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Enterprise Architecture – Strategies That Enable Technology Trends: Chicago (Rosemont/O’Hare)
For businesses to adopt cloud computing in a way that aligns with their business strategy, enterprise architecture (EA) is an absolute necessity.
March 5, 2025
9:00am – 5:00pm
7 CPE / 0.7 CEU / CISSP / 7 PDU Credits Awarded
Conference location: Donald E. Stephens Convention Center Rosemont (O’Hare) Illinois
Overview
For businesses to adopt cloud computing in a way that aligns with their business strategy, enterprise architecture (EA) is an absolute necessity.
What You Will Learn
In this one-day conference, content that will be covered includes:
- How to Measure the Success of Your Migration
- Foundational Enterprise Architecture: Scaling, Automation, and Transparency
- Successful Business Architecture: Demonstrating Strategic Value for GenAI and Technology Investment Realization
- TSB Bank: Enterprise Data Migration Failure
- Blending AI into Enterprise Architecture: How to Leverage AI Technology to Power the Business
- The Future of Enterprise Architecture in an Era of Digital Disruption (Panel Discussion)
Conference Price: $349.00 per person
Each attendee will receive a certificate awarding 7 CPE credits for CISSP continuing education, in addition to 0.7 CEUs and 7 PDUs. CISSP is a registered certification mark of (ISC)², Inc.
CONFERENCE AGENDA
8:00am – 9:00am: Registration & Continental Breakfast
9:00am – 10:00am: Blending AI into Enterprise Architecture: How to Leverage AI Technology to Power the Business
Calvin Hendryx-Parker, Co-Founder & CTO, Six Feet Up
Enterprise software architects face the complex task of integrating AI into existing systems while addressing challenges related to data quality, scalability, interoperability, ethics, skill gaps, and security compliance.
Join Calvin Hendryx-Parker — AWS Hero and CTO of Six Feet Up, the premier AI and Python agency in the U.S. — for this interactive talk exploring generative AI technologies. You’ll gain ready-to-use resources and a clear understanding of how to roll out AI in your organization.
What You’ll Learn:
- AI Implementation Strategies: Get practical tips on evaluating and integrating AI models, addressing governance, compliance, and scalability.
- Real-Case Demo: Explore what it takes to leverage generative AI technology using RAG.
- Team Enablement: Discover how other companies are fostering innovation internally.
Walk away with the tools and insights you need to confidently lead your organization’s AI journey.
Hendryx-Parker
10:00am – 10:30am: Refreshment & Exhibit Break
10:30am – 11:30am: How to Measure the Success of Your Migration
Dorene Dickman, Senior Pre-Sales Consultant, Avolution, Inc.
Cloud computing is reshaping the IT landscape, and enterprises are quickly moving into cloud services to optimize performance, reduce risk, and control costs. This presentation will cover best practices and contemplative ideas for measuring the success of cloud migrations. Topics will include alignment with strategic and operational goals, and using KPIs to ensure the intended outcomes.
Dickman
11:30am – 12:30pm: Foundational Enterprise Architecture: Scaling, Automation, and Transparency
Kendal Garrett, Analytics Practice Lead, Pandata Group
In this session, we will explore best practices in:
- Architecture, BI development,
- Analytics modeling,
- Data engineering, and BI governance.
- Security, Access, RLS & Role Based Access Control (RBAC)
Our speaker emphasizes that transparency and oversight are crucial not only for analysts and data scientists but also for business users and stakeholders. How this can be automated at scale.
Garrett
12:30pm – 1:30pm: Lunch & Exhibit Break
1:30pm – 2:30pm: TSB Bank: Enterprise Data Migration Failure
Subu Desaraju, Chief Commercial Officer, iceDQ
In 2018, one of the largest British retail banks, TSB, botched a major customer data migration project. Millions of customers were affected as TSB’s website went down for more than three weeks. The chaos led to a UK parliamentary enquiry and fines for TSB and its CEO.
Subu will explain how failures in data testing, coupled with other organizational and technical shortcomings, created a perfect storm of disruption for TSB and its customers. The lessons learned from this costly mishap can serve as a cautionary tale for any firm undertaking complex IT transformations. He’ll also explain how thorough data migration planning, rigorous testing, robust quality control, and comprehensive contingency plans to mitigate risks and ensure a smooth transition.
Desaraju
2:30pm – 3:00pm: Refreshment & Exhibit Break
3:00pm – 4:00pm: Successful Business Architecture: Demonstrating Strategic Value for GenAI and Technology Investment Realization
Kelley Eckmayer, Board Member and Editorial Board Chair, Business Architecture Guild
In today’s fast-paced environment, organizations are under increasing pressure to maximize their value. Aligning strategy with the value delivered from technology investments is key to navigating this challenge. This session will explore the vital role of business architecture in integrating strategies, such as those related to GenAI, to drive business outcomes and achieve an organization’s goals. We will delve into the simplicity and complexity of traceable measurements from enterprise strategy to product KPIs, highlighting the pivotal role of business architecture in this process. Drawing on real-life examples, we will demonstrate how successful business architecture can provide value across a broad range of industries. Attendees will gain insights into effective strategies, best practices, and lessons learned. This session will include how to incorporate GenAI with business architecture to enhance value realization from technology investments.
Eckmayer
4:00pm – 5:00pm: The Future of Enterprise Architecture in an Era of Digital Disruption (Panel Discussion)
As digital disruption accelerates across industries, enterprise architects must adapt to unprecedented technological and business challenges. This panel brings together seasoned EA professionals to discuss the evolving role of enterprise architecture in driving digital transformation, enabling innovation, and navigating organizational complexities. Panelists will explore topics such as the impact of AI, machine learning, and automation on EA, the role of architecture in sustainability, and strategies for scaling EA practices in a rapidly changing environment. Attendees will have the opportunity to engage with panelists through an interactive Q&A session.
Moderated by: Dan Horwich, President & Executive Director, CAMP IT Conferences
Panelists will include:
- Aditya Kaushal, Director of Enterprise Data, AI Architecture & Strategy, Large Retailer
- Neal McWhorter, Enterprise Architect, Enterprise Architecture, (Financial Services Company)
- Jagadish Uriti, Director – Enterprise Architecture, CNA
- M Arjun Valluri, Sr. Enterprise Architect – Solutions (With emerging technologies 5G/IoT/Bigdata/Cloud/AI/ML), US Cellular
- Ramesh Vijayaraghavan, Digital Transformation Leader – Enterprise Architecture, Rockwell Automation
- Other Enterprise Architecture Executives sharing, strategies, and tactics learned
Horwich Kaushal McWhorter Uriti Valluri Vijayaraghavan
Conference Price: $349.00 per person
Each attendee will receive a certificate awarding 7 CPE credits for CISSP continuing education, in addition to 0.7 CEUs and 7 PDUs. CISSP is a registered certification mark of (ISC)², Inc.
Exhibits
As is always the case at CAMP IT Conferences events, the talks will not include product presentations. During the continental breakfast, coffee breaks, and the luncheon break you will have the opportunity to informally meet representatives from the following sponsoring companies, who have solutions in the area of the conference.
CONFERENCE SPONSORS
