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Paul Johnson wears two powerful, distinct hats at Poly, the new company formed as a result of the merger of Plantronics and Poly.To read this article in full, please click here(Insider Story) Continue reading CIOs blaze new career pathways at the top
Growing up in the barrio in San Antonio, Texas, and later attending a private school on scholarship, Jesse Carrillo got adept early on at playing to a diverse crowd. The tech-inclined Carrillo didn’t exactly fit in with the rough gangs at home. Yet … Continue reading Hispanic IT leaders pioneer new paths to the top
At Pegasystems, the past year and a half spent navigating the COVID-19 crisis has created a tale of two organizations and two types of employees: one itching to get back to normal office life and the other determined to hang on to the flexibility and f… Continue reading IT navigates the ‘Great Resignation’
With small-town roots, an early marriage, and then kids, Ryanne Fox (she/her) never intended to be a trailblazer while building out a career as a software engineer. Yet more than a decade ago, after one year on the job at GoDaddy, Fox came out as tr… Continue reading Out in IT: A work-in-progress for the LGBTQ+ community
February 26, 2020, looms large for Carol Juel for a number of reasons. It was her twins’ seventh birthday, and the executive vice president and CIO of Synchrony was scrambling to get home to join the festivities. The day also took on new contours as… Continue reading The CIO’s next key role: Change agent
When you’re selling an active retirement community and medical care to seniors, high-touch, in-person interaction is the gold standard. At Erickson Living Management, prospective clients are typically courted with one-on-one tours of facilities and ame… Continue reading Customer-focused IT: A key CIO imperative, post-COVID
Prior to the pandemic, Truist Financial CIO Scott Case and his IT organization had already earned some serious bona fides from the business. Case and several executive cohorts had taken the reins to accelerate the merger of BB&T and SunTrust Banks … Continue reading CIOs look to capitalize on the COVID spotlight
As a Black kid from Frederick Douglass High School, which is in one of the poorest neighborhoods in Atlanta, Richard Cox carved out a very intentional path to break from the confines of the inner city. He worked hard to excel at school, threw his al… Continue reading Black IT leaders: The challenging path to the top
IT organizations, especially those that were a bit too lax about resiliency and business continuity, had a rude awakening in the face of COVID-19 as they scrambled to deliver a rapid-response remote work plan.Traditional enterprise IT resiliency and… Continue reading Lessons in IT resiliency for the COVID-19 era
When the COVID-19 crisis bore down in mid-March, Avery Dennison’s IT department did what most shops did to prepare for working during the pandemic — they fortified networks, amped up bandwidth, and rolled out a regular cavalry of collaborative tools to… Continue reading Rethinking IT strategy post-COVID-19