"CIO Perspectives on Everything, Everywhere, All at Once"
"CIO Perspectives on Everything, Everywhere, All at Once"
Fri May 23 - 4:00 PM EDT/New York (See in local time)
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Session: CIO Perspectives on Everything, Everywhere, All at Once
Join veteran CIO's of Silicon Valley's leading tech companies as we share our perspectives on AI, digital transformation, innovation, and leading while female.Key Takeaways
- Learn how CIO's are thinking about the impact of AI on business strategy and innovation.
- Learn the role that CIO's can play in helping their organizations navigate digital transformation.
- How do CIO's foster innovation at scale, across the organization? And is this just technical innovation, or does it extend to process/market/financial, etc. innovation?
Bio
Alvina AntarFormer CIO, Okta
Passionate, trusted leader with 25+ years of experience enabling business modernization through disruptive technologies and challenging the status quo. Visionary business technology and operations executive, spearheading digital transformation, identity-first security, data-informed decisions, subscription business models, and M&A integration. Build and lead high-performing, diverse teams across Fortune 50 enterprises, high-growth companies, and start-ups. Create meaningful relationships as the voice of the customer, advising on accelerating revenue growth and driving enterprise scale through people, processes, technology, and insights. Board Director and Advisor of public, private, and non-profit organizations, leading with purpose and committed to eliminating the gender gap in tech and reigniting the power of youth in underserved communities.
Meerah Rajavel
Chief Information Officer, Palo Alto Networks
As Chief Information Officer, Meerah is responsible for Palo Alto Networks’ global information technology functions, driving a comprehensive strategy to scale and rapidly deliver innovative solutions for our worldwide teams. Prior to joining Palo Alto Networks in 2022, Meerah was CIO at Citrix and held past leadership roles at McAfee, Forcepoint, Cisco, and Infosys. Meerah deeply
understands the IT challenges across the industry, among organizations of all sizes. Meerah holds a Bachelor’s in Computer Science & Engineering from the Thiagarajar College of Engineering at Anna University in Chennai, India. She also holds a Master’s of Business Administration from the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California.
Sharon Mandell
Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Juniper Networks
Sharon is the Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer leading Juniper Networks’ global information technology team. In this role, she leads the ongoing enhancement of the company’s IT infrastructure and applications architectures to support the growth objectives of the company. Prior to joining Juniper in 2020, Mandell was the Chief Information Officer for TIBCO Software and previously developed her leadership strategy at Harmonic, Black Arrow (now Cadent), Knight Ridder and the Tribune Company. Mandell serves on various arts and education related boards and proudly serves on the computer science advisory board at Temple University.
Wendy M. Pfeiffer
Managing Director of Box of Chocolates
An accomplished motivational speaker and author, Wendy M. Pfeiffer is the Founder and Managing Director of Box of Chocolates. At Yahoo!, Cisco Systems, Nutanix, GoPro and Robert Half, Wendy led executives and teams in large-scale hybrid infrastructure operations, Internet technology development, ML/AI-enabled business process transformation, cybersecurity and corporate governance, and global sales team enablement. Now retired from her operating career, Wendy focuses on 1-on-1 mentoring of Founders and CEO's, Board Advisory, and Board Director services. Notably, she has served as an Independent Board Director for public, private and non-profit companies including Qualys (NASDAQ:QLYS), SADA Systems (NASDAQ:NSIT), Huang Family Corporation, the American Gaming Association (501(c)6) and Girls in Tech (501(c)3).
