For many IT leaders, taking on an IT opportunity abroad can be a boon for career and life experience alike. When Richard Ventre got an opportunity to move to India from the Netherlands, he latched on to it. “We live in a world that is more global than ever before and it is important to…
Beyond one’s own personal relationships, opinions on how others conduct theirs are usually none of anyone’s business. But when it comes to actual business, George Al Koura, CISO of online dating company Ruby Life, has built a career on how long-term success depends on building team cohesion within the organization, and elevating the relationship with…
If there’s a common thread in CIO.com’s editorial coverage when it comes to transformation, it’s that coping with change is often the hardest part. But CIOs who have successfully led IT transformations say that embracing change can be richly rewarding—especially when the change is so obviously for the better. In a recent interview with CIO.com…
The pandemic-era push to quickly boost digital touchpoints and services proved that transformation can happen fast. That has left a lasting legacy: Even as the pandemic recedes, enterprise executives continue to expect CIOs and their IT departments to deliver transformative capabilities at a rapid-fire pace. If you think you’re keeping up, think again: One recent…
As a 159-year-old family business, Dutch brewing company Heineken owes its longevity to a steady stream of innovation. Founded by entrepreneur Gerard Adriaan Heineken in 1864, who sought to renovate an old brewery in the center of Amsterdam, the beer company that would later bear his name has become synonymous with Dutch beer, readily recognizable…
The ‘broken rung’ has long restricted women from achieving managerial positions in IT, and the latest joint LeanIn.org and McKinsey Women in the Workplace report finds underrepresentation in leadership roles is still a problem, and more so for women of color. Teradyne CIO Shannon Gath, who has a passion for helping women in STEM leadership…
Salesforce skills are among the most sought-after in the IT industry and demand is soaring. The most performant CRM system today, Salesforce is a core technology for digital business, and its associated applications and ecosystem help make it in a leading platform for those seeking a lucrative IT career. Salesforce certification is an excellent path…
Aside from commercial real estate dealers, office equipment vendors were among the hardest hit by the massive office evacuation following the pandemic. But the death of the office was much exaggerated, say some affected CIOs, who point to an increasing number of corporate mandates for employees to return to the office for at least three…
As the chief business transformation and technology officer at Twinings Ovaltine (TwO), some might imagine Sandeep Seeripat’s role to be the epitome of what a senior technology executive should be, with a remit beyond IT operations, an authoritative voice in the boardroom and a reporting line straight to the CEO. But it hasn’t always been…
Straumann Group’s Sridhar Iyengar has a bold mission: To transform the nearly 70-year-old company’s data and technology organization into a data-as-a-service provider for the global manufacturer and supplier of dental implants, prosthetics, orthodontics, and digital dentistry — and to provide business stakeholders machine learning (ML) as a service as well. “My vision is that I…