Modernizing Without Disruption: Building Resilient, AI Ready Operations
Aug 27, 2026 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM CST
Legacy IT environments are becoming increasingly difficult to secure, manage, and scale as organizations face growing pressure to support hybrid work, reduce operational complexity, and prepare for AI-driven operations. Many mid-market IT teams are struggling with fragmented tools, inconsistent patching, limited visibility across distributed environments, and lean resources that keep teams stuck in reactive firefighting mode instead of focused on strategic modernization efforts.
Leading organizations are addressing these challenges by consolidating endpoint management, automating routine IT operations, and prioritizing efforts that reaffirm foundational security. By strengthening visibility, streamlining patching and device management, and investing in backup and recovery strategies, IT leaders are improving end-user experiences, minimizing risk, reducing operational overhead, and creating scalable environments ready to support future AI initiatives.
Join us and a select group of your peers to discuss how IT leaders are modernizing legacy environments without disrupting business, using automation to improve efficiency, strengthening operational resilience, and simplifying infrastructure to better support security, scalability, and AI-driven transformation.
BWG Connect & NinjaOne invite you to join us for an interactive discussion over drinks and dinner with your peers! We'll explore the latest trends in the space and get your questions answered.
As always, there will be no sales pitches and dinner is complimentary.
Seating is limited, and RSVP is required.
NinjaOne is a leading unified IT operations solution that simplifies the way IT teams work. With NinjaOne, MSPs and IT departments can automate, manage, and remediate all their endpoint management tasks within one fast, modern, intuitive platform, improving technician efficiency and user satisfaction.
Enterprise IT Subject Matter Expert
Our moderator brings decades of experience leading infrastructure, cloud transformation, and enterprise technology strategy across finance, media, publishing, and healthcare sectors. They have overseen IT infrastructure, large-scale digital transformation, and DevOps initiatives for some of the world’s most complex enterprise organizations, bridging strategy and execution to deliver measurable business impact. Their deep expertise ensures every discussion is grounded in real-world insight and informed by a career at the forefront of technological change.
CIO of Global Executive Engagement at NinjaOne
Tom Molden is the CIO of Global Executive Engagement at NinjaOne. He has over 30 years of technology and business leadership experience across industries and organizational sizes – leading growth and transformational initiatives in global and complex environments, wearing multiple hats, and building his experience across a breadth of business functions. Prior to NinjaOne, he held roles at Tanium, General Motors, and AMD.
Enterprise IT Subject Matter Expert
Our moderator brings decades of experience leading infrastructure, cloud transformation, and enterprise technology strategy across finance, media, publishing, and healthcare sectors. They have overseen IT infrastructure, large-scale digital transformation, and DevOps initiatives for some of the world’s most complex enterprise organizations, bridging strategy and execution to deliver measurable business impact. Their deep expertise ensures every discussion is grounded in real-world insight and informed by a career at the forefront of technological change.
CIO of Global Executive Engagement at NinjaOne
Tom Molden is the CIO of Global Executive Engagement at NinjaOne. He has over 30 years of technology and business leadership experience across industries and organizational sizes – leading growth and transformational initiatives in global and complex environments, wearing multiple hats, and building his experience across a breadth of business functions. Prior to NinjaOne, he held roles at Tanium, General Motors, and AMD.
Co-Founder & Managing Director at BWG Connect
BWG Connect provides executive strategy & networking sessions that help brands from any industry with their overall business planning and execution.
Co-Founder & Managing Director Aaron Conant runs the group & connects with dozens of brand executives every week, always for free.
