How CIOs Reinterpret Their Role Through AI
CIO, Thursday, March 14th, 2024
With greater technical expertise and business knowledge comes more wide-ranging responsibilities for CIOs. AI is increasingly underpinning IT teams, but utilizing it as a check against high-value tasks must still be a priority to drive business performance.
As businesses digitally transform, technology is increasingly integrated into every activity, and the CIO is becoming more of a catalyst for data-driven value creation through analytics, new AI model training, software development, automation, vendor engagement, and more.
'It's a role that requires dual technical and functional expertise,' says Giuseppe Ridulfo, CIO and deputy COO of Italy-based financial institution Banca Etica. 'You need to speak both languages, technology and business, bridging the gap between these two functions.'