{"product_id":"9781118390030","title":"Straight to the Top CIO Leadership in a Mobile, Social, and Cloud-based World","description":"\u003ch3\u003eWiley CIO\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eStraight to the Top\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eCIO Leadership in a Mobile, Social, and Cloud-based World\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eGregory S. Smith\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eBusiness \u0026amp; Economics \/ Leadership\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eEssential reading for IT professionals with aspirations toward the top IT spot, and for sitting CIOs looking to refine their mobile, social and cloud strategies and knowledge\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe definitive work on how to achieve leadership success in IT, \u003ci\u003eStraight to the Top, Second Edition\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how the role of the CIO is changing due to major trends associated with consumer and enterprise products and technologies driving new mobile solutions in today's organizations; cloud computing and the move away from controlled \/ internally managed data centers to pay as you use and elastic cloud infrastructure and application services; and the impact social media is having on today's complex organizations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAuthor Gregory S. Smith expertly coaches existing and aspiring CIOs on building the requisite skills through his observations and experience as a veteran CIO with more than twenty-five years of experience leading IT teams and delivering complex technical solutions in the information technology field.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn invaluable guide to help information technology and business professionals recognize the qualities, skills, and expertise necessary to attain the role of a CIO or enhance the skills for sitting CIOs\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEquips IT managers, CIOs, and CTOs to strategically plan their career moves\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePacked with encouragement, advice, and essential skills for aspiring and sitting CIOs\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures interviews with leading IT professionals, CIOs, and executive recruiting professionals\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eProviding an organized and comprehensive view of the CIO job and its important role in modern organizations, \u003ci\u003eStraight to the Top, Second Edition\u003c\/i\u003e equips sitting CIOs and CIO candidates with the strategies and knowledge necessary to be successful in the new business normal - a mobile, social and cloud-based world, and how to provide technology leadership as a world-class CIO.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGREGORY S. SMITH\u003c\/b\u003e currently serves as a CIO for an organization in the Washington, DC, area. He previously served for nine years as the vice president and chief information officer (CIO) at the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in Washington, DC. Mr. Smith is the author of \u003ci\u003eHow to Protect Your Children on the Internet: A Road Map for Parents and Teachers and Straight to the Top: Becoming a World-Class CIO\u003c\/i\u003e. He has published many articles over his career, including “Talking at the Top of the World” in \u003ci\u003eCIO\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, along with a variety of technology and business topics in \u003ci\u003eForbes, eWeek,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eComputerworld\u003c\/i\u003e. Mr. Smith received a BS in computer science from the University of Maryland, College Park, and an MS in business from The Johns Hopkins University, where he also served as an adjunct faculty member in the Carey Business School graduate programs. 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