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Articles by Doug Drinkwater
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Exit interview: Sainsbury’s retiring CIO Phil Jordan reflects on a career in IT
The UK supermarket giant’s outgoing group CIO Phil Jordan discusses retirement, career achievements and why CIOs today have a clearer path to become CEO.
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Alpine’s CIO gets F1 racing team up to speed with data science
Alpine F1 team CIO and data science director Nathan Sykes is approaching a turn in his post at the Formula One racing team, as he looks to demonstrate data science ROI and challenge perceptions around IT.
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UK movers and shakers: New CIO and IT executive appointments
Keep up-to-date with the latest UK CIO and senior IT executive appointments with our revamped and relaunched UK Movers and Shakers noticeboard.
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KPMG CDO Lisa Heneghan combats tech literacy gap with “digital ninjas”
Heneghan is improving IT literacy with the Digital Ninjas programme and accelerating career progression for women in tech while focusing on client outcomes.
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British government appoints new chief digital officer
Mike Potter will become the new government chief digital officer this autumn, replacing the outgoing Joanna Davinson.
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New health data strategy for England promises privacy, tackles COVID backlog
Health and Social Care Secretary of State Sajid Javid announced a new data strategy focused on giving patients greater control over their data, delivering faster treatment, and tackling the pandemic backlog
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DCMS digital strategy bids to boost UK tech economy, close skills gap
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has released the long-awaited digital strategy, designed to attract foreign investors, close the skills gap, advance technological progress in AI and quantum computing, and give a shot in the arm to the UK economy.
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UK’s new digital strategy promises change – will it deliver?
A new government digital strategy promises to deliver better citizen experiences, improved accessibility, shared data between central departments, and to upskill civil servants. But haven’t we heard this all before?
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University Hospitals Leicester CIO deploys DaaS to improve patient experience
UHLu2019s CIO Andy Carruthers has deployed DaaS to improve colleague and patient experiences, and in turn reduce waiting times, as he discusses digital transformation and new demands on IT teams.
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Times Higher Education CTO Freddie Quek on minority recognition and building diverse, effective teams
Times Higher Education CTO Freddie Quek mulls career progression as an Asian technology leader, the power of storytelling in the boardroom, and how the IT industry can address digital poverty.
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Q&A: Mastercall Healthcare CIO Jonathan Ritchie on saving lives through digital innovation
Director of IT at the out-of-hospital provider of urgent primary care services, Ritchie spoke with CIO.com on the route he took to become an IT leader and how digital technology is being employed to empower patients to manage their own health care symptoms
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Pets at Home’s CIO unleashes IT on customer experience
A boom in pet ownership and a growing multi-disciplinary business is pushing Pets at Home CIO William Hewish to co-create IT solutions with store colleagues, blur the boundaries between physical and digital for better customer experience, and invest in technology like never before.
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Redefining the CIO role post-pandemic
A tumultuous two years have shifted expectations of what IT could and should deliver. Today, CIOs are taking stock and redrawing the boundaries around their role and responsibilities.
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Places for People builds cross-functional IT for cloud transformation
Places for People’s technology officer Dean Garvey-North sees the business value of cross-functional teams and is looking to hyperscalers and an inquisitive IT group to deliver cloud transformation.
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Exit interview: Williams F1 CIO Graeme Hackland to leave racing team in June
Williams F1’s long-standing CIO Graeme Hackland is set to depart and leave behind 25 years in motorsport. But he’s not retiring just yet.
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UK’s DDaT procurement playbook draws mixed reviews from CIOs
The UK government’s digital, data, and technology playbook (DDaT) provides new guidance on how central government should source and contract with suppliers for digital projects and programmes. But will it be followed?
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Royal National Lifeboat Institution CIO talks COVID-19 response, data, and mental health
Saving lives at sea, supporting volunteers and colleagues through social, economic, and political storms, and driving value from data are on RNLI CIO Claire Deuchar’s to-do list.
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Southampton FC’s IT director changes formation
Southampton Football Club’s renaissance is pushing IT Director James Grove to modernise IT and data capabilities, improve fan engagement, and defend the boardroom from transfer fraudsters.
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