CIO Summit

As AI investments surge across large enterprises everywhere, CIOs are facing a new spin on familiar challenges. The rise of "FOMO AI" (Fear of Missing Out on AI) is driving a renewed focus on issues like business engagement, board influence, team development, and change management.

Despite these challenges, the wave of technological advancement also presents new career opportunities for CIOs at both the executive management and board levels. CEOs are adding new technology officer positions to their executive committees, and boards are eager for technology representation.

In this session, Martha Heller, CEO of tech executive search firm Heller, discusses the future of the CIO career and shares unique insights on how to leverage AI to achieve both business and career success.

Topics for discussion include:
- How CIOs are educating their boards about AI value
- New technology executive roles on the executive committee
- Evolving career paths for CIOs.
- Levering AI leadership needs for Board Director positions.
- And more.

Meet the Speaker
Martha Heller is CEO of Heller, an executive search firm specializing in technology leadership roles. She has placed hundreds of senior technology executives throughout her career. Martha has authored two books on IT leadership - The CIO Paradox: Battling the Contradictions of IT Leadership and Be the Business: CIOs in the New Era of IT – and is a contributor to CIO.com. Her e-newsletter, The Heller Report, has become a must-read for the industry.