2026 State of the Technology Management Industry Online Meeting
Explore the trends, priorities, risks, and opportunities shaping the future of technology management.
Participation Includes:
Professionals managing their organization's internal technology environment and AOTMP Community Sponsors.
Agenda
- 11:00 to 11:25 ET
- AOTMP Presentation
State of Technology Management: Opportunities & Predictions for 2027
Join Timothy C. Colwell and Tim Lybrook of AOTMP as they explore the technologies, operating models, and market forces most likely to shape technology management by 2027, with an eye toward the opportunities, risks, and strategic decisions leaders will need to navigate.
Executive Director, Industry Advisory Council at AOTMP
Managing Partner at AOTMP
- 11:30 to 11:55 ET
- Presentation
Carrier Contract Execution in the AI Era: 10 Critical Considerations
Join Stephanie A. Roy of Morgan Lewis as she outlines the top 10 factors enterprise users must consider when executing carrier contracts in today’s AI-driven regulatory, risk, and commercial environment.
Of Counsel, Morgan Lewis
- 12:00 to 12:25 ET
- Panel
AI Operations & Automation: From Experiments to Agentic IT
Hear real-world stories from technology leaders who have pushed AI from lab experiments into live operations. Learn what worked, what broke, how agentic systems changed daily workflows, and how governance evolved under actual production pressure.
IT Manager, Valmont Industries
Managing Partner, TDM
SVP- Enterprise Transformation, CPRS
- 12:30 to 12:55 ET
- Panel
The New Economics of Technology: Making Spend, Value, and Waste Visible
Explore the real-world challenges of managing technology spend as portfolios evolve, and how leaders can expose waste, prove value, and align budgets, contracts, and accountability with fast-changing platforms, services, and operating models.
SVP, Customer Success, Sakon
Telecom Manager, Network Services, Sysco Corporation
VP of Client Development, Asignet
- 1:00 to 1:25 ET
- Panel
Risk, Security & Governance in an AI-Driven Technology Ecosystem
Dive into the next wave of technology risk as AI expands the attack surface, and explore unified control planes, governance models, and responses to shadow AI and shadow IT that balance innovation with protection.
Chief Revenue Officer, LINQ
Professor Cyber Security, St. Petersburg College
- 1:30 to 1:55 ET
- Panel
Data & Compliance: Sovereignty, Regulation, and Trust in AI
Hear how global organizations navigate data sovereignty, cross-border regulation, and AI-driven compliance demands, while building trusted, distributed data and AI environments that support innovation without sacrificing control, transparency, or legal obligations.
SVP – Product of Engineering, Sakon
Head of Technology and Security at Vera Institute of Justice
- 2:00 to 2:25 ET
- Panel
People & Workforce: Leading and Reskilling in an AI-First Era
Explore how AI reshapes roles, skills, and decision rights, what the technology workforce of 2027 must look like, and how leaders guide teams through continuous change, reskilling, and hybrid human–machine operating models.
President, Sakon
IT Director, USAA
IT Director, Woodcraft Supply
- 2:30 to 2:55 ET
- Presentation
Industry Leadership Committee: 2026 Accomplishments & 2027 Goals
Hear directly from Industry Leadership Committee members as they spotlight the issues, priorities, and opportunities, and accomplishments that matter most to them and the broader technology management industry, and what everyone should pay attention to in 2027.
Telecom Manager, Network Services, Sysco Corporation
IT Manager, Valmont Industries
VP IT, Telecommunication Services Officer, Citizens Business Bank
- 2:55 to 3:00 ET
- Wrap Up
Executive Director, Industry Advisory Council at AOTMP