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January 26, 2011 55 mins

Many CIO’s are passionate, talented, and motivated but feel limited in effectiveness, by organizational politics, policy and culture. What if they were given full, unrestricted freedom to think, act, and perform as they thought fit? That is, to act as if they were an unbiased outsider with full authority and a mandate to make the necessary changes they see, as needed? How could we enable this kind of freedom to transform an organization and bring unprecedented growth and profitability! Is this truly unrealistic?

Guest 1: Emily Ashworth, Vice President and Chief Information Officer, American Water Works

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Guest 2: Nasser Farshchian, SVP and Chief Information Officer, McJunkin Red Man Holding Corporation

Guest Bio: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/contributor/nasser-farshchian/

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