Adventures of an IT Leader

INTRODUCTION

The Adventures of an IT Leader invites readers to “walk in the shoes” of a new CIO, Jim Barton, as he spends a difficult year learning IT leadership at the IVK Corporation, sidestepping the pitfalls that make the CIO job the most volatile, high-turnover job in business.

Although this book is based on the authors’ years of firsthand experience with diverse companies and managers, the IVK Corporation and its staff are fictional. As the story begins, the midsize growth company is attempting a turnaround following a period of slowing business performance. The stock price has fallen substantially as investors have adjusted their expectations of the firm’s growth. An aggressive new CEO, Carl Williams, takes over and assigns a new management ...