MN Tech Mag | Spring/Summer 2021

TWINCITIESCIO ADVISORY BOARD

Mike Larson SVP & CIO Agiliti | SVP & CIO

Titans of Technology Get to know the TwinCitiesCIO

What are your top priorities for 2021?

Continued focus on multi-year company-wide digital transformation effort affecting all line-of-business applications, modern data integration architecture, customer-facing solutions and business intelligence/ analytics solutions. Continue maturation of security posture focused on new/evolving threats. We plan to c ntinue o r focus on a multi year, company-w de digital transformation effort aff cting ll line-of-business applications, m dern data integration rchitect re, customer-facing so utio s d business intelligence/analytics solutions. We will contin e to ma ur curity posture by focusing on new and evolving threats.

Advisory Board members guiding the direction of the local InspireCIO network.

Rachel Lockett CIO l Pohlad Companies | CIO What challenges do you hope to solve this year? t ll

The InspireCIO network is the destination for CIOs across the country. Our local Twin Cities chapter is led by some of the brightest technology minds in the state representing prominent companies across a wide range of industries including healthcare, government, agriculture, and manufacturing. These leaders set the direction for events, membership, and the annual ORBIE Awards program – more than that, they collaborate to tackle pressing challenges for their collective organizations. We asked each of the Advisory Board members to provide their take on key challenges, upcoming priorities, and what’s on their “to-do list.”

I hope to make progress in developing the next level of technology leaders across our organization, building a deeper bench of resources ready to step up and fill leadership roles and also increasing the diversity of backgrounds, thoughts and perspective in the technology leadership level. , l i r i t

Ross Gilbertson SVP/CIO Ross Gilbertson Northern Tool & Equipment | SVP/CIO What are your top priorities for 2021? We recently launched a mul i-year busi ess transform ti What are your top priorities for 2021? We recently launched a multi-year business transformation initiative that is heavy on technology modernization, specifically focused on delivering exceptional customer experiences. We are also in the process of establishing a Global Capability Center, to help support our aggressive growth plans over the next 5 years. initiative that is h avy on technology moderniz tion, specifically focused on delivering exceptional customer experiences. We are lso in the proc ss f establishing a Global Capability Center to help support our aggressive growth plans over the next 5 years.

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