Leadership Mentoring: Top SoCal Executives Share Their Secrets

Want to be mentored by a seasoned senior executive who’s accomplishments are what you strive for in your career?

WITI, SCSIM, and AWT are teaming up to bring together a dozen CIO’s and senior executives to be your mentors for the night! Ask them any questions in leadership, career advancement, how to keep up with the changes, how to get to the top... Learn from their hard earned lessons as they share their insights and wisdom with you.

There will be three rounds of 20 minute mentoring, an unforgettable evening to take away key learnings.

MC for the event: Kathy Lomax, VP Information Technology Group, Capital Group Companies, Inc.

Preparation forms to review:
Mentor bios Packet
Mentoring Questions

Confirmed Mentors:

Bassam Fawaz
, CIO PAAMCO

Bob Schumacher, Consultant CIO

Carmella Cassetta, IT Leadership Hoag Hospital, former SVP/CIO Corinthian Colleges

Dan Vogt, CIO Palace Entertainment

Darlene Mitchell, CIO, SVP Operations, Cydcor

Jeff Fung, CTO Stack's Bowers Galleries

Geraldine Ramezani, CTO Toyota Financial Services

Helen Norris, CIO Chapman University

Joe Desuta, Independent Consultant RPR, former CIO First Team Real Estate

Julie Hubbard, VP Global Infrastructure Edwards Life Sciences

Kamal Tharani, Sr. Information Technology Executive

Laura Muller, SVP, Capital Group

Lynn Ryan, CIO loanDepot

Michael Woore, CIO United Auto Credit

Randy Stalzer, Sr. Director

Sanjay Kucheria, CEO Trinum Corporation

Steve Heckler, President and Founder of Steve Heckler Associates


Southern California Society of Information Management


Advancing Women in Technology

Schedule of Events

6:30pm - Registration, Networking and appetizers
6:45pm - Introductions
7:00pm - Mentoring sessions
8:15pm - Raffle Prizes!
8:30pm - Adjourn

Meeting Notes

Appetizers and beverages are provided. If you or your company wish to host or sponsor an event, please ask one of the leadership team members located on the WITI.com Orange County home page.

No solicitation of mentors please. Come to learn!