IN-PERSON

Pittsburgh CISO Executive Summit

May 10, 2023 | David L Lawrence Convention Center

May 10, 2023
David L Lawrence Convention Center

Collaborate with your peers

Get together with Pittsburgh's top CISOs 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 CISOs today:

Accelerating High Growth and Digitally-Driven Outcomes

Advancing the Business Value of Security

Thriving through Volatility - Empowering People, Resiliency and Insights

Pittsburgh 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

Bill Balint

Indiana University of Pennsylvania
CIO

Steven Bugajski

US Steel
VP & Chief Information Officer

Bill Fortwangler

Dollar Bank
CIO

Susan Koski

PNC
CISO, Head of Security and Enterprise Response

Matt Putila

EnGen
VP of Product Management

George Rosato

CONSOL Energy
Director, IT

What to Expect

Interactive Sessions

Hear from CISO 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 Pittsburgh CISO 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


May 9, 2023

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

Governing Body Welcome Reception

Susan Koski headshot

Susan Koski

CISO, Head of Security and Enterprise Response

PNC

Join us for a special evening at the Grand Concourse to kick off the Executive Summit with dinner, spectacular views and networking hosted by Governing Body members.  In the spirit of community and giving back, you'll have the opportunity to assemble bags for local children preparing to enter foster care through the non-profit organization, Foster Love.

11:10am - 11:55am  Breakout Session

Let’s Brainstorm! Influencing Across the Enterprise

Eris Symms headshot

Eris Symms

Chief Information Security Officer

Arconic

To lead resilient organizations, security leaders must be able to communicate to the board, c-suite and employees effectively. CISOs are tasked to use visuals, communicate business value and synthesize complex information in a way that makes sense to the audience.

Join this interactive session to debate and collaborate on influencing across the enterprise with various scenarios including:

  • Communicating generative AI concerns and opportunities to your CEO
  • Giving cybersecurity guidance to the board for better security/business alignment
  • Working with CHRO to get employee buy-in on creating a more security driven culture

11:55am - 12:30pm  Lunch Service

12:30pm - 1:05pm  Keynote

Unleash the Full Power of Secure Digital Transformation with Zero Trust

Ben Corll headshot

Ben Corll

Field CISO - Americas

Zscaler

Learn how zero trust architecture secures users, workloads, and IoT/OT devices by addressing critical security shortcomings of legacy network architecture. This session covers key steps in a phased zero trust transformation journey as well as advice for winning the support of organizational leadership.

Join this session and learn to:

  • Recognize issues inherent to routable networks
  • Identify initial steps and key phases of zero trust transformation
  • Demystify zero trust architecture for business leaders

1:05pm - 1:30pm  Networking Break

7:45am - 8:40am  Registration & Breakfast

8:40am - 9:25am  Keynote

Executive Presence for Lasting Leadership

Chris Ulrich headshot

Chris Ulrich

Body Language Expert & Political Consultant

Guest Speaker

Any given gesture -a nod, a point of the finger - unconsciously communicates powerful ideas and feelings that have tangible consequences. Top executives are generally proficient in their ability to interact with others, but the stakes are raised during high-level negotiations, reporting to the board, inspiring and empowering senior managers or dealing with tricky internal matters.

Join body language expert Chris Ulrich as he shares:

  • Why every movement and action is magnified in high-level situations
  • Tools and techniques to build rapport quickly
  • How executives can communicate more effectively

9:25am - 9:50am  Networking Break

9:50am - 10:35am  Executive Boardroom

The CIO and CISO Partnership – Managing Cybersecurity as a Business Decision

Richard Smith headshot

Richard Smith

Senior Vice President / Chief Information Officer

Wabtec

Peter Zwieryznski headshot

Peter Zwieryznski

Director of Information Security

Koppers Holdings

The CIO and CISO share a goal of protecting the organization while ensuring access to information that allows for faster and more confident decision-making. The leaders must have a collaborative and transparent approach that balances risk with the support of important business objectives and goals. The CIO and CISO are business partners working to put the enterprise in the best position possible and with that comes the responsibility of earning trust from one another and the C-Suite.

Join this session to discuss:

  • Strengthen the IT-Security partnership to fuel innovation and accelerate new technology deployments
  • Ensure security is represented as a holistic element of the organization
  • Collaborate to push business initiatives forward

9:50am - 10:35am  Executive Boardroom

The Evolution of Identity Access Management

Dustin Gleich headshot

Dustin Gleich

Director, Sales Engineering, North America East

Lacework

John O'Rourke headshot

John O'Rourke

Global IT Director/Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) - IT Security

PPG Industries

Paul Turcotte headshot

Paul Turcotte

VP, CISO

GNC

Jay Saludis headshot

Jay Saludis

Director, Information Security

84 Lumber Company

As an organization’s security strategy matures, so does the complexities associated with ensuring the proper authorization for accessing systems and application resources. Security leaders must have the right tools and processes in place to make certain that the right people have the right access – nothing more. How can leaders propel the organization into the next generation of IAM and fraud detection strategies that protects business outcomes while enables identity-first security?

Join this session to discuss:

  • Looking at the business and technology changes driving the most significant trends in the evolution of access management
  • Making a business case for investing in the next generation of tools that have a demonstrated ROI
  • Creating more efficient processes that allows for employee buy-in

10:35am - 11:10am  Networking Break

10:40am - 11:05am  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.

1:30pm - 2:15pm  Breakout Session

The Most Important Shift for Cybersecurity in a Generation

Nathan Smolenski headshot

Nathan Smolenski

Head of Cyber Intelligence Strategy

Netskope

Jim Cebula headshot

Jim Cebula

SVP., Sr. Director of Security Risk

Citizens Financial Group

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Kevin Fiedler

VP Infrastructure and Operations

GNC

We live in a world where everything is hybrid and the blend between personal, corporate, private and public is ever-changing and presents us with a host of new challenges. This has increased and complicated the attack surface and the pressure to converge tools and do “more with less” is at peak levels. We must meet this watershed moment with the right team, plans, and technology.

Join this interactive session to learn:

  • How to build an effective plan for change without adding to the chaos
  • What consolidation approaches save money without sacrificing security
  • Use cases that deliver immediate value and efficiency while improving user experience

1:30pm - 2:15pm  Breakout Session

Putting FUN into Company Culture: Focus, Unity & Needs

Susan Koski headshot

Susan Koski

CISO, Head of Security and Enterprise Response

PNC

Kathleen Lovett headshot

Kathleen Lovett

Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Supply Chain

VSP Global

Paul Turcotte headshot

Paul Turcotte

VP, CISO

GNC

Talent and skills shortages, hiring and retention dilemmas, etc. have many at their wit's end. But what happens when you create a culture that keeps them so engaged, they don't want to leave? Listen in and learn how CIOs and CISOs are leveraging employee satisfaction and engagement to drive growth, increase operational efficiencies and boost productivity.

Join this session to discuss and ask questions about:

  • Attuning yourself to the needs of employees, teams, and the enterprise- big or small.
  • Having FUN by efficiency and innovation
  • Keeping the right people – thinking beyond retention

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

CIO & CISO Leadership to Advance Customer Experience

Joanna Palmer headshot

Joanna Palmer

CX Client Principal, Contact Centers

RingCentral

Customer experience is a mission-critical priority for organizations to maintain a sustainable and competitive advantage. Technology and security leaders have an opportunity to play an outsized role in advancing customer experience strategy by leading with business and IT acumen. Yet, false starts, roadblocks and complexity impede progress on these goals.

Join this interactive session to discuss:

  • How CIOs & CISOs can lead or support customer experience initiatives
  • How technologies can play a pivotal role in capturing and acting on key customer data
  • What strategies lead to more efficient and effective customer interactions

2:50pm - 3:35pm  Executive Boardroom

New SEC Rules – Going Beyond Checking the Box

John Shaffer headshot

John Shaffer

Cyber Security Manager

CONSOL Energy

Eris Symms headshot

Eris Symms

Chief Information Security Officer

Arconic

Cybersecurity is no longer an objective reserved only for IT, it’s mission critical for senior executives and all board members. 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:

  • How to prepare your board
  • What impacts the new SEC ruling is already having
  • How to protect yourself from liability

3:35pm - 4:00pm  Networking Break

4:00pm - 4:50pm  Keynote

The Future of Data and Analytics — Linking Data-Driven Decisions to Business Value

Frank Buytendijk headshot

Frank Buytendijk

Distinguished VP Analyst

Gartner

As business leaders are tasked with producing strategies that drive enterprise growth, they turn to data and analytics that expands business value and create a more data-driven organization. This means nothing less than rethinking the organization’s decision-making processes, and allow leaders to make decisions more confidently and quickly across a complex enterprise. How can data-driven decisions lead to increased business value?

Join Frank Buytendijk, Distinguished VP Analyst, Research Fellow and co-lead of Gartner Futures Lab as he discusses:

  • Leveraging the value of data-driven decisions to the business
  • Exploring decision making as a competitive differentiator
  • Challenging decision makers across the enterprise to embrace new ways of making the right decisions

4:50pm - 5:15pm  Closing Reception & Prize Drawing

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

Governing Body Welcome Reception

Susan Koski headshot

Susan Koski

CISO, Head of Security and Enterprise Response

PNC

Join us for a special evening at the Grand Concourse to kick off the Executive Summit with dinner, spectacular views and networking hosted by Governing Body members.  In the spirit of community and giving back, you'll have the opportunity to assemble bags for local children preparing to enter foster care through the non-profit organization, Foster Love.

11:10am - 11:55am  Breakout Session

Strategic AI Opportunities for IT Operations and Development

Oved Lourie headshot

Oved Lourie

Director and Field CTO, WW AIOps

IBM

Every business wants to get the most out of its resources. Apart from making more profit, companies constantly strive towards reducing overall costs. Surviving in today’s competitive world requires businesses make strategic decisions that lead to better efficiencies. AIOps seeks to do just that – ensure the delivery of highly performant digital applications and services. 

Join this session to learn about:

  • Gathering and harnessing the data available to provide full stack and enterprise observability 
  • Automating cloud resource allocation and management to optimize cost  
  • Using AI in IT operations and management solutions

11:10am - 11:55am  Executive Boardroom

Financial Resilience – Staying Competitive and Differentiated

Eric Ranta headshot

Eric Ranta

Director, Customer Value & Transformation Advisors

Google Cloud

Francois Estellon headshot

Francois Estellon

Executive Vice President - Global Operations and Chief Technology Officer

Matthews International

Despite economic slowdown, worldwide IT spending remains strong as enterprises increase spending on digital business initiatives to drive revenue. How do you accelerate time-to-value for technology investments? How can CIOs and CISOs sharpen focus on the factors in their control, while addressing the macroeconomic pressures of inflation, slower customer buying, supply chain disruptions and global uncertainty?

Join this session to discuss:

  • Technology economic optimization
  • Strategies for enhanced operational effectiveness
  • Creative ways to increase employee productivity

11:55am - 12:30pm  Lunch Service

12:30pm - 1:05pm  Keynote

Unleash the Full Power of Secure Digital Transformation with Zero Trust

Ben Corll headshot

Ben Corll

Field CISO - Americas

Zscaler

Learn how zero trust architecture secures users, workloads, and IoT/OT devices by addressing critical security shortcomings of legacy network architecture. This session covers key steps in a phased zero trust transformation journey as well as advice for winning the support of organizational leadership.

Join this session and learn to:

  • Recognize issues inherent to routable networks
  • Identify initial steps and key phases of zero trust transformation
  • Demystify zero trust architecture for business leaders

1:05pm - 1:30pm  Networking Break

7:45am - 8:40am  Registration & Breakfast

8:40am - 9:25am  Keynote

Executive Presence for Lasting Leadership

Chris Ulrich headshot

Chris Ulrich

Body Language Expert & Political Consultant

Guest Speaker

Any given gesture -a nod, a point of the finger - unconsciously communicates powerful ideas and feelings that have tangible consequences. Top executives are generally proficient in their ability to interact with others, but the stakes are raised during high-level negotiations, reporting to the board, inspiring and empowering senior managers or dealing with tricky internal matters.

Join body language expert Chris Ulrich as he shares:

  • Why every movement and action is magnified in high-level situations
  • Tools and techniques to build rapport quickly
  • How executives can communicate more effectively

9:25am - 9:50am  Networking Break

9:50am - 10:35am  Breakout Session

Leading with Digital Sustainability – A Strategy Led by Technology

Jeff Jagoda headshot

Jeff Jagoda

Senior Chrome Enterprise Customer Engineer

Google Chrome Enterprise

Enterprises are under pressure to address multiple challenges impacting the planet, their people and profitability. This is all happening while a recession is looming, quiet quitting is real and climate change is a top concern. Now is the time to position technology leaders as key partners in tackling these issues maximizes sustainable value across the business.

Join this session to explore sustainable strategies for:

  • Reducing efforts in the negative impact your company and products have on the planet (environmental sustainability)
  • How to best champion and manage the impact on your people (social sustainability)
  • Managing the business' fiscal health and future profitability (financial sustainability)

9:50am - 10:35am  Executive Boardroom

The CIO and CISO Partnership – Managing Cybersecurity as a Business Decision

Richard Smith headshot

Richard Smith

Senior Vice President / Chief Information Officer

Wabtec

Peter Zwieryznski headshot

Peter Zwieryznski

Director of Information Security

Koppers Holdings

The CIO and CISO share a goal of protecting the organization while ensuring access to information that allows for faster and more confident decision-making. The leaders must have a collaborative and transparent approach that balances risk with the support of important business objectives and goals. The CIO and CISO are business partners working to put the enterprise in the best position possible and with that comes the responsibility of earning trust from one another and the C-Suite.

Join this session to discuss:

  • Strengthen the IT-Security partnership to fuel innovation and accelerate new technology deployments
  • Ensure security is represented as a holistic element of the organization
  • Collaborate to push business initiatives forward

10:35am - 11:10am  Networking Break

10:40am - 11:05am  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.

1:30pm - 2:15pm  Breakout Session

Putting FUN into Company Culture: Focus, Unity & Needs

Susan Koski headshot

Susan Koski

CISO, Head of Security and Enterprise Response

PNC

Kathleen Lovett headshot

Kathleen Lovett

Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Supply Chain

VSP Global

Paul Turcotte headshot

Paul Turcotte

VP, CISO

GNC

Talent and skills shortages, hiring and retention dilemmas, etc. have many at their wit's end. But what happens when you create a culture that keeps them so engaged, they don't want to leave? Listen in and learn how CIOs and CISOs are leveraging employee satisfaction and engagement to drive growth, increase operational efficiencies and boost productivity.

Join this session to discuss and ask questions about:

  • Attuning yourself to the needs of employees, teams, and the enterprise- big or small.
  • Having FUN by efficiency and innovation
  • Keeping the right people – thinking beyond retention

1:30pm - 2:15pm  Executive Boardroom

Analyzing Your Application and Infrastructure Technology Strategy

Peter Zwieryznski headshot

Peter Zwieryznski

Director of Information Security

Koppers Holdings

Lisa Biondi headshot

Lisa Biondi

CIO

System One

Matt Putila headshot

Matt Putila

VP of Product Management

EnGen

Applications can make or break an organization’s growth. Too many and you create an opportunity for redundancies and inefficiencies; too few and you risk getting left in the past. In today’s digital-first workspaces, how can leaders evolve their strategy to maximize the value of their applications, advance key digital initiatives and remain agile in the face of constant change?

Join your peers to discuss:

  • Discontinuing legacy systems, modernizing, and shifting to agile solutions
  • Building a business case for application and technology rationalization
  • Creating architectures that evolve with ever-changing business requirements

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

CIO & CISO Leadership to Advance Customer Experience

Joanna Palmer headshot

Joanna Palmer

CX Client Principal, Contact Centers

RingCentral

Customer experience is a mission-critical priority for organizations to maintain a sustainable and competitive advantage. Technology and security leaders have an opportunity to play an outsized role in advancing customer experience strategy by leading with business and IT acumen. Yet, false starts, roadblocks and complexity impede progress on these goals.

Join this interactive session to discuss:

  • How CIOs & CISOs can lead or support customer experience initiatives
  • How technologies can play a pivotal role in capturing and acting on key customer data
  • What strategies lead to more efficient and effective customer interactions

2:50pm - 3:35pm  Executive Boardroom

The Reality of the Cloud Journey – Comparing Lessons Learned

George Rosato headshot

George Rosato

Director, IT

CONSOL Energy

Thomas Blazek headshot

Thomas Blazek

Chief Information Officer

Arconic

Bill Balint headshot

Bill Balint

CIO

Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Markus Weber headshot

Markus Weber

VP & CIO

MSA Safety Inc

As cloud infrastructure strategies become more complex, a game plan is more important than ever to execute the blueprints. CIOs must lead the charge to improve efficiencies, buy smartly and improve resiliency. As the journey progresses, what are the lessons learned that will make for smoother transitions in the future?

Join this session to discuss:

  • Improving processes and efficiencies to create speed of accessibility
  • Recalibrating when necessary for scale and price
  • Navigating risk by embedding a strong cybersecurity strategy

3:35pm - 4:00pm  Networking Break

4:00pm - 4:50pm  Keynote

The Future of Data and Analytics — Linking Data-Driven Decisions to Business Value

Frank Buytendijk headshot

Frank Buytendijk

Distinguished VP Analyst

Gartner

As business leaders are tasked with producing strategies that drive enterprise growth, they turn to data and analytics that expands business value and create a more data-driven organization. This means nothing less than rethinking the organization’s decision-making processes, and allow leaders to make decisions more confidently and quickly across a complex enterprise. How can data-driven decisions lead to increased business value?

Join Frank Buytendijk, Distinguished VP Analyst, Research Fellow and co-lead of Gartner Futures Lab as he discusses:

  • Leveraging the value of data-driven decisions to the business
  • Exploring decision making as a competitive differentiator
  • Challenging decision makers across the enterprise to embrace new ways of making the right decisions

4:50pm - 5:15pm  Closing Reception & Prize Drawing

May 9, 2023

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The Westin Pittsburgh

A block of rooms has been reserved at the The Westin Pittsburgh at a reduced conference rate. Reservations should be made online or by calling (412) 281-3700 . Please mention Evanta to ensure the appropriate room rate.

Deadline to book using the discounted room rate of $239 USD (plus tax) is April 15, 2023.

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