Yesterday, Circuit City announced that its SVP and CIO Michael Jones is leaving the Richmond, Va.-based electronics retailer “to pursue other interests.” Jones, 50, is staying with the company through mid-November to transition his duties to William E. McCorey, Circuit City’s vice president of business applications who’s taking on the SVP and CIO title. In the press release, Circuit City CEO Philip Schoonover credited Jones with helping in the company’s turnaround, which CIO investigated in a July 2005 cover story. Schoonover also thanked Jones for staying on until McCorey’s transition into his new role is complete. McCorey, 48, has worked for Circuit City in a variety of information technology leadership roles from 1991 to 2005. He served as the chief information officer at 2nd Swing Inc., a now bankrupt golf equipment retailer, for a brief period, then rejoined Circuit City in April 2005. Since that time, he has served as vice president of business applications, with responsibility for implementing large scale retail applications, including the company’s new point of sale system and the merchandising systems transformation. 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