Since it’s a slow news day today on the CIO announcements front, I’m going to share Liberum Research’s latest data on management changes that occurred in October, which appeared in my inbox yesterday. But before I present the stats, I have an update on yesterday’s posting. I have confirmed that Mike Altendorf no longer works for Ace Hardware. According to a company spokesperson, he left Ace in June. I do not know why he left, but apparently, Ace was no longer the place for him (I couldn’t help myself with that one.) Mike, if you’re out there, please get in touch with us at CIO. You’re a smart guy, and we’d like to stay in touch with you. And now for the stats…Liberum tracked a grand total of 2,059 changes in management from directors and CXOs through EVPs, SVPs and VPs at publicly traded companies. That’s up 32 percent from 1,568 in September. Hirings, firings, promotions, retirements, resignations, and lateral moves constitute the kinds of management changes that Liberum watches. Of those 2,059 management changes, a mere 13 were chief information officers, compared with 10 in September. Those CIOs changes included Michael Crowley, who joined C&D Technologies Max Rayner, who was hired at SurfControl Trent Taylor, who was promoted at Walgreens Karen Alber, who joined Heinz John Hinshaw, who was promoted at Verizon Wireless Steven Brigham, who left Timberland Virginia McDowell, who joined Trump Entertainment Resorts Ricardo Coro, who was hired at Advance Auto Parts Judy Spitz (a Ones to Watch honoree), was promoted at Verizon’s network systems unit. Daniel Mayleben, who joined Apogee Enterprises Steve Matt, who was hired by eStrategy Solution Ron Ponder, who’s leaving WellPoint at the end of ’05. Mark Boxer, who’s succeeding Ponder at WellPoint(I got all those names on this blog last month except Judy Spitz.) In addition to the CIO turnover, Liberum counted 218 CEO changes in October, up 56 percent from 139 in September 164 CFO changes, up about 11 percent from 146 in September 477 board of director changes, up 86.3 percent over SeptemberThe banking industry saw the most management change (164), followed by manufacturing (158), drugs/biotech (134) and telecom (127.)Richard Jacovitz, Liberum’s SVP and director of research, thinks Sarbanes-Oxley may be the root cause of the CEO, CFO and the director changes, especially as companies seek to make their boards more independent. Related content feature 10 most popular IT certifications for 2023 Certifications are a great way to show employers you have the right IT skills and specializations for the job. These 10 certs are the ones IT pros are most likely to pursue, according to data from Dice. By Sarah K. White May 26, 2023 8 mins Certifications Careers interview Stepping up to the challenge of a global conglomerate CIO role Dr. Amrut Urkude became CIO of Reliance Polyester after his company was acquired by Reliance Industries. He discusses challenges IT leaders face while transitioning from a small company to a large multinational enterprise, and how to overcome them. By Yashvendra Singh May 26, 2023 7 mins Digital Transformation Careers brandpost With the new financial year looming, now is a good time to review your Microsoft 365 licenses By Veronica Lew May 25, 2023 5 mins Lenovo news Alteryx works in generative AI for speedy analytics results OpenAI integration and AI wizardry for report generation are aimed at making Alteryx’s analytics products more accessible. By Jon Gold May 25, 2023 3 mins Analytics Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe