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business processes implemented within their organizations.' However, in order to
allow one's CIO to become the guarantor of one's organizational business
processes, CEOs must recognize that they must now provide for a level of
transparency that their CIOs may not have been privileged to in the past. Such
open communication is
critical to an organization's ability to consistently satisfy the Sarbanes-Oxley
requirements and mitigate unforeseen exposure to essential business processes.
As Chief Executives go about assessing the leadership strengths of their
information officers and go about identifying senior information systems
executives who present the capacities to truly become the guarantors of one's
business processes, executive search firm Venerable Partners recommends that
CEOs (and their respective selection committees) work to identify information
systems executives who present the following essential qualifications:
1. Exceptionally strong general business acumen along with an astute level of
understanding of all critical business functions and their underlying processes.
2. Business process management skills, including an understanding of best
practice process documentation procedures.