
Minneapolis CISO Inner Circle
April 20, 2022 | Union Rooftop
April 20, 2022
Union Rooftop
Collaborate with your peers
Join Minneapolis's top CISOs for an intimate networking dinner and facilitated discussion on key business challenges. Enjoy a relaxed evening of dinner and drinks with your peers to share best practices, make new connections and build professional relationships.
Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CISOs today:
Securing a holistic secure digital framework
Workforce and partnership strategies for digital success
Minneapolis CISO Governing Body
The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the summit agenda, ensuring that all content is driven by CISOs, for CISOs.
Governing Body Co-Chairs

Amy Eklund
BlueCross BlueShield of Minnesota
CISO

Betty Elliott
Freddie Mac
Senior VP & Chief Information Security Officer

Jill Kuykendall
Securian Financial
Chief Information Security Officer

Michael Rogers
UnitedHealth Group
BISO United Healthcare / Sr. Director Cyber Defense

Rohit Tandon
State of Minnesota
Chief Information Security Officer

Tony Taylor
Land O'Lakes
CISO
Agenda
April 20, 2022
4:30pm - 5:30pm Executive Networking Reception
5:30pm - 6:45pm Discussion Topics
The CISO Role in Accelerating and Securing Digital Business

William Scandrett
VP, Chief Information Security Officer
Allina Health

Ryan Spinti
Cybersecurity Director
APi Group

Jill Kuykendall
Chief Information Security Officer
Securian Financial

Jayson Nelson
CISO and Vice President IT Shared Services
Radisson Hotels Americas

Aimee Martin
Director, Information Security, Compliance and PMO.
Vista Outdoor

Michael Rogers
BISO United Healthcare / Sr. Director Cyber Defense
UnitedHealth Group

Janet Schoephoerster
Executive Dir, Global Engineering and Security
Interpublic Group of Companies
As digital initiatives across enterprises have accelerated quickly, leaders must balance the right structures and strategies. Whether restructuring existing applications, infrastructure and security ecosystems or preempting new initiatives to bring services and applications to market faster than ever before, CISOs are immersed in strategizing and building support for these critical business objectives.
In this interactive conversation among peers, CISOs will discuss their role in proactively contributing to organizational success.
Topic 1: Securing a holistic secure digital framework
- How are you evolving your operating model to deliver better speed, agility and security?
- How are you optimizing for future resilience and not just immediate efficiency?
- How has your budget strategy evolved to address secure digital priorities?
Topic 2: Workforce and partnership strategies for digital success
- How have you evolved your cross-business partnerships in the past year?
- How have you overcome challenges when the IT/Security priorities conflict?
- How are you establishing credibility in your role to drive the enterprise in a secure digital direction?
6:45pm - 7:15pm Networking Break
7:15pm - 8:30pm Summary Discussion & Dinner
8:30pm - 9:30pm Social Hour
Location
Venue
Union RooftopMORE INFORMATION
Health and Safety Local Guidelines
To ensure the well-being of participants, partners, and associates, we will continue to monitor and adhere to government, venue, and health agency guidelines.
As a part of our commitment to create the safest possible environment, we are requiring all participants, partners, and associates to be fully vaccinated to participate in in-person programs, in addition to completing a health status attestation prior to arrival. Please refer to our COVID-19 Health and Safety Protocols for up-to-date local guidelines.
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