Dion Hinchcliffe joins The Futurum Group, Expanding CIO Strategic Decision-Making Insights and Intelligence Offerings
2024年5月21日 - 12:41AM
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- Hinchcliffe, a notable thought leader in the CIO community,
will serve as Vice President and Practice Lead, CIO
- Hinchcliffe’s popular CIO boards, forums, and roundtables will
continue to convene and generate invaluable data serving the
community
- CIO sector oriented data will now be included in The Futurum
Group’s Intelligence Platform
The Futurum Group, a leading global tech advisory, research,
intelligence and media firm today announced the appointment of Dion
Hinchcliffe as VP and Practice Lead, CIO. A highly sought-after
technology expert, Dion brings over 25 years of experience and
recognition for his strategic advisory with Fortune 500 and Global
2000 companies. At The Futurum Group, Dion will lead the CIO
Practice and will oversee the buying insights data designed for the
CIO community, by the CIO community.
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Hinchcliffe will work closely with The Futurum Group’s Chief
Product Officer Deepak Surana, to help re-imagine and mature the
company’s CIO dashboards and data offerings. “Joining the team at
Futurum allows me to bring to reality my vision for transforming
the way CIOs are engaged in strategic decision making. An important
aspect of this is delivering data and generative insights using the
latest technology platforms,” said Hinchcliffe. “In 2024, CIOs
require actionable data and insights based on ground truth. They
seek guidance from trusted advisors that can help them navigate the
disruptive trends of the day including how to address board
pressure, how to act quickly on AI, and how to navigate the rapid
shifts in the cloud,” he added.
The appointment of Dion Hinchliffe comes at an opportune time as
Artificial Intelligence materializes across multiple industry
verticals. Demand for high-quality data intelligence designed for
strategic decision making is at a record high as organizations
contemplate new roadmaps and go-to-market approaches for AI
solutions in hardware, software, and services.
“I’m very excited to have Dion at the forefront of our
engagement with the broader CIO community. The Futurum Intelligence
Platform provides actionable insights that empower the IT decision
maker,” says Daniel Newman, CEO of The Futurum Group. “Dion’s
unique research approaches incorporate his extensive experience and
high visibility in the CIO world. This will grant the CIO community
enhanced strategic solutions and services as Futurum continues its
accelerated growth journey,” he added.
Dion’s CIO insights and research keeps a close eye on emerging
trends, preferences and transformations across the CIO cohort
group. Some of the most recent stats unearthed in his research:
- 91% of CIOs are more extensively automating business and IT
processes to drive business results, the leading approach to
creating more value in 2024
- 83% of CIOs plan to situate generative AI in a revenue
generating or cost reduction capacity in 2024
- 76% of CIOs are prioritizing strategic data management this
year to support analytics, AI, and data-based initiatives
Dion’s appointment is effective immediately. Some of his initial
public engagements as Futurum Group’s VP and Practice Lead will
include SAP Sapphire in early June, and the annual Digital
Enterprise Show in Malaga, Spain.
Connect and learn more about Dion Hinchliffe here:
https://futurumgroup.com/analyst/dion-hinchcliffe
About The Futurum Group
The Futurum Group is the fastest growing independent tech
research, intelligence, media, and advisory firm. Its organic
growth is driven by emerging technologies and innovation across its
clientele of more than 260 global companies. Futurum covers twelve
major technology sectors: AI & data analytics, cloud, telecom,
policy, consumer electronics, enterprise applications, security,
semiconductors, workplace collaboration, sustainability, and CX. In
2023 it has acquired half a dozen companies in areas of research,
intelligence, media, and performance testing and validation.
About Dion Hinchcliffe
Dion Hinchliffe joins The Futurum Group from Constellation
Research. Dion is a distinguished thought leader, IT expert, and
enterprise architect, renowned globally for his strategic advisory
with Fortune 500 and Global 2000 companies. With over 25 years of
experience, Dion works with the leadership teams of top
enterprises, as well as leading tech companies, in bridging the gap
between business and technology, focusing on enterprise AI, IT
management, cloud computing, and digital business. He is a
sought-after keynote speaker, industry analyst, and author, known
for his insightful and in-depth contributions to digital strategy,
IT topics, and digital transformation. Dion's influence is
particularly notable in the CIO community, where he engages
actively with CIO roundtables and has been ranked numerous times as
one of the top global influencers of Chief Information Officers. He
also serves as an executive fellow at the SDA Bocconi Center for
Digital Strategies.
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