CEO Steve Bandrowczak’s playbook for CIO success today

When we think about the many CIOs who have climbed the ladder to other executive leadership roles, Steve Bandrowczak’s path is somewhat unique. 

In addition to serving as CIO at Avnet, DHL, Lenovo, Nortel, and HPE, he’s also overseen sales organizations, run business process outsourcing (BPO) businesses, and led global business services. He took on new challenges throughout his career — sometimes taking a step back to gain invaluable hands-on experience in different areas of business — all of which led to him being appointed CEO of Xerox. 

Dan Roberts and I chronicled much of it in our book, Confessions of a Successful CIO (Wiley), and recently I had the pleasure to guest host Roberts’ Tech Whisperers podcast, where Steve and I delved deeper into his humble roots, his relentless drive to succeed, his rise to the CEO role, and his perspective on the IT arena today.