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CIO Insight: CIO Reporting Structure

The National CIO Review polled our exclusive CIO Professional Network to see where this structure still stands - these are the results.

H. Michael Burgett

Contributing Writer

Many, many moons ago, in my younger days as a Chief Information Officer, I reported directly to the Chief Financial Officer of my company. For me, the reporting structure did not matter as I was just happy to have my first CIO role. In fact, during the late 90’s the majority of CIOs reported in that fashion, and it was the norm.

Over the next 20 years or so, the r...