At StarCIO, we guide leaders on adopting digital practices needed to lead transformational change in their organizations. We believe digital transformation must be an organizational core competency.StarCIO partners with leaders at small-and-medium businesses and enterprises to develop centers of excellence in key “Driving Digital” transformational practices. We mentor aspiring transformation leaders, advise organizations on developing experimental cultures, and guide multidisciplinary teams on developing agile ways of working.And we help technology companies build awareness and connect with difficult-to-reach audiences through original content by experts with unique perspectives.Our transformation services include:- Center of Excellence Programs: Agile, Product Management, DevOps, Data, Low/No-Code - Digital Trailblazer Advisory for aspiring transformation leaders- Driving Digital Assessments- Driving Digital Workshops and Agile Planning Certifications- Transformation Consulting- Technology Selections and EvaluationsOur evangelist services include:- Keynotes, speaking, moderating, hosting events- Research, white papers, and articlesOur areas of expertise include:- Digital strategy- Product management and development- Agile planning, delivery. management, and culture- Dataops, data governance, integration, analytics, machine learning, and AI- Agile Portfolio management and IT financials- Interim CIO and Digital/IT Leaders- Cloud migration and DevOps- Low code and citizen development- CRM and marketing technologies- Startup board member and advisory services- Blogger at Social, Agile, and Transformation (http://blogs.startcio.com)- Speaker on Digital Transformation, CIO, Agile, Data Science, DevOps and other topicsFounder by Isaac Sacolick, author:- Driving Digital: The Leader's Guide to Business Transformation Through Technology- Digital Trailblazer: Essential Lessons to Jumpstart Transformation and Accelerate Technology Leadership

Contributes a monthly article covering CIO leadership, digital transformation, agile cultures, and emerging technologies.

Contributing editor on devops, agile, artificial intelligence, software development and data managementhttps://infoworld.com/author/Isaac-Sacolick/

The CIO Whisperers Podcast is designed to champion CIOs, empower their teams, and influence the next generation of technology leaders. We believe in the power of sharing untold leadership stories, learning from each other and bringing together the power of the business and IT. CIO Whisperes provides an insider’s view of how top CIOs anticipate the future, persevere through challenges, place big bets, and lead through it all with courage and poise. Everyday, CIOs are striving for excellence, innovation, and making the world a better place through unparalleled commitment to leading and guiding teams through uncharted waters.

Blog on "Driving Digital Transformation". Practices, leadership, and technologies that enable digital business and drive customer experience. Visit http://www.cio.com/blog/driving-digital-transformation/

Led digital transformation initiative to develop new data products and drive subscription revenue. Established business intelligence platforms to transform the firm's analytics and data delivery capabilities. Developed digital strategy for JavelinStrategy.com and Market Structure, consolidated content management technologies and relaunched mobile enabled websites. Modernized data collection tools and practices that lowered operating costs and improved volumes and quality of data collected. Launched agile development across six development and operational teams and established firm-wide project portfolio and innovation practices. Matured CRM practices to improve revenue forecasting and pipeline management. Oversaw product management and development functions. Partnered with Chief Data Officer and CEO to establish product strategy. Developed tools and practices to manage product prioritization and development.

• Completed the sale of McGraw Hill Construction to Symphony Technology Group for $320M. Led technology presentations, and due diligence. Developed transition strategy including cloud transformation and ERP migration.• Increased revenue by launching five revenue-generating products and two product platforms in two years, rolled out award winning Business Intelligence, Bid Pro, Global and Mobile products for Construction’s Dodge database and subscription services;• Established data driven culture and improved management decision effectiveness by developing internal “self -service” BI Business/IT collaboration, resulting in new business decision dashboards for sales, marketing, and editorial. Replaced “silo” user data orientation with enterprise view by linking databases and enabling business users to create dashboards for lead generation, sales prospecting, and optimized data collection.• Established IT culture of innovation and rapid delivery. Established agile delivery PMO and successfully transitioned four running programs. Developed global development approach, established roles/responsibilities and career paths. Established culture and processes to align with product teams and stakeholders. Established program governance with focus on prioritization, leadership, team structure, and budget/resource management. • Improved customer experience/satisfaction by developing engagement programs; launched 50-member construction industry CIO Council, wrote articles for Engineering News Record and moderated panels for ENR’s FutureTech conferences• Established software delivery as a core competency. Launched BI and NoSQL platforms leveraged across three businesses and multiple (10+) products. Improved speed to market by investing in APIs and leveraging across seven products and investing in test and release automation reducing test durations by 50%. Transitioned offshore resources from support model to 70/30 application development/testing

• Led BusinessWeek IT transition to Bloomberg LP. Supported office moves resource and vendor transitions• Improved enterprise-level collaboration. Rolled out project portfolio and deliverable tracking tool

• Launched Business Exchange, BusinessWeek’s social media product for business professionals. Includes systems for aggregating web based content, mapping content into business topics, ranking content based on user activity, moderating activity through a back office tool, and registering users via a web service that integrates with LinkedIn and Twitter.• Partnered with business teams and established a feature prioritization and requirements planning cycle. Established the project management office (PMO) and deployed tools for tracking projects, prioritizing features, and overseeing large project budgets.• Established agile development process for two product lines (Business Exchange, BusinessWeek.com). Matured to include offshore delivery, integrated Quality Assurance, deployment processes, and management processes. Established process improvement in development, offshore delivery, and QA by capturing and reviewing key metrics and prioritizing improvement initiatives.• Established new technology platform in partnership with McGraw-Hill Information & Media segment. Technologies and practices included XML databases, search technologies, web crawling, and J2EE. Established procedures around application monitoring, support/helpdesk functions, and capacity review.• Partnered with Business teams on several social media and digital marketing programs. Promoted Business Exchange at conferences as a speaker and on panels. Helped establish key performance indicators and measurement techniques. Participated in programs to improve ad targeting, web analytics, SEO and oversaw a key project to migrate the ad serving platform

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