What Does the CEO Really Need from a CIO?

Allan Z. Loren has a rare perspective on business strategy and technology management. He has seen big business from the vantage point of both CIO and CEO, and he’s worked in both capacities to jump-start growth by aligning technology and business strategy.

After a career that spanned four decades in senior management at some of the nation’s best-known companies, Loren retired earlier this year as chairman and chief executive of Dun & Bradstreet Corp., the New York City-based financial information firm with $1.4 billion in 2004 revenues. Loren arrived at D&B in 2000, just before it split with Moody’s Investor Services Inc., and in his five years at the helm, he led the successful reinvention of the company for the Internet era. Before that, Loren had served as executive vice president and CIO at American Express Co., which also saw significant technology-driven gains during his tenure.

By Edward Cone

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