Martha Heller
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The lowdown on new appointments, retirements, job changes and other career moves among IT executives.
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Martha and her team at Heller Search Associates specialize in recruiting CIOs, CTOs and other senior IT executives across multiple industries. Prior to founding Heller Search, Martha was Managing Director of the IT Leadership Practice at ZRG Partners, a global executive search firm. Before she established her career in executive search, Martha was Founder and Managing Director of CIO magazine's CIO Executive Council, a professional organization for CIOs. At the Council, Martha developed leadership programs for CIOs and directed the CIO Best Practice Exchange, a members-only network of CIOs from top-tier organizations.
During her seven-year tenure at CIO magazine, Martha wrote a weekly column on IT leadership and led a series of executive events on IT staffing, career development, and leadership. Martha continues to engage with CIO audiences. She is CIO magazine's CIO Paradox columnist, author of CIO.com's Movers & Shakers blog, and has recently published an article in The Corporate Board magazine that addresses the value of CIOs serving on Boards of Directors. She has presented on "the CIO career" at the CIO Executive Summit, MIT's emerging technology conference, SIM, the United Nations Forum on Women and Technology and numerous academic executive programs. Martha is also a judge for CIO magazine's prestigious CIO 100 Awards.
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Latest Posts by Martha
Fortune 500 CIO Activity
January 10, 2012
We have some major CIO hiring activity among Fortune 500 companies with new appointments at American Airlines, Xerox and Caterpillar. In each case, the new CIO will be stepping into the shoes of executives who have been with their companies for many years. John Heller has been with...
CIOs and Social Media
November 01, 2011
Lately, I have been spending a lot of time talking with CIOs about their mandate to establish a social media strategy for their companies. It struck me as odd that CIOs, who are not always considered to be the heart and social of the culture of a company, are now responsible for driving a...
Fall Brings More Hiring
September 22, 2011
Now that the dog days of summer are behind us, the IT executive market is picking up steam. We are seeing CIO changes across a wide range of industries, and newly placed CIOs are bringing in new talent as well. At Heller Search, we are so busy that I really have no business even...
The rise of the CTO
June 13, 2011
Here’s an interesting trend: some companies are changing the way they develop and deliver digital technologies. No longer does the CIO manage digital development resources as a part of IT; rather, the digital product groups hire a CTO, who designs and executes against the digital product...
Advice for managing your interview
April 27, 2011
When a client decides to pass on a candidate I have submitted for an IT executive search, the reason I hear most often for the rejection is ineffective communication skills. “She gave me high level answers with no depth,” the client will say, or “he had difficulty being concise and staying...
Happy New Year!
January 14, 2011
Happy New Year! If your New Year’s resolution is “Find a new leadership role in a company that truly values IT,” you’re in luck. CIO transitions are heating up as companies realize that a sound technology strategy is the key to growth in 2011. (Took them long enough…) Dust off your...
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