The new digital transformation wave has created a lot of expectations from a CIO

a CIO is expected to contribute to strategy more than just maintaining technological platform,” says Dr. Vijay Choudhary, Chief Technology Officer - HRH Group of Hotels. “The new waves of Digital transformation has created lot of expectation from a CIO. Their Roles will be crucial to successfully articulating customer-facing solutions, developing new revenue opportunities, creating capabilities for global representation and fostering innovation within their organization.”

The role of a CIO is increasingly transforming industries, seeping into every part of the business and escalating as a corporate priority. There is no surprise then that the role of the CIO is also transforming and increasing in importance, so much so that he or she is expected not only to own and drive technology initiatives, but also to understand Digital, Industry 4.0 and other new-age technologies

It is a proven fact today that the role of a CIO has changed from a technology leader to that of a business transformation leader. While previously a CIO was primarily concerned with building and delivering technology, they are today seen as someone who would influence the purchase of a range of technologies, and nurture talent and innovation across the business. Top CIOs today have responsibility for businesses outside traditional IT -the most common being innovation and transformation.  

A few years back, the CIO had to worryabout things like the mainframe computer and available issues as at that time technology did not see much of an advancement. But times have changed now. Advancements in technology have changed the way CIOs look at deployments today, eventually bringing a big change to theirrole.