Leadership

Tech workplaces haven’t caught up to new work patterns, research shows

Return-to-office policies don’t appear to increase office utilization as much as previously thought.

By Carolyn Crist • June 24, 2024

PayPal fills CTO position with former Walmart exec

Former Walmart EVP Srini Venkatesan will replace Archie Deskus, who joined the payments firm in 2022.

By Roberto Torres • June 20, 2024

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CIO Priorities

Companies task their CIOs with balancing the company’s economic and operational needs as they enable technology throughout the business.

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Gap taps former Mattel exec for CTO role

CEO Richard Dickson, who also joined the retailer from Mattel last year, announced Sven Gerjets' appointment in a memo to employees.

By Tatiana Walk-Morris • June 18, 2024

Northwestern Mutual revamps senior tech leadership

CIO Jeff Sippel will become chief strategy officer, effective July. He'll be succeeded by Christian Mitchell, previously chief customer and digital officer.

By Roberto Torres • June 14, 2024

JPMorgan names firmwide CTO

Former PayPal technology chief Sri Shivananda brings with him an “exceptional track record in innovation and technology leadership,” JPMorgan Chase's CIO Lori Beer said in a memo.

By Gabrielle Saulsbery • Updated June 18, 2024

Citi’s new tech chief takes the helm

Tim Ryan will lead Citi's ongoing efforts to transform its technology operations, a goal the bank poured $12 billion into last year.

By Matt Ashare • June 10, 2024

AI raises CIO cyber anxieties

Using third-party generative AI products without the proper controls exposes existing security gaps, McKinsey and Company Partner Jan Shelly Brown said Tuesday at the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium.

By Matt Ashare • May 16, 2024

4 CIO styles to boost business performance

Aligning leadership skills to an organization’s needs can accelerate results and build trust with key stakeholders.

By Fiona Mark • May 16, 2024

Technology executives extol the virtues of ‘old-school’ AI

“One of our jobs as CIOs is not to get so swept up in generative AI that we don’t make use of all the tools that are available to us,” Mathematica CIO Akira Bell said, speaking Tuesday at the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium.

By Matt Ashare • May 15, 2024

Most Gen Z tech workers say they’d consider new career opportunities

With high dissatisfaction rates, young tech workers pointed to career development as a vital aspect of engagement and retention in a recent survey.

By Carolyn Crist • May 15, 2024

AWS CEO steps down, sales chief to take over

After a three-year stint helming the cloud titan, Adam Selipsky is passing the baton to AWS veteran Matt Garman.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • May 14, 2024

Financial industry alliance pushes for collective AI governance framework

Citi, Morgan Stanley, Databricks and Microsoft will help guide a FINOS initiative aimed at devising best practices for onboarding the technology.

By Matt Ashare • May 6, 2024

Tech skills gaps put pressure on existing IT staff

Technologists surveyed by Pluralsight said workloads have increased and projects have been abandoned as tech proficiency gaps mount.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • May 6, 2024

Tech jobs are bouncing back as IT unemployment rate falls again in April

The February spike in IT unemployment is steadily reversing, CompTIA said Friday.

By Roberto Torres • May 3, 2024

IT executives rethink data strategies as enterprises push AI adoption

Disruptive LLM technologies drove more than half of organizations to evolve analytics operating models, elevating the chief data officer role, according to Gartner research.

By Matt Ashare • April 29, 2024

United Airlines nears final mile of cloud migration

"You don’t save the cost of moving to the cloud until you shut the mainframe down,” CFO Mike Leskinen said Wednesday.

By Matt Ashare • April 18, 2024

CIOs are starting to act like product leaders

Modern IT leaders are thinking more and more like product leaders. Read about how the role of the CIO is constantly evolving.

By Markus Zirn, Chief Strategy Officer at Workato • April 15, 2024

JPMorgan Chase CEO wants more cloud to fuel AI, analytics

The banking giant aims to have 75% of its data and 70% of its applications in the cloud this year, Jamie Dimon said in a letter to shareholders.

By Matt Ashare • April 12, 2024

How the Boston Celtics used cloud to up their basketball analytics game

As big data rolled in, the 78-year-old NBA franchise migrated its tech stack from CTO Jay Wessland’s back office to AWS infrastructure.

By Matt Ashare • April 12, 2024

1 in 4 IT leaders regret quick AI investments: Asana

Technology execs play a crucial role in shaping organizations’ AI playbook, but speedy adoption comes at a cost.

By Lindsey Wilkinson • March 20, 2024

3 ways CIOs can lead enterprise cost optimization

Companies are cautiously optimistic about the economy but still focused on controlling spending throughout the enterprise, Boston Consulting Group found.

By Matt Ashare • March 19, 2024

White House adds teeth to secure software development requirements

The guidelines are designed to ensure software producers working with the U.S. government comply with standards for secure development.

By David Jones • March 15, 2024

In an era of AI, skill building is a top organizational priority, LinkedIn says

Providing learning opportunities is a top strategy for companies as retention concerns persist.

By Carolyn Crist • March 13, 2024

FedEx CIO, who led the company’s digital push, to retire

Rob Carter helmed technology leadership at the shipping giant since 2000. Sriram Krishnasamy, who leads the company's Dataworks unit, will formally take over July 1.

By Roberto Torres • March 12, 2024

Snowflake details next stage of AI data strategy as new CEO takes the helm

The retirement of Snowflake’s CEO and ascendance of its SVP of AI punctuates an AI-fueled data boom for the company.

By Matt Ashare • Feb. 29, 2024