the CIO Project

S2 E3 – The Sprint: AI... What Else?

Join Brian and Howie today as they dive into Mythos, Board Pressure for ROI, Iran’s impact on Cyber insurance, Decision making by consensus & Digital dexterity.

S2 E2: A.I. & the CIO

Join Brian and Howie today as they dive into AI in the world of the CIO today, including Citizen Developers, Pride, Rules of Engagement, Guardrails, Quelling anxiety, and the Top Down-Bottom up approach.

S2 E1 - NY's 2026 5 KEY Hot Spots all CIOs Should Focus On

Season 2: EP1   Happy New Year's everyone!   And welcome to Season 2 of the CIO Project.   We have our best show yet.  Join Brian and Howie as they count down the 5 Key Hot Spots that all CIO should make certain they focus on as we scream into the new year 2026!

RISK MITIGATION of the CIO w/ Rob Strickland

Season 1: EP7 Join Brian Shield and myself as we visit with Rob Strickland, 45 year plus CIO veteran. Time with Rob is always a lot of fun and today's visit themed itself as the episode of "Risk Mitigation". Listen in as we discuss: - the origins of the IT moniker, - the evolution of CISO role, - The rising costs of today's computing dynamics, and - 3 Things that are Similar & Different from today's AI rush and the Web.Com days of the late 90's.

What leadership is all about w/Bill Vancuren

Season 1: EP6 Today we sit down with Bill VanCuren, retired NCR Corp. EVP & CIO, and InspireCIO ORBIE Award winner, and LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT Award winner at both InspireCIO and HMG group, and former Techbridge philanthropy CIO of the year winner. Join us as we we talk about leadership and everything you don't want to know about implementing new ERP systems.