Join our live discussion – CIO Essential Insights: IT careers in the AI era

On 10 September 2025 at 1pm ET John Gallant, Enterprise Consulting Director for CIO.com, will chair a live discussion sharing unique insights on this important topic. In this live webcast we will share CIO’s latest research, showcasing the unique challenges of being an IT leader when AI is changing everything. Find out What will the AI-savvy IT organization look like in 2030?  

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In this live CIO Essential Insights conversation, we will cover: 

The state of the IT team today 

In our State of the CIO survey, we heard that lack of skills is the biggest barrier to innovation CIOs are dealing with. We take a close look at this issue. (See also: 2025 State of the CIO Survey Results: An exclusive discussion with IT leaders.)

Modernization of the IT organization 

IT modernization in 2025 is not just about infrastructure and applications. How should IT leaders be regarding modernization of their entire IT organizations? 

AI and IT teams 

We look at the different ways in which AI is putting the most pressure on IT teams, and examine the ways in which IT leaders can close the skills gap specific to AI. We consider the interface between IT and the wider organization, specifically as it relates to AI. How should IT leaders be approaching this conversation? 

We will discuss the new roles that are being created to drive AI projects. We’ll also look at the impact of AI within external platforms and tools, vs AI being applied to the products and services IT teams build themselves. Related: how are IT teams using AI to streamline operations? 

Our expert panel 

Here from the following panel of CIO experts: 

Antonio Marin. The Chief Information Officer at US Med-Equip in Houston, Antonio is an accomplished IT executive who effectively collaborates with business leaders to drive strategic technology initiatives. He specializes in team building and development, contract negotiations, global IT management, and fast growth organization management. 

David Seidl. VP for IT Services and CIO, at Miami University in Ohio, David is a senior higher education IT leader and bestselling cybersecurity certification author who focuses on building partnership and community while transforming organizations and institutions and investing in individuals. 

Take part in CIO Essential Insights 

If you would like to be part of a future episode of CIO Essential Insights, please sign up for the Foundry Contributor Network, or contact ellen_fanning@foundryco.com. 

Future episodes will feature: 

• Cyber Security (October 2025). 

•  AI (November 2025). 

• Cloud Computing (December 2025).