Business Chief USA February 2019

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tion, he can help join the two worlds
together in order to embrace a more
technology enabled future. “My joint
role allows greater governance, if you
will, across the department so that it
can ensure stronger collaboration,
so that we don’t work in separate silos,
so that processes use or consume
technology better and at greater
lengths,” he says. “It even allows better
return of investment because it opens
us up to greater executive sponsorship.
They see the need to be quicker, to
integrate faster and to respond to the
customer and drive results. So as CIO,
I need to understand challenges
dynamically, because if I don’t, then we
fall behind and in this modern world it’s
incredibly hard to catch up.”
Technology is at the very core of
what Chavarria does, and so it is hugely
important as he navigates that dual
role that he is able to communicate
across the departments effectively.
Chavarria describes the role of IT as
the Innovation Technology Department
and with that comes the constant need
and desire to improve. As a depart-
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