I received a copy of the following memo announcing Mitchell Habib’s departure from Citigroup from a Citigroup employee… To: North America Operations & Technology EmployeesFrom: Rich Garside North America O&TDate: October 25, 2006 Subject: Organizational AnnouncementToday, we are announcing that Mitchell Habib, who has led our North America Information Technology function, will be leaving Citigroup on November 1st. Mitchell has agreed to continue providing expertise and support on some key initiatives during the transition period.Since joining the organization in June 2004, Mitchell has been instrumental in shaping the direction of Information Technology across North America. We will continue to leverage the vision, strategy, operating model and structural framework as we move forward.Under his leadership, the team has made significant progress on multiple fronts -operational excellence, strengthening control functions, improving financial performance, simplifying the environment and defining an integrated technology roadmap for the NA Consumer Group that creates a single, common view of the customer across all operations. In addition, the team has focused on talent, education, communications and performance management. I appreciate and thank Mitchell for his contributions to the team over the past 2-plus years.We will establish the following reporting relationships on an interim basis as we transition to a new leader: Jeff Saunders – RDNA, Al Evans – Cards, Virginia Bonaro – CBG (Interim), Don Eichenseer – eBusiness, Mike Gehlen – Business Intelligence and Susan Preziosa – Collections, will report to Andrew Cawood – CIO, CLG. Jan McManus – Resource Optimization, Brian Boyer – Site Consolidation, Beth Tate – Risk and Control, Kathie Miller – Communications and Education, and Charles Blauner – Information Security, will report to Shawn Varnadore – Chief of Staff. Robby LeBlanc – CFO will report to Walt Mulflur. Andrew and Shawn, Kevin Denneny – CTO, David McClymont – Infrastructure, and Nancy Hoover Ubal – HR, will report directly to me.I would ask you to join me in wishing Mitchell all the best. Editor’s update 10/23/07: CIO Senior Editor Kim S. Nash spoke with Habib about his management style, reputation and approach to transforming IT at Nielsen in this Q&A with him. Also read Senior Editor Stephane Overby’s article about Nielsen’s $1.2 billion outsourcing contract to Tata Consultancy Services. 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