Nothing like a looming deadline to put the kibosh on posting new CIO job announcements on the blog.With said deadline almost in my rearview mirror, I have the following news to share…On Wednesday, United Airlines announced it had expanded its CIO’s role. Garry Kelly (yes, that Garry Kelly, of Sears Roebuck fame, or infamy, depending on your perception of Sears) is now in charge of strategic sourcing, continuous improvement, industrial and process engineering and operations research—in addition to all his responsibilities as CIO, which included IT strategy, application development, technical operations, information security and infrastructure planning. It’s like a work bomb went off in Kelly’s office and left for fallout countless new responsibilities in its wake. Actually, Kelly’s inheriting a lot of these duties from Rick Poulton, United’s SVP of strategic sourcing, who’s leaving the airline. Gee, I wonder why? 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 Government Computer News (GCN) had a juicy story on Wednesday about the imminent resignation of Department of Veterans Affairs CIO Robert McFarland. Good old GCN. According to the story, McFarland is tired of dealing with the bureaucratic VA leaders, who’ve been dragging their heels on an IT reorganization he was hired to lead. So he’s saying sayonara D.C. on April 30 and returning to retirement. Who wants to bang their head against on a wall when they could be on the fairways? Power to you, Mr. McFarland. And thanks for trying to improve things at the VA. Related content feature New US CIO appointments, September 2023 Congratulations to these 'movers and shakers' recently hired or promoted into a new chief information officer role. By Martha Heller Sep 13, 2023 7 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 feature Lexmark International's Vishal Gupta on next gen tech leadership The multi-billion dollar imaging solutions provider has created a new revenue stream from IoT devices and software—originally designed for printers—which they now sell to connected equipment manufacturers in transportation, healthcare, an By Martha Heller Jul 19, 2023 7 mins CIO IoT Platforms Software Deployment 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