Top 10 blog posts of 2017 illuminate top CIO goals

Know of a chief digital officer hired to drive employee productivity and operational efficiency? Then the job description is in need of a redo, said Jim Fowler. “That’s the role of the CIO,” the vice president and CIO at General Electric said at MIT Sloan CIO Symposium in May. Fowler delineates the two roles in “CIO doesn’t play chief digital officer role at GE.” The CDO should be focused on using data to develop commercial products, Fowler said. At GE, an old company going through huge digital changes, the roles are separate and distinct. As CIO, Fowler is working toward a billion-dollar productivity target. The CDO, who happens to be his boss, William Ruh, “is focused on turning us into a $10 billion software business.”