In his groundbreaking book, Outliers, Malcom Gladwell argued that success is as much a function of cultivation as it is talent. Maybe even more so. It’s a philosophy that Bob Fecteau holds to in surveying the next generation of CIOs. “What CIOs execute everyday is extremely complex,” says Fecteau (right), sector CIO at BAE Systems, [...]
In the world of CIOs, just about everybody talks about IT standardization. In the case of Bernie McVey, CIO at defense industry giant Northrop Grumman, it’s just a prelude to something larger: greater transparency into the cost of IT services. “I think an important strategic enabler, going forward, is to get a consumption-based chargeback model [...]
“A lot” needs to be done to prepare for the the Naval Network Environment (NNE 2016), an effort to integrate network architectures “afloat and ashore,” according to Department of the Navy CIO Robert Carey’s blog post from last week. The NNE 2016 is the Next-Generation Network Environment (NGEN) successor network to the Navy/Marine Corps Intranet [...]
Change. It’s not just a campaign theme anymore. From bailouts to stimulus packages, to talk of cybersecurity and government transparency, change is everywhere in Washington these days. So, who’s leading the charge? For the second straight year, ExecutiveBiz brings you its annual list of Beltway Game Changers. These are agents of change leaving a significant [...]
Remember the days when the closest thing to a CIO was a “director of data processing”? How times have changed. In an age when IT has a huge impact on a company’s bottom-line, a CIO has to stay at the forefront of technology like never before. So, when Martin Wright was tapped as CIO of [...]
