CIO-plus

CIO-Plus is a movement which is coined by Peter High, a columnist for Forbes and author of the book World Class IT, which signifies the growing trend that chief information officers, usually the heads of the IT function of companies, are increasingly taking on titles in addition to "chief information officer", such as "chief innovation officer", "chief improvement officer", "head of business transformation" and "Senior Vice President – Technology, Logistics and Customer Service".

Examples of the CIO-Plus

The first mention of the term was in an article dated on November 14, 2012, titled "The Emergence of the CIO-Plus". In Peter High's column in Forbes, called Technovation, he has written articles on a significant number of examples of this documented business trend, including:

Vinnie Mirchandani in his DealArchitect.com article, notes additional examples of the CIO/CTO+:

Rob Carter, who is also Co-CEO at Fedex Corporate Services
Glenn Renwick, who is now CEO of Progressive Insurance
Charlene Begley, who also headed GE's appliance/lighting business till her recent medical leave
Vijay Ravindran, Chief Digital Officer at The Washington Post Co.
Phiroz Darukhanavala, who has called his CTO group, Digital Business at BP for over a decade
Steve Miranda, who heads Fusion apps for Oracle, also has many internal CIO duties
Sukumar Rajgopal, who is also Chief Innovation Officer at Cognizant

Use of the CIO-Plus Term

This business movement has been documented by notable trade publications such as MindSpa, Accelerating IT Success a blog called Deal Architect, the University of New Hampshire, as well as on Twitter. In his blog, Vinnie Mirchandani points out that Chris Murphy, an editor of Information Week, has also covered this trend of the chief information officer role evolving into the "chief digital officer", another example of the CIO-plus, in which chief technology executives have to be concerned with, and avidly address, the needs of external customer of a business through the use of technology. The website Business 2 Community has also reflected on the trend of the CIO-plus, noting the synergies of leading IT and other functions, as has CIO.com's Enterprise CIO Forum.

Reasons for the trend of the CIO-Plus

The original article, and growing body of work and use of the term suggests four reasons for the movement known as "CIO-Plus":

CIOs are structured problem solvers that can tackle problems beyond Information Technology
CIOs with additional responsibility offer efficiencies in managerial decision making to cut costs out of the organization
CIOs that can communicate have a great balance to be strong leaders across various businesses
So many revenue and cost improvements are delivered through technology, which is a foundational leadership opportunity for CIOs

References

High, Peter A. (14 November 2012). "The Emergence of the CIO-Plus". Forbes.com.
Dodge, John (21 November 2012). "CIO chief cook and bottle washer". CIO.com.
MindSpa (5 December 2012). "If CIO-plus Are Emerging, Why Were They Underwater In The First Place?". MindSpa.it.
Altnam, Dawn (8 January 2013). "Are There Benefits to Being a Hybrid CIO?". Business2Community.com.
Friscia, John (10 March 2013). "[Reflection on] The Emergence of the CIO-Plus". Accelating IT Success (AITS.org).
Murphy, Chris (11 March 2013). "Goodbye IT, Hello Digital Business". InformationWeek.com.
Mirchandani,Vinnie (March 2013). "CIO Plus". DealArchitect.com.
Young, Joanna (14 April 2013). "Plus is the New Normal". University of New Hampshire.

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