Why CIOs Must Think Of Themselves As Products - And Hostage Negotiators
CIO, December 8th, 2022
In order to extend their value and influence in business, CIOs should take unorthodox approaches, according to former CIO and Gartner analyst Irving Tyler.
Prior to joining research firm Gartner in 2008, Irving Tyler was a CIO at IMS Health, and VP and CIO at Quaker Chemical Corporation.
In the late 1990s, he was challenged to address the 'year 2000' problem, or Y2K scare, as computer systems were readied for the new millennium, and he saw his skillsets develop in the areas of data centre management and ERP implementation.
That role, he says, is now long gone.
'The role of the CIO has expanded to be a business leader, visionary and architect, someone who can work with other executives effectively, not as a supplier and vendor but as a leader,' said Tyler, leader of Gartner's CIO research team, at the company's recent Symposium in Barcelona.