From Firefighter to Strategic Partner: A Utility CIO’s Transformation Playbook
Online
Wednesday, May 27, 2026
2:00 PM Central Daylight Time
1 hour
The Strategic CIO Playbook
A practitioner-led conversation about how Colorado Springs Utilities is using research-backed frameworks to move IT from reactive support to strategic business partnership.
Chris LeLeux from Colorado Springs Utilities and Andy Best from Info-Tech Research Group unpack the diagnostics, the decisions, and the early results of a deliberate IT maturation journey at one of America's most complex multi-service utilities.
Whether you're just starting the conversation or mid-transformation, you'll leave with a framework you can apply immediately.
Speakers
Chris LeLeux
Chief Information Officer/GM of IT, Colorado Springs Utilities
Andy Best
Research Director, Info Tech Research Group
Bob Benstead
Industry Principal Sales Director, Infor