Friday, February 23, at 10:00 AM AEDT
In 2024, generative AI will continue to dominate the conversation. As organisations seek to capitalise on the opportunities and mitigate the risks ushered in by this disruptive technology, CIOs and IT leaders will need to prioritise their initiatives and align their capabilities accordingly.
This year’s CIO Priorities report highlights five key initiatives that will help IT deliver the greatest value in the year ahead.
Principal Research Director
As a research director in the CIO practice, Brian focuses on emerging trends, executive leadership strategy, and digital strategy. After more than a decade as a technology and science journalist, Brian has his fingers on the pulse of leading-edge trends and organisational best practices toward innovation.
Prior to joining Info-Tech Research Group, Brian was the editorial director at IT World Canada, responsible for the B2B media publisher’s editorial strategy and execution across all of its publications. A leading digital thinker at the firm, Brian led IT World Canada to become the most award-winning publisher in the B2B category at the Canadian Online Publishing Awards. In addition to delivering insightful reporting across three industry-leading websites, Brian also developed, launched, and grew the firm’s YouTube channel and podcasting capabilities.
Brian started his career with Discovery Channel Interactive, where he helped pioneer Canada’s first broadband video player for the web. He developed a unique web-based live events series, offering video coverage of landmark science experiences including a space shuttle launch, a dinosaur bones dig in Alberta’s badlands, a concrete canoe race competition hosted by Survivorman, and FIRST’s educational robot battles.
Brian holds a Bachelor of Journalism from Carleton University. He is regularly featured as a technology expert by broadcast media including CTV, CBC, and Global affiliates.
Executive Counselor
Eduardo is a dynamic and solution-oriented leader with extensive IT and digital transformation experience within the Advertising, Media, FMCG, Consulting, and Professional Services sectors in global roles with teams across Australia and New Zealand, Americas, EMEA, and APAC. Additionally, he has 14 years of experience as CIO of multinational companies.
Passionate about collaborating with technology and business leaders to help them achieve their goals, Eduardo creates strong IT teams and develops leaders with potential.
Eduardo has broad business sector experience, including global functions and experience in various geographies (Americas/EMEA/APAC), large multinational corporations, matrix structures, shared services, listed companies, and large-scale vendor engagements.
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