Readers, I’m full of warm fuzzies today. Behold: Sheleen Quish (photo at left) is leaving her post as VP and CIO of US Can Co. Yesterday, she sent a lovely, inspiring e-mail to friends, colleagues and associates informing them of her departure from the company. I interviewed Sheleen several years ago for an article on dealing with under-performing workers. She was an invaluable resource for the piece. In speaking with her, I quickly concluded that she is a highly effective leader and a smart and fair manager of her staff. Sheleen, if you’re reading this, I wish you the best of luck in all your future endeavors.Another CIO I’ve interviewed for stories has taken a new job. Deborah Lipscomb (photo at right) has literally moved on to greener pastures from Carlson Restaurants Worldwide. The former Carlson Restaurants CIO joined ClubCorp, an operator of golf courses and country clubs based in Dallas, as its senior vice president and CIO. She will serve on the company’s operations committee. Deb worked for Carlson, which operates and franchises TGIFriday’s and Pick Up Stix restaurants, for two years. While she was there, she oversaw a successful BI implementation. Like Sheleen, she’s a terrific woman and an excellent CIO. Best of luck to you, Deb, in your new role! And now for some news about CIOs I don’t know personally (yet): Visteon’s beautifully coiffed CIO Lorie Buckingham (photo at left) was honored by Automotive News earlier this week as being one of the auto industry’s top female executives. The “100 Leading Women in the North American Auto Industry” recognizes women who make major decisions and possess significant influence at their companies. Buckingham was nominated and selected based on her talents and career accomplishments. She was featured in a special issue of the publication dated September 26, 2005. Buckingham, who is a corporate officer at Visteon, joined the auto supplier in 2001 as director of global software solutions. She became vice president and CIO in 2002 and was named a senior vice president in 2004—the same year she was named a one of the winners of the Top Michigan Women in Computing award given by the Ann Arbor chapter of the Association for Women in Computing. Congratulations Lorie! Jeffrey E. Keisling has been promoted to vice president of corporate information services and chief information officer of pharmaceutical company Wyeth. He succeeds Bruce Fadem, who is retiring. Keisling, 48, now reports to Bernard J. Poussot, Wyeth’s executive vice president and president of its Wyeth Pharmaceuticals division. When Keisling joined the Madison, N.J.-based company in 2000, he was put in charge of information services at Wyeth Pharmaceuticals. Prior to Wyeth, he was senior vice president and CIO of Advanta Financial Services, and he spent 12 years with Rhone-Poulenc Rorer Pharmaceuticals. Fadem joined Wyeth in 1995 as head of domestic information services for Wyeth Pharmaceuticals and became Chief Information Officer in 1997. Previously, he worked for BankAmerica in a variety of positions including head of worldwide application systems development and CIO of its retail bank. From 1971 to 1983, Fadem worked for First Pennsylvania Bank where he served as CIO from 1978 to 1983 (in other words, back when CIO stood for “Career is Over.”)And finally, this tip from a reader: Jim Friosland is no longer with InteliStaf Healthcare, where he served as SVP, CFO and CIO. 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