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Meet the 5 finalists for CEO of the Year at the 2023 GeekWire Awards

GeekWire

But if they have one thing in common, it’s that they are growing their companies at a time when the broader tech economy is contracting. He served as CTO before stepping into the CEO role in 2014. In November, Impinj introduced new tag chips, which work with automotive parts, pharmaceuticals and food products.

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10 mistakes rookie CIOs make — and how to avoid them

CIO Business Intelligence

Hook, executive vice president and CIO of Penske Automotive Group and CIO of Penske. It found that 53% of the organizations it surveyed reported that their directors are among the main decision-makers for emerging technology investments, coming in just behind their CIOs and chief technology officers. Flying solo.

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Product-based IT: A blueprint for success

CIO Business Intelligence

Forrester estimates about a third of organizations have either made or are in the process of orchestrating the shift to product-centric structures with more to follow as cloud migration gives IT a platform to retool for greater business agility, according to Charles Betz, vice president and research director for enterprise architecture at Forrester.