HMG Strategy Applauds CIO Thought Leaders of 2014; Reveals CIO Agenda Predictions for 2015
WESTPORT, Conn., Dec. 23, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Following an outstanding series of world-class CIO Executive Leadership Summits across North America in 2014, HMG Strategy, LLC salutes the renowned IT thought leaders who participated at its events and shares predictions for top ten CIO agenda trends in 2015.
In 2014, HMG Strategy produced numerous IT thought-leadership events and 21 highly-engaging and successful CIO Executive Leadership Summits centered around the topical theme of The Big Shift: Leadership, Innovation, and Transformation in a Customer-Centric Economy in locations such as Phoenix, New York, Boston, Houston, San Francisco, Dallas, London, Washington, D.C., New Brunswick, N.J., Chicago, Toronto, Detroit, Atlanta, Denver, San Diego, Greenwich, CT, Minneapolis.
Visionary and distinguished speakers participating in the 2014 summits included Thaddeus Arroyo, President, Technology Development, AT&T; Ramon Baez, SVP & Global CIO, Hewlett-Packard Company; Puneet Bhasin, CIO & SVP of Logistics, Customer Service, and Strategic Accounts, Waste Management, Inc.; Rear Admiral Thomas H. "Hank" Bond, Jr., Director of Cyberspace Operations (J6/J3D), NORAD/USNORTHCOM; Anil Cheriyan, CIO, SunTrust Bank; Craig Cuyar, Global CIO, Cushman & Wakefield, Inc.; Robert Dixon, SVP & Global CIO, Pepsico, Inc.; Greg Fell, Chief Strategy Officer, Crisply; Jay Ferro, CIO, American Cancer Society; Gerri Martin-Flickenger, SVP & CIO, Adobe Systems Incorporated; Ursuline Foley, CIO, Enterprise Enablement and Corporate Applications, XL Group; Roger Gurnani, EVP & CIO, Verizon; Anjana Harve, CIO Americas, Alcon; Bruce Hoffmeister, Global CIO, Marriott International, Inc.; Jeanette Horan, VP & CIO, IBM; Sheila Jordan, CIO, Symantec; Mike Kail, CIO|SVP of Infrastructure, Yahoo!; Timothy Kasbe, COO, Gloria Jeans Company; Robert Lux, CIO, Freddie Mac; Elinor MacKinnon, Managing Director & CIO, Esurance; Timothy McCabe, SVP & CIO, Delphi; Stuart McGuigan, CIO, Johnson & Johnson; Jamie Miller, SVP, CIO, GE; Jason Molfetas, CIO, Amtrak; David Pogue, Founder, Yahoo Tech, Columnist, TV Host and Correspondent, Author; Dave Revell, SVP & CIO, Retail & Business Banking, CIBC; Dr. Howard Rubin, CEO and Founder, Rubin Worldwide, and MIT CIST Associate, Gartner Senior Advisor; Janet Sherlock, SVP & CIO, Carter's; Brian Shield, VP, IT, Boston Red Sox; David Smoley, CIO, AstraZeneca; Randall Spratt, EVP, CIO & CTO, McKesson Corporation; Ed Steinike, SVP & CIO, The Coca-Cola Company; Kimberly Stevenson, VP of IT & CIO, Intel Corporation; Tony Stoupas, SVP & CIO, Moody's Corporation; John Swieringa, SVP & CIO, Dish Network; Don Tapscott, Author and Advisor on Media, Technology and Innovation; Sigal Zarmi, CIO, GE Capital Americas.
"We are tremendously indebted to the CIOs and industry thought leaders who shared their insights and expertise with our CIO Executive Leadership Summit attendees as well as our vendor partners who saw the value potential of engaging with our extensive global CIO network," said Hunter Muller, HMG Strategy's President and CEO. "CIOs who are embracing today's challenges and crafting a vision for the modern enterprise are enabling their organizations to obtain sustainable competitive advantage."
In 2015, HMG Strategy is developing a Global Innovation Summit on January 15 in Palo Alto, CA, as well as a CIO Executive Leadership Summit in Shanghai in May.
HMG Strategy research foresees ten strategic trends that will shape the CIO agenda next year:
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Understanding the Competitive Landscape. New market entrants, emerging technologies, and other dynamics will force CIOs to become more agile and adaptable in a climate where change is inevitable. |
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The CIO as Cross-enterprise Diplomat. In order to drive operational and business performance, CIOs must be able to work closely with business and functional leaders to set strategies and clearly convey how the alignment of people, processes, and technology are being executed to the board of directors and senior management. |
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Driving Line of Business Innovation. The CIO will play a central role in leading, enabling, or facilitating departmental improvement and customer-centric strategies. |
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Crafting a Premier Enterprise IT Architecture. The CIO must broker enterprise-wide synthesis of premise and cloud technologies. |
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Leading the Transformational Organization.The CIO will play a central role in identifying and acting on opportunities to drive metamorphic change across the enterprise. |
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Synthesizing SMAC. The CIO will harmonize social, mobile, analytics, and cloud to drive cost efficiencies, flexibility, and new business value. |
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The Risk Mitigator. Escalating concerns regarding privacy, data breaches, and cybersecurity threats will compel CIOs to quarterback oversight on enterprise security. |
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Directing the Digital Enterprise. CIOs will spearhead efforts to blend business models, processes, technology, and people for the data-driven business. |
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Guiding Collaborative Vendor Relationships. The CIO will oversee efforts to extract greater value from and lower costs through supplier connections. |
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Developing Next-Generation IT Talent. The CIO will work hand-in-hand with HR to recruit, cultivate, and retain the IT skills needed to propel the enterprise. |
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 through global CIO Executive Leadership events including Summits, briefings, interviews, proprietary research and authored books. In addition, HMG Strategy recognizes annually the 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 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 sign-up for the newsletter, or to register for upcoming events, please go to www.hmgstrategy.com.
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