2023 CIO Hall Of Fame Inductees On Building A Successful IT Leadership Career
CIO, Monday, August 28,2023
Standout tech execs whose work has advanced the CIO role reflect on the paths that got them to the top of the IT leadership ranks, offering lessons learned and words of advice on what it takes to lead IT successfully today.
Each executive has a unique career path that brought him or her to the C-suite. That's as true for CIOs as any other enterprise leader.
Yet the leading tech execs who make up CIO's 2023 CIO Hall of Fame share many of the same attributes, attitudes, and ambitions.
Moreover, they agree that those characteristics as well as several career-related strategies they also share have helped them advance their careers. For example, most say they love both technology and problem-solving - a combination that often got them interested in the IT profession in the first place. Most also talk about the desire to influence strategies and decision-making as well as to have an impact.