IT Executive Qualifications

The world of IT is filled with technical qualifications in all manner of disciplines. They've become an expected baseline for knowledge in broad fields like networking and security, as well as narrower, vendor-specific knowledge and skills. But what happens as IT leaders move up to more senior roles? Steve Clarke, cofounder and director of Freeman Clarke joins host Eric Hanselman to talk about the challenges that senior IT professionals have in establishing their bona fides as technical business people. The role of a CIO, CTO, CISO or CDO requires technical depth, but the more important part is the ability to integrate that knowledge with business operations. It's not an easy transition to undertake and even more complicated to identify.

Discussions that are taking place in the 451 Research 451 Alliance community brought up the idea of a business level certification process and how it would have to characterize that unique knowledge set. The Standard is an approach that Steve and his colleagues began to address this issue. The 451 Alliance membership is free and open to all qualified IT professionals and business leaders who want to contribute to industry-leading research. Members take anonymous online surveys in exchange for access to research results that power their IT strategy. More S&P Global Content:

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Host/Author: Eric Hanselman

Guest: Steve Clarke, cofounder and director of Freeman Clarke and Tech Leaders Connect

Producer/Editor: Dylan Scheible

Published With Assistance From: Feranmi Adeoshun and Sophie Carr