Church & Dwight, Conair, Culligan: Summit Stacks Veteran CG Execs for Heavy-Hitting CIO Panel
Redefining Success: The New Metrics of Innovation
10:25 AM - 11:05 AM
- Tony Bender, SVP, CIO, Culligan
- Kevin Gokey, VP & Global CIO, Church & Dwight
- Jon Harding, SVP & Global CIO, Conair
There’s no question that the consumer goods IT and marketing landscape has changed dramatically over the last 20 years. In the last two decades that CGT has held the Consumer Goods Sales & Marketing Summit, we’ve shared all the ways CG executives have shifted and adapted amid these changes.
When it comes to success, however, there’s been an industry gap in measuring ROI to ensure investment dollars are going to the right place, failing strategies are kicked to the curb in a timely manner, and winning opportunities are embraced with agility and speed.
This year’s Summit stacks our powerhouse CIO panel with executives from Conair, Church & Dwight, and Culligan, who will be sharing perspectives on what's raised the bar for success across their consumer goods organizations. This includes redefining and implementing new metrics that can perform as early detectors of triumphant strategies and true innovation.
The consumer goods space is reinventing what success looks like, and we’re poised to take another quantum leap in innovative progress if we stay on our current trajectory. Is your company prepared with the metrics and tools to take that leap forward?
Jon Harding
Harding has worldwide responsibility for Conair LLC's IT and digital services in support of both day-to-day business operations and future business growth. Before joining Conair, he was divisional CIO for the U.S. Snacks Division of Kellogg Company (formerly the Keebler Company) that Kellogg’s acquired in 2001.
Tony Bender
Bender is a serial CIO (6x) with over 25 years of C-level IT, digital, and business transformation leadership experience, and an additional 10 years of management consulting experience. He has direct experience working with over 30 companies (publicly traded and private equity), as a colleague, or as an advisor. He is CIO for Culligan, the global leader in providing cleaner, softer water through innovative, sustainable solutions, and unparalleled service.
Kevin Gokey
Gokey is global CIO for Church & Dwight. In this role, Gokey leads the comprehensive information technology agenda for the company. Prior to becoming the CIO, Gokey held various roles of increasing responsibility with Church & Dwight, covering all IT domains.
He has more than 40 years of industry experience in information technology leadership roles in the consumer products, IT consulting, financial, electrical and electronics, and medical industries. Prior to his tenure with Church & Dwight, Gokeyheld various positions with Siemens, Payne Weber, National Westminster Bank, Revlon, and Thomas & Betts.
More About the Summit
October 4-6 — Austin, Texas
This year’s Consumer Goods Sales and Marketing Summit brings together industry leaders from across the consumer goods space in the emerging tech hub of Austin. In its 20th year, industry experts will lead open-ended discussions on industry innovations and today’s accurate measurements of success. This year’s theme focuses on redefining industry success so attendees can think creatively when developing the roadmap to future industry success and innovation.
