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    Are You Adequately Compensated?

    A few weeks ago, my colleague Chris Koch blogged about CIO's salaries. He thinks CIOs are underpaid for the responsibilities they hold. He bases his opinion on CIO's 2007 State of the CIO research, which shows that IT executives' salaries have declined since 2002.
    By Meridith LevinsonApr, 2 2007

    Asiff Hirji Bids Adieu to TD Ameritrade

    Asiff Hirji is leaving TD Ameritrade on April 1, 2007 to return to the private equity industry. He and his family are moving from the Omaha, Neb.-area where TD Ameritrade is based to San Francisco, where he'll be working.
    By Meridith LevinsonMar, 29 2007

    Borders to Hire New CIO as Part of Its Turnaround Effort

    Borders has been having a difficult time competing with Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble. The Ann Arbor, Mich.-based bookseller reported its fourth quarter and 2006 results yesterday, which included a $151.3 million loss for the year. Yikes. Glad I don't own their stock.
    By Meridith LevinsonMar, 23 2007

    Are You an Extreme CIO? Check out Koch's IT Strategy

    My colleague Chris Koch has, as usual, written an extremely smart and thought-provoking post on U.S. productivity and work habits. In this blog entry, he wonders why Americans work so hard and he points to a study conducted by the Center for Work-Life policy for answers.
    By Meridith LevinsonMar, 20 2007

    Are You a CEO Dad? Are You at Risk of Getting Fired by Your Family?

    I received a pitch from a PR person today touting a new humor/work-life balance book titled CEO Dad: How to Avoid Getting Fired By Your Family. I guess CEO Dad started out as a comic strip, and the author, Tom Stern, is looking to further capitalize on the concept by turning it into a book.
    By Meridith LevinsonMar, 16 2007

    More on Kaiser's CIO Choice and on Interim CIOs in general

    After writing about Kaiser Permanente's appointment of a new CIO to replace interim CIO Bruce Turkstra earlier this week (who replaced Cliff Dodd in November 2006), I began to wonder what it takes for an interim CIO to get the nod for the official CIO post.
    By Meridith LevinsonMar, 2 2007

    New CIOs at Home Decor Products, Flow International and more

    Home Decor Products shored up its executive management team on February 20, 2007 with the addition of a new EVP and CIO. The Edison, N.J.-based online retailer hired Jonathon Pearl to run IT. He reports to Home Decor Products CEO Michael Golden.
    By Meridith LevinsonFeb, 22 2007

    Lou Amato Replaces Mark Popolano as CIO at AIG

    I’ve been getting lots of tips about CIO turnover from readers.  One reader informed me that Mark Popolano stepped down as CIO of AIG a couple of weeks ago and that Lou Amato might have replaced him.
    By Meridith LevinsonFeb, 21 2007

    CME Announces Numerous Promotions in IT

    The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) announced a slew of management changes last Friday. A total of 23 employees were promoted. Their new roles take effect February 18. Among the IT employees promoted are…
    By Meridith LevinsonFeb, 12 2007

    NIP Group Hires Don Delgrosso as New CIO

    Don Delgrosso joined NIP Group, a specialized business insurance and risk management intermediary, as its CIO. He reports to CEO Richard Augustyn. Delgrosso has 20 years of experience working in IT positions in the insurance industry.
    By Meridith LevinsonFeb, 8 2007

    Fiona Balfour Leaves Telstra

    Australian news sites are reporting the sudden “resignation” of Telstra CIO Fiona Balfour.
    By Meridith LevinsonFeb, 7 2007

    New CIOs at Arrowhead General Insurance, Quark and more

    After searching externally for a new CIO, the University of Texas at Dallas settled on an internal candidate who’s also an alum for the position. James B. Gary, the university’s assistant vice president for information resources, was named to the top technology post today.
    By Meridith LevinsonJan, 31 2007

    Former CNET CIO Moves to AOL

    AOL hired a former CIO of CNET as its EVP in charge of its Platforms business unit.
    By Meridith LevinsonJan, 30 2007

    Former Gates Foundation CIO Named President of National Interop

    Plus: Coremetrics Hires WebEx CIO as its COO and AutoZone Puts its CFO in Charge of IT National Interop, a provider of communications systems for public agencies, hired the former CIO of the Bill and Melinda Gates Found
    By Meridith LevinsonJan, 29 2007

    Herbalife Hires Ironman Champion as New CIO

    Plus: New CIOs at Corporate Express, Mentor Graphics and more Nutritional supplement marketer Herbalife has beefed up its senior management ranks with its appointment yesterday of
    By Meridith LevinsonJan, 17 2007

    Avaya Lures Away Visteon's CIO

    Avaya hired Lorie Buckingham away from Visteon. Buckingham joined the communications network designer yesterday as its SVP and CIO.
    By Meridith LevinsonJan, 16 2007

    Former CIO Assumes CEO Post at Echo Global Logistics

    Echo Global Logistics, a provider of transportation management services, hired a former CIO to serve as its new CEO. Douglas Waggoner, 47, joined the Chicago-based company yesterday. He has experience in operations, marketing, sales and IT.
    By Meridith LevinsonJan, 10 2007

    IT Management Changes at Build-A-Bear, WellCare and Spherion

    Build-A-Bear Workshop promoted its managing director of information technology, Dave Finnegan, to CIO. Finnegan joined the company in December 1999 as its director of IT. He was named managing director in March 2005.
    By Meridith LevinsonJan, 9 2007

    Fran Dramis Leaving BellSouth

    The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (registration required) reports today on the staggering number of BellSouth executives leaving the company in the aftermath of AT&T’s
    By Meridith LevinsonJan, 5 2007

    Duke Energy Spinoff Elects Austin Adams to Board

    Austin Adams has made his next move after retiring from J.P. Morgan Chase in October. The former CIO was elected to the board of directors of Spectra Energy, a Duke Energy spinoff.
    By Meridith LevinsonDec, 20 2006

    Harleysville Insurance Augments IT Leadership Team

    Harleysville Insurance CIO Akhil Tripathi hired two new vice presidents: Jonathan Griggs and Brahm Sharma joined the Harlesville, Penn.-based company from BearingPoint.
    By Meridith LevinsonDec, 15 2006

    Parexel International Creates First Ever CIO Role

    Plus: New IT Leaders at Reliv International, Tyco Healthcare and Watson Pharmaceuticals Parexel International created its first-ever CIO post and selected Christopher Rieder to fill it.  The bio/pharmaceutical services company created the CIO post in respons
    By Meridith LevinsonDec, 11 2006

    CIO Promotions Galore

    CarMax promoted two IT executives today. Mike Dolan was promoted from senior vice president to executive vice president of administration.
    By Meridith LevinsonDec, 8 2006

    VistaPrint CIO Promoted to COO

    Wendy Cebula, who recently shared her holiday wish list with CIO.com readers,  received an early holiday gift: The EVP and CIO of VistaPrint was promoted to COO.
    By Meridith LevinsonDec, 7 2006

    Data Breach Victim Ohio U Appoints Interim CIO

    Computerworld reports that data breach victim Ohio University has named an interim CIO to replace William Sams, who presided over IT at the time of the security lapses.
    By Meridith LevinsonDec, 6 2006

    NetIQ CIO Named CIO of Attachmate

    Wayne Crane was on the winning end of Attachmate’s June 2006 acquisition of NetIQ. The former NetIQ CIO was named Attachmate’s CIO today.
    By Meridith LevinsonDec, 5 2006

    Gonzales Promoted to CIO of Crossmark

    Holly Gonzales was promoted to CIO of Crossmark, a provider of business services for the consumer packaged goods industry, last month.  She most recently served as the vice president of the Plano, Texas-based company’s
    By Meridith LevinsonDec, 4 2006

    O'Brien Promoted at Standard Insurance Co.

    David O’Brien earned a promotion at the Standard Insurance Co. The VP of information technology was officially named SVP of IT yesterday. O’Brien had been in his previous role since joining the company in 2004.
    By Meridith LevinsonNov, 30 2006