This site uses cookies to improve your experience. To help us insure we adhere to various privacy regulations, please select your country/region of residence. If you do not select a country, we will assume you are from the United States. Select your Cookie Settings or view our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
Cookie Settings
Cookies and similar technologies are used on this website for proper function of the website, for tracking performance analytics and for marketing purposes. We and some of our third-party providers may use cookie data for various purposes. Please review the cookie settings below and choose your preference.
Used for the proper function of the website
Used for monitoring website traffic and interactions
Cookie Settings
Cookies and similar technologies are used on this website for proper function of the website, for tracking performance analytics and for marketing purposes. We and some of our third-party providers may use cookie data for various purposes. Please review the cookie settings below and choose your preference.
Strictly Necessary: Used for the proper function of the website
Performance/Analytics: Used for monitoring website traffic and interactions
Shifts in CTO Responsibilities Over Time The ChiefTechnologyOfficer (CTO) role has evolved dramatically over the past few decades, driven by rapid technological advancements and shifting business landscapes. They help propel organizations toward achieving their digital transformation objectives.
Tim Cochran relates how CTO Mike Fisher identified problems with the product delivery process, built a cross-functional Product Delivery Culture team to analyze the situation, and began an improvement program based on lean thinking and the ideas of Marty Cagan. A second article exploring the challenges Etsy faced as it scaled up.
This experience report examines the culture shift at the Office of the ChiefTechnologyOfficer (OCTO) leading digital transformation and developing sustainable products to improve interactions between regulators and regulated entities.
Join Nima Gardideh, CTO of Pearmill, as he demonstrates how to build a strong data culture within your team, so everyone understands which metrics they should actually focus on - and why. Then, he'll explain how you can use your analytics to regularly review progress and successes.
To this end, the CAIOs responsibilities range from governance and regulatory compliance to the integration of AI into the corporate culture, as well as external opportunities, say Garnacho and Hidalgo. To do this, the CAIO must foster a culture of collaboration between departments. I am not a CTO, Casado says.
Back in the day, IT culture was all about the perks. The evolving role of IT, coupled with new pandemic-era work models, has sifted the culture conversation away from in-office trappings. The evolving role of IT, coupled with new pandemic-era work models, has sifted the culture conversation away from in-office trappings.
Regardless of the driver of transformation, your companys culture, leadership, and operating practices must continuously improve to meet the demands of a globally competitive, faster-paced, and technology-enabled world with increasing security and other operational risks.
Technology has shifted from a back-office function to a core enabler of business growth, innovation, and competitive advantage. Technology decisions must be intricately linked to these broader goals rather than isolated as purely operational choices.
Speaker: Miles Robinson, Agile and Management Consultant, Motivational Speaker
As the CTO, it is your job to determine how to implement these important features. Join Miles Robinson, Agile and Management Consultant as he discusses how to pivot to a customer-first culture through planning and execution. Sign up now to learn how to: Reexamine what processes your QA & Dev teams already have.
As AI technologies evolve, organizations can utilize frameworks to measure short-term ROI from AI initiatives against key performance indicators (KPIs) linked to business objectives, says Soumendra Mohanty, chief strategy officer at data science and AI solutions provider Tredence.
Are you looking to build a winning IT culture? Foster adaptability and flexibility Adaptable work environments and agile methodologies form the bedrock of a thriving IT culture, says Charman Hayes, executive vice president of people and capability for the technology group at Mastercard.
We discuss the intricacies of managing distributed teams across different cultures, effective communication strategies in a remote work environment, and the evolving landscape of API development. All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast!
FinOps initiatives often prioritize implementing cost-management tools over cultivating a culture of accountability and collaboration, which is essential for lasting change. For the same reasons we all separate our recycling from our trash, engineers, particularly Millennials and Gen-Z, buy into the cultural transformation of GreenOps.
A complete handbook on implementing a code review culture in your organization. Written by Elaine Watanabe, it's a practical e-book with useful examples and references, and a must-read for all tech teams.
Chieftechnologyofficers are key players in the enterprise C-suite, oftentimes working in collaboration with CIOs at the forefront of new and innovative technologies. They are among the most important hires organizations are making today due to the business value that successful technology deployments can bring.
With C-suite leaders under increasing pressure to align technology with strategic objectives, many experience that roles — whether CEO, CFO or even CTO — lack the deep technical insight needed to bridge the gap between business and technology. The CTO and CIO handle IT management and technological innovation.
For example, consider a technology company undergoing a digital transformation. An interim ChiefTechnologyOfficer could be brought in to oversee the implementation of new technological systems, ensuring that the transition enhances operational efficiency without disrupting ongoing projects.
Chief data officers (CDOs), chief data and analytics officers (CDAOs), and chief artificial intelligence officers (CAIO) together made up 91% of survey respondents; 4% held the title of CIO or CTO, and 3% were C-suite execuitves. Most (85%) were in North America.
We might be trying to get our CEO on-board with investment in a new technology or a rearchitecture effort, or we might want culture or process changes by our team. As senior tech leaders, we often fall prey to thinking that a “good idea” and logical case is sufficient to get the desired response and result.
This alignment ensures that technology investments and projects directly contribute to achieving business goals, such as market expansion, product innovation, customer satisfaction, operational efficiency, and financial performance. These principles directly influence the organization’s culture and strategic moves.
By Leonard Kleinman, Field ChiefTechnologyOfficer (CTO) ) Cortex for Palo Alto Networks JAPAC Many things challenge how we practice cybersecurity these days. Cost of a Data Breach 2022 Report, IBM Security, July 2022. Artificial Intelligence, IT Leadership, Machine Learning
Yet unlike his peers, Wiedenbeck’s dual roles — the top technology executive as well as the transformation lead at Ameritas — are often at odds. As chieftechnologyofficer, Wiedenbeck is driving automation and IT modernization to reduce complexity and technical debt.
As SVP and CTO for the Boston Red Sox, Brian Shield is responsible for the strategic direction of technology, fan engagement, day-to-day IT operations, and cybersecurity in support of the team, their fans, and Fenway Sports Management. Can you talk about that in context of technology’s role in the business?
The IDC survey results are “alarming,” both that nearly a third of CIOs don’t understand the success metrics and that 90% or more of POCs are failing , adds David Curtis, CTO at RobobAI, a fintech using AI to help companies manage supply chains. A lot of financial services companies that I work with don’t have a risk culture,” he says. “If
SwipeGuide ChiefTechnologyOfficer Sue Li has worked in the tech industry for over a decade, with a degree in educational technology and instructional design from Harvard University’s Technology, Innovation, and Education programme for her master’s degree.
According to the Gallup State of the Global Workforce 2023 Report , 41% of respondents attributed their lack of engagement to leadership and the workplace culture. You can stop the quiet quitting by improving your work culture, so your people speak up before they nope out. The trick, of course, is doing this well. It’s hard to do.
That’s no small undertaking, and as CTO for the company, it’s Marc Hale’s core responsibility to help achieve that goal by providing a secure and stable platform on which the business can operate and innovate. “As So building a cohesive internal culture is integral to IT success, as well as achieving personal and professional goals.
With 43% of CTOs reporting up to another IT leader or LOB executive, according to the 2024 State of the CIO survey , and just 38% having a budget separate from IT, as change agents they can find themselves in a difficult spot. Where CTOs have execution responsibility and not just vision makes [the job] easier.”
We had five different forecast engines running in the company through various acquisitions,” says Lars Ewe, who inherited the thorny IT environment when he joined as CTO in February 2020. Ewe had to encourage other cultural changes in the team, beyond uniting it around one forecasting engine. “I That is sensational.”.
Equipped with experiences across a range of industries, a healthy dose of self-awareness, and a passion for learning and people, Allen is redefining the art of the possible as a strategic and innovative CTO. True to his customer-first, business-focused leadership style, he is actively involved with customer interactions as well.
Few would swap sunny San Francisco and the innovation of Silicon Valley for a train ticketing company serving disgruntled UK commuters, but try telling that to Trainline CTO, Milena Nikolic. I had been at Google for so long that I stopped counting,” she says. Everything fell in place; every box was ticked,” she says. “I
They achieved these results through a culture that embraces change and a strong digital foundation, he says. Prepare for the pending quantum threat Heading into 2025, CIOs should prepare their systems and data for the upcoming quantum computing threat , warns Ted Shorter, CTO of security technology provider Keyfactor.
As Jyothirlatha, CTO of Godrej Capital tells us, Being a pandemic-born NBFC (non-banking financial company), a technology-first approach helps us drive business growth. Since technology evolves rapidly, ensuring seamless adoption while keeping business teams aligned requires continuous change management.
Now the company has a direct brisk direct booking business thanks to the work of its chieftechnologyofficer, a former engineer at Google named Andres Martinez.
Recruiting, retainment, and yes, adoption of lead-edge technology, are back on the radar of IT leaders. The need to grow smartly Gil Westrich’s company, ClearML, is benefiting from increased adoption of artificial intelligence and machine learning (ML) technology. How do we grow our business responsibly?”
“The key to making lab grown meat work scalably is choosing the right cells cultured in the most efficient way possible,” Jacobus wrote. Rounding out the senior leadership is Samet Yildirim, the chief operating officer and a veteran executive of Boehringer Ingelheim (he actually served as Bubner’s boss).
CIO: How has your career evolved to becoming an IT director/CIO/CTO? When you enter a class full of people in a strange country, and with a completely different culture, it can be very daunting, so you learn all sorts of techniques to survive. I grew up away from my entire family so it taught me adaptability at a young age.
According to the same O’Reilly survey, company culture and integrating with holdover systems have become major challenges in the microservices arena. The widespread microservices adoption has spawned new problems in app development, however. Startups have rushed in to fill the void of solutions.
Some companies, like the San Francisco-based Just Foods and Tel Aviv’s Supermeat are already selling chicken patties and nuggets made from cultured cells at select restaurants. These products don’t get at the full potential for cellular technology according to Daan Luining, Meatable’s chieftechnologyofficer.
Dun and Bradstreet has been using AI and ML for years, and that includes gen AI, says Michael Manos, the companys CTO. Tim Beerman, CTO at IT services company Ensono, takes a RAG approach to gen AI and theres not a lot of people out there with years of RAG database experience, he says. Then theres the pace of change problem, he adds.
A survey of 415 CIOs and CTOs conducted by Transposit, a DevOps process orchestration platform provider, finds that as organizations continue to adopt DevOps processes more widely, friction between these types of senior IT leaders is rising within many organizations.
Case in point was the high turnover rate at road and highway maintenance company AVR Group, and the solutions enacted by its CTO Pierangelo Perdomi to remedy it. AI must be culturally accepted.” “People choose a job because it excites and stimulates them, and they leave jobs where they feel they have nothing more to learn.”
I think that poor communication and differing team cultures might be part of the problem, but how can I know for sure? A culture of change management. A culture of continual improvement. And a culture of root-cause analysis. cto , infotech , innovation , product , project , saas It’s a good question.
We organize all of the trending information in your field so you don't have to. Join 49,000+ users and stay up to date on the latest articles your peers are reading.
You know about us, now we want to get to know you!
Let's personalize your content
Let's get even more personalized
We recognize your account from another site in our network, please click 'Send Email' below to continue with verifying your account and setting a password.
Let's personalize your content