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11.16.2023

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

  1. What IT Leaders Can Learn from Software Company CIOs
  2. What to Do When Your Employer Doesn’t Want the Change They Said They Did
  3. Heller Search’s Private Equity Practice is Growing!
  4. CIOs Expected to Improve Workers’ Experiences

Hi there,

Whether you sell cars, candy, or consulting, software has become central to your success. This reality makes it particularly valuable to learn from a software CIO like Red Hat’s Jim Palermo. From his team’s impact on product development to his go-to-market ventures with other tech providers, Palermo’s software business lens is increasingly valuable to the CIO community.

Also in today’s edition: author Randy Pennington explains the importance of securing C-suite buy-in for transformation projects and what to do when the approval does not arrive.

And please meet the newest member of the Heller Search team: Judie Norkaitis, Managing Director, in our growing Private Equity practice. Judie joins us from Renovata & Company, a global private equity search and advisory firm, where she recruited C level executives to PE portfolio companies. With private equity recognizing the criticality of technology leadership to their growth and valuation, Heller Search is pleased to rise to the call! 

Martha Heller
CEO
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What IT Leaders Can Learn from Software Company CIOs

The playbook of Red Hat CIO Jim Palermo places IT at the center of the company’s vision to transform its own business so it can help customers achieve their strategic goals. He explains how the company treats IT as “customer zero” to evaluate crucial software products, how his team partners with other vendors, and his approach to recruiting precious engineering talent.

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What to Do When Your Employer Doesn’t Want the Change They Said They Did
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Hired to lead a digital transformation that would replace an antiquated ERP system, an IT leader explained what his new company needed to do – only to see his vision rejected as too costly. The lesson? Securing C-suite buy-in means pushing for clarity at the start about budget and time constraints. Those conditions provide options for how best to create momentum for meaningful change, writes author and consultant Randy Pennington.

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Heller Search’s Private Equity Practice is Growing!

We are thrilled to welcome Judie Norkaitis, Managing Director, who will lead C-Suite technology executive searches for private equity-backed portfolio companies across industries, including technology, tech-enabled services, industrial manufacturing, business services, consumer, and energy.

Judie has more than 20 years of experience in the executive search industry, most recently with Renovata & Company, a global search and private equity advisory firm, where she partnered with boards, c-suite, and heads of talent to drive search and team buildouts for PE back businesses. 

 

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CIOs Expected to Improve Workers’ Experiences

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IT systems are central to workers’ jobs – and workers see the CIO as key to how they experience each day, a Gartner global survey of 5,000 workers found. The survey highlights that employees want CIOs to make it easier to schedule meetings, to be open about how systems monitor their actions, and to help them learn digital skills, CIO Dive reports.

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