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.
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.)