Mastering the Art of Innovation at the 2015 San Francisco CIO Executive Leadership Summit

PALO ALTO, Calif., March 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Ever-changing customer behavior is forcing businesses to become more agile and responsive in steering customer-centric innovation, according to an acclaimed group of speakers who will be presenting at the 2015 San Francisco Executive Leadership Summit. The summit will be held at the Four Seasons Silicon Valley at East Palo Alto on March 12, 2015 and hosted by HMG Strategy, LLC. Qualified executives can register complimentary at www.hmgstrategy.com.

"As businesses become more customer-centric, it's incumbent upon the CIO to guide the enterprise to use technologies and techniques that can enable the organization to be more responsive to customers' needs," said Hunter Muller, HMG Strategy's President and CEO.

The summit will feature a collection of prominent speakers and thought leaders. The opening keynote will be presented by Frank Capek, Chief Experience Officer at Customer Innovations, Inc. who will address how companies across industries must transform their approach to innovation in order to sense and respond to customers more effectively. Capek's presentation will be followed by Chris Pope, Director, Office of the CSO at ServiceNow, who will describe how the rise of outsourcing, automation, and cloud computing is prompting CIOs to reinvent the role of IT.

Related panel discussions and executive interviews will explore pragmatic approaches to cyber security, how accelerated change is impacting strategic leadership, and techniques that IT leaders are using to rewrite the role of the CIO.

Notable speakers at the conference will include Rich Adduci, SVP & CIO, Boston Scientific; Stuart Appley, CIO, SVP, Shorenstein; Sunny Azadeh, VP IT & IS, Guidewire Software; Kevin Barnes, VP & CIO, E. & J. Gallo Winery; Vic Bhagat, EVP, Enterprise Business Solutions & CIO, EMC; Frank Capek, Chief Experience Officer, Customer Innovations, Inc.; Asheem Chandna, Partner, Greylock Partners; Bob Concannon, Senior Client Partner, CIO/IT Officers Practice, Korn Ferry; Patrick Harr, Vice President & General Manager HP Cloud Sales, Americas, Hewlett-Packard Company; Patty Hatter, Intel Security and Software IT & CIO, Intel Security Group; Jeff Javitz, CIO, Fremont Bank; Mike Kail, CIO | SVP of Infrastructure, Yahoo!; Matt Kixmoeller, VP, Products & Storage, Pure Storage; Jason Kranz, Partner, Heidrick & Struggles; Tony Leng, Managing Director and CIO Practice Leader, Diversified Search; Elinor MacKinnon, Managing Director & CIO, Esurance; Hunter Muller, President & CEO, HMG Strategy, LLC; Ross Piper, VP Enterprise Strategy, Dropbox; Chris Pope, Sr. Director, Office of the CSO, ServiceNow; Ginna Raahauge, SVP & CIO, Riverbed; Patrick Steele, former Executive VP & CIO, Delta Dental of California.

Sponsor partners for the summit include ServiceNow, Dropbox, HP, Pure Storage, Riverbed Technology, Inc., Box, MarkLogic, Okta, SafeNet, Symantec, Appian, Softtek, and Workday.

About HMG Strategy

HMG Strategy, LLC has the strongest CIO network on the planet. HMG facilitates connections and thought leadership to elevate the role of the CIO/IT executive, and provides access to an international network of more than 80,000 global CIO/IT executives, industry experts and world-class thought leaders. 

Our CIO Executive Leadership Series offers a unique conference experience to build relationships with peers and gain the latest insights and best practices for driving increased business value through the use of information technology. Additionally, our partnership with the world's leading search firms provides you with invaluable insights into the changing role of the CIO. 

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

Contact: Hunter Muller, 1-203-221-2702, [email protected]

SOURCE HMG Strategy, LLC

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