Movers and Shakers
Articles by Martha Heller
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Developing a digital culture at U. S. Steel
At one of the world’s largest steel companies, digital success springs from solid business cases, a culture of innovation, and diligent change management, says CIO Steve Bugajski.
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How Carrier IT built a new culture (during a spinoff and a pandemic)
CIO Joe Schulz and the digital team seized the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to create a metrics-based, customer-focused culture for IT.
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Keysight Technologies CIO: Tech companies need to modernize IT too
The architecture is composable and processes are agile at the electronics manufacturer, but for Dan Krantz and team, a ‘growth mindset’ is just as important.
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Casey’s General Stores IT delivers business outcomes in product management shift
CIO Adrian Butler has adopted a product management model to enhance the guest and team member experience at Casey’s 2,300 stores.
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Digital acceleration at Stanley Black & Decker places data at the center
CIO Rhonda Gass explains how a cloud data platform, technology business management framework, and agile architecture are keys to the $14B global company’s digital transformation.
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How Inspire Brands IT serves up innovation at scale
CIO Raghu Sagi and his team are creating a multitenant architecture to improve customer experiences and worker productivity across seven restaurant brands.
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How Stryker IT shifted to a global operating model
CIO Alan Douville and his team have made major changes that enable IT to support the $14 billion medical device company’s operations in over 100 countries.
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CNO Financial CIO: For real change, let your team define your IT culture
Mike Mead, CIO of CNO Financial, realized that before his organization could step up to deliver everything its changing business needed, he and his team would have to reinvent the culture.
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4 tips for launching a successful data strategy
Becoming a data-driven company isn't as simple as amassing loads of data. If it were, more companies would already be reaping the rewards. Here, four CIOs offer their experience and advice on getting started turning data into business value.
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How Brunswick IT enables digital business
CIO Mike Adams shares how the company has designed its digital and data platforms to put the customer at the center of its products, services, and digital ecosystem, underpinned by enterprise architecture.
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IT execs join forces, pledging to promote diversity in technology
CIOs committed to creating more career opportunities in IT for underrepresented communities are asking 5,000 of their peers to join an organized effort to drive meaningful change.
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How Skyworks embraced self-service IT
CIO Satya Jayadev and his team are democratizing technology and creating a self-service model to empower business users.
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Inside Blue Shield of California’s IT operating model overhaul
For CIO Lisa Davis, the transformation to a product-focused operating model is key to realizing the health plan provider's digital health vision.
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How technology creates an ecosystem of learning at Walden University
Walden CIO Karthik Venkatesh discusses how the university is leveraging SaaS, RPA, AI, and more to maximize student success.
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How one CIO (and hockey coach) turns players into leaders
Veteran CIO Tyler Best provides his team with accountability, board exposure, and continual feedback to turn them into tomorrow’s IT leaders.
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How Cargill IT is helping to solve the world’s food problems
CIO Justin Kershaw describes what he looks for in his senior leaders and how the $114 billion agriculture company uses data from low-Earth orbit satellites and distributed ledger technology to bring transparency to the food supply chain.
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Driving Emerson’s evolution from electronics to smart devices
To ensure that Emerson makes products customers care about, CIO Jake Fritz leads through empowerment, engagement, and collaboration.
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How empathy drives IT innovation at Thermo Fisher Scientific
CIO Ryan Snyder shares his insights on IT’s expanding role in product development and the future of the CIO role.
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How IT enables the COVID testing operation at LabCorp
Chief information and technology officer, Lance Berberian, on how cloud and data strategy help the $11.5 billion company do science at scale.
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How JetBlue leverages digital technology for safer travel
The airline's technology chief, Eash Sundaram, explains how solutions originally introduced to enhance the customer experience are now helping ensure safety during the pandemic.
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The state of the CIO job market
A recruiter's perspective on the CIO job market and interview process today.
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Leadership lessons from Accenture’s CIO
Penelope Prett on how storytelling, team empowerment, and personal brand allow IT to deliver maximum value at one of the world’s largest professional services firm.
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Spinning up digital innovation at Warner Music Group
Ralph Munsen, CIO of Warner Music Group, discusses technology and business transformation at the global music company.
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How COVID accelerated digital transformation at Aflac
Rich Gilbert, chief digital information officer, on how COVID-19 is allowing IT at the insurer to move full steam ahead on its innovation roadmap.
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Digitizing industrial products at Cummins
Sherry Aaholm, CIO of the $23 billion engine manufacturer, shares her strategy for creating foundational change at scale
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Don’t squander that crisis-induced transformation
Veteran CIO Phil Fasano has some straight talk for CEOs and corporate boards about why they should invest in the technologies that support new ways of working.
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Turning IT on a dime at Perdue Farms as the coronavirus struck
Six weeks into his new CIO role, Mark Booth and his team moved 3,000 office workers to remote work — and created a safer working environment at the company’s plants.
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Freddie Mac banks on modern delivery
Frank Nazzaro, CIO of Freddie Mac, explains how the modern delivery software development model, which goes beyond Agile, increases development velocity and quality.
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How platform thinking drives innovation at Visteon
Raman Mehta, CIO, discusses the shift from traditional manufacturing to software engineering at one of the world’s largest cockpit electronics companies.
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Banner Health IT rallies to overcome COVID-19 challenges
Deanna Wise, CIO of Banner Health, sees a stronger and more agile team emerging from the coronavirus crisis.
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Creating a data-driven business at McKinsey & Co.
Mike Wright, Global CIO, is turning knowledge into value at the global management consulting firm.
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Rite Aid’s digital journey takes the pandemic head on
Justin Mennen, EVP and CIO of Rite Aid, leads a strategy to keep employees safe and in the stores, while ramping up systems to serve customers in a time of crisis.
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Predictive analytics unlocks factory capacity at Reynolds
Rita Fisher, CIO and SVP of Supply Chain, discusses her approach to digitizing plant operations at the global consumer products company.
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How Johnson & Johnson IT is managing a global crisis
J&J CIO Jim Swanson reveals how he and his IT team are helping keep operations running at the $82B healthcare giant, as well as the lessons learned — and silver linings — of leading through crisis.
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How PetSmart IT grooms the customer experience
Mike Goodwin, CIO, discusses how a new product management model is key to streamlining the "pet parent's" customer experience.
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Avnet IT sheds operations legacy to support business transformation
Max Chan, CIO of Avnet, is changing IT to support the $19 billion global company’s transformation from a distribution business into an IoT solutions provider.
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How Lear makes self-service IT delivery work
Bonnie Smith, CIO of Lear Corporation, describes how embracing citizen developers led to a new self-service operating model for RPA tools and more.
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4 steps to process automation success
For Navistar CIO Julie Ragland, shifting the IT discussion from cost to value was key to overcoming obstacles to process automation.
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How to develop IT leaders into future CIOs
Steve Faas, CIO of Aleris, reflects on his strong record of turning up-and-comers into CIOs.
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RPA and AI help ADP work smarter and faster
CIO Vipul Nagrath discusses how the payroll software company is leveraging technology to improve the customer experience.
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A ‘first 100-days’ plan for the new CIO
SAIC CIO Nathan Rogers offers an approach for managing your new CIO job.
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Vanguard’s investment in agile pays employee engagement dividends
John Marcante, CIO of Vanguard, discusses how agile development and product management are driving a culture of engagement and business outcomes at the large global investment advisory firm.
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How TIAA invests in women in IT
With an innovative group mentoring program and local and global networking events, the financial service company's IT Women’s Council helps women grow into leadership positions.
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How Estée Lauder Companies developed a culture to attract and retain IT talent
Michael W. Smith, CIO of The Estée Lauder Companies, has initiated an impressive array of programs to attract and retain IT talent at the nearly $15 billion global prestige beauty company.
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Want to create a customer-centric culture? Meet your customers where they are
Digital evolution is challenging for a company as large as Qurate Retail Group. But CIO Karen Etzkorn is helping it succeed by creating a customer-centric culture and elevating digital experiences.
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Waste Management dumps legacy processes, drives digital change
By applying three levers of digital transformation, Waste Management is infusing technology into the business model to drive growth.
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Transforming an insurance and financial services giant to meet customers’ digital expectations
Terrance Williams, President of Emerging Businesses and CMO, and Jim Fowler, Executive Vice President and CIO, on driving cultural change at Nationwide, one of the largest insurance and financial services organizations in the US.
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Driving digital innovation: 6 steps to get company leaders on board
With technology revolutionizing the construction industry, Structure Tone needed to get company leaders up to speed and on board with digital innovation plans. So, the CIO created a six-step strategy.
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