We're All Becoming Software CIOs - A Role Red Hat CIO Jim Palermo Knows Well
CIO, Wednesday, November 15,2023
As products become more based in software, CIO roles will increasingly align with CIOs who've been selling software for decades, like Jim Palermo, CIO of open source solution provider Red Hat.
Whether you sell cars, candy, consulting, or construction, software is moving to the center of your business. Your products and services rely on software and data for nearly everything from product development to aftermarket support. So congratulations! You've become (or will become) what is, essentially, a software company CIO.
I've been writing about how life is different for software company CIOs for years - more specifically, on how they must make clearer distinctions between IT and product engineering than it is now for CIOs in other industries.