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Dear Supporter,
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DEAR SUPPORTER,
 On behalf of Columbus Business First and the CIO Tomorrow
 Program Committee, we invite you to join us in August for
 CIO Tomorrow 2021!
 Each year CIO Tomorrow strives to create a platform that advances the event’s mission to foster an
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 integrated community of current and next-gen leaders that strives to fuel one of the most intelligent
 and innovative cities in the world. The go-to conference for Columbus’ technology community, CIO
 Tomorrow is a thought-provoking event featuring insightful speakers, interactive panel discussions,
 and upbeat networking opportunities.
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                       Nick Fortine
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About the Conference                                                                                   Who
                                                                                                          Attends
   CIO Tomorrow is a diverse and thought-provoking conference,
   featuring industry-leading speakers, interactive panel                                                 Connect with the
   discussions, next-level emerging technologies and connective                                           brightest minds in
   networking opportunities with exceptional regional and national                                        the Midwest Region
   thought-leaders.                                                                                       + Beyond.

   This all-day event draws 450+ attendees each year and                                                  + Chief Information Officers
   showcases the dynamic people, companies, innovators and                                                + Senior Technology Leaders
   tech-leadership who are ready to think broader, develop a
   unique and inspired vision, and accelerate their momentum                                              + Business Strategists
   toward a future of growth.
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   Attendees experience a day-long journey of high-level thinking                                         + Technology Practitioners
   from some of the nation's most experienced and knowledgeable
   talent, then it takes those groundbreaking ideas and strategies                                        + Customer Experience Advocates
   into tactical sessions to offer actionable takeaways.                                                  + Future IT Leaders

   Engaging, thought-provoking and inspirational, CIO Tomorrow is
   THE conference to connect your team with a vibrant cross-
   section of senior executives, key decision makers and emerging
   IT talent.
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   Join us August 31, 2021 at the Hyatt Regency downtown
   Columbus for a high-impact and immersive day
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             n List of event attendees for additional marketing purposes (not including email addresses)
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               n Logo on the front cover of the CIO Tomorrow supplement
               n List of event attendees for additional marketing purposes (not including email addresses)
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     ast spring, when Greg Tacchetti, the                     and personal lives wrought by the             you, we were building apps at previously        had) taken years took only weeks.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     2019 CIO Tomorrow chair, asked me                        pandemic. Many of the challenges weren’t      unseen speed, to monitor employee and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     to consider being the chair for 2020,                    organizational or even industry specific,     visitor health, equip employees to work         COVID has pushed and enabled all of us to
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     it was a world without COVID19. Who                      such as how to enable a workforce that        from home and enable students to learn          move the digitalization of business forward
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        By Laura Newpoff                                                                                                                             could have predicted how different                       had previously been on premise to be          remotely.                                       at amazing speed. We owe it to our digital
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               this spring would be?                                          remote, all at the speed of light. On a                                                       world to maintain the momentum the
                                                                                      MIT research scientist shares insights
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Reviewing the landscape of technology                          employees, customers and their families       of the patient visit. We’d been working         joining you on Aug. 27 at CIO Tomorrow for
                                                                                      on true digital transformations                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          trends, we quickly settled on a theme of                       safe, technology leaders stepped up to the    for some time on a pilot offering of            a look into the future of digitalization. ■
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               group of speakers and facilitators to                                                                        at scale to enhance our ability to keep
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    with the title “The End of the World.”
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               address the topic of the digitalization of                     A heartfelt thank you to you all!             patients and caregivers safe while

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    It was a reference to the impending
                                                                                               s principal research                         requires breaking old rules and                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    business and to focus our sights on the                                                                      still offering world-class care. We
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                                                                                               scientist at the                             embracing new thinking.”                                                                                                                                all over the world in a state of panic,                                                                                                                                                                    way we deliver services to our employees                       Throughout the pandemic, I’ve been            went from a very low number
                                                                                               Massachusetts Institute                                                                                                                                                                             prompting companies to collectively                                                                                                                                                                         and customers in today’s increasingly                          blessed to work at a world-class medical      of virtual visits in a few pilot
                                                                                               of Technology Jeanne                         Ross delivered the keynote address                                                                                                                     spend billions of dollars to upgrade                                                                                                                                                                        digital world.                                                 center where we were able to leverage         areas to accounting for
                                                                                               Ross spent over 26 years                     at the CIO Tomorrow forum                                                                                                                              their computers and applications.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          digitalization to advance the fight against   50% of our outpatient
                                                                                      examining how companies are                           presented by Columbus Business                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     In March, we were putting the finishing                        the disease itself. In a single week, we      volume during the
                                                                                      architecting themselves for success                   First in partnership with Accenture                                                                                                                    The calendar flip to Jan. 1, 2000,                                                                                                                                                                          touches on the planning when the world                         stood up a new testing lab, complete          COVID-19 surge.
                                                                                      in the digital economy. While nearly                  on Aug. 27. She shared some of                                                                                                                         however, went off without a hitch.                                                                                                                                                                          changed. We realized that an in-person                         with instrument interfaces from testing       Regulation and
                                                                                      every company embraces digital                        what she learned from studying big     The idea evolved to what would                 JEANNE ROSS                                                      Power grids didn’t shut down.                                                                                                                                                                               meeting at the end of April was no longer                      machines to our electronic medical record.    insurance changes
                                                                                      technology in some form these                         companies like Amazon, LEGO and        become a cloud-based software                Principal Research Scientist (retired)                             Airplanes didn’t fall from the sky.                                                                                                                                                                         an option. Business First did an amazing                       At one point, we had a network employee       updating coverage
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                                                                                      days – think virtual meetings, voice                  Philips to co-author a book that       platform that makes real-time                                                                                   Nuclear power plants didn’t explode.                                                                                                    DAVID SOHIGIAN                                                      job of rescheduling and pivoting to a                          in a manhole next to State Highway            and privacy
                                                                                      recognition, and customer apps                        was published in 2019 – “Designed      electric power sourcing and                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Chief Technology Officer North America,                              virtual format, with the same outstanding                      315 pulling fiber across a parking lot to     issues for virtual
                                                                                      – a true digital transformation is                    For Digital – How to Architect Your    consumption data visible,                                                                                       While it was good news that the crisis                                                                                                                                                                      lineup of content.                                             enable a large-scale, drive-through testing   health helped
                                                                                      much more complex. It’s not about                     Business For Sustained Success.”       comparable and actionable,                 “Becoming digital is being able                                      didn’t materialize, the bad news was                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       center in the parking lot the Jameson         tremendously.
                                                                                      the technology a company buys                         It’s a guide to help established       something that would be valuable           to use technology to offer new                                       that chief information officers lost                                                                                                                                                                        Meanwhile, we were all living the                              Crane Sports Medicine Institute. And this     Again, things that                               PHYLLIS
                                                                                      and installs. Instead, it’s about
                                                                                      integrating everything a company
                                                                                                                                            companies retool so they can
                                                                                                                                            take advantage of emerging
                                                                                                                                                                                   for a large user like a hotel or data
                                                                                                                                                                                   center. This value-added service,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              value propositions,” Ross said.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              “Everybody has to be able to go
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   an incredible amount of credibility                                                                                                                                                                         digitalization of service delivery and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               the many changes to our business
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              was within hours of the final decision to
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              stand up the testing center. Like many of
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   within their companies. They’ve been                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                2020 CIO Tomorrow Chair & CIO,
                                                                                      does to deliver a richer customer                     technologies to better serve           the company thought, would give it         there because if you don’t, your                                     clawing their way back ever since and                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
                                                                                      experience and new digital                            customers.                             a leg up on the competition.               margins will just go away. The                                       it’s perhaps ironic that it took another                                                                                               Employee productivity has improved
                                                                                      offerings.                                                                                                                              other part of the message is that as                                 crisis for them to get their seat back                                                                                                 as the months have worn on but
                                                                                                                                            “A digital transformation is when      “They initially tried to sell clients on   you do this digital transformation,                                  at the table. Covid-19 has made the IT                                                                                                 many companies still find themselves
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                                                                                      Or, as Ross likes to call it – “SMACIT.”              you really come to understand that     this by talking to their traditional       you have to pivot as you see what                                    department more important than ever.                                                                                                   scrambling to keep the wheels on
                                                                                                                                            your value proposition will change,”   customer contact, a purchasing             customers want. You have to                                                                                                                                                                                 rather than focusing on larger goals
                                                                                      She’s referring to the blending of                    Ross said. “It’s not about doing       person and not an energy                   think differently, manage people                                     That’s according to David Sohigian,                                                                                                    and a strategic future direction. IT
                                                                                      social, mobile, analytics, the cloud                  things better, it’s about doing new    manager,” Ross said. “When they            differently and invent entirely new                                  chief technology officer North                                                                                                         departments will be asked to find
                                                                                      and the Internet of Things. Artificial                things.”                               realized they needed to talk to            processes. It’s a total redesign of                                  America for Workday, an on-demand                                                                                                      ways to help employees tackle game-
                                                                                      Intelligence, blockchain, cognitive                                                          the energy managers, the energy            the company.”                                                        financial management software                                                                                                          changing goals and be productive at
                                                                                      computing and biometrics also are                     One of her favorite examples           managers worried they were trying                                                                               vendor based in Pleasanton,                                                                                                            achieving them so they have time for
                                                                                      making data available to companies                    is Schneider Electric, a global        to take their jobs. It was a brilliant     That might sound scary for                                           California. He presented a keynote                                                                                                     healthy activities away from work.
                                                                                      in an unprecedented fashion.                          company that for more than 100         idea that had no takers.”                  companies used to doing things                                       address – “Preparing for a Changing
                                                                                      Truly digital companies are using                     years specialized in electrical                                                   around traditional planning
                                                                                      all those tools – a smart sensor                      equipment like transformers,           The company persisted, however.            processes. The good news, Ross
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   World” – at the Aug. 27 CIO Tomorrow
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                                                                                      connected to the IoT can alert                        generators and circuit breakers.       It homed in on the Hilton hotel            said, is that the transformation can                                 Business First in partnership
                                                                                      an appliance maker when a part                        Years ago it attached sensors to       chain and designed a solution with         be gradual.                                                          with Accenture. It focused on the                                                                                                      Whether it’s a war, a famine or a
                                                                                      has failed, for example – to solve                    its large equipment to alert the       their energy manager that’s now                                                                                 challenges companies will face as                                                                                                      natural disaster Covid-19 isn’t the last
                                                                                      problems for customers almost                         customer and salesperson when          called The Energy Concierge. The           “Customer needs and wants unfold                                     uncertainty about the pandemic                                                                                                         crisis companies will face. The most
                                                                                      immediately.                                          something was dying as part of         partnership has been a success that        gradually,” she said. “Keep your                                     persists.                                              BUSINESS SIDE                          TALENT SIDE                              immediate crisis is the transition
                                                                                                                                            a sales technique – in essence,        has allowed Hilton to achieve 14.5%        eyes open, adapt and keep building                                                                                                                                                                          between a pre-pandemic world and
                                                                                      “Becoming digitized relies on                         “you’re generator is dying, do you     energy savings since 2009.                 from there. It’s a very steady, but                                  “Digital transformation was already                    Covid-19 has accelerated the           Hiring practices will continue to        a post-pandemic one. Development
                                                                                      traditional business methods,” Ross                   want a new one?”                                                                  not steep uphill journey.” ■                                         underway, but Covid-19 accelerated                     adoption of digital technologies as    change as the effects of Covid-19        of a vaccine and therapies to treat
                                                                                      recently wrote. “Becoming digital                                                                                                                                                                            everything,” Sohigian said. “The IT                    consumers shop online, students        linger. Local talent pools will be       the virus will create a world that’s
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   teams that had already been moving                     learn remotely and people use          replaced by global ones as more          different than the one companies are
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   data and systems to the cloud                          telehealth to communicate with         companies prove that work can be         operating in now. IT departments
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   definitely had a leg up, but IT teams
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   across the board gained credibility
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          their doctors. Commerce not
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          having to be conducted in person
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 done anytime and from anywhere.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 IT departments will be challenged
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          will play a key role in making sure
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          companies have the agility to change
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       MAKING TOMORROW TOGETHER
                                                                                  ARE YOU READY
                                                            LEARN MORE AT:                                                                                                                                                                                                                         as companies moved to remote                           means companies now compete            with setting up the best remote          as the world around them remains
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       JPMorgan Chase is working to bring the full force of our core
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   workforces.”                                           with everyone that has an online       work experiences to help companies       unpredictable.
                                                 cio-tomorrow.com                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      business and expertise to support our communities, employees,
                                                                                  FOR THE NEW
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          presence. IT departments will be       compete for workers from around the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Digital leaders will be instrumental                   drivers of strategies that will help   world.                                    “There will be another side of this,”                                                                                                                                                       clients and customers affected by this unprecedented global

                                                                                  DIGITAL REALITY?                                                                                                                                                                                                 in helping their companies continue                    companies differentiate themselves                                              Sohigian said. “Savvy companies                                                                                                                                                              crisis. We are committed to transformation efforts that deliver
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   to transition to a new world order                     – not just from the competitor down                                             – who know the ‘new normal’ will                                                                                                                                                             everyone the best possible user experience.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  TOMORROW                                         that will impact the way businesses                    the street, but the competitor in      WORK/LIFE                                have a huge digital component to it –
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       These are challenging times — and we’re here to help.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   operate, how they find and manage                      another country. With everyone                                                  won’t be hunkered down when new
THANK YOU                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          their talent, how work and life will                   swimming in the same digital pond,     In the early stages of the pandemic IT   opportunities arise. IT will be critical
SPONSORS                                                                          ON AUGUST 27,                       The region’s best and brightest                                                                                                                                              co-exist and how the next crisis is                    smaller companies will have to have    departments were under enormous          in preparing for that.” ■
                                                                                  technology leaders converged to jumpstart their IT game in an inspired                                                                                                                                           prepared for. Here are Sohigian’s                      digital presences that allow them to   pressure to help their companies
                                                                                  and interactive day of impact-driven and insightful thought-leadership                                                                                                                                           takeaways from each of those areas.                    compete with larger companies, too.    quickly pivot to remote work.
                                                                                  presentations. If you missed event day, Contact Steve Hewitt at 614.220.5440
                                                                                  or shewitt@bizjournals.com to receive access to the day’s programming.

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