Role and challenge for CIO

1. What is a CIO?
Chief information officer (cio) is an executive job title commonly
given to the person at an enterprise in charge of information
technology (it) strategy and the computer systems required to
support the organization's unique objectives and goals.
GOOGLE CIO - BEN FRIED
MICROSOFT - JIM DUBOIS
WIPRO - RAJA UKIL

2. ROLE OF CIO
• Leader
- The senior most information systems manager
- The leader is responsible for supervising, hiring, training, and motivating information systems
personnel
- leads all usage of IT from a business perspective
• Spokesman
- The CIO’s role extends to organizational contacts outside the department to other areas of the
organization
- ensures networking to the top level of the organization and to the key decision makers in other
departments
• Monitor
-Scans the external environment to track technical changes and competition - a technical innovator,
the CIO identifies new ideas from sources outside the organization
- is proactive and knowledgeable about opportunities for the use of IT in the industry

3. • Liaison
- Responsible for developing a working relationship between IT and the business units that fits the
organization’s objectives, management style, and culture
- communicates with the external environment including exchanging information with the departments
of suppliers, customers, buyers, market analysts, and the media
• Entrepreneur
- influences the overall strategy and planning in the organization and translates strategies and plans into
definitive information systems actions
- identifies business needs and develops solutions that change business situations
• Resource Allocator
- allocates human, financial, and information resources
- makes allocation decisions critical to the success of organizations
- Decisions impact on departmental data management, standards, and control

4. DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES ARE CREATING
NEW CHALLENGES FOR CIO
Expanded role and relationships
Legacy IT infrastructures
Architecture and integration
Performance management
Cost management
Security