NEW YORK, March 26, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The world's top CIOs and technology executives will gather on Wednesday, March 28 at the 2018 CIO Summit of America in New York, produced by HMG Strategy, to explore the greatest opportunities and challenges facing technology leaders today.
The industry's premier CIO Leadership conference, cited by HPE as a 'must-attend' CIO conference for 2018, will kick-off at the Grand Hyatt New York with an 'HMG Lead, Innovate Disrupt Tech Talk' featuring HMG Strategy President and CEO Hunter Muller along with Ramón Baez, Former SVP, Customer Evangelist, HPE and CIO Evangelist at HMG Strategy. In their presentation which will set the stage for the day's discussions, Hunter and Ramón will explore 'Why the Tech Platform Matters' and why IT remains more relevant than ever in the 15 years since the Harvard Business Review published Nicholas Carr's famous essay, IT Doesn't Matter.
Other highly-engaging and topical discussions at the Summit of America will include:
The summit features an A-list of technology leaders, including Salem Ali, CEO, Loyakk; Koby Avital, CTO, Priceline; David Berman, President, Zoom; Mark Moore, COO/Co-Founder, Inxeption; and Jedidiah Yueh, Founder and Chairman, Delphix.
Special guest Michael Kay, New York Yankees Broadcaster at YES Network, will join Hunter Muller in an exclusive interview during the luncheon.
Other distinguished speakers at the summit will include Johnny Dranchak, VP Innovation and Digital, oneworld Management Company; Richard Entrup, Global CIO, Christie's; Mike Golz, CIO, Americas, SAP; Andrew Guzman, VP & CTO, Americas, HCL Technologies; Stuart Kippelman, SVP & CIO, Platform Specialty Products Corporation; Sean Lennon, SVP & CIO, Allergan; Leslie Ma, Global CIO, Cadillac – General Motors; Vipul Nagrath, Global CIO, ADP, LLC; Earl Newsome, VP & CIO, Praxair, Inc.; Steve Phillips, Chairman of the Board, Wick Communications; Phyllis Post, VP & CIO, Global Human Health IT, Merck; Larry Quinlan, Global CIO, Deloitte; John Repko, CIO, Johnson Controls; Jim Routh, CSO, Aetna; Scott Strickland, CIO, Wyndham Hotel Group; Jim Swanson, CIO, Monsanto; and Sigal Zarmi, Vice Chairwoman, Global CIO, PwC.
To learn more about the 2018 CIO Summit of America, including the complete agenda and the full roster of speakers, click here.
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