Sunday 26 May 2013

Press Release - The IT Chauffeur


The IT Chauffeur
By: Dale Mills


“The IT Chauffeur is a must-read for any CEO seeking a better understanding of the role and power of IT as an operational and strategic enabler in their business enterprise.  Dale Mills’ approach delivers.”
Meg Beckel, CEO, Canadian Museum of Nature

The IT Chauffeur is a roadmap that steers senior business leaders through the complex and always changing landscape of information management, governance and decision making.  The entertaining approach helps anyone at the C-level deal with complex issues of governance and management that can otherwise be quite dry.  This book is a valuable resource for the C-suite, exploring topical issues ranging from IT project management, governance and security to social media and crowdsourcing. Well written, entertaining and comprehensive.”
Patrick McCarthy, President & Chief Executive Officer, OMNI Health Care Ltd.

What The CxO Needs To Know About Information Technology
Joe, a former CIO, is helping out his neighbour who runs a limousine service by chauffeuring Bill, CEO of Resolute Enterprises, a medium-sized company that has been experiencing difficulties with its IT.  During their regular limousine trips, Bill and Joe discuss the problems and potential ways to improve the use of IT in his company.  Many topics arise in their discussions, from IT governance to mobile technologies, all explained in a non-technical, conversational mode, giving readers, regardless of their technical ability, a solid understanding of how to use technology more effectively in their organization. Through an easy, readable dialogue the reader is engaged in learning basic technology management principles.

What Drives Your IT?
The IT Chauffeur will help CEOs, C-suite, board members, vice presidents, directors and managers get value from their IT investments.  The story focuses on a medium-sized company, but the discussion is relevant to executives in organizations of any size.

Dale Mills has been in the IT business since he was a high school student — from punch cards to the cloud and everything in between. For nearly 30 years, he’s been a senior level IT executive in both the public and private sectors, using his training — as a Professional Engineer, Master of Business Administration, certified Project Management Professional, and certified ICD.D from the Institute of Corporate Directors — to manage, guide and innovate.

The IT Chauffeur
By: Dale Mills
ISBN: 9781482508673
Price: $25.00
On Sale: May 27, 2013


For further information, please contact Dale S. Mills | 519-827-6393 | dalesmills@gmail.com
Available at Amazon or at CreateSpace

Saturday 11 May 2013

Welcome to The IT Chauffeur


I have often wondered why CEOs don't understand IT -- or the corollary, why doesn't IT understand CEOs?  Regardless of your position in any organization, can you explain how IT decisions get made?  More importantly, do you know if the right information technology decisions are being made? 

Using that as a starting point, I wanted to answer those questions and more, using a non-technical, easy-to-understand, conversational story.

The IT Chauffeur, available May 2013 on Amazon, is a business book answering the question "What drives your IT?” Written in a conversational, readable style, The IT Chauffeur provides the CxO with a solid understanding of how to use technology more effectively in any organization.

Let's get the CxOs and the CIO on the same page, speaking the same language and working together - using technology to find business solutions. That's what I hope to accomplish with my book and this blog.

To get started, you can read a sample chapter of The IT Chauffeur in one of my future posts.

Dale Mills