Welcome and Introduction

Hunter Muller, President & CEO, HMG Strategy, LLC
Susan Doniz, Director, Shared Services, The Proctor & Gamble Company, Canada

Keynote: Today's Transformational Leader and the Changing Role of Technology Leadership

Yuri Aguiar, Senior Partner, CTO, Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide

Session Moderator: Hunter Muller

The transition of IT from a basic service to a mainstream delivery engine has taken a little over two decades. Not everybody calls it a success though, and many managers still struggle to understand what technology really delivers for them.

Three different types of leaders across the business spectrum would view technology in three different ways; one as a revenue driver, another as a basic service, while a third as a necessary evil.

All these opinions are usually founded on past good or bad experiences, or simple interpretation by the CIO. Therefore, the view that the CEO has of technology, has a direct correlation to the leadership style and communications success of the CIO.

This session will discuss some real world challenges of this quest for transformation, and the continuous drive to bring technology into the core business.

Executive Briefing: Manulife Journey Through Transformation

Harry Pickett, Senior VP & CTO, Manulife Financial

Session Moderator: Hunter Muller

Manulife has a transformation of IT journey underway. The development and management of this agenda is key to Manulife's success moving forward. This session will discuss the "what and how" Manulife is executing their IT Business Transformation Agenda.

Executive Perspectives: The Emerging Technologies and Relationships Influencing Today's Transformational CIO/IT Leaders

Susan Doniz, Director, Shared Services, The Proctor & Gamble Company, Canada,
Jan Mark Holzer, Office of the CTO, RedHat, Inc.,
Jeff Hutchinson, CIO, Maple Leaf Foods,
Dave Revell, Senior VP, ITS Enterprise Operations, Strategy and Architecture, Rogers Communications Inc.

Session Moderator: John Mealia, Senior Client Partner, Korn/Ferry International

Now more than ever, CIO's need to harness emerging technologies that can drive top line growth and bottom line efficiencies for the enterprise. Todays panel of distinguished speakers will explore the opportunities, challenges and risks associated with cloud computing, mobile computing, social media, external service providers and more.

Market Perspectives: Burning Issues for CIOs and CIO Candidates  

John Mealia, Senior Client Partner, Korn/Ferry International

Session Moderator: Hunter Muller

John Mealia, a Senior Partner in the Technology sector at Korn/Ferry will provide an overview of a number of burning issues of interest to CIOs and CIO candidates:

• Current hiring market trends at the executive level: what is going on in the market currently, what sort of mandates are in demand and what types of skill-sets are bound to attract the attention of employers in the next while
• Key differences between a "growth" and a "restructuring" rationale for a new CIO role: a detailed look at why CIO roles become vacant, and why new ones are born
• Some strategies on fine tuning candidates' profiles to the right opportunity: how candidates should approach each CIO mandate and how they should fine tune their value proposition on a case-by-case basis

Hunter Muller, President & CEO, HMG Strategy, LLC
Susan Doniz, Director, Shared Services, The Proctor & Gamble Company, Canada