Rob Enderle has a good column on linuxinsider.com in which he analyses the careers of Mark Hurd, Carly Fiorina and Martin Taylor, who unexpectedly left Microsoft last week, for advice on how best to manage one’s own career. Although Ms. Fiorina’s management mis-steps have been hashed and rehashed, and although I’m not sure what point Enderle is trying to make with Martin Taylor’s career besides ‘expect the unexpected’, his piece is well-written, entertaining and practical. Check it out. Now for the news that brought you here…Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport hired the city of Phoenix’s former CIO as its acting director. As Phoenix’s acting aviation director, Danny Murphy also oversees two general aviation airports, Phoenix Deer Valley and Phoenix Goodyear Airports. Before taking on his new post, Murphy was acting director of Phoenix’s Water Services Department. Prior to that, he was CIO and director of the city’s IT department, where he managed a $70 million capital budget. Brad Mohs joined Yellowpages.com on June 21 as its new CTO. Mohs comes to the Pasadena-based company from Scientific Games where as SVP of software engineering he was in charge of product development. Prior to Scientific Games, Mohs was CTO of Autotrader.com. 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