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Hunter Muller: Record-Breaking Year for HMG Strategy Demonstrates the Depth & Strength of the World's Strongest Technology Executive Network; HMG Strategy Thanks Participating Sponsors and Executives

WESTPORT, Conn., Dec. 8, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Record-breaking attendance, an unparalleled roster of world-class speakers and an expanded global presence for HMG Strategy Executive Leadership Summits in 2017 clearly demonstrates how HMG Strategy's forward-looking content resonated with top-tier technology executives and business partners, says Hunter Muller, Founder, President and CEO of HMG Strategy, a recognized leader in executive thought leadership, independent research and executive career acceleration.

Hunter Muller, Founder, President and CEO, HMG Strategy

"More C-suite and senior-level executives attended HMG Strategy summits than ever before. We've been growing steadily for ten years, and we hit our stride in 2017 with an unprecedented schedule of high-value events. This included the exciting launch of a new series of executive leadership summits that were specifically tailored for Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) that were incredibly successful. Congratulations and thanks to all of our speakers, presenters, panelists, sponsors and attendees. We are deeply grateful for your support and enthusiasm. It's been an absolutely spectacular year, and next year will be even better," says Muller.

HMG Strategy, the world's largest independent and most trusted provider of executive networking events and thought leaderships, produced a 2017 event schedule which included executive summits in New York; San Francisco; Chicago; Boston; Menlo Park, CA; Dallas; Iselin, N.J.; Phoenix; Charlotte; Detroit; Huntington Beach, CA; St. Louis; Houston; Denver; Minneapolis; Palo Alto, CA; Washington, D.C.; Atlanta; Greenwich, CT; Toronto; San Diego; Seattle; Philadelphia; and London.

"In addition to expanding and elevating the quality and experience offered by our live events, we've also significantly upgraded our digital platform with world-class, independent peer-to-peer research, original content and high-quality videos featuring leading executives and industry pioneers," says Muller. "Meanwhile, membership growth in our CIO and CISO Executive Leadership Alliance (CELA) program, a unique peer-to-peer advisory service that's designed to help top-tier technology leaders tackle their biggest challenges, experienced triple-digit growth, further validating the unique strengths of this unparalleled, forward-looking advisory model. Having Ramón Baez, Former SVP, Customer Advocacy, Hewlett Packard Enterprise to join me as Co-Chair of the CELA program has been an incredible addition for the CELA program. 2017 was an amazing year for HMG Strategy and we're on track for even greater success in 2018 as we embark upon a new theme for our summits – lead, reimagine and reinvent to drive a culture of genius for success."

Distinguished speakers and presenters in 2017 included Rich Adduci, Former Global CIO, National Grid; Yuri Aguiar, Director of Innovation and Transformation, The Ogilvy Group; Shobhana Ahluwalia, Head of Information Technology, Uber; Waqas Akkawi, Global Chief Information Security Officer, SIRVA Worldwide; Aileen Alexander, Senior Client Partner – Co-Leader Global Cybersecurity Practice, Korn Ferry; Jenny Alfandary, CIO, Survalent; Roota Almeida, Head of Information Security, Delta Dental of NJ and CT; Steven Ambrose, VP & CIO, DTE Energy; Bharat Amin, VP & CIO, Newport News Shipbuilding; Bhavani Amirthalingam, Vice President, Information Technology (IPO), Schneider Electric; Edward Amoroso, Founder & CEO, TAG Cyber LLC; Colin Anderson, Global CISO, Levi Strauss & Co.; Don Anderson, SVP & CIO, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston; Michael Anderson, Special Agent in Charge, Chicago, FBI; Snehal Antani, Former SVP & GM, Business Analytics & IoT, Splunk; Renee Arrington, Senior Vice President, Pearson Partners International, Inc.; Bryce Austin, CEO, TCE Strategy; Saqib Awan, Vice President, Lightspeed Venture Partners; Sunny Azadeh, VP IT & IS, Guidewire Software; Ramón Baez, Former SVP, Customer Advocacy, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and now Executive-in-Residence, CIO Evangelist and Co-Chair of the HMG Strategy CIO and CISO Executive Leadership Alliance (CELA) program;Ashwin Ballal, Ph.D., CIO, Medallia;Shawn Banerji, Managing Director, Technology, Digital and Data Leaders Practice, Caldwell Partners;Justin Barney, President & CEO, ScaleArc;Todd Barnum, CISO, GoPro Inc.;Gene Barskiy, Executive Vice President, SIM New Jersey;Jack Barsky, Former IT Executive, Author & Public Speaker;Chris Bedi, CIO, ServiceNow;James Beeson, VP & CISO, Cigna;Delaney Bellinger, VP & CIO, Huntsman Corporation;Christopher Bernard, Managing Director, Global Security & Risk, Cushman & Wakefield;Gerald Beuchelt, CSO, Demandware;Vic Bhagat, CIO, Verizon Enterprise Solutions; Shoukat Al Bhamani, CIO, CPO & VP Digitalization, Schaeffler Group Americas; Chris Bitner, Global CISO, Bloomin' Brands, Inc.; Steve Booth, VP & Chief Security Officer, FireEye; David Bray, Eisenhower Fellow to Taiwan & Australia, Council on Foreign Relations, Marshall Fellow; Scott Brindamour, AVP, Architect Team, Advanced Technology Solutions, CenturyLink; Mark Brooks, SVP, CIO, Centene; Bill Brown, SVP & CISO, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; Robin Brown, Former VP & CIO, Mortenson; Jeff Brzycki, CIO, Autodesk; Greg Buoncontri, Former EVP & CIO, Pitney Bowes, Inc.; Scott Cadwalader, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Diligent Partners, LLC; Paul Calatayud, CTO, FireMon; Andrew Campbell, CIO, Terex; Timothy Campos, Former CIO, Facebook; Susan Certoma, President, Enterprise Engineering, Inc.; Nicolas M. Chaillan, Senior Advisor for Cybersecurity, FEMA; Mamatha Chamarthi, SVP, Chief Digital Officer & CIO, ZF TRW; Asheem Chandna, Partner, Greylock Partners; Paul Chapman, CIO, Box; Jack Clare, SVP, Chief Information and Strategy Officer, Dunkin' Brands; Anil Cheriyan, EVP & CIO, SunTrust Bank; Larry Clinton, President, Internet Security Alliance; Donald Codling, CISO & CPO, Urban FT; Brook Colangelo, EVP & CTO, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; Ted Colbert, CIO & SVP, Information & Analytics, The Boeing Company; Nicholas Colisto, SVP & CIO, Xylem Inc.; Matt Comyns, Managing Partner, Cyber Security Practice, The Caldwell Partners; Bob Concannon, Senior Client Partner, CIO/IT Officers Practice, Korn Ferry; Tom Conophy, EVP & CTO, AutoNation; Chris Cook, President & CEO, Delphix; Jason Cooper, Owner and Managing Director, JGC LLC; Mignona Cote, CISO Aetna International, CISO PayFlex, Sr. Director/Business Compliance Officer, Global Security, Aetna; Tim Crawford, CIO Strategic Advisor, AVOA; Julie Cullivan, SVP, Business Operations and CIO, ForeScout Technologies, Inc.; Jamey Cummings, Senior Client Partner Information Officers Practice/Co-Leader Cybersecurity Practice, Korn Ferry; Craig Cuyar, Global CIO, Omnicom; Bill Daley, Head, Information Security & Risk Management, U.S. for Technology & Infrastructure Services, Novartis; Dale Danilewitz, EVP & CIO, AmerisourceBergen Corporation; Mike Dauber, General Partner, Amplify Partners; Kirsten Davies, Group Chief Security Officer, Barclays Africa Group; Matt Davies, Sr. Director, IT Risk Management and Cybersecurity, Ciena; Dana Deasy, Former Managing Director & Global CIO, JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Jason DeHaan, CIO, Gildan; Esteban Deleon, Chief Executive Officer, Renegade Strategies Corporation; Michael Del Priore, CIO, Diversey; Gary Desai, SVP & CIO, IEH Autoplus and Pep Boys; Beth Devin, Director, Innovation Network, Citi Ventures; Amy Doherty, SVP & CIO, AARP; Paul Douglas, SVP & CIO, Aon; Johnny Dranchak, Vice President Innovation and Digital, oneworld Management Company; Mark DuBrock, SVP Technology Infrastructure and Support, The Madison Square Garden Company; Nicole Eagan, CEO, Darktrace; Anil Earla, Head of Information and Data Analytics, Global IS, Visa Inc.; Mark Egan, Partner, StrataFusion; John Engates, Chief Technology Officer, Rackspace; Greg Ericson, SVP & CIO, Essilor of America; Greg Fancher, Former CIO, Taco Bell Corporation; Thomas Farrington, CIO, Perrigo Company; Ryan Fay, Global CIO, ACI Benefits; Greg Fell, Chief Operating Officer, Gama Aviation; Victor Fetter, Chief Digital Officer, Vertiv Co.; Jay Ferro, EVP, Chief Information and Technology Officer, ExamWorks; Paul Fipps, CIO & EVP, Global Operations, Under Armour; Ursuline Foley, Managing Director and Corporate Platform Officer, XL Group and President of the Fairfield/Westchester SIM Chapter; Kathryn Freytag, VP & CIO, Donaldson; Hugo Fueglein, Managing Director, Diversified Search; Kay Fuhrman, Partner, Heidrick & Struggles; Tsvi Gal, CTO, Morgan Stanley; Michelle Garvey, CIO, J. Crew; Rahoul Ghose, Former SVP & CIO, Lifetouch; Mark Gingrich, CIO, Surescripts; Mike Giresi, CIO, Aramark; Stephen Gold, EVP & CIO, CVS Health; Clark Golestani, President, Emerging Businesses & CIO, Merck; Ken Grady, CVP & CIO, IDEXX Laboratories; Chuck Gray, Consultant, Egon Zehnder; Jeffrey Grayson, SVP & CIO, Intrawest; Rajiv Gupta, Co-Founder & CEO, Skyhigh Networks; Roger Gurnani, EVP, Chief Information and Technology Architect, Verizon; Graeme Hackland, CIO, Williams F1 Team; Marc Hamer, Corporate VP, Digital and Global CIO, Sealed Air Corporation; Gary Harbison, CISO, Monsanto; Jon Harding, Global CIO, Conair Corporation; Cindy Harro, Security, Compliance, and Risk Program Director, Healthcare Cloud, IBM Watson Health; Jennifer Hartsock, Global CIO, GE Oil and Gas; Kevin Haskew, SVP & CIO, ON Semiconductor; Jim Haskin, SVP & CIO, Aspect Software; Patty Hatter, CIO, Strategic Advisor, Multiple Startups; Linglong He, CIO, Quicken Loans; Mary Heger, SVP & CIO, Ameren Services Center; Shawn Henry, President, CrowdStrike Services and CSO, CrowdStrike; Rosalee Hermens, VP & CIO, True Value Company; Jean Hill, Managing Director, Alvarez & Marsal; Bruce Hoffmeister, Global CIO, Marriott International; Steve Holland, Leadership Team, Amazon; Rich Hopfer, Former CIO, Molina Healthcare; Jeanette Horan, Former IBM Executive, Experienced Board Member; E. Jeffrey Hutchinson, SVP & Global CIO, Bombardier; John Iannarelli, Former FBI Special Agent and Senior Executive Advisor on cyber matters; Michael Israel, SVP & CIO, Six Flags Entertainment Corp.; Bhushan Ivaturi, VP and Global CIO, MAERSK Oil & Gas; Bask Iyer, EVP & CIO, Dell; Trina Clark James, Regional Director, NPower; Arif Janmohamed, Partner, Lightspeed Venture Partners; Debra Jensen, Former SVP & CIO, Charlotte Russe; Alissa Johnson, VP, Chief Information Security Officer, Xerox; Clay Johnson, EVP & CIO, Walmart; Wanda Jones-Heath, Deputy Chief Information Security Officer, United States Air Force; Sheila Jordan, SVP & CIO, Symantec; Mike Kail, Chief Innovation Officer, Cybric; Adriana Karaboutis, Chief Digital & Information Officer, National Grid; Sandeep Katarnavre, CIO & VP IT, Saint-Gobain; Stephen Katsirubas, CIO, Hunter Douglas; Steve Kendrick, President, KER Partners; Yousuf Khan, CIO, Pure Storage; Josh Knopp, VP, Information Security Officer, Enterprise Holdings, Inc.; Thomas Koulopoulos, Chairman and Founder, Delphi Group; Emmeline Kuhn, Consultant, Leathwaite; Ajoy Kumar, Head of IT Risk Analysis and Reporting, The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation; Matthew Lagana, Chief Information Security Officer, MBIA; Kate Lanners, Global Supply Chain IT Leader, Ecolab; Ankur Laroia, Leader – Solutions Strategy, Alfresco; Tony Leng, Managing Director, Practice Lead and OMP, Diversified Search; Sean Lennon, SVP & Global CIO, Allergan, Plc; Janet Levesque, Chief Information Security Officer, RSA; Aaron Levie, CEO, Co-Founder & Chairman, Box; Rockford Lhotka, CTO, Magenic; Beverly Lieberman, President, Halbrecht Lieberman Associates; Bill Limond, Former CIO, National Health Insurance Co., Qatar Supreme Council of Health; Elwin Loomis, Sr. Director, Store of the Future, Target; Bob Lord, Former CISO, Yahoo!; Ralph Loura, CTO, Rodan + Fields; Robert Lux, EVP & CIO, Cenlar FSB; Lesley Ma, Global CIO, Cadillac General Motors; Andrew MacCauley, CIO/CTO, Top Golf; Michael Macrie, SVP & CIO, Land O'Lakes; David Mahon, VP & Chief Security Officer, CenturyLink; Hari Makkala, Chief Information Officer, Delta Dental of California; Christopher Mandelaris, VP, Chief Information Security & Privacy Officer, Chemical Bank; Joel Manfredo, CIO, Motion Picture Industry Pension & Health Plans; Paul Martin, Corporate VP & CIO, Baxter International; Gerri Martin-Flickinger, EVP, CTO, Starbucks; Israel Martinez, Chairman & CEO, Axon Global; Bill Mayo, CIO, The Broad Institute; Todd Mazza, VP of IT, Workday; Sean McCourt, Founder & Managing Director, Longford & Company; Tom McCurley, CIO, The Chefs Warehouse.; Kathy McElligott, EVP, CIO/CTO, McKesson Corporation; James McJunkin, VP, Enterprise Threat and Intelligence Management & CISO, Discover Financial Services; David McLeod, Founding Board Member & Vice Chair, Retail Cyber Intelligence Sharing Center; John Mealia, Senior Client Partner, Korn Ferry; Howard Melnick, EVP, Interim Global CIO, Signet Jewelers Limited; Andre Mendes, CIO/CTO, U.S. Broadcasting Board of Governors; Shamim Mohammad, Senior Vice President & CIO, CARMAX; Jason Molfetas, EVP, Chief Marketing, Digital and Business Development, Amtrak; Marcus Morissette, Global Privacy Officer and Privacy Counsel at eBay; Harry Moseley, CIO and Managing Director, KPMG; Barb Munro, Co-Founder and Partner, The Carrera Agency; David Munroe, Director, Information Security, National Hockey League; Vipul Nagrath, Global CIO, ADP, LLC; Shamla Naidoo, Global CISO, IBM; Nick Nedostup, Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer, Johnson Controls; Lisa Nichols, CEO, Technology Partners; Adam Noble, SVP & CIO, GAF Materials Corporation; Jim Noga, VP & CIO, Partners HealthCare; Amit Pandey, CEO, Avi Networks; Georgia Papathomas, VP & CIO, Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceuticals; Kevin Parlette, VP, IT (CIO), Dana Incorporated; Jeetu Patel, Chief Product Officer & Chief Strategy Officer, Box; John Parkinson, Senior Advisor, Cyber Security Strategy & Technology, Allstate Insurance; Nicholas Parrotta, Chief Digital & Information Officer, HARMAN International; Edwina Payne, VP & CIO, Halyard Health; Tom Peck, SVP, CIO and Global Head, Procurement & Travel, AECOM; Matt Peterson, SVP & CIO, Delphi; Steve Phillips, Former SVP & CIO, Avnet, Inc.; Steve Phillpott, CIO, Western Digital Corporation; Todd Pierce, Board of Directors, Dignity Health; Mark Polansky, Senior Partner, CIO/IT Officers Practice, Korn Ferry; Lisa Porlier, Managing Director, Technology Sector Leader, Russell Reynolds Associates; Joseph Puglisi, VP, IT, Nice-Pak Products, Inc.; Dan Puterbaugh, Senior Legal Advocate, Adobe; Tianbing (TQ) Qian, SVP & CIO, Ports America; Larry Quinlan, Global CIO, Deloitte; Sirish Raghuram, Co-Founder and CEO, Platform9; Meerah Rajavel, CIO, Qlik IT; Ashwin Rangan, SVP Engineering & CIO, ICANN; Rahul Ravulur, Founder, CEO, appOrbit; Jonathan Reichental, CIO, City of Palo Alto; John Repko, CIO, Johnson Controls; Dan Roberts, President & CEO, Ouellette & Associates; Ed Robben, SVP & CIO, Fossil; Carissa Rollins, SVP & CIO, Gander Mountain; Matthew Rosenquist, Cybersecurity Strategist, Intel Corporation; James Ross, CIO Global Functions, GE Digital; John Rossman, Managing Director, Alvarez & Marsal; Bernadette Rotolo, Group VP, Global Head of Solutions Delivery Management, Adecco Group; Dr. Howard Rubin, Founder, Rubin Worldwide; Dan Rubins, Co-Founder & CEO, Legal Robot; Thomas Sammel, Principal – Head of Cybersecurity, KKR & Co. L.P.; Vijay Sankaran, CIO, TD Ameritrade; Pete Sattler, SVP & CIO, John Wiley and Sons; Candida Seasock, Founder and President, CTS Associates, LLC; Mark Settle, CIO, Okta; Bill Schlough, SVP & CIO, San Francisco Giants; Yvonne Scott, CIO, Crowe Horwath LLP; Rama Sekhar, Partner, Norwest Venture Partners; Yasmin Shah, SIM San Diego Co-Founder and CIO and Board Member, Village to Village Network; Naresh Shanker, CIO, HP Inc.; Daniel Sheehan, Former SVP & CIO, DentaQuest; Janet Sherlock, SVP & CIO, Ralph Lauren; George Sheth, MBA, Managing Partner, Diligent Partners; Brian Shield, VP, IT, Boston Red Sox; Manjit Singh, SVP & CIO, The Clorox Company; Raj Singh, Former EVP & CIO, FordDirect; Bipul Sinha, Co-Founder and CEO, Rubrik; Pranab Sinha, VP, IT, Seagate Technology; Barry Sloane, President & CEO, Newtek Business Services Corp.; David Smoley, CIO, AstraZeneca; Ed Solomon, Corporate Engagement Consultant, Year Up; Ed Soo Hoo, Data Center Evangelist, Lenovo; Stephen Spagnuolo, VP Business Development, LYNX Technology Partners; Michael Spandau, SVP Global IT & CIO, Fender Musical Instruments; Scott Spradley, CTO, Tyson Foods, Inc.; Randall Spratt, EVP, CIO & CTO – Retired, McKesson Corporation; Tim Stanley, President, CXO & Founder, Tekexecs/Innovatects/CXOCo; Patrick Steele, Chair, CIO Advisory Board, Blumberg Capital; Kimberly Stevenson, Senior Vice President, Lenovo; Vaughn Stewart, VP Architect, Global Technical Partners, Pure Storage; Cynthia Stoddard, SVP & CIO, Adobe; Scott Strickland, CIO, Wyndham Hotel Group; Brad Strock, CIO, PayPal; Hilton Sturisky, Global CIO, Crawford & Company; Muddu Sudhakar, Entrepreneur & Executive; George Surdu, EVP & CTO, Comerica Bank; Jim Swanson, CIO, Monsanto; Bob Tapscott, Management Consultant, The Tapscott Group; Karenann Terrell, Chief Digital & Technology Officer, GlaxoSmithKline plc; Dee Thibodeau, CEO, Charter Solutions; Mark Tonnesen, CIO, CSO and VP Operations, Neustar, Inc.; Joe Topinka, CIO, SnapAV; Gregory Touhill, President, Cyxtera Federal Group, Cyxtera Technologies; John Trainor, VP & CIO, Aaron's, Inc.; Steve Trautman, Principal and Founder, The Steve Trautman Co.; Clif Triplett, Executive Director, A.T. Kearney; Howard Tullman, CEO, 1871; James Turgal, Executive Assistant Director, Information and Technology Branch, FBI; Vijayanand Vadrevu, Head – Global IT Infrastructure Services, Novartis; William VanCuren, SVP & CIO, NCR Corporation; Kevin Vasconi, EVP & CIO, Domino's; Radhika Venkatraman, SVP & CIO – Network & Technology, Verizon; Ken Venner, CIO, Space Exploration Technologies; Paul von Autenreid, SVP & CIO, Bristol-Myers Squibb; Gary VonderHaar, EVP, Operations & Technology – Processing, MasterCard; Ajay Waghray, EVP & CTO, Assurant; Milind Wagle, CIO, Equinix; Brett Wahlin, SVP & Chief Security Officer, Staples; Craig Walker, VP & CIO Shell Downstream, Shell International Petroleum Company; James Walsh, SVP, CIO, WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff; Peter Weis, VP & Global CIO, Matson Navigation Company; Debbie Wheeler, CISO, Freddie Mac; Brad Whitehall, Vice President, Information Technology, CIO, UniFirst Corporation; John Whiting, Global Chief Information Security Officer, DDB Worldwide; Michael Wilson, SVP & Global CISO, McKesson Corporation; Deanna Wise, EVP & CIO, Dignity Health; Chris Wlaschin, Chief Information Security Officer, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Gabrielle Wolfson, CIO, Xerox; Mike Wright, Global CIO, McKinsey & Co.; Jed Yueh, Founder, Executive Chairman, Delphix; Angela Yochem, Former EVP & CIO, Rent-A-Center; Dr. Robert Zandoli, Global CISO, BUNGE LTD.; Michael Zanga, CAO Corporate and International Banking Americas, Royal Bank of Scotland; Sigal Zarmi, Vice Chairwoman, Global CIO, PwC; Elaine Zelby, Enterprise Product Marketing, Slack.

Distinguished partners include Absolute Software; Accenture; AccruePartners; Actifio; Adobe; Akamai; Alfresco; Appirio; appOrbit; Apptio; ASG Technologies; Avanade; Benchmark IT; Bitdefender; BlueSky IT Partners; Box; BravoTECH; Capriza; Celonis; CenturyLink; Comcast Business; Commvault; Darktrace; Datalink; Deloitte; Dell EMC; Delphix; Dropbox; Eagle Creek Software Services; Equinix; ESET; eTouch Systems; ExtraHop; Extreme Integration; EY; Fibertown; FINsix Corp.; FireEye; Fuze; Gemalto; Gigamon; HCL Technologies; Hewlett Packard Enterprise; HotDocs; HR Strategies; Igneous Systems; Infoblox; Information Builders; Informatica; Info-Tech Research Group; Intel; IT-oLogy; Lenovo; Level 3 Communications; LogRhythm; Magenic; Neudesic; New Relic; Newtek Managed Technology Solutions; Nimble Storage; NPI; Nth Generation; Numerify; Nutanix; OCI; Okta; Onapsis; OneNeck IT Solutions; Optiv; PhishMe; Platform9; Pluralsight; Proofpoint; Pure Storage; Qlik; Rackspace; Rubrik; SAP; ScaleArc; SecurityScorecard; ServiceNow; Singtel; Sprint; StarPoint Technologies; Sumo Logic; Symantec; Tamr; Tanium; TB Consulting; Technology Partners; TelePacific Communications; Tintri; Trace3; Turbonomic; Unisys; Vidder; Virtustream; Western Digital Corporation; The Windsor Group; Windstream; Workday; Yash Technologies; Zendesk; and Zerto.

"Our success enables us to re-invest in our core offerings and expand into new markets where we will bring our unique model of independent peer-to-peer research and unmatchable career acceleration opportunities to a larger audience of executives and leaders," says Muller. "We are the strongest executive leadership network because we understand the highly specialized demands of our executive-level audience and we know how to deliver the experiences and services that generate exceptional loyalty from our base."

About HMG Strategy
HMG Strategy is the world's largest independent and most trusted provider of executive networking events and thought leadership to support the 360-degree needs of technology leaders. Our regional CIO and CISO Executive Leadership Series, newsletters, authored books, and online Resource Center deliver proprietary research on leadership, innovation, transformation, and career ascent. The HMG Strategy global network consists of over 300,000 senior IT executives, industry experts and world-class thought leaders. HMG Strategy's exclusive CIO and CISO Executive Leadership Alliance (CELA) program provides top-tier technology executives with unparalleled peer-to-peer off-the-record straight talk to strengthen their decision-making capabilities and accelerate their career ascent. The CELA program is complemented by the CELA Executive Decision Support services (EDS) which connects enterprise technology executives with their contemporaries to who are able to offer their expertise, practical experience, and insights in disciplines ranging from effective C-suite communication strategies to crafting successful 1-3-5-year technology roadmaps.

Additionally, our partnerships with the world's leading search firms provide vital insights into the evolving roles of the CIO and CISO.

The HMG Strategy CIO Executive Leadership Series offers a completely unique experience for IT executives to gain the latest insights and best practices for driving increased business value through the use of IT, and build invaluable relationships with peers and industry experts. The HMG Strategy CISO Executive Leadership Series is designed to provide information security leaders with the insights and best practices they need to tackle the most pressing cyber security challenges facing the enterprise today and going forward.

For more information on joining the strongest executive leadership network and exploring our independent, forward-thinking thought leadership platform, please visit www.hmgstrategy.com.

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