Join us for the July 2025 Networking Meeting

Corporate AI Adoption:  What's Working, What's Not, What's Next

This session will feature a panel of experts whose organizations are on the leading edge of AI adoption.  Learn What's Working, What's Not and What's Next with AI in their organizations.  The panel will examine all aspects of Corporate AI Adoption and how it is transforming their business.  Gain valuable insights and tools to help you manage this rapidly evolving technology in your organization.  

Invite your senior leaders and peers to this informative and insightful panel discussion.  

When:   Tuesday, July 15, 2025, 5:00 - 7:00 pm
Where:  Chez Zee, 5406 Balcones Dr.
Free to SIM Members
Non-Members - $50

Moderator: Chad Macy, President, The HT Group 

Chad Macy has 30 years of leadership experience helping organizations of all sizes through Advisory, Deliverable-Based, and Managed Services models. Known as a trusted advisor and confidant to the C-Suite, Chad provides executives with a confidential sounding board to navigate complex business and technology challenges. Under Chad’s leadership, The HT Group’s bench of experts has guided numerous companies through their AI journeys — from initial education and vision-setting to strategy development, use case creation, and execution.  Deeply embedded in the tech community, Chad actively contributes through board involvement, memberships, and strategic sponsorships. He currently serves on the MIS Advisory and Steering Committees at UT Austin’s McCombs School of Business, chairs the Advisory Board for InnoTech Austin and the SIM IT Executive of the Year Awards, and leads several key initiatives, including the C-Suite Women of IT Dinner Series and an annual Strategic Lunch & Learn Series for Austin executives.

Panelists:

Lou Senko, Chief Availability Officer, Q2 Banking

Lou serves as the Chief Accountability Officer (CAO) at Q2. He previously worked at Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, Epicor, Activant, CCI-Triad, and Triad.  Lou is active in the community through professional memberships in President of the Central Texas CIO group , Past president of the Austin SIM, Co-Chair, Advisory Board – 2023 InnoTech Austin, Chair, IT Advisory Board – 2023 Austin Community College,  Advisor/Guest Lecturer – McCombs School of Business at UT, Guest Lecturer – McCoy’s School of Business : Texas State University, Member - Austin Innovation Advisory Council (Vanations), Member - Texas A&M (Kingsville) - Bank Advisory Board Member, Mentor - Westlake Business Incubator, Mentor - Next Generation Leader (NGL) of 3 CIOs, Member - SentinelOne Global Customer Advisory Board, Member – F5 Customer Advisory Board.  His awesomeness has been recognized:  2022 – CIO of the Year – Orbie Award - CentralTexas InspireCIO, 2020 – CSO50 Innovation Award – Q2TrustView  - Removing Sensitive Data, 2021 – CSO50 Innovation Award – Secure Access Service Edge, 2019 – CIO of the Year – SIM Austin.

 Carlos Enrique Ortiz is a seasoned technology leader with a career spanning over two decades across AI, machine learning, automation, and software engineering. As Director of AIML at SHI International, he leads enterprise-scale initiatives in GenAI, conversational agents, automation, and AI governance. His work has powered innovations at Amazon, Starbucks, and Univoice, and he holds multiple patents. A published author and former NASA Silver Snoopy Award recipient, Carlos Enrique brings a unique blend of technical depth and visionary leadership to the evolving AI landscape.

Author, Keynote Speaker, Shark Biologist, Entrepreneur, Black belt, Hacker, Cybersecurity and AI Professional, Technologist, Dad, and Pastor are few terms that have been used to describe Mano Paul. Mano is a shark biologist turned CTO at Driven Brands, Technical Fellow and Global Information Security Manager at General Motors, and Dell and CEO at SecuRisk Solutions and PRISMAGuard. He holds an Executive MBA from the University of Texas, a Master of Biblical and Theological Studies from Dallas Theological Seminary, a BBA in MIS from the University of Oklahoma, and a B.S.in Zoology from the University of Chennai, India. Additionally, he holds several information security and AI certifications.