Tales from the Trenches - The Journey to CIO
Wednesday November 10th | 4:00 PM
Join us at our next "Tales from the Trenches" meeting--an intimate conversation with two eminent local CIOs comparing notes and sharing their experiences as they transitioned to the CIO role from their "Number 2" positions. "Tales from the Trenches" sessions are unscripted but some of the topics we hope to hear about are:
- How they arrived at the CIO role -- was it their personal career plan, and how much serendipity played a factor?
- Having been the right-hand person to a CIO in their previous roles, what did they not expect, was there anything they didn't feel fully prepared for?
- How as the nature of their relationships with both stakeholders and their own teams changed?
- How as the "C" part of their title changed their responsibilities, and their perspectives on what is expected of the IT leader?
- And anything else they can think of, or you want to ask
Robotic Process Automation - Informal Peer-to-Peer Discussion - Members Only
Wednesday October 6 | 4:00 PM
Join Robert Barrios, VP IT at E&J Gallo Winery, in a small group discussion on Robotic Process Automation (RPA). This session is intended for IT leaders who have implemented or are implementing RPA as well as those who are in the very early stages of considering it.
Robert has spearheaded Gallo's RPA strategy, which you can find in the video link. Robert will be hosting an informal discussion around RPA where you can share your experiences with your peers and learn how your your own journey compares with theirs. The purpose of this event is to give you an opportunity to collaborate on RPA and create the network for you to lean on as you implement and extend the use of RPA for your organization. VIDEO
Members -- please log in to the SIM web page before registering. You will receive a zoom meeting link in the registration confirmation page and in the registration confirmation email after you have registered.
Ransomware What's a CIO to do?
Wednesday, September 8, 2021
Event recap –
Breaches keep happening, the outcomes are getting worse and we keep doing the same thing. The state of ransomware has reached epidemic proportions. Now we are shutting down pipelines, utilities and hospital systems. Over half of global organizations are under attack, with average ransom demands in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. How does this keep happening and what can we do to stop it?
Join us for a discussion with Ritesh Agrawal, CEO and Co-Founder of Airgap and Mel Reyes, CIO of Getaround.
As Airgap CEO, Ritesh drives the company’s strategy to accelerate adoption of a modern approach to security that embraces the emerging Zero Trust architecture. Ritesh brings to Airgap more than 20 years of experience across executive leadership, product management, customer support and sales functions with some of the world’s leading security and information technology companies.
At Getaround, Mel is responsible for IT and IT Security. Over the course of his career he has served as CIO, CISO, Board Advisor, CIO Interim and Executive Consultant, and Executive coach to technology executives.
The event will be moderated by SIM SFBA Chapter Board Member, Sham Chatterjee
Real Enterprise Architecture - The Enabler of Business & Mission Strategy
Wednesday, August 11, 2021
Event recap – SIM SF Bay Area delivered an excellent panel focusing on Real Enterprise Architecture (EA) with phenomenal technology leaders, thought leaders, and practitioners: Samuel Holcman, Geeta Pyne, Marc Belsher, and Benjamin Dai. We covered the evolution of EA, real-world examples of EA impact, and critical EA elements for digital transformation. The panel, the break-outs, and open-mic sessions dove into the enterprise architecture practice so sorely needed as companies accelerate to compete and deliver real business impact. Refreshing topics included the importance of human factors and standing up EA practices. Clearly, SIM SF Bay Area is the best place in Silicon Valley for EA knowledge-sharing and thought leadership. We look forward to more EA sessions in 2021 and beyond.
Security Access Service Edge (SASE)
Wednesday, July 14, 2021
Event recap – In this session, learn why you need to enhance your security posture with a SASE solution.
Join us for this highly interactive session with an indrustry leading Bay Area company who will discuss:
- Understand SASE & alignment with SD-WAN
- Why it is important to your digital business
- What problems do these solve for you
- Who is doing this today
Next Generation Analytics
Wednesday, June 9, 2021
Event recap – Overview of what is Next Generation Analytics that covers complete tech stack
Competitive Landscape of companies offering Next Generation Analytics
Getting business insights and predictive analytics in days from selections of the tools instead of months and years from legacy tools
Leadership Development for Technology Executives
Wednesday, May 12, 2021
Event recap – A highly interactive session with prominent Bay Area Leadership Development and Executive Coaches who will discuss:
The skills make-up that needs to shift as you move from an Individual Contributor to a Team Leader, and to a Senior Level Executive
Speakers:
Sonya Natanzon
Carly Boyce
Rod Bacon
Moderator:
Steve Caliger
Developing a Cloud Strategy
Wednesday, April 14, 2021
Event recap – Tasked to develop a cloud strategy or enhance the one you have? Are you selecting just one cloud or executing a multi-cloud, or even a hybrid strategy? Can you show how your cloud strategy is aligned to the business, and can you justify it to the CEO and Board? Discover how leading Practitioners are addressing these challenges.
CEO's Expectations from CIO
Wednesday, March 10, 2021
Event recap – SIM SF Bay Area members and guests participated in an interactive panel discussion with David Politis andThomas Donnelly, respectively the CEO and CIO of BetterCloud.
BetterCloud is the leading SaaS Management Platform (SMP) that enables IT professionals to discover, manage and secure the growing stack of SaaS applications in the digital workplace. David and Thomas shared their perspectives on their roles and relationships to each other, the board, their IT users and customer base. Their discussion and responses to questions from our members touched on the following areas:
For tech (solutions) company
- CIO's role as a user - involved in product management and support
- CIO's role as a product evangelist - customer facing, with KPIs tied to that role
For all companies
- CIO's role being elevated to COO type of responsibility. Every process in companies are being automated, CIO is architect/owner of the technology supporting those processes
- Evolution in traditional IT roles/responsibilities
- Business analysts becoming functional relationship managers & product manager for the technology supporting other functions; earlier engagement of IT in the business product/application lifecycle
- Importance of Enterprise PMO to improve coordination between business units and IT
- To help move from tactical to strategic partner, establish business productivity success metrics and reinvest portion of resulting savings/value back into next strategic projects
- CIO's relationship w/ Board of Directors – CEO has to support the IT agenda, help translating the IT roadmap/spend to the business objectives and KPIs that the board is focused on. Position IT leaders as driving growth/cutting costs, vs. owning a cost center
We thank David and Thomas for participating in such an engaging and informative conversation with our members!
How Leading Valley CISOs are securing Edge and IoT
Wednesday, February 10, 2021
How Leading Valley CISOs are securing Edge and IoT: The proliferation of IoT is driving deployment of other edge network resources including local and micro data centers, and traditional centralized security frameworks and solutions are struggling to keep up. The threats are bi-directional – bad actors can get to the core network by compromising edge devices, or get to edge resources if they have already compromised the core network.
Join us for an interactive panel discussion with two leading security practitioners to share their experiences and lessons learned in managing security in an increasingly more complex environment.
Panelists:
Jason Hengels, CEO Exposure Security
Curtis Simpson, CISO Armis
Holiday Special
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
In addition to giving 2020 the old heave-ho, we will share the events scheduled for 2021, celebrate our philanthropic activities you made possible, solicit input on what you, our stakeholders, want to get out of SIM in 2021, and have some fun and games!
*First 24 Zoom time-stamped registrants will receive a bottle of wine.
Securing the Cloud (Virtual Event)
Wednesday, November 11, 2020
An interactive panel discussion with local technology executives sharing their experiences and lessons learned
Must-Have REMOTE WORK Technologies (Virtual Event)
Wednesday, October 14, 2020
An interactive panel discussion with local technology executives sharing their experiences and lessons learned
How COVID-19 has changed hiring and getting hired (Virtual Event)
Wednesday, September 16, 2020
An interactive panel discussion with local technology executives sharing their experiences and lessons learned
Back to the Office - the Bigger Challenge! (Virtual Event)
Wednesday, July 22, 2020
An interactive panel discussion with local technology executives sharing their experiences and lessons learned
Real Life Experiences Using AI to Create Intelligent Security (Virtual Event)
Wednesday, June 10, 2020
Panel discussion with local IT Security Executives discussing how they are applying AI to create intelligent security solutions.
CIO War Stories About Transitioning Entire Enterprises to Remote Work During COVID-19 (Virtual Event)
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
Panel discussion with 3 local well known CIO's from software and bio-tech industries sharing their personal experiences on this rapid transition.
A case study – Building Digital Talent Teams (Virtual Event)
Wednesday, April 15, 2020
Case study led by Venkat Ranga, Head of Business Information Systems - Aryaka Networks
A case study – how RPA & AI improved employee experience and productivity at Autodesk
Wednesday, February 12, 2020
Case study led by Prakash Kota, CIO Autodesk
Holiday Happy Hour
Wednesday, December 11, 2019
A fun-filled evening celebrating 2019 accomplishments and giving back to the community.
