You are hired to be strategic, but spend most of your time on operational issues. You are expected to innovate but you are also the steward of risk mitigation and cost containment. You are expected to deliver revolutionary new business growth but are managed as a cost centre. IT can make or break a company, but why do CIOs rarely have a seat at the top table?
This episode I talk with Paul Littlefair about his views on the function of a CIO.
About the Speaker
Paul Littlefair was recently the CIO of Livestock Improvement Corporation (LIC), a dairy-farmer owned agri-tech co-operative. Under Paul's guidance, LIC embarked on a significant modernization of its legacy systems, moving a billion cow records into the cloud, to deliver superior digital experiences to NZ Dairy Farmers. To achieve this Littlefair reshaped his team and delivery processes to align with agile, cloud native technologies. He is ranked #2 in the NZ CIO50 and was awarded NZ CIO of the Year 2019.
Other stuff:
For key points from this episode, and bonus content, make sure you check out the blog that accompanies it.
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