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Isaac Sacolick

 

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Upcoming Events

Isaac will be speaking at the following events

Featured
Coffee with Digital Trailblazers #76
Apr 26
Coffee with Digital Trailblazers #76

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Topic: Agile Innovation: Cultivating High-Performance Teams

Digital Trailblazers are product managers, DevOps engineers, agile leaders, data experts (scientists, governance, dataops), and other innovators driving transformations in their organizations and life.

Every week we explore a topic and share lessons learned. All are welcome to attend, and please raise your hand to participate.

Upcoming Topics:

  • 4/26 - Agile Innovation: Cultivating High-Performance Teams

Spark Executive Forum
May 1
Spark Executive Forum

The Great Data Pressure Test

Register here. Generative AI has reignited concerns about data ecosystems, challenging even the most mature data strategies. Participants will explore the emerging risks and gaps that have surfaced in the wake of this technological advancement. This panel aims to shed light on innovative approaches and operating models that organizations must adopt to stay ahead. Key themes include adapting to data privacy and security requirements, reevaluating data quality standards, and embracing new governance frameworks that are agile and resilient in the face of generative AI's capabilities and provocations.

BLUEPRINT 4D Conference - Executive Forum
May 6
Hilton Anartole
BLUEPRINT 4D Conference - Executive Forum
Hilton Anartole

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Keynote: Why Digital Trailblazers are the Secret to Successful Digital Transformations

Isaac Sacolick, a 20+ year veteran CIO/CTO and now President of digital transformation leadership company  StarCIO , will share leadership stories and learnings from his newest book, Digital Trailblazer. Your business needs more transformation leaders – what Isaac calls Digital Trailblazers—who can lead teams, evolve agile collaboration methods, develop data capabilities as competitive differentiators, and deliver business outcomes. This keynote highlights who are Digital Trailblazers, how to empower them, and what practices they will need to drive business outcomes from transformation initiatives. Isaac will cover many transformation topics, including creating vision statements, evolving AI-enabled employee experiences, establishing a data-driven organization, and developing a lifelong learning culture.

Hilton Anartole
Quickbase Empower 2024
May 8
Quickbase Empower 2024

Moderator: AI in Construction Industry: A practical guide to adopting a project and productivity “game changer”. 

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PegaWorld 2024
Jun 9
PegaWorld 2024

Previous Events

Featured
Appian World
Apr 16
Appian World

Contact StarCIO if you’d like to meet with Isaac during the event.

CIO’s Data, Analytics & AI Summit
Apr 11
CIO’s Data, Analytics & AI Summit

Click here to register. Moderating - A Fundamental Question: Open or Closed Source?

SIM Fairfield/Westchester Dinner
Mar 21
SIM Fairfield/Westchester Dinner

Panel Moderator: Building High-Performance Teams. Register here!

Higher Gear CIO Forum on Navigating Technology Change
Feb 15
Higher Gear CIO Forum on Navigating Technology Change

Contact StarCIO for more information.

NJ SIM CIO Dinner
Feb 8
NJ SIM CIO Dinner

Keys to Leading Digital Transformation as a Core Organizational Competency”.

Leaders often say, "Digital transformation is a journey," but today's competitive opportunities and risks require developing digital transformation as a core organizational competency. "You will always be transforming," says Isaac Sacolick, author of two top books on leading digital transformation. During this open discussion, Isaac will share key insights for business and technology leaders on:

NJ SIM CIO Roundtable
Jan 26
NJ SIM CIO Roundtable

Workshop: Developing the CIO's Leadership Team: The Secret to Successful Digital Transformations

Part 2 and by popular demand!! Isaac Sacolick, a 15+ year veteran CIO/CTO and now President of StarCIO, will share leadership stories and learnings from his newest book, Digital Trailblazer. Your business needs more transformation leaders – what Isaac calls Digital Trailblazers—who can lead teams, evolve agile ways of working, develop data capabilities as competitive differentiators, and deliver business outcomes. This workshop highlights who are Digital Trailblazers, how to empower them, and what practices they will need to drive business outcomes from transformation initiatives. By invitation only - get more information.

SINC West IT & Security Leaders Forum
Dec 11
SINC West IT & Security Leaders Forum

Panel Moderator. Click here for more information

NJ SIM CIO Roundtable
Dec 1
NJ SIM CIO Roundtable

Workshop: Developing the CIO's Leadership Team: The Secret to Successful Digital Transformations

Isaac Sacolick, a 15+ year veteran CIO/CTO and now President of StarCIO, will share leadership stories and learnings from his newest book, Digital Trailblazer. Your business needs more transformation leaders – what Isaac calls Digital Trailblazers—who can lead teams, evolve agile ways of working, develop data capabilities as competitive differentiators, and deliver business outcomes. This workshop highlights who are Digital Trailblazers, how to empower them, and what practices they will need to drive business outcomes from transformation initiatives. By invitation only - get more information.

Spark Executive Forum
Nov 8
Spark Executive Forum

Panelist: The intersection of legacy and generative AI

Mayfield CXO Insight Call: CIOs and GenAI - A 2024+ Digital Transformation Priority
Oct 31
Mayfield CXO Insight Call: CIOs and GenAI - A 2024+ Digital Transformation Priority

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IT leaders across all industries are already thinking about what their top of mind priorities will look like, including how they plan to educate and experiment, manage their blue sky planning, update data governance policies, partner closely with legal, and much more. Isaac will speak to what he's hearing from hundreds of CIOs in the market, and cover many urgent questions around LLM adoption and strategy.

Challenge Leaders to Drive Change

Isaac is the best selling author of Driving Digital and has 500+ articles published. His keynotes challenge leaders to prepare for a world where agile, collaborative teams must be smarter, faster, and innovative. Drawing from his hands-on experience as a transformational CIO, startup CTO, and now President of StarCIO, Isaac shares hard lessons learned, management frameworks, and technical knowledge that leave audiences ready to tackle the future.

Isaac is available to speak at your next event, moderate panels, facilitate leadership sessions, host dinners, and moderate webinars.

“If you get invited by @nyike to do a webinar, expect something next level. The way he prepped was unlike any I’ve done before, and the outcome/feedback has been off the charts. 10/10 would recommend.”
— Kit Merker, COO Nobl9

Topics that Isaac Sacolick KEYNOTES on

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  • Digital leadership 2025 - What leaders must do to ready their organizations for the next wave of digital opportunities and disruption

  • Digital Transformation - The Role of IT in Transforming Organizations

  • Data Driven Organization - Enabling the Smarter, Faster Data Driven Organization

  • Artificial Intelligence - AI in the Enterprise: Finding Winning Business Opportunities

  • Agile and DevOps -  Driving the Digital IT Organization with Agile and DevOps Practices

  • Citizen Development - Building a Smarter, Faster Workforce Through No-Code Technology

  • Emerging Technologies - Using Data to Power Emerging Technologies

  • Other topics: Developing analytics and data products, CIO’s role in driving digital organizations, Scaling agile practices, The digital role of the PMO

Examples of Isaac Speaking

Isaac has spoken events by Gartner, nGage Events, SINC USA, CDM Media and other corporate events.

Driving Digital: The CIO's Playbook - Presented at Landmark Ventures CIO Summit

Isaac Sacolick, President, CIO/CDO, Author - StarCIO

CXOTalk: What is the Role of the CIO

CXOTalk: Transformation Advice for CIOs

Webinar Moderation by Isaac Sacolick

SRE and Service Level Objectives: 5 Ways to Deliver Exceptional Service

Guest on Lenovo Late Night I.T.

Isaac Sacolick on Lenovo Late Night I.T.