CIO Summit 2018 - Atlanta | CDM Media | 8 February 2018 | Hyatt Regency Atlanta Perimeter, 4000 Summit Blvd NE, Atlanta, GA 30319, USA

Despite the economic downturn freezing or cutting budgets and yielding a slow recovery, businesses are regaining strength and global IT spending is expected to increase in the coming years. But even with an economic upturn on the horizon and more importance placed on IT, we arent out of the woods yet. The role of the CIO is more important than ever as financial turmoil continues to alter the world's economy, making it difficult to put your organization in a position to achieve success. The business goals have changed and CIOs are now tasked with trying to find emerging opportunities to drive value throughout the enterprise.

We're in a historic transition - one marked by challenges, but filled with possibility. Preparing for the upturn and making the right decisions in times of change can better position your enterprise to succeed. Accordingly, the theme of this year's summit is CIOs in Transition - The Shift from Cost-Saver to Value Provider.

The CIO Atlanta Summit is a unique opportunity for the citys greatest IT thinkers to collaborate on current industry challenges and trends. The event will include representatives from various industries, including health care, finance, insurance, government, telecom, utilities, education and more. Attending CIOs and IT executives engage in peer-on-peer networking, while discussing the issues currently affecting CIOs from a variety of industries.

As an IT leader in Atlanta, now is the time to produce real business value for your organization. We at CDM Media know that in order for you to take time out of the office, it must be time well spent. The CIO Atlanta Summit agenda offers a balanced schedule of focused educational sessions, one-on-one meetings and networking opportunities that will maximize your time and efforts, providing you with ideas and strategies truly capable of changing business practices.

2017-2018 Speakers

Tom Hall
SVP & CIO, Genuine Parts Company

Anthony Souza
Sr. Director Cyber Security Architecture, General Electric

Adolph Barclift
Divisional - CISO - Americas, NCR Corporation

Wayne Proctor
VP, Information Security, West Rock

Hussein Mereby
Executive Information Security Director (CISO), Veritiv

Vladimir Svidesskis
Information Security Director (CISO), Georgia Lottery Corporation

Bhanu Vallabhaneni
Global Security Strategy & Architecture Leader, Halyard Health

H.P. Bunaes
Former Senior Vice President and Business Information Officer, Sun Trust Bank

Dwaraka Hanumappanahalli
Director, Information Services, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey

David Shonk
SVP Shared Services Delivery Manager, SunTrust Bank

Rob Milstead
Senior Vice President, Digital, Genuine Parts Company

Dave Hudson
Chief Information Officer, Veritiv

Michael Gabriel
CEO, Relationship Barometer LLC and former EVP & CIO, HBO, Relationship Barometer LLC

Satyan Penmetsa
CTO, CCH SFS, A Wolters Kluwer Company

Sherron Burgess
Vice President, Corporate Security, BCD Travel

Nitin Chopra
Director IT Operations & Infrastructure Engineering, Time Warner

Kalyan Sambhangi
Vice President, Information Management Strategy & Enterprise Architecture, SunTrust Bank

John Damalas
CIO - Data Science, Finance and Multi-year agreements, GE - Power & Water

Bill Maynard
Director Enterprise Architecture, The Coca Cola Company

Stacey Jones
Data Architect, UPS

Ozzie Kadiri
Head of Information Security, Focus Brands

Anthony Newstead
Global Group Director Emerging Technologies & Strategic Innovation, The Coca Cola Company

Tippu Gagguturu
CIO, Allconnect

Jeff Niebuhr
Associate Director, IT, Verizon Wireless

Kevin McCarthy
Chief Information Officer, Schweitzer-Mauduit International

Kenneth Benson
Director, Global IT Hosting, Novelis

Greg Jones
VP, Enterprise Data & Analytics, Equifax

Kenneth Viciana
VP Operations leader and Business Analytics, Equifax

Samir Saini
Commissioner and CIO, City of Atlanta

Mark Reardon
CISO, WellStar Health System

John Martin
CIO, Georgia Department of Natural Resources

Walt Carter
Chief Information Officer, Generation Mortgage Co.

Vish Narendra
VP & CIO, Graphic Packaging International

Michael Noel
Chief Technology Officer, Manheim

James Robertson
VP & Chief Technology Architect, Time Warner

Mark Gelhardt
VP Technology Governance, US Bank

Jay Ferro
CIO, American Cancer Society, Inc.

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