The 7 roles a CIO plays today
It may seem like CIOs have one role and one role only--implementing technology to foster the business and bring about innovation. But as an article in Optimize explains, tech leaders actually have seven different roles to play and none can be dismissed.

The top three to focus on include the role of utility provider, the duty of information steward and then the role of educator. Those three, along with the last four, are mapped out by Vallabh Sambamurthy, a professor of IT and executive director of the Center for Leadership of the Digital Enterprise at Michigan State University, and Ritu Agarwal, a professor and director of the Center for Health Information and Decision Systems at the University of Maryland's Smith School of Business. If you've got 10 free minutes this week, their insight could prove valuable to your career.  -Judy

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If you missed last Wednesday's Career section, you can always click on over to our archives where you have free access to all of the career news we've printed in the past few months. Here are some recent announcements regarding career moves:

Wayne Crane is the new CIO at Attachmate.

Debra Stouffer is now senior VP at government contractor McDonald Bradley.

Holly Gonzales has been tapped as CIO at Crossmark.  

David O'Brien is now senior VP of IT at the Standard Insurance Co.

Christopher Barron has been named VP and CIO at CPS Energy.