The Role of a CTO/CIO: Leading Technology Executives on Setting Goals, Building a Strong (Inside the Minds) (Paperback)

by Aspatore Books Staff (Author)

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Inside the Minds provides readers with proven business intelligence from C-Level executives (Chairman, CEO, CFO, CMO, Partner) from the world’s most respected companies nationwide, rather than third-party accounts from unknown authors and analysts. Each chapter is comparable to an essay/thought leadership piece and is a future-oriented look at where an industry, profession or topic is headed and the most important issues for the future. Through an exhaustive selection process, each author was hand-picked by the Inside the Minds editorial board to author a chapter for this book. Chapters Include: Michael S. Irizarry, Executive Vice President, Engineering and Chief Technology Officer, U.S. Cellular - “Setting and Reaching Goals as a Technology Leader”; Russ Rosen, Chief Information Officer, Rooms to Go – “Overcoming Challenges and Building a Strong Team”; Timothy Young, Vice President, Information Technology, Bright Horizons Family Solutions – “A Look at Technology in the Childcare Industry’; David J. Gray, Vice President of Information Technology, Chief Information Officer, and Chief Executive Officer, UMassOnline, University of Massachusetts – “Technology Management in Higher Education”; Christopher R. Barber, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, WesCorp – “The Technology Leader: Part Technologist, Part Businessman, Part Psychologist”; Jack Barsky, Chief Information Officer, ConEdison Solutions – “The Importance of Establishing a Strategy”; Lehi L. Mills, Chief Technology Officer, Travizon Inc. – “Technology: Changing the Way We Work”; Julie F. Butcher, Vice President, Information Technology, MDC Holdings Inc. – “Helping Companies Accomplish More”; Ric Villarreal, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Oakwood Worldwide – “Creating Strategic Momentum”; Steve Hannah, Vice President and Chief Information Officer, CRST International - “Setting the Vision and Delivering on the Goals.”

Product Details

• Paperback: 100 pages
• Publisher: Aspatore Books (September 30, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1596223219
• ISBN-13: 978-1596223219
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #865,642 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Expensive Book - But WELL worth the cost, March 22, 2007

By	J. Brutto "~ RevOf11" (Macungie, PA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I was initially upset at the cost of this short (merely 95 pages) book but purchased it anyway in order to gain knowledge on the topic. After reading through the first 5 pages, I was completely floored by the information, knowledge and ideas that this conveyed/spawned.

This book contains succinct, effective and powerful explanations/summaries from current professionals in the industry. This book completely altered my view of the CIO/CTO position and brought me closer to understanding my engineering role in the company.

I currently work for a small, but growing ISV (around 80 employees) and became curious about the change from technology driving business to business driving technology. This interest led me to this book and, I must say, was an unparalleled view into these concepts from a role-based standpoint.

While currently active CI/CT officers should already know and be implementing many of the issues/topics covered in this book, it would be a valuable tool to take a step back and examine how you are doing. Each article and each section in them spawned, for me, new ideas and self/team-evaluation points that I would not have been able to bring to the surface without taking the time to read this publication.

Highly recommended for ALL people working in ISVs or in the technology field from technical support to software engineers and from Mr. Fix-Its to the CIO/CTO alike.