As economic pressure, cybersecurity risk, and board‑level expectations increase, senior leaders are asking difficult questions:
- How do we apply AI, including Agentic AI, to drive measurable business outcomes now?
- How do we modernize ERP and integrated applications when migrations are viewed as disruptive and ROI is unclear?
- How do organizations already on SAP RISE or Oracle Fusion accelerate value realization beyond “cloud for cloud’s sake”?
Speakers
Rod Masney
Rimini Street
Mr. Masney serves as the Regional CTO for the Rimini Street North America Central region. He supports Rimini Street as a key technology engagement partner across the organization, facilitating strategic conversations, collaboratively develop roadmaps, and helping to align Rimini Street’s efforts with business imperatives.
Mr. Masney is a skilled executive leader with over 38 years of experience, including 32 years in global manufacturing. He has deep expertise in SAP, ServiceNow, Oracle, IBM, VMWare, and Microsoft environments.
Prior to joining Rimini Street, Mr. Masney was a CIO at O-I Glass where he oversaw IT and digital operations for 200+ IT professionals, contractors, and outsourced partners.
Previously, Mr. Masney was VP of Global Technology Service Delivery, Global Information and Technology Architect, and Director of IT at O-I Glass. He has extensive knowledge of information security, process automation, and manufacturing technology.
Mr. Mansey holds a bachelor of Science from Penn State University. Mr. Masney is passionate about community service, volunteeing for United Way of Greater Toledo as Chair of the Digital Strategy and Data Analytics Committee and for the University of Toledo as Chair of the Information Systems Advisory Committee. He is also a founding member of the National Association of Manufacturers Cybersecurity Advisory Council.
Mike Griffith, PhD
Tulane University
Mike Griffith serves as Executive Director of Strategic Technology Innovation and Director of the Innovative Learning Center at Tulane University, where he also teaches as an Adjunct Professor in the Communication department. Over more than two decades at Tulane, he has built a career at the intersection of academic technology, pedagogy, and cultural studies — shaping how faculty and students engage with emerging tools and ideas in the classroom and beyond.
Mike holds a PhD in English and Cultural Studies from Tulane University, where his dissertation, Visualizing Virtual Space in Modern and Postmodern Literature, explored the ways literature imagines digital and virtual worlds. His scholarly work continues to focus on digital media, virtual spaces, and the cultural dimensions of technology, with publications in Post Identity, Critical Insights: Technology and Humanity, the Journal of Digital Humanities, and Reconstruction.
In his leadership roles at Tulane, Mike has guided the university’s approach to instructional technology through a period of rapid change — from the rise of MOOCs and wearable computing to the more recent transformations driven by generative AI. He was co-chair of the Executive Committee on AI in the Classroom and serveed as secretary and report author for the Executive Committee on AI in Research. He chaired the University COVID Reopening IT/AV Committee during the pandemic and sits on the University Senate IT Committee. He is a recipient of the Tulane President’s Excellence Award (2020) and a former National Endowment for the Humanities Digital Fellow.
A frequent voice at national conferences, Mike has presented at EDUCAUSE, the New Media Consortium, and the MLA on topics ranging from location-based games and 3D printing to the pedagogy of learning management systems and the future of AI in higher education. In the classroom, he has taught a wide range of courses in literature, media studies, and communication, including Formation of Cultural Space, Introduction to the Internet and Media Studies, Digital Cinema, and a long-running freshman seminar on digital storytelling.
Mike lives in New Orleans, where he has also served as Chair of the Executive Committee of the New Orleans Educational Telecommunications Consortium and Vice Chair of the Save The Blues Foundation.
Why Attend
- Strategic, not sales‑driven: Independent academic insight plus real‑world enterprise execution
- C‑suite relevance: Designed for Finance, IT, Security, and Board‑level conversations
- Immediate value: Focused on outcomes achievable in weeks and months instead of years
- Local executive community: Connect with peers across the Greater New Orleans region
Agenda
11:30 a.m.
12:00 p.m.
12:10 p.m.
AI, Agentic AI, and Digital Innovation: What Leaders Should Do Now
Speaker: Mike Griffith, PhD
- How AI and Agentic AI are reshaping enterprise decision‑making and operating models, especially for ERP modernization
- Academic and applied insights on where AI delivers real impact vs. hype
- Governance, risk, and organizational adoption considerations for executive leaders
12:30 p.m.
From Strategy to Execution: Applying AI Across ERP, Without Waiting Years
Speaker: Rod Masney, CTO, Rimini Street
- How global enterprises are modernizing existing ERP and integrated applications when it makes business sense, without forced upgrades to SAP RISE or Oracle Fusion
- Practical examples of using AI and Agentic AI to:
- Optimize ERP business processes
- Automate manual and exception‑driven workflows
- Improve security, resiliency, and operational efficiency
- How organizations already on SAP RISE or Oracle Fusion are still unlocking AI value beyond the migration
- Realizing outcomes in weeks and months, not years, while maintaining Board confidence
12:45 p.m.
1:30 p.m.
Register now to reserve your spot
Location: Hotel Monteleone | 214 Royal St, New Orleans, LA 70130, United States