CIO Leadership: HMG Strategy’s Fall 2023 CIO & CISO Executive Leadership Summits are Achieving Record Attendance with All-Star Speakers and Thought-Provoking Agendas

Coming Next: CIO & CISO Executive Leadership Summits in Toronto and St. Louis


WESTPORT, Conn., Sept. 26, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HMG Strategy, the World’s #1 platform for enabling technology executives to reimagine the enterprise and reshape the business world, is seeing growing attendance at its Fall 2023 CIO & CISO Executive Leadership Summits. The uplift is being fueled by pressing topics that are top-of-mind for CIOs, business technology leaders and fellow members of the C-suite along with rockstar speakers and world-class executives who are being recognized for their visionary leadership.

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On September 14, HMG Strategy hosted its 2023 Southern California CIO Executive Leadership Summit in Partnership with Southern California SIM and achieved record registration for the event, which is now in its 14th year. Meanwhile, the world’s largest community of 500,000+ business technology leaders has seen strong attendance at recent summits in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago and Detroit.

“Now in our 16th year, our CIO & CISO Executive Leadership Summits are second to none,” said Hunter Muller, Founder and CEO of HMG Strategy. “Our summit agendas are curated by business technology leaders for their peers, focused on the top geo-economic challenges and opportunities being faced by today’s CIOs, CDOs, CISOs, CTOs and business technology executives. Our speakers are the best in their industries, and we continually recognize the exceptional leadership of top-tier business technology executives, industry leaders, VCs and search executives who are delivering unparalleled business value to their organizations in a highly challenging global economy as part of HMG Strategy’s 2023 Global Leadership Institute Awards program.”

HMG Strategy is excited to be hosting its 2023 Toronto CIO Executive Leadership Summit on October 3 at the Glen Abbey Golf Club in Oakville, ON.

Hot topics to be explored at the summit will include the visionary leadership required by CIOs and business technology leaders to identify opportunities for leveraging AI to drive new business services and revenue growth.

World-class CIOs and business technology executives speaking at the 2023 Toronto CIO Executive Leadership Summit will include:

  • Maria Aiello, Global Head of Private Market & Real Estate Technology, Manulife Financial
  • Sultan Akif, Digital Unicorn Account Executive, Central Canada, Microsoft
  • Nasharan Bisheban, CTO, KFC Canada
  • Danny Brickman, Founder and CEO, Oasis
  • Nabil Bukhari, Chief Technology & Product Officer, Extreme Networks
  • Roman Coba, VP, Technology and CIO, Federated Co-Operatives Ltd.
  • John Comacchio, SVP & CIO, Teknion Corp.
  • Yatin Dhareshwar, VP of Digital Services, YASH Technologies, Inc.
  • Dr. Cindy Gordon, AI and Ethics – Adjunct Professor, George Brown College
  • Ron Ijack, VP, Information Strategy & Systems, Roots
  • Martin Jepil, Principal, Global VP, Enterprise Architecture & Integration, Avison Young
  • Arik Kalininsky, CEO, Dalikoo
  • Marc Knoop, CTO, TRAFFIX
  • Kyoko Kobayashi, Managing Partner, CIOs Beyond Borders Group
  • Kin Lee-Yow, CIO, CAA Club Group
  • Thierry Leroux-Demers, Principal Enterprise Architect, Manulife
  • Michael Lin, CIO, Travelers Canada
  • Israel Martinez, CEO and Global CTO, Axon Global
  • Wahid Mohammad, CEO, PlektonLabs
  • Farooq Naiyer, Global Lead, Technology and Cyber Assurance, Munich Re
  • Fariba Rawhani, SVP & CIO, Teranet Inc.
  • Raanan Raz, CEO and Co-Founder, Avalor
  • Roya Rezaie, VP of Technology Strategy and Operations, Manulife
  • Lilian Seidaros, CISO & VP, IT Infrastructure, 360insights
  • Yasemin Sezer, Executive Director, CAPCO
  • Jamal Shah, Senior Advisor and IT Program/Project Delivery Leader, BroadView Consultants Inc.
  • Zia Shah, CISO and Executive Director, KPMG
  • Corinne Sharp, Co-Founder/CMO, The WIT Network
  • Manoj Tiwary, CIO, Subaru Canada
  • Dan Turchin, CEO, PeopleReign
  • Eric Whaley, CIO, Wolseley Canada Inc.
  • Gini Wong, Head of IT, MUFG

Distinguished CIOs and business technology executives being recognized for HMG Strategy 2023 Global Leadership Institute Awards at the 2023 Toronto CIO Executive Leadership Summit will include:

  • Roman Coba, VP Technology and CIO, Federated Co-operatives Limited
  • John Comacchio, SVP and CIO, Teknion Corporation
  • Martin Jepil, Principal, Global VP, Enterprise Architecture & Integration, Avison Young
  • Naveen Kumar, Partner & Lead, Canadian Payments Practice, Capco
  • Kin Lee-Yow, CIO, CAA Club Group

Valued Partners for the 2023 Toronto CIO Executive Leadership Summit include 8x8, Aisera, Akamai, Aptum, Avalor, BetterCloud, Box, The CIO Association of Canada, Cyberstarts, Darktrace, Delphix, Fortinet, GTM Capital, Illumio, LastPass, Netskope, Nutanix, Oasis, Palo Alto Networks, PeopleReign, Ping Identity, RingCentral, SafeGuard Cyber, SAP, SIM Toronto, Tanium, Tonkean, Twilio, Upwork, Yash Technologies, Zoom, and Zscaler.

To learn more about the 2023 Toronto CIO Executive Leadership Summit and to register for the event, click here.

HMG Strategy will also be hosting its 2023 St. Louis CIO Executive Leadership Summit on October 5 at the Chase Park Plaza Royal Sonesta. Hot topics to be explored at the summit will include the role of CIOs in building a high-performance culture.

Top-tier CIOs and business technology executives speaking at the 2023 St. Louis CIO Executive Leadership Summit will include:

  • Supantha Banerjee, CIO, EyeCare Partners
  • Moses Bulus, Global CISO, Bunzl plc
  • Katie Canty, Interim CIO & VP, Café Systems, Panera Bread
  • Jim Cavellier, EVP & CIO, Cass Information Systems, Inc.
  • Kevin Cohan, AVP, Strategic Applications and Platforms, Ascension
  • Eric Druker, Data Science Director – Central Integrity, Meta
  • Todd Finders, SVP & CIO, Clayco Construction
  • Emily Heath, General Partner, Cyberstarts
  • Peter Hogan, SVP of IT, Compana Pet Brands
  • Jennifer Hopper, CIO, Save A Lot
  • Brian Kenyon, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Island
  • Zachary Lewis, AVP IT & CISO, University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis
  • Dan McCarthy, CIO, Energizer Holdings, Inc.
  • Dara Meath, SVP & CTO, Build-A-Bear Workshop
  • Mark Miller, VP of High Performance Leadership, Chick-fil-A
  • Dennis Muilenburg, Former CEO, The Boeing Company
  • Lisa Nichols, CEO, Technology Partners
  • Julie O’Brien, CMO, Dazz
  • Dennis Pellegrini, VP, Data and Services Localization Technology Strategy, Mastercard
  • Scott Richert, CIO, Mercy
  • Teresa Sanzottera, VP IT, Barry-Wehmiller
  • Jericho Simmons, VP & CISO, Sound Physicians
  • Carraig Stanwyck, VP/Head of Global Cybersecurity and Compliance, Avnet
  • Suda Suvarna, Global Chief Solutions Officer and U.S. Chief Solutions Delivery Officer, Deloitte
  • Doug Weaver, Solutions Consultant, Apptio
  • Andrew Wilder, CISO, Hillenbrand
  • Erin Williams, VP and CIO, Hussmann Corporation
  • Jennifer Wischnowsky, Senior Director, Data, Analytics & Transformation, Ameren

Distinguished CIOs and business technology executives being recognized for HMG Strategy 2023 Global Leadership Institute Awards at the 2023 St. Louis CIO Executive Leadership Summit will include:

  • Jennifer Hopper, CIO, Save A Lot
  • Zachary Lewis, AVP IT & CISO, University of Health Services and Pharmacy in St. Louis
  • Greg Nichols, COO, Technology Partners
  • Lisa Nichols, CEO, Technology Partners

Valued Partners for the 2023 St. Louis CIO Executive Leadership Summit include 8x8, Akamai, Apptio, BetterCloud, Bluewave Technology Group, Box, Cyberstarts, Darktrace, Dazz, Delphix, Evolving Solutions, Fortinet, GTM Capital, Island, LastPass, Netskope, Nutanix, Palo Alto Networks, Ping Identity, Proofpoint, RingCentral, SafeGuard Cyber, SAP, Tanium, Technology Partners, Tonkean, Upwork, Wiz, Zoom, and Zscaler.

To learn more about the 2023 St. Louis CIO Executive Leadership Summit and to register for the event, click here.

To learn more about HMG Strategy’s upcoming schedule of CIO & CISO summits, click here.

About HMG Strategy 

HMG Strategy is the world's leading digital platform for technology executives to reimagine the enterprise and reshape the business world. The HMG Strategy global network consists of more than 500,000 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 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 advisory services such as its Global CIO & CISO Executive Leadership Alliance (CELA) service 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 Advisory Services are a unique set of peer-driven research services that are designed to keep business technology executives up to speed on the latest leadership, business, technology and global macro-economic trends that are impacting businesses and industries.

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

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