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Read Part 1 of "A CEO’s Guide to Hiring a CTO" here. In Part 1, Burke Autrey, CEO and Founder of Fortium Partners, provided an..
Dec 8, 2023





What is a CIO? The Chief Information Officer (CIO) is an organization's most senior technology executive who reports to a..
May 4, 2023

The following is a transcript of the interview that can be watched in its entirety on YouTube here. Introduction In a world where..
Mar 15, 2023

All organizations need the basics of technology leadership: responsibility and accountability for making solid investments in..
Feb 15, 2023

Tech leaders' responsibilities are growing fast - and their job titles are expanding along with them. Last year, Forbes posted an..
Feb 7, 2023

4 Situations that Determine When a CIO is Needed As the number of employees grows, the complexity of the technology and the..
Jan 23, 2023

Securing interim technology leaders (Chief Information Officer, Chief Technology Officer, and Chief Information Security Officer) is..
Jan 23, 2023

There is growing discussion and need around the use of interim and fractional technology leadership- CIOs, CTOs, and CISOs. It would..
Jan 12, 2023

It takes an integrated business approach to delight and retain customers — every time, across every touch point As a long-time..
Dec 28, 2022

A campus CIO leaves. In the ideal scenario, the departure is anticipated — a scheduled retirement, or maybe a logical,..
Dec 8, 2022

As cloud technology options grow and evolve, many companies find themselves in a difficult situation as related to their core..
Dec 8, 2022

The origin story of Achilles begins with his mother, the Greek goddess Thetis, and how she attempted to protect him. Thetis went to..
Sep 1, 2021

Ransomware is one of thefastest-growingforms of cybercrime. It begins when ransomware criminals gain access to a company’s network..
Sep 1, 2021

One of the recurring questions I hear often from CEOs, CFOs, COOs and occasionally the HR Director of small to medium size companies..
Sep 1, 2021

There are at least four scenarios in which IT security questionnaires fail to help mitigate the unauthorized access to data...
Sep 1, 2021

This is the third in our series of C-level officer (presidents, owners, and board members) cybersecurity perspectives. 1 =..
Sep 1, 2021

Alignment is about everyone rowing the boat in the same direction. It’s about an entire organization being focused on the same..
Sep 1, 2021

Originally Published on the Digital Business Transformation blog The chaos and intrusion caused bytraditional consulting firms..
Sep 1, 2021

At an IT conference dedicated toDigital Transformationa little over a year ago, I listened to the CIO of a major retailer vaunt the..
Sep 1, 2021

More than half of senior executives surveyed think their company doesn’t have a winning strategy and two-thirds think their..
Sep 1, 2021
Unified donor data and a unified experience is supported by an Omni-Channel approach. Omni-channel creates a unified approach..
Sep 1, 2021
Building a digital business is about building an ecosystem, not just a few isolated initiatives that have no impact on each other, the..
Sep 1, 2021
Resist the temptation to focus and organize around silos. While silos can maximize a part of the system, they sub-optimize the..
Sep 1, 2021

Over the years I have seen more than one non-technical person get really upset when an engineering lead mentions “technical..
Sep 1, 2021

Let’s step back and define the roles of a Permanent CIO and an Interim CIO before we get to Fractional CIO. Permanent is straight..
Sep 1, 2021

For the decades that I’ve been in the IT profession pundits have predicted the demise of the role of the Chief Information Officer..
Sep 1, 2021

It Takes Two to Tango… In 2003, when IT professionals were still celebrating triumphs of the previous decade (Y2K disaster..
Sep 1, 2021

What is a Fractional Technology Leader? A fractional technology leader is a highly experienced leader that works less than full time..
Apr 22, 2021