Yesterday I wrote about the increasing prevalence of young managers, and in particular, young CIOs. I have further evidence of that trend: Yesterday, TXP Corp. announced it hired a 35-year-old as its CIO. (Interestingly, the CIO post is a new one for the Richardson, Texas-based company.) The thirty-something in question is one Robert Walden, who joined the pre-manufacturing services provider from 7-Eleven. Most recently, Walden was the convenience store chain’s chief architect and manager of emerging technologies. During his tenure with 7-Eleven, he was responsible for enterprise architecture and systems integration strategy, designing and developing enterprise portals, and content management systems. The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) hired John McGowan (pictured at left) as its new CIO and associate vice provost for information technology. McGowan starts his new job on July 17. he succeeds Jeffrey Noyes, who recently retired, according to a press release from the University. McGowan joins the UTSA from Florida International University in Miami, where he held the CIO post for four years. On a different note, Forbes has this great little Q&A on its web site called Executive Toy Box. I just love it. Some lucky Forbes staffer (actually, it’s David Ewalt) gets CIOs to riff about their favorite gadgets. Yesterday, the CIO of KLA-Tencor talked about his iPod Nano. To find out why he loves it so much, check out the really short Q&A that won’t take more than a minute to read. (BTW, am I the only person in the U.S. who doesn’t own an iPod? It’s not that I don’t want one. Just that I can’t afford the one I want. Because naturally, I want the most expensive one.) 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