Building a Best-in-class Cloud Center of Enablement at Cigna

Nov

7

2024

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Nov

8

2024

EST

11:00AM

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12:00PM

About the event

Embarking on a cloud transformation journey is a daunting task for most organizations. But for Cigna, it was an opportunity to redefine excellence and set new standards for cloud maturity and agility.

In this exclusive fireside chat, Nick Nocerino, Cloud Engineering Managing Director at The Cigna Group, will share the pivotal decisions, innovative operating models, and cultural shifts that propelled his Cloud Center of Enablement (CCoE) team to be named the 2023 IDC Best in Future of Digital Infrastructure North America Awards overall winner.

In this fireside chat, you will learn about:

The strategic blueprint for building a best-in-class CCoE, tailored for scale, security, and cost optimization.
Proven tactics for nurturing a vibrant peer review community and fostering continuous learning.
Insights into striking the perfect balance between CCoE governance and cloud consumer autonomy.
The secret sauce for cultivating a culture of growth, innovation, and shared responsibility.

Who should attend

IT Leadership Team, Technology Steering Committee Members, Senior IT and Technology Stakeholders

Speaker

Nick Nocerino - Managing Director, Cloud Engineering, Evernorth (A Cigna Group Company)

Nick is a seasoned IT leader and executive with over 20 years of experience in IT. He is currently the Managing Director of Cloud Engineering and leader of the Cloud Center of Enablement at Evernorth, A Cigna Group Company.

In this role Nick leads Evernorth’s Cloud COE which enables wide use of public cloud services across all business lines at The Cigna Group.

Evernorth’s Cloud COE includes Cloud Platform Engineering, Cloud Networking, Cloud Platform Assurance, Cloud Governance, Cloud Education & Communications, Cloud FinOps, and Cloud Consulting across all Cloud Service Providers.

Nick holds a Bachelor of Science from Central Connecticut State University and a Master of Science in Software Engineering from Fairfield University. He lives in Connecticut with his wife and two children.

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Agenda

9:00AM - 10:00AM

Breakfast

Breakfast. Registration will take place five minutes before breakfast.

10:00AM - 11:00AM

The Horizon of AI

The Emerging World of Artifical Intelligence and Machine Learning by Matthew Hartman and Partner, Betaworks.

11:00AM - 12:00PM

Startup Evangelist of the Month

Welcome Mackenzie Kosut, AWS Startup Evangelist

1:00PM - 2:00PM

Breakout Session 1

In this project, you will learn how to deploy and host Jenkins, an open-source automation software predominantly used for CI/CD

3:00PM - 4:00PM

Breakout Session 2

In this project, you will learn how to deploy and host WordPress, an open-source blogging tool and content management system

Speakers

Mackenzie Kosut

Global Startup Evangelist, Amazon Web Services

Mackenzie is the Global Startup Evangelist at AWS. His days are spent traveling the globe to meet startups, share their stories, and connect engineering teams together. Every day there are a large number of startups launching on AWS across every imaginable industry. It’s Mackenzie’s mission to find stories of startups that are helping to improve the world and share these stories with a wide audience.

Katherine Barna

Vice President Communications, Awesomeness

Katherine Barna is Vice President, Communications for Awesomeness, a leading multi-platform media company defining the future of entertainment. At Awesomeness, Barna oversees communication and PR strategy for the company and its four key divisions: the Gen Z-focused AwesomenessTV network, Awesomeness Films, DreamWorksTV, and Awestruck. In addition, she heads up the company’s social responsibility initiatives. Previously, she was Head of Communications and Public Policy for Tumblr. She joined the company in 2011 as the 25th employee overall and one of the first non-technical members of the team

Adam Rothenburg

Co-Founder & Partner, BoxGroup

Adam Rothenberg is a Co-founder and Partner of BoxGroup, a New York City based early stage venture capital fund. BoxGroup invests in pre-seed and seed rounds with the goal of backing talented entrepreneurs building disruptive technology companies and with visions to create the next generation of category defining businesses. Investments include Blue Apron, Trello, PillPack, Spring, Sunrise, Warby Parker, Harry’s, Oscar, Behance, and more. Adam was previously the Director of TechStars in New York City. TechStars is a mentorship-driven seed stage accelerator program. Prior to joining TechStars, Adam spent 4 years investing in the public markets at a hedge fund in New York City. Adam attended The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania where he concentrated in Finance and minored in Fine Arts. Adam is a native New Yorker.

Mackenzie Kosut

Global Startup Evangelist, Amazon Web Services

Mackenzie is the Global Startup Evangelist at AWS. His days are spent traveling the globe to meet startups, share their stories, and connect engineering teams together. Every day there are a large number of startups launching on AWS across every imaginable industry. It’s Mackenzie’s mission to find stories of startups that are helping to improve the world and share these stories with a wide audience.

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