CIO.com: Can you give us a snapshot of your role and responsibilities as CPTO at Ovo? Christina Scott: I joined Ovo, the UK’s third largest energy supplier, in September 2021 as chief product and technology officer. In this role, I lead Ovo’s technology, product and data teams, who provide intelligent energy technology solutions as we…
IT freelancing offers multiple benefits, including flexible working schedules, location choice, engaging assignments, diverse clients, and an opportunity to apply one’s talents in several different areas. But freelancing is also a business, and skilled IT freelancers know what it takes to find and keep great clients, as well as how to drop organizations that make…
For probably the umpteenth time, we use the term “garbage in, garbage out” when summarizing problems with data quality. It has indeed become a cliché. Various industry studies have uncovered the high cost of bad data, and it’s estimated that poor data quality costs organizations an average of $12 million yearly. Data teams waste 40% of…
Ergonomics is often one of the most overlooked health concerns within the office. While there are OH&S regulations for lifting, moving heavy objects, and safety when working with chemicals and electricity, and there are guidelines for how long a person should be “sedentary” (i.e sitting), there are no formal governance requirements for the chairs that…
Contact centers are evolving rapidly. The days of single-channel, telephony-based call centers are long gone. This old model has given way to the omnichannel customer experience center. In legacy call centers, the customer’s pathway through sales or service was relatively linear. Call in, speak to an agent, and (hopefully) resolve the issue. In this system,…
This post is brought to you by NVIDIA and CIO. The views and opinions expressed herein are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views and opinions of NVIDIA. CIOs seeking big wins in high business-impacting areas where there’s significant room to improve performance should review their data science, machine learning (ML),…
By Ginna Raahauge, CIO at Zayo For businesses to deliver value to customers, they must stay on top of customer challenges. At Zayo, we understand the macro trends our customers are currently facing — such as remote and hybrid work and the growing importance of user experience — have impacted how they approach business. To…
For veteran CIO Amir Arooni, the aha moment came during a master’s dissertation deep dive into why there were so many IT project failures. Digging through research examining the impact of standard conventions like siloed teams and staged gate processes, Arooni began percolating ideas for how to shift IT organizations away from the traditional project-oriented…
With enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM) applications at the heart of many a company’s operations, the consequences of a failed software rollout can be serious, including shareholder lawsuits and financial meltdown. But after a spate of high-profile failures, there are signs that vendors and customers are working hard to ensure the success of their ERP…
Supply chains are built on partner and supplier relationships, but often these relationships are not as strategic as they perhaps should be. Typically, companies have large numbers of suppliers and hundreds of line items that they source so manual selection of suppliers for each line item is practically impossible. Rather than continually reassessing and optimizing…