CIOs have arrived at a pivotal point in their evolution, taking command of enterprise strategy and cementing their status as full-fledged business leaders — a role they’ve long strived for.
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Nimesh Mehta might not have millions of followers on social media, yet he still considers himself an influencer.
The senior vice president and chief information and strategy officer at National Life Group, has spent years executing a technology roadmap to modernize the insurance company. More recently, his charter has expanded into helping the organization formulate business strategy and leading change management efforts to reinvent the 175-year company as a digital trailblazer in its field.
For IT leaders like Mehta, it’s about more than doing IT projects right, but rather leading the business to the right projects. Instead of executing per direction of business-developed requirements, Mehta and his CIO peers are now skilled at steering their organizations to strategic initiatives that …