1st Edition

The Effective CIO How to Achieve Outstanding Success through Strategic Alignment, Financial Management, and IT Governance

By Eric J. Brown, Jr. Yarberry Copyright 2008
350 Pages
by Auerbach Publications

350 Pages 34 B/W Illustrations
by Auerbach Publications

336 Pages
by Auerbach Publications

In a business world of uncertain budgets, relentless technology changes, scarce management talent, and intense production demands, theory is good, but practice sells. The Effective CIO: How to Achieve Outstanding Success through Strategic Alignment, Financial Management, and IT Governance  is all about practice, successfully delivering the nuts-and-bolts for effective governance execution.... Read more

Core Skills and Career Development. Information Technology Governance. Information Technology Finance. Project Management. Creating Good Enough Code. Enterprise Architecture. Mergers and Acquisitions. Sourcing. Business Intelligence and Analytics. Security. Training. Effective Use of Consultants. Operations. Futures. CIO Interviews. Appendices.

Biography

Eric J. Brown is the executive vice president and CIO of NCI Building Systems, Inc. He has more than 20 years experience implementing global IT solutions throughout Asia Pacific, the EU, and Middle Eastern regions.



William A. Yarberry, Jr., CPA, CISA, is president of ICCM Consulting LLC based in Houston, Texas. He has more than 30 years experience in a variety of IT-related services including application development, internal audit management, outsourcing negotiations, administration, and Sarbanes-Oxley consulting.