Insight Articles | Chief Information Officers

Six things CTOs and CIOs can do to prepare for board service.

While tech has become the operating system of today’s companies, less attention has been paid to the Chief Information Officer (CIO) or Chief Technology Officer (CTO) who designs, guides, and implements these operating systems.

A company is two months into its search for a new Chief Technology Officer. This critical role, reporting to the CEO, is responsible for driving the technology and product development roadmap and the company is putting significant effort into the search process.

With the pandemic causing many to reevaluate lives and career, IT organizations must embrace creative work models and source from new venues to stem an escalating talent crunch.

Despite increased focus on diversity in today’s IT, Hispanics are still grappling with how to stand out, yet blend in, in what remains a white male-dominated IT culture.

We once heard a board chairman call a CIO serving on his board a “one-note piano,” because the CIO repeated his same theme over and over.