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    CIO announcements from Juniper, Cognos and Broadband Wireless

    I thought this week was going to be a slow one for CIO announcements on account of turkey day.  I was so wrong.  It seems plenty of companies are scrambling to spread the word about their new CIO hires before eating themselves into a stupor, which is precisely what I intend to do tomorrow.   In fact, three companies announced new CIOs yesterday.
    By Meridith LevinsonNov, 23 2005

    A reader inquires about the CIO post at furniture maker HNI

    A reader emailed me yesterday to ask if I knew whether Malcolm Fields had left his post as CIO of office furniture manufacturer HNI (formerly Hon Industries) and had been replaced by a John Kramer.  I hadn’t heard anything abo
    By Meridith LevinsonNov, 22 2005

    CIO announcements from Coremetrics and MTC Holdings

    We didn’t miss much while I was on vacation Thursday and Friday of last week.  In fact, we didn’t miss anything.  This morning, upon trolling for CIO announcements that I might have missed late last week, I only came up with the following announcements, which were released or sent to me this morning:
    By Meridith LevinsonNov, 21 2005

    Two board appointments and a correction

    I have a couple of board appointments to announce today as well as a correction to an announcement I posted in September.  First, news from Computer Associates’ and BigFix’s board rooms: Computer Associates (aka CA) appointed
    By Meridith LevinsonNov, 16 2005

    Former Southwest Airlines CIO takes job with vendor

    A former CIO of Southwest Airlines accepted a job with HyPerformix as its vice president of software development.  Ross Holman became a customer of the application performance monitoring provider while working for Southwest.  (There’s one reason why you sho
    By Meridith LevinsonNov, 10 2005

    BJ's Wholesale Club hires former Blockbuster CIO

    A friendly reader pointed out that I missed John Polizzi’s departure from Blockbuster last month.  Polizzi had been the video and DVD rental chain’s SVP and CIO and had helped the company move into the online DVD and video game rental business to compete with Netflix.  Polizzi has since
    By Meridith LevinsonNov, 9 2005

    Reynolds & Reynolds and Grand Prix Speedways hire new CIOs

    Yen-Ping Shan will start a new job at The Reynolds and Reynolds Company as CIO and senior vice president of engineering and development on November 30. He will lead the Dayton, Ohio-based company’s product engineering, development and IT organizations.
    By Meridith LevinsonNov, 7 2005

    Update on Blue Shield of Cali's new CIO

    TGIF!Last month I reported that Elinor MacKinnon had been promoted to CIO at Blue Shield of California, thanks to a tip from a reader.  Blue Shield put out a press release yesterday announcing MacKinnon’s promotion, so I have more info on her
    By Meridith LevinsonNov, 4 2005

    Record number of management changes in October

    Since it’s a slow news day today on the CIO announcements front, I’m going to share Liberum Research’s latest data on management changes that occurred in October, which appeared in my inbox yesterday.  But before I present the stats, I have an update on yesterday’s posting.
    By Meridith LevinsonNov, 3 2005

    U.S. Defense Dept. appoints new CIO

    Government Computer News reports that the U.S. Department of Defense http://www.dod.gov/ hired a new CIO.  John G.
    By Meridith LevinsonNov, 2 2005

    Updates on two CIOs

    Remember that CIO I wrote about on October 21, Steven Brigham?  He was the CIO of boot-maker Timberland.  Today he officially joins Brookstone, the company that has given us
    By Meridith LevinsonNov, 1 2005

    Update on new IT exec at BCBS of RI

    Last week, a reader tipped me off about a new IT exec at Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island (BCBS of RI.)
    By Meridith LevinsonOct, 28 2005

    Apogee Enterprises hires a finance guy as CIO

    Daniel Mayleben will join Apogee Enterprises, a developer of glass products and services, as its CIO on October 31.  Mayleben, 44, most recently served as CFO of
    By Meridith LevinsonOct, 27 2005

    Trump Entertainment Resorts hires a new CIO

    The Donald (Trump, that is, pictured below) hired a CIO.  His company, Trump Entertainment Resorts, announced yesterday that it named Virginia McDowell EVP and CIO.
    By Meridith LevinsonOct, 25 2005

    Brigham to leave Timberland October 31

    I’ve got some good dish today.  But before I get to it, I want to thank my readers for their loyalty, their kind feedback and their tips.  Special thanks to the readers who provided me with today’s news.Steven Brigham will be leaving his post as CIO of boot-maker
    By Meridith LevinsonOct, 21 2005

    Executive management changes increase in September

    The number of management changes from the VP level up to the board of directors increased during the month of September, according to a report from Liberum Research, a company that tracks changes in top management for investors interested in buying and selling stock based on such news.  Liberum counted a total of 1,563 changes in board m
    By Meridith LevinsonOct, 20 2005

    Heinz hires new CIO

    H.J. Heinz Co. announced yesterday that it hired Karen L.
    By Meridith LevinsonOct, 19 2005

    Marriott CIO elected to Rivermine board

    Carl Wilson, Marriott’s EVP and CIO, was elected to the board of directors of Rivermine, a provider of telecom management software.  Marriott has been a customer of Ri
    By Meridith LevinsonOct, 18 2005

    New York State CIO to retire

    Thank heavens for secondary sources: Today’s crop of announcements come from Government Technology, Government Computer News and The Journal Record of Oklahoma City.
    By Meridith LevinsonOct, 17 2005

    Gossip, gossip, gossip!

    Today I’m channeling Joan Rivers (pictured at right) and beginning the blog with gossip: In July, I reported that Jeff Balagna, then Medtronic&
    By Meridith LevinsonOct, 14 2005

    Q&A with Michael Burgett

    A few readers have asked me for information on how the recruiting industry works.  The following Q&A with Michael Burgett, founder and president of CIO Partners of Atlanta, a national IT services company that does recruiting, will hopefully answer those readers’ questions.  This is
    By Meridith LevinsonOct, 11 2005

    Korn/Ferry study highlights what separates the CIOs from the CEOs

    News Flash: Certain behavioral qualities, such as the ability to tolerate uncertainty and to make quick decisions under pressure, are what separate the CIOs who become COOs and CEOs from the CIOs who don’t, according to new research from executive recruiting firm
    By Meridith LevinsonOct, 7 2005

    Quish announces her resignation from US Can

    Readers, I’m full of warm fuzzies today.  Behold: Sheleen Quish (photo at left) is leaving her post as VP and CIO of US Can Co.  Yesterday, she sent a lovely, inspiring e-mail to friends, colleagues and associates informing them of her departure from the company.&
    By Meridith LevinsonSep, 30 2005

    The scoop on Nike's ex-CIO

    Thanks to my friends at Korn/Ferry who gave me this big scoop: Gordon C.
    By Meridith LevinsonSep, 29 2005

    Lenovo Group hires former DHL CIO

    Lenovo Group, the Chinese company that purchased IBM’s PC division in April 2005, hired Steven J.
    By Meridith LevinsonSep, 27 2005

    This tip just in!

    About an hour and a half ago (it’s now 2:20 PM ET), I received a tip via e-mail about a CIO change at Fisher Scientific.  I am trying to confirm this information and have left a message for the PR person at Fisher Scientific.  I hope to have more info soon.  I thank the individual who gave me the heads up: Were it not for you, it’d be a quiet day on the Mov
    By Meridith LevinsonSep, 23 2005

    Just one announcement today

    Richard Scionti was named vice president of Global Market Insite’s (GMI) global enterprise solutions group.  GMI provides an integrated suite of applications
    By Meridith LevinsonSep, 21 2005

    Greif CIO to assume additional role of corporate controller

    Packaging products provider Greif is reorganizing its finance department, the company announced yesterday.  As part of the reorganization, which will be complete by January 1, 2006, Greif’s Vice President
    By Meridith LevinsonSep, 20 2005

    BEA Systems' CIO elected chairman of Valaran board

    BEA Systems’ SVP and CIO Rhonda Hocker was elected chairman of Valaran’s board of directors.  Hocker has served as a director of the Princeton, N.J.-based software
    By Meridith LevinsonSep, 19 2005

    News from the international front

    Dave McNally has been appointed CIO of Ahold, the Netherlands-based international food provider announced yesterday.  McNally was most recently CIO for Ahold’s U.S. Foodservice business.
    By Meridith LevinsonSep, 16 2005

    Ameritrade names successor to CIO Asiff Hirji

    Ameritrade appears to have a strong succession planning process in place: Last Friday, Ameritrade announced who would succeed Asiff Hirji, who was promoted from CIO to COO
    By Meridith LevinsonSep, 12 2005