"

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

December 13, 2023

December 14, 2023

We look forward to seeing you at an upcoming in-person gathering


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Location


Venue & Accommodation

Grand Hyatt Seattle
MORE INFORMATION

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Grand Hyatt Seattle at a reduced conference rate. Reservations should be made online or by calling 402-935-5352.

Deadline to book using the discounted room rate of $189 USD (plus tax) is November 20, 2023.

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Monica Mickelson

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monica.podolsky@evanta.com