WESTPORT, Conn., Aug. 19, 2021 (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 2021 HMG Live! Global CISO Executive Leadership Summit on September 15. 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.
Timely topics to be explored at the 2021 HMG Live! Global CISO Executive Leadership Summit will include how the evolving threat landscape is forcing CISOs and security leaders to transform their cybersecurity strategies, the fresh skillsets that are needed to safeguard the enterprise now and into the future along with effective communication skills for educating the Board on the changing risk environment.
“Our research reveals that cybersecurity continues to be the #1 priority for technology leaders, Board members and the executive team for companies across industries,” said Hunter Muller President and CEO at HMG Strategy. “As ransomware and other types of threats continue to evolve and accelerate, CISOs and security leaders need to apply a fresh lens to their cybersecurity strategies and be able to clearly communicate these risks and the actions that need to be taken with the Board and C-suite.”
World-class CISOs and industry executives speaking at the 2021 HMG Live! Global CISO Executive Leadership Summit on September 15 will include:
- Abhishek Agarwal, CISO, Fresenius Medical Care North America
- Mike Coogan, Director of Information Security and CISO, Waste Management
- Mignona Cote, Global Specialty Head, Security, Risk and Compliance, Amazon Web Services
- Anthony DeCristofaro, President and CEO, Qnext
- Arun DeSouza, Chief Information Security & Privacy Officer, Nexteer Automotive Corporation
- Wanda Jones-Heath, CISO/DAF Principal Cyber Advisor, U.S. Air Force
- Steve Katz, Owner, Security Risk Solutions, LLC
- Susan Koski, Head of Security & Enterprise Response, The PNC Financial Services Group
- Tomas Maldonado, CISO, National Football League
- Israel Martinez, Industry Advisor, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- Shamla Naidoo, Head of Cloud Strategy, Netskope; Board Director, QBE, SAC and Reference Point
- Frank Price, SVP & Chief Information Risk Officer, Hudson’s Bay Company
- Jim Routh, CISO, MassMutual
- Todd Thorsen, Director of Information Security, Risk Management and Compliance, Code42
- Mike Towers, CISO, Takeda Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.
- Melissa Vice, Chief Operations Officer, Vulnerability Disclosure Program, DoD Cyber Crime Center
Valued Partners for the 2021 HMG Live! Global CISO Executive Leadership Summit include Akamai, Auth0, BetterCloud, Code42, Darktrace, Forescout Technologies, Globant, Horizon3.ai, Illumio, Qnext, RingCentral, SafeGuard Cyber, Skybox Security, Zoom and Zscaler.
To learn more about the 2021 HMG Live! Global CISO Executive Leadership Summit and to register for the event, click here.
HMG Strategy will also be hosting its 2021 HMG Live! Philadelphia CIO Executive Leadership Summit on September 8. Thought-provoking topics to be explored at this event will include the role of CIOs and CISOs in helping to shape the evolving workplace; recommendations for building a resilient global supply chain; along with hot technologies such as AI, data analytics, 5G and edge computing that can move the needle for the business.
World-class CIOs and business technology executives speaking at the 2021 HMG Live! Philadelphia CIO Executive Leadership Summit on September 8 will include:
- Autumn Bayles, SVP Global Supply Chain, Aramark
- Lawrence Bilker, EVP & CIO, Pyramid Healthcare
- Stephen M.R. Covey, Global Authority on Trust, Leadership and Culture, The FranklinCovey Global Speed of Trust Practice
- Arun DeSouza, Chief Information Security & Privacy Officer, Nexteer Automotive Corporation
- Richard M. Entrup, Managing Director, Enterprise Innovation and 5G Solutions, Verizon
- Francisco Fraga, Chief Technology and Information Officer, Campbell Soup Company
- Hugo Fueglein, Managing Director, CIO/IT Practice, Diversified Search
- Tammy Klotz, CISO, Covanta
- Mario Maffie, Corporate CIO, VP, Digital Technologies, Mars, Incorporated
- Dara Meath, Divisional CIO, Conair LLC
- Tom Nogles, SVP & Head of Technology, Hartford Funds
- Anne Plese, Senior Director, Product Marketing, Rimini Street
- Joseph Puglisi, Former VP IT, Nice-Pak Products, Inc.
- Donna Ross, SVP & CISO, Radian
- Atul Sahai, SVP, Strategy and Operations, Ally.io
- Gary Sorrentino, Global Deputy CIO and Chairman, Zoom CISO Council, Zoom
- Muddu Sudhakar, CEO, Aisera
- Rhonda Vetere, EVP & CIO, Herbalife
Valued Partners for the 2021 HMG Live! Philadelphia CIO Executive Leadership Summit on September 8 include Aisera, Akamai, Ally.io, Auth0, BetterCloud, Darktrace, Forescout Technologies, Globant, Horizon3.ai, Illumio, Insight, Rimini Street, Inc., RingCentral, SafeGuard Cyber, SIM Philadelphia, Skybox Security, Zoom and Zscaler.
To learn more about the 2021 HMG Live! Philadelphia CIO Executive Leadership Summit and to register for the event, click here.
HMG Strategy’s 2021 HMG Live! Detroit CIO Executive Leadership Summit will be held on September 14. Timely topics to be discussed include are the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and how to apply lloT, edge computing and other advanced technologies to enable manufacturers to make the pivot to Industry 4.0 while applying these technologies securely; the benefits of embracing a low-code approach to application development and the challenges that must be overcome; along with mastering soft skills for leadership success.
Top-tier CIOs and business technology executives speaking at the 2021 HMG Live! Detroit CIO Executive Leadership Summit on September 14 include:
- Mohamed (Mo) Abuali, Managing Partner/Chief Evangelist, IoTco
- David Decker, Director IT, American Axle & Manufacturing
- Arun DeSouza, Chief Information Security & Privacy Officer, Nexteer Automotive Corporation
- Tamara Faber-Doty, Chief Digital Officer and VP IT, Consumers Energy
- Maru Flores, Global Collaboration and Productivity Technology Services, Ford Motor Company
- David Franco, Director of Exceptional Academy, Living and Learning Enrichment Center
- Dennis Hodges, CIO, Inteva Products LLC
- Mike Homant, Director, Enterprise Technology Operations, Department of Innovation and Technology, City of Detroit
- David Jackson, Partner, Mercer
- Tony Kaczmarek, VP, Product Management, Plex
- Adriana Karaboutis, Chief Information and Digital Officer, National Grid
- Thomas Kelly, Executive Director and CEO, Automation Alley
- Kelly Knepley, CIO, Dexco Global
- Sanjay Kumar, Senior Principal, Siemens Digital Industries
- Anne Plese, Senior Director, Product Marketing, Rimini Street
- Miroslav Samoylenko, Director of Integration Architecture, Trane Technologies
- Brandon Smith, VP of Development, human-I-T
- Matthew Thomas, Managing Director, Accenture
Valued Partners for the 2021 HMG Live! Detroit CIO Executive Leadership Summit include, Akamai, Apptio, Auth0, BetterCloud, Darktrace, Forescout Technologies, Globant, Horizon3.ai, Illumio, NPower, Rimini Street, Inc., RingCentral, SafeGuard Cyber, SentinelOne, SIM Detroit, Skybox Security, Zoom and Zscaler.
To learn more about the 2021 HMG Live! Detroit CIO Executive Leadership Summit and to register for the event, click here.
HMG STRATEGY’S UPCOMING WEBINARS AND DIGITAL ROUNDTABLES
On September 13, HMG Strategy will be hosting a webinar powered by Google Cloud on `Reimagining the Business Through Application Innovation.’ In this event, which will feature Chris Hood, Head of Business Platform Strategy at Google Cloud; Ramesh Razdan, Global CIO at Bain & Company; and Ken Russell, Chief Innovation Officer at Curran Biotech, the speakers will explore how innovative applications can help fuel collaboration, deliver personalized and insight-driven experiences and provide companies with a competitive edge.
To learn more about this event and to register, click here.
To learn more about HMG Strategy’s archived and upcoming webinars, click here.
HMG STRATEGY’S 2021 GLOBAL LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE AWARDS
The HMG Strategy 2021 Global Leadership Institute Awards honor exemplary technology leaders and leadership teams who are delivering exceptional value to their organizations. This award recognizes those who have reimagined and reinvented themselves to place their organizations on the fast track to groundbreaking transformation in dynamic times. Technology executives and their teams who receive these awards are being recognized for accomplishments in the following areas: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; Leading into the C-suite; Creating New Go-to-Market Business Models; Modernizing Enterprise Architecture; and Building a Culture of Trust.
To learn more about HMG Strategy’s 2021 Global Leadership Institute Awards and to nominate a deserving executive, 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. Our regional and virtual CIO and CISO Executive Leadership Series, authored books and Digital Resource Center deliver unique, peer-driven research from CIOs, CISOs, CTOs and technology executives on leadership, innovation, transformation and career ascent. HMG Strategy offers a range of peer-driven 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 also produces the HMG Security Innovation Accelerator Panel, a new webinar series that’s designed to connect enterprise CISOs and security leaders with the most innovative cybersecurity companies from across the world.
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