Houston IT Symposium

HOUSTON IT SYMPOSIUM

The Houston IT Symposium is the region’s premier single-day event designed for the IT executive community.

 As technology continues to redefine business, geographic regions, and create borderless digital environments, it has become essential for the Houston IT executives to stay aware of global trends in order to integrate strategies into their operations. This allows your team to stay agile while maintaining your company’s competitive edge. The Symposium provides the region’s IT executives an opportunity to gather for a day of networking, collaboration, and knowledge-transfer through peer-led keynotes, breakouts, panels, and networking sessions.

Organized & Hosted By SIM Houston

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Title Sponsor Oracle in association with Intel

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SPEAKER

TAMARA KLEINBERG

For the past 20 years Tamara has advised companies such as Disney, General Mills, RICOH and Catholic Health Initiative and worked in industries ranging from healthcare and library to consumer goods and high tech on fostering innovative ideas and people. She has run multi­million dollar businesses and launched a few of her own, learning from her successes and, most importantly, her failures. Tamara has been featured on the TODAY SHOW, the New York Times, Denver Business Journal, Kitchen & Bath Magazine, Speakers Magazine, NBC 9News, C2 morning show and on radio stations across the country.

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SPEAKER

BILL CAESAR

Bill Caesar is the CEO for WCA and has over fifteen years of experience delivering operational and strategic performance in multiple industries. Bill joined WCA after serving as President of WM Recycling and the WM Organic Growth Group, where he developed the industry-leading recyclable materials business for WM and led its strategic technology and services investments. Prior to holding those positions, Bill served as CSO for WM. Before WM, Bill was a principal in the Atlanta Office of McKinsey & Company, the world’s leading management consulting firm. During his 13-year tenure at McKinsey, Bill advised clients across a broad spectrum of industries, including waste management, on corporate strategy, growth initiatives, performance improvement and sales strategies. Prior to joining McKinsey, Bill was a Special Assistant to Ambassador Thomas Simons, the Coordinator of the U.S. assistance program in Russia and the NIS. Bill also served as a Russian political and economic analyst at the U.S. State Department and the CIA, where he focused on defense conversion and nationalities issues. While at the State Department, Bill served for over one year at the U.S. Consulate General in St. Petersburg, Russia and made numerous trips to Russia and Central Asia.

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CHRISTINA "CK" KERLEY

Innovation keynoter, futurist, and professor Christina “CK” Kerley focuses Fortune 500s on the 10+ tech of the next 10 years. A powerhouse of next-level content, “edu-taining” delivery, and razor-sharp insights, CK has wowed audiences at Verizon, Johnson & Johnson, Microsoft, Amazon, The United Nations, E*TRADE, and Best Buy. A faculty member at Rutgers Business School for Exec Ed, her in-demand topics span Tech Megatrends, AI, Robotics, IoT, Health Tech, and Mobile. Her eBooks include Future-Proof, The Smart Revolution, and Innovation Through Mobile. Passionate about closing the opportunity divide, her pro bono program gives a leading technological edge to under served groups.

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Registration is free and open to all IT practitioners from local companies. Vendors, service providers or consultants who are not sponsoring the event are not eligible to register or attend the Symposium.