[kictanet] IT posts for full circle

[Francis Hook]

Not sure there IS a glass ceiling - the MD of KQ was himself the IT Manager
of Magadi Soda more than 10 years back (and also did a stint in the public
sector as a Permanent Secretary of then then TransComm ministry).
 Sometimes its not as much as how high you can go as what else you can do
after - either upwards or across on the same level.   Lets take the example
of MJ former CEO of Safaricom - does he have a glass ceiling?   Indeed for
any MD/CEO is there a glass ceiling?

BTW I know your argument is about the perceived diminishing role of CIOs/IT
Managers.

On 8 August 2011 08:29, robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> It is now clear that as ICT professionals we are now loosing ground in as
> far as our influence in the organisation is concerned.  When Mr. Kinyanjui
> was appointed IT Director at Kenya Airways I was sure that this was the
> beginning of a new wave in the running of organisations where the glass
> ceiling for those in ICT was soon to be broken.
>
> Unfortunately this was not be happen as he still remains in the same post
> while in other organisations such as KCB and Safaricom the posts of CIO/ICT
> Directors have either been downgraded or scraped all together.
>
> The final nail was driven home when I read the current issue of CIO
> magazine and saw the results of a survey by Gartner, I leave it for you to
> read and weep.
>
> http://financesjournal.com/blogs/influence-cfo-investments-7204.html
>
> Regards
>
> PS.  Which explains a lot why we have boards whose mandate is to provide
> opportunities for those in ICT run by none technocrats and we wonder why the
> Open Data is sitting in a server in the USA
>
> Robert Yawe
> KAY System Technologies Ltd
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