The Evolving Role of The CIO
3 Temasek Blvd #02 - 401 Singapore 038983
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Monday, 29 August 2022
, 6.30pm to 9.00pm
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Dear ITMA Members,
William R. Synott coined the term "Chief Information Officer", in his book "Information Resource Management" in 1981, in which he described the CIO as the "senior executive responsible for establishing corporate information policy, standards, and management control over all corporate information resources." The term did not Show more
Dear ITMA Members,
William R. Synott coined the term "Chief Information Officer", in his book "Information Resource Management" in 1981, in which he described the CIO as the "senior executive responsible for establishing corporate information policy, standards, and management control over all corporate information resources." The term did not really catch on until the 1990s, when more and more IT managers were transformed into CIOs. Over the course of 30 years, the basic roles of the CIO have not changed much, but a lot of new responsibilities were added along the way. This talk examines what organizations expected of the CIO over the last 30 years and what do they expect of the CIO in the future. Will the role eventually disappear, or will there be additional C-level IT roles created to maintain an organization's digital edge?
Speaker
Prof Alex Siow is currently Professor (Practice) in the department of Information Systems and Analytics of the School of Computing, National University of Singapore and a teaching staff of the Advanced Computing for Executives.
Prof Alex was the Managing Director, Health & Public Service at Accenture. Alex started his career as a Structural Engineer in the HDB in 1981 and appointed the Chief Information Officer in 1989. In 2003, Alex joined the private sector and became the Senior Vice-President in StarHub Ltd. He held various portfolios including Head, Business Market, CIO and Head, Enterprise Risk Management.
Prof Alex was very active in the IT Community. He was the President of the Singapore Computer Society from 1997 to 2001. He was the President of IT Management Association from 1995 to 1999. He was the first President of the Singapore Chapter of the Project Management Institute and served from 2001 to 2012. He is also currently the Chairman of the Cloud Security Alliance Singapore Chapter.
Prof Alex is currently Chairman of Toffs Technologies Pte Ltd, an independent director of Tee International Ltd, a member of the Board of Trustees of Singapore University of Social Sciences, a Director of Thy Hua Kwan Moral Charities and a Director of the Ang Mo Kio Thye Hua Kwan Hospital. He is also Executive Chairman of DART Consulting and Training Pte Ltd and Director of Red Alpha Pte Ltd and a director of 4P Consulting Pte Ltd. He is a strategic Advisor to Nityo Infotech, ChiefDX, Alibaba Cloud, U3 Infotech and Arista Networks.
Prof Alex holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Civil Engineering from University of Applied Science, Stuttgart, a Master of Science in Construction Management from the University of Birmingham and attended the Senior Management Programme at INSEAD.
Prof Alex’s book “Leading with IT: Lessons from Singapore’s first CIO”, was published in Feb 2021.
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The Evolving Role of The CIO
3 Temasek Blvd #02 - 401 Singapore 038983
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Monday, 29 August 2022
, 6.30pm to 9.00pm
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