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11 ways to ensure IT-business alignment

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But the challenge many executives face is that they tend to focus on how their particular area aligns with overall goals, to the exclusion of other facets of the organization. It allows businesses to be the best technologically enabled version of themselves,” Upchurch says. Yet these topics are often foreign to most business leaders.

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Landing Your First CIO Role? Learn how Next CIO Winners Gathered to Support Their C-suite Tech Leadership Journey.

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The Next CIO cohort sat with Natalie Whittlesey and James Lawson from InX to discuss how to transition into a first time C-suite role. With CIOs now often reporting directly to the CEO instead of the CFO, the emphasis has shifted from technical proficiency to business acumen. Frame it with a board member in mind.

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Can the CIO role prevail over AI?

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“Generative AI does have the ability to replace CIOs who don’t embrace the innovative shifts coming for companies,” says Tim Crawford, a former CIO himself and now a CIO strategic advisor at AVOA, a technology consultancy. For the rest, gen AI will greatly augment the power and value of the role of the CIO, he says.

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Technical Advisors: Every Web/Mobile Startup Must Have One

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It was like having a bunch of mini- Free Startup CTO Consulting Sessions all in one room. But what was interesting to me was that I found myself recommending that each of them should have a technical adviser. This is exactly the kind of thing I'm doing as a Part-Time CTO or Technical Advisor for startups.

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2023 CIO Hall of Fame inductees on building a successful IT leadership career

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To achieve that, Loura recognized the need to give up time performing the technical work he loved to do more of that decision-making. For example, he took on the CTO role at Rodan + Fields because he “liked the appeal of being part of the product.” NTT i 3 ), a research and development center; and CIO and CTO of Magellan Health.

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Top 10 barriers to strategic IT success

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Tech debt and legacy tech Technical debt and legacy tech are both big speedbumps. Meanwhile, The Global CTO Survey 2023 released last November by IT consulting company STX Next found that 35% of responding tech leaders listed technical debt/refactoring as their biggest challenge — making it the No. 1 challenge listed.

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10 most difficult-to-fill IT roles — and how to address the gap

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The biggest challenge is finding talented team members at the market rate,” says Patrick Isaac, CTO at Accuro Solutions, adding that the current environment demands more intensive recruiting efforts. At Ensono, Lobo has created academies for technical domains such as mainframe computing and cloud, enrolling students based on forecasted needs.