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CXO Tech Insights - July 29, 2026

Looking to build relationships and explore insights about timely tech topics? In this Apparo CXO Tech Insights panel, industry leaders will explore how organizations are maturing their data locality and infrastructure strategies to balance the power of cloud-based AI services with secure, high‑performance access to private, hybrid, and distributed datasets. Panelists will share real-world perspectives on aligning infrastructure choices with business outcomes and turning architectural decisions into measurable value.

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1422 S Tryon St, 4th Floor - Wavespace, Charlotte, NC 28203
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Jul 29, 2026 05:30pm - Jul 29, 2026 07:15pm

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$100.00


Register for our next Apparo CXO Tech Insights on Wednesday, July 29, 2026. Enjoy a half hour of networking with top tech leaders from our community and then listen as moderator Glenn Dekhayser, Global Principal Technologist at sponsor Equinix discusses Scaling AI with Confidence with industry experts.


Panelists include:

  • Chase Carpenter, Chief Security Officer of Honeywell
  • Brett Frankenberg, VP - Chief Technology & Data Officer, Coca-Cola Consolidated
  • Vinny Souza, Data Science & Enterprise Data Enablement Leader, Enact Mortgage


Summary:


Scaling AI with Confidence: Data Locality, Infrastructure Strategy, and Demonstrating Business Value


As enterprises accelerate AI adoption, data strategy has become a defining factor in whether AI initiatives succeed, or stall. From sovereign data requirements and latency-sensitive workloads to security, cost, and performance concerns, CIOs are navigating increasingly complex decisions around where data lives and how infrastructure supports AI at scale.

In this CXO Tech Insights panel, industry leaders will explore how organizations are maturing their data locality and infrastructure strategies to balance the power of cloud-based AI services with secure, high‑performance access to private, hybrid, and distributed datasets. Panelists will share real-world perspectives on aligning infrastructure choices with business outcomes, and turning architectural decisions into measurable value.


Key discussion points include:

  • How can CIOs clearly articulate and demonstrate the business value of AI and infrastructure investments to the board?
  • How are customers evolving their data locality strategies as AI moves from experimentation to production?
  • What trade-offs are CIOs weighing between public cloud AI services and private or hybrid environments?
  • How do security, compliance, latency, and cost considerations shape infrastructure decisions for AI workloads?
  • What role do modern architectures (hybrid, multi-cloud, edge) play in enabling AI at scale?


And more…


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