2014 San Diego CIO Executive Leadership Summit Covers Critical Topics Including How to Transform IT to Provide Game Changing Customer Experiences

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 3, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The blazing pace of business, coupled with a continuing shift to a services-led IT delivery model, is forcing CIOs to revisit their approaches to supporting the 21^st Century business, according to a group of distinguished leaders who will be presenting at the 2014 San Diego CIO Executive Leadership Summit on October 16^th at the Marriott Del Mar, hosted by HMG Strategy, LLC in partnership with the San Diego chapter of the Society of Information Management.

Centered around the topical theme of The Big Shift: Leadership, Innovation, and Transformation in a Customer-Centric Economy, the summit will address the organizational focus on customer centricity and the need for greater agility that are leading forward-thinking CIOs to visualize how the IT delivery model must be redesigned.

"CIOs are being called upon to enable the business to become more nimble while creating a sense-and-respond type environment for end customers," said Hunter Muller, HMG Strategy's President and CEO. "CIOs who are embracing these changes and crafting a vision for the enterprise are delivering the kind of value that's expected by the C-suite."

The summit will feature an impressive array of high-level speakers and panel discussions. The opening keynote presentation will be delivered by Peter High, Founder & President of Metis Strategy who will explore how the rise of customer-centric strategies in the enterprise is creating tremendous opportunities for CIOs to leverage their technological acumen and identify ways to enhance the customer experience.

Related panel discussions will explore building a roadmap for the modern-day enterprise as well as future trends that will impact the enterprise.

World-class speakers will include Paul Agbabian, CTO Enterprise Security and Management Division, Vice President, Symantec Fellow; Kelly Breitenbecher, SVP & CIO, PETCO Animal Supplies, Inc.; Scott Cadwalader, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Diligent Partners, LLC; Bob Concannon, Senior Client Partner, CIO/IT Officers Practice, Korn Ferry; Charles Connoy, VP, Global Platform – Sony Playstation, Sony Computer Entertainment America; Terry Dembitz, CIO, Amylin Pharmaceuticals; Carl Eberling, CIO, SVP - IT, Encore Capital Group; Peter High, Founder & President, Metis Strategy, LLC; Debra Jensen, CIO, Charlotte Russe; Afif Khoury, CEO, MeetSOCI, Inc.; Ken Lawonn, SVP & CIO, Sharp HealthCare; Tony Leng, Managing Director and CIO Practice Leader, Diversified Search; Abe Lietz, CIO, Curves & Jenny Craig; Bill Lukefahr, CIO, Prometheus Labs; Drew Martin, CIO, Lytx Inc.; Hunter Muller, President & CEO, HMG Strategy, LLC; Barb Munro, Co-Founder and Partner, The Carrera Agency; Mary Kay Payne, CIO, Arch Health Partners; Rob Phillips, Director of Solution Strategy, ServiceNow; Steve Phillpott, CIO, HGST, a Western Digital Company; Phillip Redman, VP, Mobile Solutions and Strategy, Citrix; Charles Schwab, EVP Business Technology Solutions, LPL Financial; Yasmin Shah, Co-Founder and President, SIM San Diego and VillageCore; Tim Stanley, Innovative CXO, Business + Tech Leader, Board Member, Strategic Advisor, Investor, Entrepreneur and Educator; Maureen Stratton, Executive Partner, Gartner Executive Programs; Neil Vachharajani, Chief Software Architect, Pure Storage; Marcus Wandell, CEO, Antengo; Wayne Ward, Vice President, Business & Product Development, Sprint; Mike Zill, EVP & CIO, CareFusion.

Sponsor partners for the summit include ServiceNow; Sprint Business; Citrix; Pure Storage; Symantec; Okta; Trace3; Accenture; Accuvant; Adobe; and Softtek.

About HMG Strategy

HMG Strategy has the strongest CIO network on the planet. HMG facilitates connections and thought leadership to elevate the role of the CIO/IT Executive. Yearly, HMG Strategy recognizes top performing Chief Information/Innovation/Technology Officers who have excelled in innovation, leaderships skills, transformation, and legacy leadership through the "Transformational CIO Leadership Awards."  These awards are based on extensive in-depth research conducted over the course of multiple conversations and interviews with Hunter Muller and the HMG Strategy team. These awards demonstrate the critical relevance of the modern-day CIO as an innovative leader.  Insights from these conversations are shared in HMG Strategy's weekly newsletter. 

For details on HMG Strategy, to register for the newsletter or to register for upcoming events, please visit www.hmgstrategy.com.  

CONTACT: Hunter Muller, 203-221-2702, [email protected]

SOURCE HMG Strategy, LLC

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