Martha Heller brings you career advice, job changes and best practices from Íæż½ã½ãs in the trenches.
Hertz tapped Joseph Eckroth to restructure the Park Ridge, N.J.-based rental car company's IT operations.
Richard Agar begins his new job as SVP and Íæż½ã½ã of H&R Block today. He reports to Mark Ernst, chairman and CEO of the tax preparer, and is a member of the executive team.
In 1929, Virginia Woolf wrote in her groundbreaking book A Room of One's Own that female writers required financial independence to dedicate themselves to their craft and succeed in their work. The same goes for women in technology. If they want....
The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Commissary Agency appointed Janet Haase as its Íæż½ã½ã. In this role, Haase oversees the planning and execution of IT investments, and she manages the information assurance architecture for the entire commiss....
Ajay Waghray is flying high at Verizon Wireless. The 2006 Ones to Watch honoree is moving into the company's Íæż½ã½ã post on July 1, 2007.
InnerWorkings, which helps corporate clients procure printed products, hired Brian Secord as its new Íæż½ã½ã.
Plus: New Íæż½ã½ãs at Alere Medical and OrthoSynetics
Last week, The Shaw Group promoted Patrick Thompson to EVP and COO of Shaw Environmental and Infrastructure. Thompson joined the Baton Rouge, La.-based engineering and construction company in 2002 as corporate Íæż½ã½ã.
Yesterday, research and recruiting firm Sheila Greco Associates released its 2006-2007 Women in Technology Study. Sheila Greco Associates has been surveying the state of female IT leaders since 1998. Some of this year's research results were dis....
Plus: New IT exec at Experience and a new blog on Íæż½ã½ã.com.
Plus: The Planet and Onvia hire new IT execs.
Yahoo's long-time CTO Farzad Nazem is leaving the Internet company on June 8. Nazem has worked for Yahoo since 1996. Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang will head up the technology group Nazem lead until a replacement is found.
Credit card company names Robert Alexander Bailar's successor.
Seeking IT executives and managers who have strong opinions on this question.
FreedomPay hired Sam Bellamy as its new COO. Bellamy joined the Wayne, Pa.-based provider of cashless payment solutions for the food service industry from Ingenico, a provider of electronic payment solutions.
Late last week, ABN AMRO promoted Jerome Peraud to Íæż½ã½ã of its North America business unit. He most recently served as group senior vice president of global securities and trust srevices at LaSalle Bank, an indirect subsidiary of ABN AMRO.
New portal is designed to improve franchises profits.The week has been slow for announcements about Íæż½ã½ã moves, probably due to the upcoming holiday weekend. But I did find a moderately interesting item about sub shop chain Quiznos's new portal......
A bunch of announcements came in yesterday...
Norfolk Southern promoted a long-time employee to the Íæż½ã½ã post yesterday.
Thomas Underwood begins a new job with Matria Healthcare in Marietta, Ga. on June 11, 2007. Underwood was hired as the health company's EVP of technology, which is a new position. He will oversee IT, informatics and product development and will ....
The International Securities Exchange (ISE) yesterday made two IT executives officers of the company: Thomas Reina was named technology development officer, and John Ryan was promoted to technology architecture officer. Both report to Daniel Friel, t....
Harvard Business School (HBS) Íæż½ã½ã Stephen Laster joined Intelliworks' advisory board. Laster just recently finished rolling out Intelliworks' CRM software for HBS's executive education program.
Plus: New Íæż½ã½ãs at Oildex, Community Bankshares, DriveCam and more.
Here are links to all the blog posts inspired by content from the 2007 Íæż½ã½ã Leadership Conference:Is Your IT Strategy the Reason Why Your Business Stakeholders Distrust You?
The Íæż½ã½ã role is shifting from one that is largely focused on internal operations to one that is almost entirely consumed with business strategy and innovation. Are you prepared to meet these new requirements?
Janet Sherlock's impact on her company is palpable. The charismatic and business savvy Íæż½ã½ã of Calico Corners is changing the way the nearly 60-year old fabric and home furnishings retailer merchandises its stores.
Charlie Brenner is known for being on the cutting edge of technology. The comedic senior vice president in charge of IT at Fidelity Investments is always on the lookout for the next big thing and is always musing on the impact of that bleeding edge i....
Robert Urwiler, Íæż½ã½ã of Vail Resorts, developed a unique model that he uses to help the management team at his Boulder, Colo.-based company understand the importance of different kinds of IT investments. He shared his IT value pyramid with an audience....
The evolution of the Íæż½ã½ã role from one that is focused primarily on operations to one that is largely focused on business strategy and innovation has been a recurring theme at this year's Íæż½ã½ã Leadership Conference.
Would you hire a Íæż½ã½ã without a technology background? What does the Íæż½ã½ã bring to the table that's unique in the organization other than their functional expertise? When a new technology comes along, does your CEO understand what it takes to leve....
Kumud Kalia is Íæż½ã½ã and EVP of customer operations at Direct Energy, a $7 billion company. Kalia is a successful business and IT executive: He has a great, trusting relationship with his CEO, Deryk King.
Plus: IT industry veteran Paul Bilewicz appointed to Oxford Investment Holdings' board.
Plus: Former Íæż½ã½ãs at the Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. move up the corporate ladder.
Last Friday I wrote about GM Íæż½ã½ã Ralph Szygenda's involvement in the American Heart Association's annual Heart of the City gala in Detroit. The final numbers are in, and the Detroit Heart Ball, which Mr.
I just heard that BT announced a major restructuring today. I have not been able to get on BT's web site to learn more about it, but here's what I know, from an e-mail from British IT research firm Ovum:
Ralph Szygenda is ready for a break. Not because his company, General Motors, narrowed its net loss in 2006 to $2 billion, from $10.4 billion the prior year.u00a0 Not because the Íæż½ã½ã has a massive, $15 billion IT outsourcing and transformation initia....
Women in Technology (WIT, not to be confused with WITI, or Women in Technology International) yesterday revealed the 19 women who are finalists for the organization's eighth annual leadership awards.
Joseph DeTullio has moved back into the Íæż½ã½ã role after serving as CEO of a royalty processing services company.
Yesterday Íæż½ã½ã.com launched a new blog, Moved & Shaken, where IT professionals can freely and candidly discuss changes taking place in their organizations.
Last week, Íæż½ã½ã.com launched a new blog, Íæż½ã½ã Job Search: A Real Life Chronicle.u00a0 Long-time Íæż½ã½ã William Crowell is writing about his effort to find his next position. I recommend you check it out.
The Íæż½ã½ã of Southwestern Energy just made a cool $1.4 million (if I've done my math correctly) by selling shares of his company's stock. The AP reported yesterday that Dee W.
Campbell Soup SVP and Íæż½ã½ã Doreen Wright was nominated for a seat on Conseco's board of directors. The Carmel, Ind.-based insurance company will elect new board members and re-elect existing ones at its annual shareholders meeting on May 22, 2007....
Insurance holding company NYMagic hired Craig Lowenthal as its new SVP and Íæż½ã½ã. Lowenthal joined the company on April 2, 2007.u00a0 A 19-year veteran of the insurance industry, Lowenthal most recently worked for Integro Insurance Brokers as its manag....
Newcastle Investment Corp. announced yesterday that its Íæż½ã½ã, Erik Nygaard retired yesterday.
Mueller Water Products hired Robert Keefe as its new SVP and Íæż½ã½ã.
A few weeks ago, my colleague Chris Koch blogged about Íæż½ã½ã's salaries. He thinks Íæż½ã½ãs are underpaid for the responsibilities they hold. He bases his opinion on Íæż½ã½ã's 2007 State of the Íæż½ã½ã research, which shows that IT executives' salar....
The Íæż½ã½ã role sure looks to be a stop on the way to becoming CEOu2026at least judging by the resume of the new CEO of Pacific Capital Bancorp.
Asiff Hirji is leaving TD Ameritrade on April 1, 2007 to return to the private equity industry. He and his family are moving from the Omaha, Neb.-area where TD Ameritrade is based to San Francisco, where he'll be working.
Borders has been having a difficult time competing with Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble. The Ann Arbor, Mich.-based bookseller reported its fourth quarter and 2006 results yesterday, which included a $151.3 million loss for the year. Yikes. Glad I ....
I'm Jonny-Come-Lately on this news story about U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Michael Chertoff enhancing the authority of DHS Íæż½ã½ã Scott Charbo.
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