CIO transformation to COO and beyond?

11.10.2011
Polish-born and Australia-bred, 's CIO Tomasz Smaczny has a clear sense of where IT is heading --having written papers on IT's changing relationship with the business plus over 25 years of experience in retail and finance. He talks to Computerworld Hong Kong on the CIO's path to transformation and possibly the COO role.

Tomasz Smaczny (TS): I believe strongly that the traditional "head of technology" role is dead. You see the most progressive CIOs are fast becoming "chief transformation officers" but you cannot play that function fully unless you move into the COO role in the company.