Know Your Customer: 2025 CIO Insights – Priorities, Barriers, Budgets and How to Engage

Thursday, 13 March, 2025 @11:00am

Date Thursday, 13 March, 2025 Time 11:00am -12:00pm AEDT Location Zoom link will be available upon registration. Register to Access Recording Register

Revealing Q1 insights from over 200 detailed surveys of CIOs responsible for tech strategy of over 25% of Australia’s GDP.

Australian organisations need to modernise, digitise, and evolve the enterprise, but at the same time, 70% of CIOs in Australia say they are under-resourced to deliver on their goals and initiatives.

Meanwhile, the potential of AI may be derailed by Australia’s lack of data maturity.

What do CIOs need from the vendor community?

How can your teams show up and serve them better?

The keyword to engage with the CIO in 2025 is Empathy.

In this 55-minute virtual briefing, you’ll gain access to exclusive client-only research and insights to help you refine messaging, campaign strategy and sales engagements to better connect with the critical needs of Australian CIOs.

Key Takeaways Top business priorities and technology initiatives in 2025 CIO budgets, capital allocations and investment priorities AI readiness & Data Maturity correlation analysis Key challenges holding CIOs back from success

Meet the Moderator & Speaker

Gabby Fredkin Head of Analytics & Insights

Gabby’s primary role is managing analysis to produce ADAPT’s actionable insights. He has extensive experience in using data to identify technology trends... More

Gabby’s primary role is managing analysis to produce ADAPT’s actionable insights. He has extensive experience in using data to identify technology trends to support Australian organisations.

Using modern data science techniques, he provides ADAPT and its customers with confidence in the accuracy and validity of the information used for ADAPT’s research, advisory and events.

With a passion for creating stories with data, Gabby is consistently rated as one of the top speakers at ADAPT’s events. In roundtable discussions, he specialises in using statistics to initiate thought-provoking discussions.

Gabby is effective in translating information into insights, enabling ADAPT’s customers to become more data-driven.

Gabby’s primary areas of expertise are:

Advanced AI and ML practices, including AI ethics.
Building models to benchmark and predict IT performance.
End-user behaviour and human-centred design.
Cross-functional team design and value, such as DevSecOps.

Anthony Saba Managing Director, Transformation Services

Anthony leads the growth, strategy, and delivery of ADAPT’s Transformation Services and Go-to-Market Services Business Units. He is driven by a core... More

Anthony leads the growth, strategy, and delivery of ADAPT’s Transformation Services and Go-to-Market Services Business Units.

He is driven by a core belief that we are experiencing a modern industrial revolution, one that will fundamentally reshape how business is done and pose serious challenges to the future of many Australian organisations and industries.

In this environment, success will not necessarily favour incumbents, or those with the deepest pockets or broadest resources, but rather organisations who are most able to ADAPT quickly and effectively to the evolving needs of their customers, employees and ecosystems.

With this belief, ADAPT is evolving into a critical platform that Australia’s enterprise leaders, local solution providers, and trusted advisors can rely on to succeed over the next decade.

By removing barriers, democratising access to proven expertise, promoting local ANZ innovation, and enabling rapid, meaningful connections between leaders and experts, ADAPT is committed to helping Australia not just survive, but thrive in the complex and uncertain times ahead.