Chris Curran

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As Chief Technology Officer, Chris Curran works closely with Diamond clients on many of their most fundamental IT challenges. In addition, Chris directs Diamond’s own strategic investments in building the intellectual capital required to maintain the consulting profession’s premier team of technology strategists and architects.

Among his accomplishments, Chris has global experience in designing and leading the implementation of high-value technology initiatives that create tangible value for his clients, most recently in the property and casualty insurance, health insurance and consumer products industries. Additionally, he helps clients with their most complex and strategic technology issues, such as effective use of service oriented architectures (SOA), defining the IT organization, improving technology management practices and IT governance, implementing practical technology innovation approaches and application of enterprise architectures.

A sought-after speaker and thought leader, Chris is the co-author of Diamond’s Digital IQ study and regularly contributes to Diamond’s white papers. He writes the popular CIO Dashboard blog, is a featured “Expert View” columnist on CIO.com, and has a regular column in The CTO Forum magazine. Chris has contributed to several other publications, including Investor’s Business Daily, Optimize, CIO Insight, Public CIO, ABA Banking Journal, Baseline and Enterprise Architect. He is also an active sponsor of the MIT Center for Information Systems Research and is a member of the MISQ Executive’s advisory board.

Education

Chris holds a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science from Texas A & M University.

More Information

• Digital IQ results show that financial firms are ahead of the innovation curve. Read the Wall Street & Technology article here
• Read Chris’ article on CIO.com on whether CIOs will use the iPad to innovate for customers
• Read the Third Annual Digital IQ Report
• Read Chris’ column on BusinessWeek.com about the State of the CEO-CIO Union
• The Processor: Chris on capturing the Cloud’s value
• Read Chris’ Expert View column on CIO.com, “Portfolio Management Back in Style”
• Public CIO: Chris on social networking in government
• Read Chris’ cloud computing whitepaper, entitled “The Future Is Partly Cloudy.”
• Chris on Twitter in CIO Update
• Chris’ opinion on CIOs and IT experience in CIO Weblog
• Read Chris’ article on CIO.com about what IT can expect after a major project failure
• Listen to a “town hall” discussion Chris led on steps CIOs can take to allow projects to flourish
• IT Knowledge Exchange: Chris on CIO tenure and IT project failures
• Chris in Government Technology on CIOs who Tweet
• Read “Diamond’s CIO Dashboard Tracking CIOs Who Tweet” in Trading Markets, June 2009
•   Watch Chris discuss Service Oriented Architecture
• Read “Breaking Through the Business-IT Wall” in CIO Insight, April 2009
• Read Chris’ white paper entitled "Services Oriented Architecture: Revisiting Reuse
• Read the "2009 Diamond Digital IQ" report.
• Read Diamond’s "Inaugural Digital IQ Study."
• Read Chris’ take on CIOs’ changing roles in "CIO – The Accidental Strategist," from CIO Insight, April 2008.

Contact Chris Curran