CTO Forum

RETHINK TECHNOLOGY – Transforming IT Systems, Data and Technology Operations – 2015

February 12 and 13, 2015

RETHINK TECHNOLOGY

Transforming IT Systems, Data and Technology Operations

In the recent years, the IT landscape has been transformed by mobile, social, and cloud computing; big-data analytics; the Internet of Things; location-based services; software-defined data centers (SDDC); and software-defined networking (SDN). These innovations, coupled with emerging Open Source tools, environments, and databases, demand new ways of thinking about the enterprise, information systems, work, and the new role of IT executives.

In this program, members participate in an in-depth assessment of the complete IT ecosystem, identifying new opportunities arising from emerging technologies, without influences from vendors and their stake in legacy systems.

ADDRESSING CHALLENGES, HOW TO:
• Eliminate legacy in all core areas of IT and communication systems?
• Strategize data center consolidation, migration and Cloud adoption?
• Replace antiquated development environments, technology and tools?
• Address legacy applications, data cleansing, and cyber security?
• Tackle governance, logistics, workforce, and IT Modernization?

KEY LEARNING AND TAKEAWAYS
• Mastering new rules at the intersection of IT, business, and innovation
• Identifying technologies to transform IT and modernize the enterprise
• Evaluating business value of the disruptive technologies for enterprise adoption
• Distinguishing innovative technology from ‘new marketing of same old technologies’
• Differentiating incremental changes from complete transformation of IT
• Transforming business using social media, mobile internet and cloud computing

BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION OPPORTUNITIES:
• Revitalization of corporate information and communication systems
• Deployment of IT to better support research, innovation and business growth
• Transformation of business processes through strategic adoption of IT
• Revitalization of EA, governance, budgeting, talent engagement, and leadership
• Identification of IT adoption to better M&A, R&D, and overall differentiation

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS & PANELISTS

James Barrese
Chief Technology Officer & Senior Vice President, Payment Services Business, PayPal
Matthew Denesuk
Chief Data Science Officer, GE
Urs Hölzle
SVP of Technical Infrastructure, Google
Marcus Sachs
VP National Security Policy, Verizon
Christy Wyatt
Chairman and CEO, Good Technology
Jez Humble
Co-Author of the Jolt Award winning book “Continuous Delivery”
Ulf Baumann
VP of Cloud Operations, Hewlett-Packard
Simone Brunozzi
VP & Chief Technologist for Hybrid Cloud, VMware
Paul Chapman
EVP and Chief Information Officer, Gap
Dominick Delfino
VP of WW Systems Engineering, Networking and Security Business Unit, VMware
Ivan Chong
EVP and Chief Strategy Officer, Informatica
John Coster
VP Enterprise Solutions and Green Business Officer, Skanska
Richard Donaldson
Director Global Managed Services, eBay
William Dougherty
SVP and CTO, RangingWire  Data Centers
David Easley
Chief Enterprise Architect, Lockheed Martin
Eran Feigenbaum
Director od Security for Google Work, Google
Lutz Finger
Director Data Science and Data Engineering, LinkedIn
Robert Fry
Senior Information Security Architect, Netflix
Richard Howard 
Chief Security Officer, Palo Alto Networks
Chris Kemp
Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Nebula
James Kobielus
Big Data Evangelist, IBM
vikas Krishna
VP of Products – Enterprise Mobility, New Business Innovation, CA Technologies
Tony Kueh
VP of Mobile, Neustar
Ivan Lazarov
Chief Enterprise Architect, Intuit
Talvis Love
VP of Enterprise Architecture and CISO, Cardinal Health
Clark Masters 
SVP, Cloud Architecture and Engineering, SAP
Joshua McKenty
Field CTO of Cloud Foundry, Pivotal Software
Rathi Murthy
CIO, Enterprise Growth, American Express
Raj Patel
Head of Cloud Engineering, Pinterest
Ramanujam Rao
VP of Technology Strategy, Enterprise Architecture and Global Data Services, Asurion Corporation 
Ulf Baumann
VP of Cloud Operations, Hewlett-Packard
Guy Sereff
VP Enterprise Architecture, America Express
Mark Settle
SVP and CIO, IHS
Jatinder Singh
Director of Mobile Innovation Strategy, PARC, a Xerox company
Justin Somaini
Chief Trust Officer, Box
Paul Strong
CTO of Global Field, VMware
Pablo Vittori 
VP of Technology – Wearable and Internet of Things Studio, Globant
Johnn Wallerich
Principal Data Center Architect, Schneider Electric

PROGRAM AGENDA - RETHNK TECHNOLOGY 2015