My CIO Career: Shannon Johnston, CIO At Global Payments, On The Payoffs Of A Diverse Career For IT Leaders
Heller Search Associates, Wednesday, August 14th, 2024
In this interview for the My CIO Career series, Shannon Johnston describes how her curiosity and drive as a 'constant learner' led her from a liberal arts education to IT and other functions, and from the nonprofit world to the C-suite at a global financial services company.
Shannon Johnston's climb to her current position as chief information officer and senior executive vice president at Global Payments has not been a straight-ahead ascension through IT.
Instead, it has put Johnston into a less-than-common advancement pathway for an IT professional, taking her on what might seem like detours - such as when she became a chief operating officer or when she moved from a CIO to a VP of application delivery role.
Johnston, however, embraced those career moves, saying they fed her intellectual curiosity, her love of learning and her professional ambitions.