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Members in the NewsPress Releases | Members in the News | Board of Advisors | Contact Us The CIO Executive Council provides media outreach for members via the Global Speakers Bureau and directly to relevant publications such as the Wall Street Journal, Forbes and more. Check out our members in the news below.Members from the CIO Executive Council weigh in on encouraging users to embrace big business data. Add your opinion and advice. read more
June 1 - How to Turn a Great IT Idea Into a Commercial Success CIO members Richard Thomas from Quintiles and Tom Uva from Sensi, along with Lynden Tennison from Union Pacific discuss strategies to transform internal IT into revenue-generating products.
June 1 - Explaining IT Value to Skeptics, this Sounding Board is about overcoming resistance from skeptical C-suite peers. Dwayne Cable at Joliet Junior College sets out the scenario, while Flavian Pinto (Community Living Toronto) and Curtis Carter (University System of Georgia) provide their advice. And the CIO Debate highlights cloud hype vs. reality, with Charles Beard, SAIC and Dennis Hodges, Inteva Products.
June 1 - CEO Agenda provides insights from Jacobs' President and CEO Craig Martin and SVP of IT Cora Carmody. They focus on how leading initiatives that are beyond a CIO's comfort zone creates confidence and value.
June 1 - In the Paradox column, Martha Heller takes on the need for CIOs to balance their role as managers of old infrastructure with the need to look to the future. Members Daniel Priest (Toyota Financial Services) and Leslie Jones (Motorola Solutions) provide their advice.
May 15 - IT Value Is Dead. Long Live Business Value CIO Council members Louis Ehrlich (Chevron) and Brian Hardee (Oxford Industries) provide their perspective surrounding the challenges facing CIOs to find new ways to prove IT's worth, in an age when business outcomes are king.
May 15 - How to Make Time for Your Professional Development Council member Larry Bonfante of the USTA provides career advice in the Thrive section's "Three-Minute Coach"
May 15 - Few Options Exist for Managing Multiple Mobile Platforms Mike Sedehi, a Pathways participant from Matson Navigation lends his experience to the "Enterprise Consumer" piece in the Run section, which looks at how the impact of consumer products in the business environment. He talks about the challenges of supporting multiple mobile devices.
May 1 - Ones to Watch announced 31 Council members who served as judges and 6 Council members out of 25 individuals selected as winners in CIO magazine’s annual awards program for future leaders.
Timothy M. April, VP of IT, Vail Resorts Linda Martino, VP of Business Engagement and Application Delivery, Clorox Mark Michaud, Senior Director of Technology Business Development, Massachusetts Convention Center Authority Reddy Cherukupally, VP of IT Shared Services, Jacobs Joe Touey, SVP of North America Pharmaceuticals IT, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Gary Brian Gallant, VP of Global Applications Center of Excellence, Coty
May 1 - Sounding Board outlines the challenge Tim Barbee (North Central Texas Council of Governments) is facing to provide disaster recovery options with a tight budget. Marty Gomberg (A&E TV) and Paul Cottey (Accretive Health) shared their experience and advice.
May 1 - CIO Paradox column addresses why and how CIOs must develop enterprise architects who can establish standards that provide business value. Lynden Tennison (Union Pacific Railroad) and Scott Blanchette (Healthways) are tapped as strategic CIOs with experience in this area.
May 1 - Leading Edge column features The Auto Club Group (AAA, really) CIO Brent Stahlheber talking about the importance of having an external customer-focus, and how to make that pay off for your company.
May 1 - Turning Point features Carol Kline at TeleTech as she shares her path from being a business executive to becoming CIO and shaping the business through IT.
May 1 - 5 Things features KKR CIO Ed Brandman shares his experience with videoconferencing.
May 1 - CIO Debate on business growth features Michael del Priore (Church & Dwight), and highlights from the cloud software licensing call with Paul Brady (Arbella Insurance) and Paul Holden (Aon eSolutions).
April 1 - Sounding Board where Jean-Claude Blaimont at McCain Foods shares his challenge to get his staff actively involved in their internal social media collaboration. Daniel Gasparro from Howrey and Veresh Sita from Colliers International share their advice.
April 1 - CIO Paradox tackles the challenge of managing regional differences to create enterprise benefits on a global scale. John Dick from Western Union and Jody Davids from Best Buy are tapped as strategic CIOs with experience in this area.
April 1 - Member Gary Kuyper, Bethany Christian Services, is one of the CIOs talked to about the 2011 tech priorities survey, which found that cloud and mobile continue to be in high demand.
April 1 - In the Run section, Bill Martin at Royal Caribbean talks about how managing multiple mobile devices can yield headaches from security issues and make development confusing at the cruise company, but the payoff for customer-service reps is worth the effort.
April 1 - Council member Michael Whitmer, CIO at Hudson, shares his thoughts on six reasons you should join the cloud now. This YouTube recording was from Michael's appearance at an IDC Cloud Computer briefing sourced by the Council's Global Speakers Bureau.
Larry Bonfante at the US Tennis Association was looking for input on what he and his IT (i.e., non-sales/marketing) staff should do to take an internal solution and turn it into a commercial product. Richard Thomas at Quintiles and Tom Uva at Sensis provided their advice.
With the economic downturn, people continued to reach for sustainability goals because they wanted to do what’s right for the environment and for their bottom lines. Waste Management's team reports on how to extract value from customers’ waste materials, and also reduce total production costs, therefore increasing profitability.
Looks at the paradox of CIOs being accountable for internal systems while they're being increasingly pushed to spend time with external customers, and how they can get the most out of those customer meetings. CIOs provide advice on this topic including Don Martin (former member, Armstrong World Industries) and Puneet Bhasin (Waste Management).
Members Joel Schwalbe, CIO, CNL Financial Group and Wayne Shurts, CIO of Supervalu are investing in projects to improve staff productivity, make business processes more efficient and promote innovation. These activities signal the retrenchment that ruled during the Great Recession is, thankfully, over.
Members Brent Hoag, VP and CIO, Diversey, Allison Radecki, Senior VP and CIO, GS1 US, and Mark Carbrey, CIO, Cross Country Automotive Services reinvest savings and focus staff on user benefits to get creative ideas flowing.
Suzanne Woosley, a veteran corporate board director, makes the case for CIOs as corporate advisors.
CIO Robert Urwiler at Vail Resorts' discusses the company's new EpicMix program – a leading edge adaption using social media tools. Robert's article starts on page 4.
Kevin Chase CIO from TXU Energy reviews their CIO 100 award-winning project, which puts more information about energy use into the hands of the users.
The Sustainable Enterprise column on green IT features Frederic Chanfrau and the course they're launching at Schneider Electric through their internal Energy and Solutions University to introduce IT professionals to the basics of running a sustainable organization.
In the Council's Connect section, the Sounding Board provides advice from Bryan Ackermann (Adecco Group North America), Lon Anderson (ICF International) and Dave Watt (AltaGas) on how to flourish in the aftermath of a merger or acquisition—from the prep, through the integration, and in the after-action.
Nicole Nitowski, Senior Director of the Project Management Office at the Association of American Medical Colleges has never let anything stand in her way. Leveraging the CIO Executive Council's Pathways program, she was able to become part of an all-women mentor group. Starting out in biology but moving quickly to healthcare information technology, Nicole never turned down an opportunity to challenge herself. read more
Sensis CIO Council Member Tom Uva says alignment isn't rocket science, and he's created a framework to ensure that IT staffers focus on strategic business priorities. "There is nowhere to hide," Uva says. "You deliver or you don't."
Cancer Treatment Centers of America seeks to improve patients' care and quality of life through an all-digital hospital featuring member Chad Eckes.
Nov 15 - What's Next for the CIO Role
(requires registration, part of IDGe "Insider")
Council member CIOs comment on how to advance their leadership roles and company growth through CEO alignment. Featured members include:
Members Carl Tidwell, CIO, American Type Culture Collection and Kent Mills, CIO, Wakefield Canada Inc. speak out in the Wall Street Journal regarding Cisco.
Features Sam Coursen from Freescale Semiconductor and Larry Bonfante from USTA discussing adopting collaboration technologies.
The feature story provides good insight into why they were chosen from the many applicants—their focus on new business value in strategy and execution.
Mike Skinner from Eurpac and Chris Kohl from Vertex provide commentary on the many numbers that said CIOs are still working to become the strategic leaders they want to be.
The November Connect section leads off with a perennial problem: how to get ERP working in all those smaller global locations. Jeri Dunn (Bacardi), Clif Triplett (Baker Hughes) and Robert Crowe (Hollister) provide their advice.
Jackie Lucas from Baptist Healthcare Systems shares how she got into technology leadership to make sure that technology always has users and customers in mind.
Looks at how CIOs are addressing the challenge to provide business ROI with technology as quickly as possible. Ralph Loura from Clorox and Kevin Chase from TXU are featured.
Members from the CIO Executive Council weigh in on why they are putting IT in the background on business intelligence. Add your opinion and advice. read more Members from the CIO Executive Council weigh in on whether attempts to partner with the business are making a difference. Add your opinion and advice. read more CIOs are always looking for disaster recovery options that don?t break the bank. Members from the CIO Executive Council share their tactics. Add your opinion and advice.
read more Members from the CIO Executive Council weigh in on how to give users the best virtual desktop experience. Add your opinion and advice. read more Members from the CIO Executive Council weigh in on how to match user needs with mobile devices for business value. Add your opinion and advice. read more Members from the CIO Executive Council weigh in on how to protect sensitive data on mobile devices. Add your opinion and advice.
read more Members from the CIO Executive Council weigh in helping employee career development with staff rotation. Add your opinion and advice. read more "An important thing to remember for user buy-in is that you have to launch a BI program that is business-relevant and focused on a solving a pain-point or realizing a new benefit," says Sandeep Phanasgaonkar, CTO, Reliance Capital. In this installment of Sounding Board, Sandeep and other members of the CIO Executive Council weigh in on using BI to make an impact on the business. read more Members from the CIO Executive Council weigh in on how to use social media to build customer loyalty. Add your opinion and advice.
read more Mike Rosello, Senior Technology Executive, Retail Services business of Alliance Data Corp. has been successful in growing his career into his current position. Along the way, he's had plenty of opportunities and fascinating experiences. He shares some of his journey in this interview.
read more Guy Peri, Director, Business Intelligence, Procter & Gamble Company Global Business Services will tell you that he is a geek at heart, but it's all about the people. He received his MBA because, while he loved technology, he was missing the human interaction, and the application of technology with business problems. He shares some of his journey in this interview.
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During the CIO Summit 2010 in Melbourne, a panel session was held to discuss how mobility technology can aid the enterprise. Hosted by CIO Executive Council general manager, Caroline Bucknell, the panel consisted of Dematic Asia Pacific CIO, Allan Davies, Australian Air Express CIO, Munro Farmer, and Transpacific ANZ Group IT manager, Keith Dallinger.
Louis Ehrlich, CIO at Chevron comments on The Journey of a Business Strategist CIO via CIO Dashboard
Guest Post by Louie Ehrlich, President Chevron Information Technology Company, and CIO, Chevron Corp. The CIO Executive Council developed the Future State CIO® program in 2007 because we wanted to define the future of the CIO role, rather than letting the future define us as CIOs. We’ve seen a lot of progress and believe that now is the time to help CIOs focus on the journey we must travel to deliver the greatest value.
The online trading firm Scottrade has nearly 500 branch offices across the United States, but the bulk of its business is done online. With information technology at the heart of its operations, Scottrade relies on its IT expertise not only for operational excellence but also for strategic direction. In a recent interview with FierceCIO, Scottrade CIO Ian Patterson discussed his evolving role at the firm. Patterson, who is a member of the CIO Executive Council, also talked about the council's Future-State CIO initiative, which outlines steps CIOs can take to develop the skills needed to play a strategic role.
One of the advocates for the Future-State CIO approach is Boston's Charles River Associates CIO Steve Anthony. "It's moving a little more toward the original concept of what CIO was meant to be," he said. "What it means is that I'm a businessman first. I must always have my business hat on. I love the technology, but I have to take the business view first," said Anthony. He said that CIOs have to view technology initiatives not just through factors such as time or money saved but how a new technology provides value by enabling new business opportunities or revenue.
It is entirely unsurprising that those who run an executive education program for IT people would have data to suggest that IT managers are ill-equipped for executive leadership. After all, they are in the business of equipping them. Those IT managers not in need of those skills and already highly successful would not show up in their classes. In addition, their data is subject to only 30 CIOs seeking executive education. If their data where based on 30 CIOs giving education, I am sure the headline would read differently. Despite the reference to data, this report seems to make conclusions based on anecdotal observation or a more casual qualitative interpretation without reference to either the tool used to measure these skills nor the scoring and statistical rigor in the data.
A council member since 2004, Kellen said the group’s new model could prove valuable to IT staff members looking for a chance to climb the managerial ladder. “We’ve laid out the description of the capabilities that CIOs of the future are going to have to have,” said Kellen, who was CIO at Chicago’s DePaul University for five years. “It shows them what kind of skills they’re going to have to pick up along the way.”
According to Twila Day, CIO (chief information officer) of Sysco Corporation and a member of the Council's Executive Women in IT group, "Women can promote themselves as strong IT business leaders by using the unique view across the organization that IT provides to build their skill sets. This is what I did when I first arrived at Sysco as an application developer." Day continues, "But, I still find that it is sometimes difficult for women to imagine a long-term career in IT; they just don't see how they can have a balance between work and family. I've made it a priority at Sysco to change the corporate culture so that my team members could better integrate work and home. And it's not targeted only to women with families; I encourage all members of my team to pursue outside interests and hobbies with the right balance in their work responsibilities."
Advisory Board Member Louie Ehrlich Outlines Path for CIOs to Gain Prominence in the Executive Suite
"CIOs often struggle to achieve the same acceptance and standing of their C-level counterparts, however establishing credibility is a challenging but critical task," said Louie Ehrlich, president of Chevron Information Technology Company, CIO of Chevron and a member of CIO Executive Council's board of advisors. Ehrlich continued, "CEOs are calling for CIOs and their IT organizations to step-up by influencing and enabling externally-facing business strategies, such as knowing a company's market, understanding customer concerns, and identifying new revenue opportunities. In short, the Future-State CIO® must have an overall grasp of the business well beyond just IT."
CIO magazine and the CIO Executive Council recently honored 2010 rising stars in IT - senior staff who are destined to become the CIOs of the future - at the CIO Leadership event on May 3, 2010. Learn more about these outstanding Council members and future leaders. Council Members Heather Hartman Director, IS Technical Services, Care New England Health System Joanne Wilken Process Managing Director, Scottrade Jason Benedict Executive Director of the Information Security Office, Fordham University Jeffrey Blackwell National Director of Technology, Deloitte Steven Bloomfield Director of IT Manufacturing Systems, Freescale Semiconductor Paul Capizzi Vice President, IT, SBLI USA Mutual Life Insurance Company Srini Cherukuri Senior Director, IT Operations, Matson Navigation Company Simon Dunning Managing Director, Demand Management, Applied Materials Non-Council members receiving recognition included:
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