Stobart Group is famed as a haulage company, with its TV star trucks well known on the motorways of the UK, but the logistics company, sold a major stake in its core haulage business earlier in 2014. When did you start your current role?2008 Have you completed an MBA?No Order the following sources of advice/information by value to you:1.    In-house2.    Vendors3.    Consultants4.    Peer Group5.    Analysts Technology strategy and spending What is the major transformational IT project that has been recently completed, or is underway at your organisation?BI What impact will it/does it have on the organisation?Improve responsiveness in business decision making What new strategic technology deals has your organisation struck and with whom?Netapp – StorageMeraki – Wireless infrastructure  / mobile device support and managementSCC – Outsourced managed print Name your strategic technology suppliers?IBM, Cisco, Meraki, BT, Microsoft, Mimecast, Websense, Toshiba, HP IT operational spend compared to the revenue or company turnover as a percentage?3.0% What is the strategic aim of the CIO and IT operations for the next financial year?Data centre refresh, move to hybrid cloud solutions, desktop strategy and refresh Transformation achievements Describe the transformations you have led / been involved in, how did they transform operations, customer experience or the organisation?Business integration following acquisitions, leading to consolidated IT infrastructure and reduced costs. Outsourced IT provision – move to externally hosted , managed solutions enabling internal IT to focus more on business projects and innovation Collaboration technologies : HD VC, Lync, SharePoint implementations to support distributed management teams Beyond technology, can you describe a business transformation programme that you own or contribute to?Business process mapping and re engineering and risk management What key technologies are being considered to enable transformation?Mobile devices, video, collaboration What percentage of your applications / infrastructure is run from the Cloud?25% How is the use by employees of their own technology, use of mobiles and social networking impacting operations, customer experiences or the organisation at present?Approx 50% of devices connecting to Exchange are user devices indicating employee desire to work in flexible manner Do you have a plan in place for how to deal with shadow IT and BYOD. How do you influence and engage executives, place the right controls around employee choice and engage with the organisation on this issue?Board level presentations have taken place demonstrating mobile device technologies and posing the dilemmas around control, risk and legal aspects which have been reflected in  redrafted internal policy documents and employee approach Where do you seek transformational inspiration from?Overall trends cross sector, suppliers, technology briefings The CIO role in the business Do they report to the: CFO Does the CIO have a seat on the board?No How often do you meet with the CEO?Quarterly Does your organisation have a digital leader and what is the difference in their responsibilities to yours?No The IT department How many staff make up the IT team?(What is the split between in-house/outsourced staff)45 Describe the CIO’s management team, do you have direct reports that develop the relationship and services between the business and IT?Senior management team consist of Programme / Project Management, IT Service Delivery, Network, Infrastructure and Business Process Improvement How many log-in accounts do you issue across you organisation?1850 What is the primary technology platform?Bespoke Transport Management Solution based on IBM Power Platform