World-Class Leadership, Innovation and Transformation are Focus at 2012 CIO Executive Leadership Summit in Houston

HOUSTON, Feb. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Great CIOs deliver exceptional leadership, innovation and transformation. That was the main message at the CIO Executive Leadership Summit held last week at the JW Marriott in Houston. The event was produced by HMG Strategy, the leading producer of CIO Executive Leadership Summits in North America, in association with the Houston Chapter of the Society for Information Management (SIM).

"It is absolutely essential for CIOs to deliver world-class leadership, innovation and transformation across the enterprise," said Hunter Muller, President and CEO of HMG Strategy, LLC. "The HMG CIO Executive Leadership Summits are ideal venues for CIOs and IT leaders who want to acquire and share knowledge, elevate their careers and reach the highest levels of success."

The Houston summit featured keynote presentations and executive briefings from respected thought leaders and highly respected industry experts, including

• Larry Bonfante, CIO, U.S. Tennis Association
• David Della Vedova, IT Risk Director GE Energy & Michigan Energy CIO
• Joe Weinman, Communications, Media, and Entertainment, Hewlett-Packard Business Solutions

Multiple breakout sessions and panels covered critical challenges such as enterprise leadership strategy; "cloudonomics" and delivering business value through cloud computing; guiding enterprise transformation; supporting innovation; protecting sensitive information; human capital development; and the emerging leadership challenges facing CIOs in the 21st century enterprise.

Additional speakers and panelists included:

Puneet Bhasin, SVP, CIO & President, WM Logistics; Celia Lin, CIO, Chevron Global Gas; Anup Sharma, CIO, GE Oil & Gas; Clif Triplett, VP & CIO, Baker Hughes; Delaney Bellinger, VP IT Solutions, El Paso Corp.; Bhushan Ivaturi, CIO - Dresser & Wayne, GE Energy; Hunter Jones, CIO, Cameron; Dee Singh, CIO Engineering, Wood Group; Chris Gates, CIO, GE Lighting; Troy Matherne, VP & CIO, Geokinetics, Inc.; Mike Schaffner, Director, IT Program Management Office, Cameron; Trent Aulbaugh, Consultant, Egon Zehnder International; David Beuerlein, Senior Client Partner, Korn/Ferry International; Kay Fuhrman, Partner, Heidrick & Struggles; M. Steven Kendrick, President, KER Partners, LLC; Annika Tycer, Executive Director, Russell Reynolds Associates; and Paul Yust, VP & CIO, Common Sense IT Leadership, LLP. 

"Truly exceptional IT leaders leverage new and innovative technologies to drive business growth and accelerate the pace of change, enabling their companies to create and sustain competitive advantages in swiftly changing markets," said Muller. "Modern CIOs must provide bold and pro-active leadership that empowers their organizations to become more nimble, agile, resilient and profitable."

Summit sponsors and partners included Hewlett-Packard, TSA, Comcast Business Class, Workday, Avanade, Informatica, Kapow Software, Okta, Bravo Tech, OneNeck, Rimini Street,  Genesys Works, Wiley, Egon Zehnder International, Heidrick & Struggles, Korn/Ferry International, Russell Reynolds Associates and SpencerStuart.

"World-class events such as the CIO Executive Leadership Summit in Houston enable IT leaders to network with their peers, acquire extremely valuable knowledge and elevate their careers," said Muller, who is also the author of two books, The Transformational CIO (Wiley, 2011) and On Top of the Cloud (Wiley, 2012). He also blogs regularly on IT leadership strategy trends at thetransformationalcio.com.

HMG Strategy is a leading high-value resource for innovative IT leadership, management and technology support for an expanding global network of CIOs and senior IT executives. The firm's partners include Accenture, Avanade, Avaya, Box, CA Technologies, CDW, Chateaux Software, Citrix, Code 42 Software, Comcast Business Class, Dell, HP, IBM, Informatica, Information Builders, Kapow Software, Okta, Netsuite, Quest Software, salesforce.com, TCS, TSA, VMware, Wiley, Wipro and Workday.

"We have built the strongest CIO community in North America," said Muller. "We deliver world-class value for the IT industry through our thought-leadership, proprietary research, our National Advisory Board, and executive leadership events."

About HMG Strategy

HMG Strategy, LLC is the leading provider of innovative IT leadership, management and technology support to CIO/Senior IT executives by focusing on the 360-degree needs of the CIO/IT Leader. Our events and services raise thought leadership, knowledge sharing and networking to the highest level. HMG Strategy provides access to an international network of more than 28,000 CIO/Senior IT executives, industry experts and world-class thought leaders. For more information about HMG Strategy and its unique portfolio of IT leadership resources, visit www.hmgstrategy.com.

SOURCE HMG Strategy, LLC