Computing’s IT Leaders Top 100 List unveiled

Computing’s IT Leaders Top 100 List unveilied

On 10^th December, respected online magazine www.computing.co.uk revealed their highly anticipated IT Leaders 100 list.

The announcement was made at its very first annual IT Leaders Summit.

Computing's editor, Stuart Sumner, opened the event and explained;

"We decided to call this the IT Leaders 100, because you could be in charge of technology strategy and direction at a multinational firm, with hundreds of IT staff, tens of thousands of users and a multimillion pound budget, and you might not necessarily have the CIO title.

"You could be the CTO, or the COO. You might even be the CMO, as that role is increasingly responsible for areas of IT. Or you might be the head of IT, or IT director. So we decided that the phrase 'IT Leader' was appropriate as it encompasses such a wide variety of roles."

“Many factors were taken into account formulating this list, such as size of organisation, number of IT staff, number of users, size of technology budget and level of transformation achieved.”

To get to their Top 100, Computing took a look at the IT leaders - CIO, CTO, IT director, chief architect or any whatever title their job may carry. Hundreds of leaders were spoken to over the past year and even prior to this to make sure that their rankings were as definitive as possible.  

Factors like the size of the company, department, budget, role duration and level of transformation achieved by the individual were also taken note of.

The final result is below – what do you think? Do you feel that you should be in the running for the next Top 100? Let us know @AceComputerSup - we would love to hear your thoughts, and we are sure that the editorial team at @Computing_News would, too!

To view the full list click here.