Newcastle Investment Corp. announced yesterday that its CIO, Erik Nygaard retired yesterday. According the press release announcing his seemingly abrupt retirement (I say seemingly because this retirement may have been planned in advance), Nygaard is retiring to spend more time with his family and to Thoroughbred breeding and racing ventures. The company said Newcastle investment employees will pick up Nygaard’s responsibilities. Nygaard was one of the co-founders of Fortress Investment Group, an affiliate of Newcastle Investment. Stewart Information Services hired an IT director from Disney to serve as its new CIO. Murshid Khan most recently served as director of IT telecommunications, global strategy, engineering and advanced services at the Walt Disney Co. In this position, he led Disney’s networking and telecom strategy, architecture and project services functions on a global scale. Timothy Stitely moved into the the CIO role at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last month. Stitely most recently served as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service’s (CMS) director of information services design and development. I realize this post was totally uninspired, and I apologize for the lack of personality and insight. I’m on deadline for a story that’s going to be posted next week. –Meridith Related content feature We’re all becoming software CIOs — a role Red Hat CIO Jim Palermo knows well As products become more based in software, CIO roles will increasingly align with CIOs who’ve been selling software for decades, like Jim Palermo, CIO of open source solution provider Red Hat. By Martha Heller Nov 15, 2023 7 mins CIO Software Deployment Marketing feature New US CIO appointments, November 2023 Congratulations to these 'movers and shakers' recently hired or promoted into a new chief information officer role. By Martha Heller Nov 08, 2023 9 mins CIO Careers IT Leadership interview How Huber spurs innovation in a historically decentralized business With IT/OT convergence, digital technologies, and the growing importance of data, Huber CIO Dwain Wilcox leads the creation of a cross-functional, cross-business innovation engine. By Martha Heller Aug 23, 2023 6 mins CIO Enterprise Cloud Management interview CIO Ryan Snyder on the benefits of interpreting data as a layer cake Thermo Fisher Scientific CIO Ryan Snyder discusses a tiered model used to turn data into value at the $40 billion laboratory equipment and instrument maker. By Martha Heller Aug 02, 2023 8 mins CIO Data Architecture Data Governance 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