AI Surge Fuels Dramatic Transformation Of CIO Role
Search CIO, Tuesday, December 30th, 2025
As AI continues to move into the enterprise, the CIO's role is rapidly expanding into AI leadership, scaling AI responsibly and delivering measurable business value.
The CIO role is undergoing its most significant transformation in decades.
CIO's have always been responsible for an organization's IT operations, including the software and technology services the organization uses. But the CIO role is expanding with the dramatic rise of AI in modern organizations.
As organizations move deeper into the AI age, the CIO role is changing faster than any other executive position, according to Chris Campbell, CIO at Devry University.