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Agenda
Wednesday, December 7, 2016
7:45 am - 4:30 pmRegistration Open
7:45 am - 8:30 amBreakfast and Conversation
8:30 am - 8:45 amIT Roadmap: Overview and Opening Remarks
Derek Hulitzky, VP, Content Development and Strategy, IDG Enterprise Events
8:45 am - 9:15 amLeveraging an Innovative Culture to Modernize Infrastructure
James Fairweather, SVP, Technology, Pitney Bowes
9:15 am - 9:45 amBusiness Process Integration Transforming Communications
Jimmy Malik, Regional Vice President of Sales, Mid-Atlantic region, Vonage
9:45 am - 10:15 amTotal Transformation: From Legacy Systems and Processes to Full-On Cloud and Empowered Digital #ChangeAgents
Dr. David Bray, Senior Executive and CIO, Federal Communications Commission
10:15 am - 10:30 amMorning Networking Break
10:30 am - 12:10 pmMorning Breakout Sessions
10:30 am - 11:00 amDevOps: From Buzz to Building Block
Irwin Lazar, Vice President and Service Director, Nemertes Research
The Network is the Enterprise: Building Your Next Generation Enterprise Network from Data Center to SD-WAN
John Burke, CIO and Principal Research Analyst, Nemertes Research
Assisted Collaboration: The Intersection of Collaboration, AI and IoT
Alan Lepofsky, VP and Principal Analyst, Constellation Research, Inc.
Key Considerations For An Effective Cloud Computing Strategy
Zeus Kerravala, Founder & Principal Analyst, ZK Research
11:05 am - 11:35 amExploit Prevention: Stop ransomware, zero-day and modern attacks before they get in.
Matt Hickey, Director, Sales Engineering, Sophos
SD-WAN Use Cases and Technology
Donna Johnson, Director of Product Marketing , Citrix Systems, Inc.
Leveraging Voice and Data
Strider Denison, Director of Sales, Advanced Voice, Comcast Business
11:40 am - 12:10 pmLeveraging DevOps and Continuous Delivery for Zero Downtime Deployments
Mark Schwartz, CIO, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
Business and IT Transformation at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Ann Dunkin, CIO, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
The Internet of Things (IoT) and How It’s (Literally) Close to Home
Mike Koval, SVP, Information Technology, Edgewood Management Corporation
12:15 pm - 12:45 pmEditor's Panel of Industry Experts
Rod Bagg, VP Analytics & Customer Support, Nimble Storage
Bill McInnis, Principal Security & Threat Intelligence Advisor , Infoblox Federal
Harry Smith III, Technology Evangelist, Zerto
Alon Waks, Vice President of Segment and Solution Marketing, 8x8 Inc.
Derek Hulitzky, VP, Content Development and Strategy, IDG Enterprise Events
12:45 pm - 2:00 pmLunch & Expo (Lunch served until 2:00pm; Expo open until 4:30pm)
1:15 pm - 1:45 pmExpo Hall Theater
Donna Johnson, Director of Product Marketing , Citrix Systems, Inc.
David Overton, Client Solutions Engineer, Comcast Business
Sean Moran, Partner Account Manager, ESET North America
Brian O'Connor, GM of Public Sector Business, Extreme Networks
Matt Hickey, Director, Sales Engineering, Sophos
2:00 pm - 3:10 pmAfternoon Breakout Sessions
2:00 pm - 2:30 pmEvolve Your WAN with Broadband: Adopting a New “Broadband” WAN Architecture
Craig Sanford, Systems Engineer, Silver Peak Systems
The Four Essential Strategies for Digital Transformation
Mike May, Regional Manager, Bizagi
2:40 pm - 3:10 pmThe 4th Era of IT Infrastructure: Beyond Hyperconverged to Superconverged Systems
Dr. Srinidhi Varadarajan, Co-Founder and CTO of Cloudistics, Cloudistics
Gaining Visibility and Control in the Cloud
Corey Wright, Product Sales Specialist, Cisco Meraki
3:20 pm - 3:50 pmAttracting the Best and Brightest: A Panel Discussion of Computerworld's "Best Places to Work” Winners
Theresa Caruso, Director, Engineering Services, Johns Hopkins University & Medicine
Jo-Anne Goldman Chase, Manager, ISD Strategy and Change Management, Navy Federal Credit Union
Jose Hernandez, VP IT Business Operations, AARP
Derek Hulitzky, VP, Content Development and Strategy, IDG Enterprise Events
4:00 pm - 4:30 pmReception and Passport Prize Drawings in Expo
4:30 pmEvent Concludes