ITSMF - Information Technology Senior Management Forum

Join ITSMF for our first-ever CISO Forum, a virtual experience bringing together cybersecurity leaders to explore how today’s CISOs are navigating evolving threats, strengthening organizational resilience, and leading at the intersection of technology and business. Sponsored by: JRH Consultants 🎙️ New to streaming or looking to level up? Check out StreamYard and get $10 discount! 😍 https://lnkd.in/eu5Cew67

Join ITSMF for our first-ever CISO Forum, a virtual experience bringing together cybersecurity leaders to explore how today’s CISOs are navigating evolving threats, strengthening organizational resilience, and leading at the intersection of technology and business. Sponsored by: JRH Consultants 🎙️ New to streaming or looking to level up? Check out StreamYard and get $10 discount! 😍 https://lnkd.in/eu5Cew67

📚 ITSMF Author’s Corner Book Spotlight! 📖 Understanding the Game of Executive Leadership: Strategies to Win Understanding the Game of Executive Leadership: Strategies to Win is designed to allow one to identify relevant concepts to leverage and advance successfully as a leader. There is a broad spectrum of leadership experiences, filled with candor, exceptional advice, and occasional humor. If you care about attracting and retaining exceptional talent, developing others, maintaining innovative excellence, leading at the next level, the development of your most important asset (people), and maintaining balance, then this book is for you. The development of this publication is the result of the leadership journey in the IT Senior Management Forum (ITSMF) Executive Academy. 💡 Available now! Check it out now: https://amzn.to/40GnXkC #ITSMFAuthorsCorner #BookSpotlight #ITSMFCommunity

We have to give ourselves permission to fall down and to have missteps and set-backs in order to grow and be unapologetic about our journey. —Thasunda Brown Duckett 🌼 ITSMF celebrates the power of resilience and self-discovery. True leadership isn’t about perfection—it’s about learning, growing, and owning your journey with confidence. Every misstep is a step toward greater impact and influence. Let’s embrace growth and lead unapologetically. #WomenInLeadership #WomensHistoryMonth

Executive leadership requires vision, discipline, and the ability to deliver results at scale. The ITSMF Executive Academy is a nine month executive development experience designed for senior technology professionals who are ready to lead beyond their function and influence enterprise strategy. Participants engage with experienced cohort advisors, strengthen executive presence, expand their global perspective, and gain practical tools that translate directly into organizational impact. This is a holistic journey that sharpens decision making, deepens self awareness, and elevates leadership performance. The result is more than career advancement. It is enterprise level influence and a commitment to developing others along the way. If you are ready to operate differently, think bigger, and lead with lasting impact, apply to the ITSMF Executive Academy today! Register here: https://lnkd.in/e9WSWdqB #ExecutiveAcademy #TechnologyLeaders #LeadershipDevelopment

Congratulations to ITSMF Member Dwayne Allen, who was named Senior Executive Partner at Gartner. 🏆✨ Please join us in applauding Dwayne on this exciting recognition! #itsmfmember #informationtechnology #itsmfleaders #techleaders

Promise Owa and Tamiyoo Desir are breaking into tech through Northeastern’s Align program, overcoming barriers and inspiring others. Northeastern’s Align master’s programs help creative thinkers coming from non-technical backgrounds launch their careers in tech with concentrations in computer science, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity in as little as two and a half years. Women represent less than a third of the tech workforce in the U.S., according to Accenture, and Black women hold just 3% of computing roles. The tech industry needs more women, Owa said, simply because a lot of technology and software is currently being developed from the male perspective. “It can’t be made for everybody, if only men are making it,” she said. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gHvTECsf #TechTrends #WomenInTech #InformationTechnology

Congratulations to ITSMF Member Hugh Campbell, who was named an Inductee at Tampa Bay Business Hall of Fame. 🏆✨ Please join us in applauding Hugh on this exciting recognition! #itsmfmember #informationtechnology #itsmfleaders #techleaders

Women working in tech and financial services are at greater risk of losing their jobs to increased use of AI and automation than their male peers, according to a report that found experienced females were also being sidelined as a result of “rigid hiring processes”. “Mid-career” women – with at least five years’ experience – are being overlooked for digital roles in the tech and financial and professional services sectors, where they are traditionally underrepresented, according to the report by the City of London Corporation. Read more; https://lnkd.in/eAfZvSda #TechTrends #AI #WomenInTech

Congratulations to ITSMF Member Angela C. Williams, who was named a CISO Enterprise 2026 Finalist at the Chicago ORBIE Awards. 🏆✨ Please join us in applauding Angela on this exciting recognition! #itsmfmember #informationtechnology #itsmfleaders #techleaders