The Need for Authentic and Inclusive Leadership Will Power the Discussion at HMG Strategy’s Dallas CIO Executive Leadership Summit on April 7

Attendees at this in-person event will also receive an autographed copy of bestselling author Stephen M.R. Covey’s new book ‘Trust and Inspire,’ sponsored by SMC Squared


WESTPORT, Conn., March 16, 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 Dallas CIO Executive Leadership Summit on April 7 at the Brookhaven Country Club. HMG Strategy’s highly interactive events bring together the world’s most distinguished and innovative security and business technology leaders to discuss the most pressing leadership, strategic, cultural, technology and career challenges and opportunities that they face today – and into the future.   

The 2022 Dallas CIO Executive Leadership Summit will focus on the role of technology executives in inspiring trust and taking an inclusive approach to drive innovation.

The summit will also feature bestselling author Stephen M.R. Covey who will share how a ‘Trust and Inspire’ leadership style can help engage employees and enable technology executives to win the global war for talent.

“Technology executives are playing a deeper role in guiding the social fabric of the organization,” said Hunter Muller, President and CEO at HMG Strategy. “CIOs and technology executives who can inspire employees and foster an inclusive environment of trust can stimulate a collaborative and innovative culture and help attract and retain the people needed to succeed in the modern enterprise.”

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

  • Mike Anderson, Chief Digital and Information Officer, Netskope
  • Renee Arrington, President, COO & Director, Pearson Partners International, Inc.
  • Nellson Burns, VP, IS, BU CIO, Mohawk Industries (Dal-Tile)
  • Kevin Christ, Partner, Concentre
  • Mark Connelly, Global Information Security Senior Director, CISO, Boston Consulting Group
  • Patricia Connolly, CEO, Founding Partner, SMC Squared
  • Mignona Cote, Chief Security Officer, NetApp
  • Stephen M.R. Covey, Bestselling Author, Global Practice Leader, Speed of Trust, FranklinCovey
  • Jamey Cummings, Partner - Cybersecurity and Technology, JM Search
  • John Ferguson, Senior Director, Solutions Architecture, Americas, OutSystems
  • John Foley, Founder & CEO, John Foley Inc.
  • Chris Gates, Group CIO and SVP Hosting Services, Allstate
  • Ebele Kemery, Managing Director, Head of Global Technology Diversity & Inclusion, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
  • Janya Kieffer, CIO, Austin Industries
  • Maria Lensing, SVP & CTO, McKesson Corporation
  • Gerry Mecca, CIO, Tropicana Brands
  • Claire Pendleton, Marketing Specialist, Insight
  • Mark Polansky, Senior Partner, Technology Officers Executive Search, Korn Ferry
  • Angela Venuk, Former CIO – Gamestop, President, SIM DFW

Valued Partners for the 2022 Dallas CIO Executive Leadership Summit include Aisera, Akamai, BetterCloud, Darktrace, Centripetal, Fortinet, Globant, Insight Cloud + Data Center Transformation, Moveworks, Netskope, NPower, Nutanix, OutSystems, Palo Alto Networks, ReliaQuest, RingCentral, SafeGuard Cyber, SentinelOne, SIM Dallas Fort Worth, Skybox Security, SMC2, Strata, Tonkean, Upwork, Zoom, and Zscaler. 

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

HMG Strategy is also excited to be hosting its 2022 New York CIO Summit of America on April 5 at Pier 59 at Chelsea Piers in Manhattan. World-class CIOs and industry executives at the industry’s top CIO conference will share insights on the role of the tech leader as enterprise change agent in fostering cultural change and enabling the digital business enterprise.

The summit will also feature bestselling author Stephen M.R. Covey who will sharing autographed copies of his new book ‘Trust and Inspire’ and share how a ‘Trust and Inspire’ leadership style can help engage employees and enable technology executives to win the global war for talent.

Prominent technology leaders and industry executives speaking at the 2022 New York CIO Summit of America will include:

  • Bashir Agboola, VP & Chief Technology Officer, Hospital for Special Surgery
  • Roota Almeida, CISO, Delta Dental of NJ and CT
  • Timicka Anderson, Head Consumer Products & Retail Sector -U.S. Commercial Bank – Global and National Industries, Citi; Co-Chair Command Shift, NPower
  • Wolfgang Bauriedel, Practice Lead, Technology Sector, Russell Reynolds Associates
  • Christopher Bernard, VP Digital Employee Experience, Wheels Up
  • Candice Dixon, Coalition Development Director, NPower
  • David Fairman, Chief Security Officer APAC, Netskope
  • Steve Fernandez, Global CTO, AIG
  • Scott Glenn, Partner, BearingPoint
  • Rocco Grillo, Managing Director - Global Cyber Risk Services & Incident Response Investigation, Alvarez & Marsal
  • Fred Harris, Head of Cybersecurity Risk, Data Risk and IT Risk, Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking
  • Yvonne Hyland, Head of Portfolio Business Development, B Capital Group
  • John Iannarelli, Former FBI Special Agent and Senior Executive Advisor FBI
  • Tony Leng, Managing Director, Practice Lead and OMP, Diversified Search
  • Shola Oyewole, VP Digital Innovation, United Therapeutics
  • Mark Polansky, Senior Partner, Technology Officers Executive Search, Korn Ferry
  • Anna Ransley, CIO, GODIVA
  • Shantala Sadananda, EVP & Regional Managing Director, Globant
  • Scott Strickland, EVP & CIO, Wyndham Hotels and Resorts
  • Hugo Vliegen, VP, Product Management, Aryaka
  • Gabrielle Wolfson, CIO & CDO, Quest Diagnostics

Valued Partners for the 2022 New York CIO Summit of America include Aisera, Akamai, Apptio, Aryaka, BearingPoint, B Capital Group, BetterCloud, Centripetal, Darktrace, Genesys Works, Globant, Moveworks, Netskope, NPower, Nutanix, Palo Alto Networks, RingCentral, SafeGuard Cyber, SIM New York Metro, Skybox Security, SnapLogic, Software Improvement Group, Strata, Tonkean, Upwork, Zoom, and Zscaler. 

To learn more about the 2022 New York CIO Summit of America and to register for this custom 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 1 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, Senior Research Director, HMG Strategy: tomhoffman@hmgstrategy.com 

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