Thank you to everyone who helped make our 2019 Dallas CIO and CISO Strategy Meeting such a success. We had an outstanding group of attendees, facilitators and vendors who gathered to discuss the real-life issues IT executives face daily.

Snapshots of the Group Discussions

The meeting kicked off with a series of our unique and collaborative discussion groups led by industry experts and leaders.

Adaptive IT: Staying Responsive to your Organization’s Business Needs

Sonya Bridges | Assistant Vice President of Application Development and Delivery Services | Dallas Fort Worth International Airport

Cybersecurity Leadership

Adam W. Little | Former Executive Director, Technology/Cybersecurity Operational Risk | JP Morgan Chase & Co.

CIO Driving Growth

Zubar Faiz | Chief Information Officer | Healthcare Highways Inc.

Developing an IT Innovation Culture Aligned with the Business Culture

Pedro Buhigas | Vice President, Information System and Technology | Basic Energy Services

The Modern CIO and CISO Roles

Sujeet Bambawale | Chief Information Security Officer | 7-Eleven

Digital Transformation

Mike Hughes | Sr. Director, Product Marketing | OutSystems

CIO Leadership and Influence

Varun Gadhok | Senior Director – Information Systems | Tenet Healthcare

The Evolution of Traditional Business Applications in the Cloud Era

Rob Ludeman | Director, Solutions Marketing | PureStorage

The Shift in Corporate Cybersecurity Strategies

Kendall Reese | Deputy Chief Information Security Officer & Manager IT Security Architecture | Simmons Bank

CISO and CIO Metrics for the Board

Kim Mackenroth | Vice President and Chief Information Officer | Textron

Build an Enterprise-Wide IT Security Strategy

Mustapha Kebbeh | Global Chief Information Security Officer | Brink’s Inc

Business Engagement Strategy 

Jeff Loyd | Assistant Vice President Cloud Strategy and Architecture | GM Financial

IT Tranformation: When IT Shifts from Supporting the Business to Becoming the Business

Roy C. Bené II | Vice President, Director of Information Technology and Information Security Officer | NexBank

Attendees also engaged in a series of one-on-one meetings with our supplier partners including, Janeiro Digital, Dark Trace, Zerto, Cyrus One as well as co-hosts Outsystems and Micro Focus, and Strategy Sponsor Pure Storage.

Thank you to all of our facilitators, sponsors, and attendees who joined us in Dallas.