I found their findings very interesting, and I strongly recommend that you take a look at their findings.

For example, as CIO you have responsibility for non-IT areas like Security (32%) and Strategy (25%). You should also be on the job for 5 years and 4 moths on average (5 years, 11 months if you work for government). You should report to the CEO (47%) or the CFO (16%) or COO (16% as well). The average salary was reported as $247,900.

When asked to select the activities that best characterize your focus and how you spend your time, your answer should have been:

1. Aligning IT and Business Goals

2. Cultivating the IT/Business partnership

3. Improving IT operations/systems performance

Also, half of CIOs said that IT is still considered a cost center.

There are more factors covered by this survey. I recommend you go and read it
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So, how do you rank in comparison with the 506 heads of IT that took the survey?

Post from: Strategic IT Planning Blog, by Andres Vivas.

Are you the “Average CIO”?

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