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"How IT Leaders Can Create and Sustain a Culture of IT Innovation"

Wednesday, November 5, 2025 at 1 PM EST

Layoffs, cost-cutting, incessant cyberattacks, and wonky legacy applications frustrate your IT team and stifle innovation. How do IT executives keep the team charging forward and morale high, when so many factors are working against them? In this webinar, learn tips and techniques for success.

Speakers: 
Jason Kikta, CISO/SVP of Product, Automox
Jason Kikta is the Chief Information Security Officer at Automox. He previously served for over twenty years in the United States Marine Corps. This included seven years at United States Cyber Command designing and managing the national counter-APT and counter-ransomware missions. Jason is also an adjunct lecturer at the Alperovitch Institute for Cybersecurity Studies at the Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, DC. Additionally, he is an adjunct Senior Technical Advisor to the Institute for Security and Technology in San Francisco, CA.

Rachel Lockett, VP, Business Technology Solutions and Operations, Surescripts
Rachel Lockett has been in Information Technology leadership for more than 25 years. She served as the Chief Information Officer at Pohlad Companies from 2014 - 2023. She is also the author of The Technology Doesn’t Matter: Prioritizing the People in IT Business Alignment.

Rachel is passionate about developing leaders and serving as a mentor to IT professionals. She was selected as the 2020 Twin Cities Enterprise CIO of the Year and was a finalist for the National CIO of the Year in 2022. She also serves on the Technology Advisory Board for Stratacor, the parent company of Delta Dental.

Rachel has served on the Board of Directors for Goodwill - Easter Seals of Minnesota, supporting their mission to help everyone experience the power of work, for 7 years. She is currently the Board Chair and a member of the GESM Foundation Board. She enjoys volunteering with other local organizations that help encourage young women and girls pursuing careers in technology.

She has a degree in Computer Information Systems from Illinois State University and is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional. Rachel enjoys home improvement projects and travelling with her husband and children.

Moderator:
Brandon Taylor, Moderator, InformationWeek 

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