Dinner for Montreal IT Leaders

IT for Today, Strategy for Tomorrow

Date

Tue, September 26, 2023

Time

5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. EST

How does one invest in their people, operations, and technology to drive business value today and position themselves for success tomorrow? Join us for a discussion with experts and peers about the small and large steps that can help position your organization to drive greater business value with Lenovo™ solutions powered by Nutanix® technology.

DINNER AGENDA

5:00 PM EST Welcome Reception and Arrivals with Refreshments

6:00 PM EST Leadership Discussion

  • Introduction (5 mins)
    The peer executive will engage the audience for brief introductions and discuss the format and key takeaways from the guided interaction conversation and dinner discussions.
  • Guided Interactive Conversation (25 mins) – Topics include:
    • Automation as the great Operations Enabler
    • Cloud 1st, Cloud Native and Cloud Smart – expectations, realities and hybrid architectures
    • Data – from retention to revenue
    • Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery and Backup- the realities of readiness
    • Tapping into ESG as a hidden source for IT project funding
  • Open Forum Discussion (30 mins) – This discussion will be based on the list of challenges discussed already and will take the format of group brainstorming and open discussion to come up with suggestions and solutions to common challenges at the executive level.

7:15 PM EST Dinner Service

9:00 PM EST Conclusion

Speaker

Fausto Dedeschi

Field CTO, Lenovo ISG Americas

Fausto has 20+ years of successful direct and indirect field management experience in publicly traded and private companies like Hewlett Packard Inc, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Micro Focus, and Rockwell Automation, and joined Lenovo IDG Cloud & Software organization in 2019 as Global Cybersecurity Director for Cloud & Software Organization. He joined ISG North America on July 1st, 2022, as Field CTO. He has Extensive Cloud/Edge, AI/ML, Security/Privacy, and IT/OT industry knowledge. He has international experience selling and managing large software/ Security and IT solutions and digital transformation projects at a global level. His expertise includes Energy/Utilities, Life & Science, Manufacturing, and Telco Fausto has several security/privacy certifications: CISM, CISSP, CCSP, CIPT, CCSK, and CCAK.
Denis Vanier

Speaker

Denis Vanier

National Sales Director – Commercial, Provincial and Federal Public Sector, Nutanix

With more than 30 years of experience in the IT industry as a technology advisor, product manager, account manager and sales manager for the past 15 years, he joined Nutanix in April 2021 helping organizations use technology information to achieve their business goals. Nutanix is a leader with organizations that want to adopt an innovative, agile and simple approach for their digital transformation. From infrastructure modernization to a hybrid cloud platform, Nutanix simplifies the management of applications, workloads and data across all your clouds – private and public.

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About Lenovo

Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) is a US$62 billion revenue global technology powerhouse, ranked #217 in the Fortune Global 500, employing 77,000 people around the world, and serving millions of customers every day in 180 markets. Focused on a bold vision to deliver smarter technology for all, Lenovo has built on its success as the world’s largest PC company by further expanding into growth areas that fuel the advancement of ‘New IT’ technologies (client, edge, cloud, network, and intelligence) including server, storage, mobile, software, solutions, and services. This transformation together with Lenovo’s world-changing innovation is building a more inclusive, trustworthy, and smarter future for everyone, everywhere. To find out more visit https://www.lenovo.com, and read about the latest news via our StoryHub.

About Nutanix

Nutanix is a global leader in cloud software, offering organizations a single platform for running apps and data across clouds. With Nutanix, companies can reduce complexity and simplify operations, freeing them to focus on their business outcomes. Building on its legacy as the pioneer of hyperconverged infrastructure, Nutanix is trusted by companies worldwide to power hybrid multicloud environments consistently, simply, and cost-effectively. Learn more at www.nutanix.com or follow us on social media @nutanix.