Evaluating the Future of the IT Organization in a Digital-First World Will Power the Discussion at the 2022 Florida CIO Executive Leadership Summit on May 12

This popular in-person event will also explore the megatrends that are helping to shape next-generation business models


WESTPORT, Conn., May 03, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HMG Strategy, the World’s #1 digital platform for enabling technology executives to reimagine the enterprise and reshape the business world, is excited to be hosting its 2022 Florida CIO Executive Leadership Summit on May 12. HMG Strategy’s highly interactive events bring together the world’s most distinguished and innovative business technology and security leaders to discuss the most pressing leadership, innovation, strategic, cultural, technology and career challenges and opportunities that they face today – and into the future.

The 2022 Florida CIO Executive Leadership Summit, which will take place at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Orlando Lake Buena Vista South, will bring together the industry’s top technology and industry executive from across Florida who will explore meaty topics such as the future of the centralized IT organization amid changing business and technology environments.

“For years, industry pundits have questioned whether the IT department is still needed. This topic has taken on new life in today’s digital-first business environment where some are advocating for the decentralized management of technology initiatives by business-focused technology-enabled teams,” said Hunter Muller, President and CEO at HMG Strategy. “Regardless of how this plays out, it’s clear that technology is the backbone of today’s business and there has never been a better time to be a technology leader.”

World-class technology executives and industry experts speaking at the 2022 Florida CIO Executive Leadership Summit will include:

  • Mike Anselmo, CIO & EVP, Operations, FIMC
  • Lee Bailey, Director, Information Security and Compliance, Tupperware Brands
  • Todd Bayley, CIO, Pasco County, FL
  • Bert Bertagna, President, SIM Tampa Bay, Senior IT Leader, Pasco County, FL
  • Dora Boussias, Transformational Leader, Data Strategy & Architecture
  • Lori Brown, CXO/Founder, L. Brown CX Consulting
  • Chuck D’Antonio, Sr. Manager, Solutions Architect, OutSystems
  • Elizabeth Decker, President, SIM South Florida, VP IT, DigitalBridge
  • Larry Di Gioia, President, SIM Central Florida, Senior Consultant, Epic Engineering
  • Nicole Darden Ford, VP & CISO, Rockwell Automation
  • Anu Ganesh, Principal Research Director, Info-Tech Research Group
  • James Garoutsos, CIO
  • Louis Grande, SVP IT, Red Lobster
  • Tano Maenza, CIO, National Air Cargo
  • Dr. Kevin Mahoney, Senior Director, Enhanced Technologies, Fortinet
  • Quintin McGrath, Former Senior Managing Director, Technology Management & Enablement, Global Shared Technology Services, Business Solutions, Deloitte
  • Andrew McIntyre, SVP, Technology & Innovation, Vinik Sports Group
  • Anthony Palladino, Chief Revenue Officer, Aisera
  • Rekha Ramesh, Chief Digital Officer and Chief Information Officer, Tupperware Brands
  • Dr. Chrissann Ruhle, Instructor of Management, Florida Gulf Coast University
  • James Robinson, Deputy CISO, Netskope
  • Suresh Sanka, Director of Technology, Epic Engineering
  • Marcus Session, Past President, SIM Tampa Bay, VP of IT Services, Tampa International Airport
  • Michael Sink, Chief Technology Advisor, World Wide Technology
  • Paul Teodorescu, VP – Head of IT Operations and Service Delivery, GenesisCare
  • Erik Tomasi, Managing Partner, Symosis Security
  • Ken Washington, CIO & VP, Tampa Port Authority
  • Jennifer Wesson Greenman, CIO, Cancer Treatment Centers of America Global
  • Paul Wilner, VP IT, CIO, Pall Corporation

Valued Partners for the 2022 Florida CIO Executive Leadership Summit include 8x8, Aisera, Akamai, BetterCloud, Centripetal, Darktrace, Fortinet, Globant, Netskope, Nutanix, OutSystems, Palo Alto Networks, RingCentral, SafeGuard Cyber, SIM Central Florida, SIM South Florida, SIM Tampa Bay, Skybox Security, Strata, Tonkean, Upwork, Zoom, and Zscaler.

To learn more about the 2022 Florida CIO Executive Leadership Summit and to register for the event, click here.

HMG Strategy will also be hosting its 2022 New Jersey CIO Executive Leadership Summit on May 17. The in-person 2022 New Jersey CIO Executive Leadership Summit, which is being held at the Hyatt Regency New Brunswick, will bring together the top technology executives and industry leaders from the New Jersey tri-state area who will explore the role of the technology executive in leading boldly and authentically in a time of extreme turbulence.

World-class CIOs, technology executives and industry experts who will be speaking at the 2022 New Jersey CIO Executive Leadership Summit will include:

  • Roota Almeida, CISO, Delta Dental of NJ & CT
  • Leonard Brinson, CIO, South Jersey Industries
  • Lookman Fazal, Chief Information & Digital Officer, NJ Transit
  • Cindy Finkelman, Strategic Advisor, Mantissa Group LLC
  • Rocco Grillo, Managing Director – Global Cyber Risk Services & Incident Response Investigation, Alvarez & Marsal
  • Jon Harding, Global CIO, Conair LLC
  • Jamie Head, Chief Digital & Technology Officer, Ocean Spray
  • Sudhanshu Kairab, VP Cybersecurity Governance, Risk & Compliance at Comcast Cable, Comcast
  • Dutt Kalluri, Chief Digital Officer, Celsior Technologies
  • Warren Kudman, VP & CIO, Turner Construction Company
  • Stephen Landry, CIO, Seton Hall University
  • Brian Mecca, EVP, SIM New Jersey
  • Michael O’Connor, SVP and Chief Product Officer, Porzio Life Sciences, LLC
  • Mark Polansky, Senior Partner, Technology & Digital Officers Practice, Korn Ferry
  • Patricia Ryan, CISO, Global Information Services, Ortho Clinical Diagnostics
  • Nate Smolenski, Cloud Architecture Services Director, Netskope
  • Allen Spokane, CTO, Carisk Partners
  • Scott Strickland, EVP & CIO, Wyndham Hotels and Resorts
  • Barry Toubin, VP, Enterprise Applications, Infrastructure and Enabling Functions, Zoetis

Valued Partners for the 2022 New Jersey CIO Executive Leadership Summit include Akamai, BetterCloud, Darktrace, Fortinet, Globant, Netskope, Nutanix, OutSystems, Palo Alto Networks, RingCentral, SafeGuard Cyber, SentinelOne, SIM New Jersey, Skybox Security, Strata, Tonkean, Upwork, Zoom, and Zscaler.

  • To learn more about the 2022 New Jersey CIO Executive Leadership Summit and to register for the event, click here.

To learn about all of HMG Strategy’s Upcoming CIO & CISO Summits, click here.

About HMG Strategy 

HMG Strategy is the world's leading digital platform for connecting technology executives to reimagine the enterprise and reshape the business world. The HMG Strategy global network consists of more than 400,000 CIOs, CTOs, CISOs, CDOs, senior business technology executives, search industry executives, venture capitalists, industry experts and world-class thought leaders.

HMG Strategy’s global media model generates more than one million impressions per week, providing vast opportunities for business technology leaders and sponsor partners to promote themselves and their brands. 

HMG Strategy was founded in 2008 by Hunter Muller, a leadership expert who has worked side-by-side with Fortune 2000 executives with strategic planning and career ascent for the past 30+ years.

HMG Strategy’s regional and virtual CIO and CISO Executive Leadership Series, authored books and Digital Resource Center deliver unique, peer-driven guidance from CIOs, CISOs, CTOs, CDOs and technology executives on leadership, innovation, transformation and career ascent.

HMG Strategy offers a range of peer-led research services such as its CIO & CISO Executive Leadership Alliance (CELA) program which bring together the world’s top CIOs, CISOs and technology executives to brainstorm on the top opportunities and challenges facing them in their roles.

HMG Strategy’s Global Peer Actionable Insights Services Stack is a unique set of research services that are designed to keep business technology executives up to speed on the latest leadership, business, technology and global geo-economic trends that are impacting businesses and industries.

HMG Ventures is a venture capital unit that’s designed to connect CIOs, CTOs, CISOs and other technology executives with innovative early-stage technology companies from Silicon Valley to Tel Aviv. HMG Ventures provides technology executives with a window into hot emerging technology companies that can help move the needle for their businesses while also offering these executives unparalleled personal investment opportunities. One early-stage investment in an enterprise-level AI-powered service management provider has generated a 100X return. 

HMG Strategy also produces the HMG Security Innovation Accelerator Panel, a new webinar series that’s designed to connect enterprise technology and security leaders with the most innovative technology and cybersecurity companies from across the world. 

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Contact: Tom Hoffman, VP, Research, HMG Strategy: 203-221-2702 or at tomhoffman@hmgstrategy.com

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