Penson Worldwide hired William McLemore as its SVP and CTO. McLemore comes to the Dallas-based provider of execution, clearing, settlement and custody servic
Silicon.com reported that Paul Burfitt retired from AstraZeneca last week after a seven year tenure as the drug company’s global CIO. Rich Williams, worked fo
Plus: Former Kellogg CIO Appointed to SmartOps Board Art Gonzalez took over for Todd Grams as acting CIO of the IRS on July 7, according to an article in Federal Computer Week (FCW).
Security Focus reports that Ohio University’s CIO, William Sams, has stepped down following security breaches that took place in April and May 2006 and that compromised 367,000 personal records.
Government Health IT reports that Theresa Cullen began her new job with the Indian Health Service as its CIO today. Cullen most recently served as a medical informatics consultant with th
The Baltimore Sun published an article yesterday about the prevalence of young workers moving into management positions a lot sooner than previous generations of workers. The author, Hanah
It’s been a slow week for news about CIOs taking new jobs. However, during this summer lull, NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg tapped Paul Cosgrave as the new commissioner of the Big Apple’s Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications. Cosgrave replaces
La-Z-Boy promoted its Director of Technical Business Solutions, Daniel DeLand, to the CIO post. DeLand, 46, reports to Otis Sawyer, senior vice president of corporate operations, who previously held the CIO pos
I have many CIO announcements to post from last week, while I was on vacation. In an effort to catch everyone up—and quickly—my blurbs about each one are going to be short, with links to stories and press releases where you can get more information on the individuals listed.
The former Tyco CIO assumed his new post on Friday, before the onset of the Memorial Day weekend, according to PaddockTalk.com. Deasy reports to GM CEO Rick Waggoner and to Group VP and CIO Ralph Szygenda.
What can Brown do for EMS Technologies? Offer up a former CIO to serve on the wireless communications company’s board of directors. Yesterday, UPS alum Frank Erbrick was elected to EMS Technologies’ board.
Today I have some news about former CIOs who’ve moved out of IT and into “THE BUSINESS" and a lot of promotions to report. I'd say it's a good news day.
Kathy Lane, who was merged out of her job as CIO of Gillette after Procter & Gamble acquired the Boston-based personal care company, has surfaced on Movers & Shakers’ radar.
Last week, GetConnected, a provider of transaction processing platforms, appointed Evelyn Follit to its board of directors. Follit is the former senior vice president, CIO and chief organizational enabling services officer at RadioShack.
Plus: Former E-Trade CTO Turns Up on Board of Network Security Company DaimlerChrysler today announced that it had appointed Jan Bertsch vice president of information technology and CIO of its Chrysler Group and Mercedes Benz NAFTA sales. Bertsch, 49, reports to
Plus: Calence Elects Former Avnet CIO to Board James Dallas left Georgia Pacific after 22 years of service with the paper company to join Medtronic as its new SVP and CIO.
Plus: Thomas Group hires former CIO of Pearle Vision Carl Turza starts a new job as CIO of chemical products manufacturer Sigma-Aldrich on May 1. He will report to the St.
I want to begin today’s posting by thanking all of you who commented on the announcement about Marv Adams for sharing your perspectives. You created a wonderful dialog around his move, and one that adds considerable value to my blog.
Ford Motor Co. announced today that Marv Adams is leaving his post as CIO and senior vice president of corporate strategy on April 21. Adams has accepted the CIO post at Citigroup. Adams is no stranger to the financial services industry; He worked for Bank One before Ford.
From the department of sobering news: On Thursday, March 23, upholstery maker Quaker Fabric fired its vice president and CIO, Norman Sturdevant, as well as it