CIO ANZ Live Series - June Edition 2022
A Balanced Approach to Leadership for CIOs
Hosted by Factor
- 500 attendees
- 34800 hours
Overview
The past year has been a game-changer for companies worldwide, not because it demonstrated the importance of digitalisation but because it revealed the crucial need for agility and resilience in disruptive times.
And as proven, IT leaders need to master the art of innovation and technology, flexibility in leadership and most importantly, empathy. During this edition of the CIO Series we discuss how leaders can create and maintain a flexible, agile mindset to support their organisations objectives and themes and drive growth in times of disruption? Join this months edition to learn how to:
Planning for the I&O workforce of the future
The next step in digital readiness and empowering innovation
Technology and the tools required to succeed
The positioning of IT teams as enablers and harmonising the entire business
Exploring actionable strategies and leadership vision for 2022: infrastructure and operations
Striking the optimum in diversity and inclusion
What to expect
- Speakers 15+
- Practitioner : Vendor 20:1
- Discovery Conversations 1:1
- Interact with 20 leaders in your field in their most sharing moments Executive Sit-Downs
- A day with 150 IT leaders 150+Attendees
- 15+ Sessions 1 Full Day
What we will cover
- Workforce of the Future Plan for the I&O workforce of the future
- Empowering innovation The next step in digital readiness and empowering innovation
- Skills Development Explore actionable strategies and leadership vision for 2022: infrastructure and operations
- Leadership Vision 2022 and beyond Striking the optimum in diversity and inclusion
Agenda
- Digital Asset Disruption – Solving the Visibility Problem Amid a Rapidly Evolving IT Landscape(Plenary) What we consider a digital asset has changed dramatically over the last 5 years, and the emergence of new asset classes has made managing them even more challenging. IT Leaders must leverage technology that enables complete visibility of their complex IT environment. Please join Snow to learn three essential ways to support business growth using technology intelligence: Visibility – achieve a holistic view of data, applications, and spend across the on-premises data centre, cloud, and SaaS environments Optimisation – leverage intelligent insights and recommendations about your data to optimise both spend and drive operational efficiencies Governance – manage security risk and compliance without affecting business performance
- ** Special Guest **(Plenary) Sit-Down brings you one of Australia's sporting legends, to share with you all about the challenges and success she has faced all with in the public eyes!
- Keynote: Innovating Innovation(Plenary) Innovation is often misunderstood, taken for granted and much less capitalised on. Gone are the days when it was an advantage. Now we face an era where it’s the necessity to your existence as a business. But of course we all know that….. When we look at the amount of digital transformation projects worldwide, every year businesses spend $1.3 trillion on digital transformation programs to improve efficiency and yet they hit a failure rate by up to 90% resulting in lack of efficacy in operations and ultimately a hard stop to further innovating. This result paints to innovation as a risky undertaking, how do we innovate this perception. How do we drive Innovation strategically, turn it from a risky undertaking to being a catalyst that drives incremental and breakthrough value value that keeps the business relevant and protects the business from disruption. Join us for this session as Finbar takes us through a journey of changing that mindset and understanding how we set out for success within our tech teams as CIOs and CDO and how we communicate the value to the board and other executives.
- Tomato or Tomatoes: Exploring the Importance of Questioning Your Data(Plenary) More than ever board members and business leaders are looking for ways to maintain an even focus on maintaining security and performance of their operations while also innovating to create that new edge. Did you know the data you already own holds the key to doing both those things? It all comes down to what questions you ask it. This session will explore this and why more than ever having the right data strategy is so important. Is it Tomato or Tomatoes, come along and find out
- Morning Tea & Networking Break(Plenary)
- Keynote: Culture and Change Management Before Enablement.(Plenary) We get together with Krist who will walk us through is cultural change management journey using real life examples. It’s one thing to start any kind of implementation and look at it for the purpose of organisational enablement. But what about what comes before that implementation is far more important. Change and culture management and bringing up our readiness on every level. Join us for this session as we take look at how we prepare from culture and change management aspect before implementation in ambiguous environments.
- Attracting and Retaining IT Talent in the New World(Plenary) In terms of digital transformation risks, two years ago, it was mainly about implementation of new technology and change management, allowing IT to boost productivity and create flexible workplaces. Rather, today’s debate focuses more on how to optimise outcomes and deliver organisational value from a change that has already taken place. In the current environment, where expectations for a great UX are high, innovation is accelerating in speed, and the industry is battling with shortage of skilled staff, rising wages, and the potential of a ‘great resignation', this topic is of high importance to Tech Executives.
- Keynote: Flexibility as a Leader - How to Keep Momentum Going(Plenary) Leaderships can be hard yet so rewarding when you get it right. Join this session to learn the best way to pivot when you’re in the middle of a large project. How to make the challenges work for you and keep your team on track. Key takeways: How to plan outcomes, get runs on the board and celebrate them Flexible style on management in terms of, everyone is wired differently Communication is key: board, vendors, and staff
- Building Trusted Digital Experiences with Customer Identity(Plenary) Digital Business is here to flourish. It is hard to find an industry or sector in the economy that is not disrupted by software. Right now, businesses are having to deal with a modern, frictionless experience across all channels and the right level of security for their customers and themselves. Okta is identified as a leader in access management by analysts such as Gartner, Forrester, and others. Their success is due to a unique methodology developed over time that can deliver this frictionless experience while still achieving security at scale. In this session, you will learn: - How to achieve this frictionless experience without compromising on security and other business processes and objectives; - How to simplify customer acquisition and access while protecting their sensitive data at the same time with the right customer identity and access management. You can stop identity-driven attacks and engage with users across all channels. - How organisations like JetBlue & Australian Red Cross use identity to create secure, seamless, digital experiences.
- Lunch & Networking Break(Plenary)
- Thought Leadership: Leading with DevOps and Compliance to Drive Transformation(Plenary) Every technology leader must harness high velocity data and software delivery to enable digital transformation. Product innovation with speed and quality is mission critical for organisational survival. DevOps supports these goals, with key principles of automation and shift left. Organisations must also ensure they are fuelling DevOps efforts with high quality and compliant data. Many organisations have proven that when managing data effectively, they can transform software delivery and meet their compliance obligations. In this session, Delphix will share how the leaders of multiple global organisations have devised strategies and best practices for achieving digital transformation via DevOps.
- What CIO's Need to Know to Stay Competitive with Their Investments(Plenary) How can we stay current with technology trends, let alone check the pulse of future innovations, when we’re busy running our businesses? Our entire organisation benefit from new technologies, but keeping up with trends can be more challenging than ever before. Join this months edition to: · Understand how best to invest across AI and ML for future growth: · What CIO's need to know to stay ahead and competitive with their investments · Gain insights from real life case studies
- Keynote: From Singer to CIO - The Tail of Two Worlds and a Pragmatic Approach to Thriving in Times of Change(Plenary) We could all agree that the least we learnt from the past 2 years was the realisation around how we respond to change, as individuals, as teams, as leaders. Some thrived and some not so much, some went onto to build winning teams, deliver on major projects and lead multi-disciplinary teams and the others had to sit down and take a minute. But what is it that made some of us soar, and the others barely manage. Why is it that some leaders see change as a moment of opportunity and naturally thrive and the rest battle their way through it hardly standing? Is it mindset? Is there a system? How can we change that? During this session we get together with Mary-Beth Hosking as she takes us through a journey of drastic change & transformation and unwrap what it takes for leaders to not just survive but thrive during periods of uncertainty and the role people play as the centrepiece of every journey.
- Fostering Innovation and New Opportunities with SAP(Plenary) Organisations at all levels are under enormous pressure to deliver and improve current services, whilst also flexing to adapt in response to an increasingly dynamic world: COVID, business confidence, geopolitical changes, supply chain disruptions are merely a sample of the many unpredictable dimensions which the modern enterprise must contend with. It’s ’s time to think and act differently… In response to these challenges and to meet the changing nature of an increasingly complex IT and commercial landscape, businesses are looking for innovation from start-ups and entrepreneurs to challenge the status quo. We experience the same pressures at SAP and understand that to solve today’s business challenges we need to combine the best of both worlds - leveraging start-ups to foster an innovation-driven culture both internally and externally and partnering with our customers to develop new capabilities and solutions that drive organisational change and sustainable outcomes. Join this session to learn how SAP is embracing innovation through a shift in mindset and a focus on learning to address the changing needs of customers and an evolving workforce.
- Afternoon Tea Break & Networking(Plenary)
- Evolve Speaker- Minimising The Four Culture Killers(Plenary) 'Culture' is one component of Mark Carter's 5C MODE. For our session we are focussing on one specific aspect: as much as identifying, honing and implementing tools and strategies that allow a culture to thrive, it's equally important to understand the polarity! What are the common enemies at the gates that sometimes make a culture break! In this punchy development session Mark will share one aspect from ideas frequently weaved into his Culture keynotes and programs. Four common culture killers Initial ideas to minimise (even eliminate) the culture killers impact The biggest dirty little secret in business and why it's imperative you consciously strive to put it into action!
- Keynote: Ethical and Actionable Data Strategy to Deliver Real Business Value(Plenary) With a mission to become truly data driven, companies make significant investment in establishing data analytics capabilities but many fail to realise the full potential due to poorly executed roadmap underpinned by ineffective data strategy. This talk will explore some of the common pitfalls and how to overcome them.
- Evolve Speaker: The Loudest Guest - How to Change and Control Your Relationship With Fear(Plenary) Dr Amy will help you to change and control your relationship with fear. Are you prone to worrying, being hesitant or overly concerned with something Desire to do something new but worry that you couldn't or shouldn't, or that you would fail Talk yourself down either out loud or in your head Feel that there must be more to do or feel, but you seem to get in your own way Are too "in your head" - full of doubt, regret or indecision Spend too much time thinking about what people think of you Want to explore how much fear is controlling your choices in life. Would like to say more about what you are feeling to create deeper trust or connection.
Speakers
Dan Giesen-White · Chief Information Officer (CIO), Carlisle Homes Accustomed to complex multi-site businesses I love the problems others run from! I suppose you could say I’m a transformational leader – used to driving and embedding change in enterprises - aligning ITC strategy, governance, architectures, people and processes in businesses that are forever merging, growing and developing new streams. I enjoy being at the pointy end of strategy in driving the vision and agitating for improved innovation, harnessing technologies and delivering value-added services, foreseeing design challenges and scale bottlenecks, managing big budgets and resources that are partly in-house/with external third parties, on/offshore. A collaborator who is comfortable negotiating, influencing and leading large teams, I’m interested in the experiential aspects of the company’s customer journeys and am a firm believer in the value of big data and measurement. I think we all need to be looking at how we can increase speed and quality via business intelligence because macro and micro information trends are moving quickly.
Mary-Beth Hosking · Chief Information Officer, Pointsbet Mary-Beth Hosking is a pragmatic and seasoned technology leader with extensive experience in organisational transformations. She published her first book “In One Piece – A Step-by-Step Guide to Surviving Change” at the beginning of the Covid Pandemic and hopes that this has helped leaders grappling with the changes Covid has brought to the corporate landscape. She is currently authoring her second book “From Singer to CEO – Lessons learnt from centre stage” which is a tail of bridging two diametrically opposed career paths into a successful transition to the C-Suite. She holds a Masters Degree in Business and Technology with majors in Strategic and Change management. She has over 17 years’ experience leading restructures in multinational organisations including BP, Toll Holdings and Specsavers. Mary-Beth is the Global Chief Information Officer for PointsBet leading a global team to support one of Australia’s premier sports betting applications.Krist Davood · Chief Information Officer (CIO), The Shann Group T-shaped Transformation Leader, CIO, with proven track record across multiple Industry Sectors with market-leading companies. Appointed as CIO of the Shann Group to deliver their struggling digital program of work. Delivered AI and Cloud Services by using my exceptional ability to speak multiple business languages as well as strong people and technical skills to guide the project to a successful conclusion. Known as a master problem solver, meaning I implement unachievable projects that involves enterprise-wide transformation, innovative business solutions and organisational change. This is done by focussing on maximising team effectiveness with resultant impact on performance*. Currently, leading Shann's transformation journey underpinned by cloud services in 2020, an AI and automation project in 2021, and a major security transformation in 2022.
Thomas Kohlenbach · Senior Product Specialist, Nintex Thomas Kohlenbach is a senior product specialist at Nintex, the global standard for process management and automation. He has over 12 years’ experience implementing initiatives related to continuous improvement (Kaizen/Six Sigma), change management and system integration, across automotive and financial services industries. Thomas is a passionate business improvement advocate who has helped organizations around the world to decrease operational costs and drive cultural change.
Rebecca Kennedy · Head of Finance - Insights & Analytics, KPMG Why am I unique? Data & Analytics Leadership - Data in a box is only data in a box… I’m able to ensure an organisation’s data adds value by enabling data driven decisions. I establish data teams that position the data engine room for success. I cover off Purpose, People, Method and Tools. - Purpose: designing a two-speed strategy, risk identification and management, establishment of governance frameworks. - People: gathering senior sponsorship, advocacy and building investment cases, closing data literacy gaps, prioritising change management. - Method: clearly defining roles and responsibilities, ensuring policies and procedures are embedded, formulating prioritisation principles and forums. - Tools: developing metrics to track performance, ensuring alignment with technology and data teams, modifications to technical estate and building effective data architecture through cataloguing. Commercial Maturity & Financial Acumen - I have years of experience in Finance Business Partnering across a range of complex businesses, industries and customer bases. I’ve been able to guide and influence business leaders towards the right decisions to achieve organisation financial goals. - Whether it be country based, product based, origination based or segment based, I’m able to holistically unpack a business problem, identify the risk and opportunities, form suitable actions and impacts to then advise and influence the stakeholders. - Examples include; increasing revenue through dynamic pricing opportunities, product mix optimisation, target customer profiling; cost reduction through organisational redesign, vendor contract negotiation, project opex/capex management; capital management through customer capital credit risk opportunities and optimal country capital consumption. Agile & Human Centred Design Approach - Coming from the largest organisational Agile transformation in Australia, my motto is to keep it simple. My strengths lie in Dev Ops, Kanban, Scrum and Human Centred Design. - My leadership style is centred on people, relationships, collaboration, diversity and creative thinking. I advocate and champion improvement and growth mindset. Industry Champion - I’m passionate about building the data community, I’ve chaired and featured as a keynote speaker at Data & Analytics conferences for 5 years running. - I’ve featured in news articles such as the London Financial Times and IT News.com and championed customer success stories and marketing through strong vendor rNathan Stevens · Director Solution Consulting - APAC, Snow Software Nathan is passionate about technology and loves understanding how new innovations in the tech space impact organisations and attempting to understand how they work as well. He sees the future at Snow defining the space of Technology Intelligence exciting as its on the frontier of creating its own category.
Zak Khan · Senior Manager - Enterprise Business Analytics, Deloitte Australia Zak Khan is an accomplished data analytics strategist and thought leader with deep industry experiences. He has held diverse leadership roles across many facets of Information Management
Nick Harris · Innovation Architect, Ecosystem Platform Office, SAP Australia As an innovation architect, Nick’s current focus at SAP is working closely with our partner community to help drive organizational change through innovation on SAP’s Business Technology Platform. Prior to this, Nick spent the first 15 years of his SAP journey in a variety of roles extending across sales, consulting, pre-sales and solution management, with a strong focus on public sector, natural resources and financial services verticals. Nick is passionate about the application of ethical technologies within society; technologies that can meet the evolving needs of the modern enterprise whilst at the same time considering the rights and aspirations of the individual.
Partners
- Pluralsight The technology workforce development company At Pluralsight, we believe everyone should have the opportunity to create progress through technology and develop the skills of tomorrow. With assessments, learning paths and courses authored by industry experts, our platform helps businesses and individuals benchmark expertise across roles, speed up release cycles and build reliable, secure products.
- Okta Okta is the leading independent provider of identity for the enterprise, and the Okta Identity Cloud enables organizations to both secure and manage their extended enterprise, and transform their customers’ experiences. With over 5,500 pre-built integrations to applications and infrastructure providers, Okta customers can easily and securely adopt the technologies they need to fulfill their missions. Over 5,600 organizations, including 20th Century Fox, JetBlue, Nordstrom, Slack, Teach for America and Twilio, trust Okta to securely connect their people and technology.
- Snow Software Snow Software is changing the way organizations understand and manage their technology consumption. Our technology intelligence platform provides comprehensive visibility and contextual insight across software, SaaS, hardware and cloud. With Snow, IT leaders can effectively optimize resources, enhance performance and enable operational agility in a hybrid world.
- SAP Australia SAP is one of the world’s leading producers of software for the management of business processes, developing solutions that facilitate effective data processing and information flow across organisations. At SAP, our purpose is to help the world run better and improve people’s lives. Our promise is to innovate to help our customers run at their best. SAP is committed to helping every customer become a best-run business. We engineer solutions to fuel innovation, foster equality, and spread opportunity across borders and cultures. Together, with our customers and partners, we can transform industries, grow economies, lift up societies, and sustain our environment.
- Nintex Nintex is the global standard for process intelligence and automation. Today more than 10,000 public and private sector organisations across 90 countries turn to the Nintex Platform to accelerate progress on their digital transformation journeys by quickly and easily managing, automating and optimising business processes. Learn more by visiting www.nintex.com and experience how Nintex and its global partner network are shaping the future of Intelligent Process Automation (IPA).
- Splunk Splunk Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLK) turns data into doing with the Data-to-Everything Platform. Splunk technology is designed to investigate, monitor, analyze and act on data at any scale, from any source over any time period. The Data-to-Everything platform removes the barriers between data and action, so our customers -- regardless of size or business -- have the freedom to deliver meaningful outcomes across their entire organization. Our unique approach to data has empowered companies to improve service levels, reduce operations costs, mitigate risk, enhance DevOps collaboration and create new product and service offerings.
- Delphix Delphix is the industry leader for DevOps test data management. Businesses need to transform application delivery but struggle to balance speed with data security and compliance. Our DevOps Data Platform automates data security, while rapidly deploying test data to accelerate application releases. With Delphix, customers modernize applications, adopt multi-cloud, achieve CI/CD, and recover from downtime events such as ransomware up to 2x faster. Leading companies, including Choice Hotels, J.B.Hunt, and Fannie Mae, use Delphix to accelerate digital transformation and enable zero trust data management. Visit us at www.delphix.com. Follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook.
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