Evolved Technologist -

We are in the process of creating a book about the 2008 International Research Forum, an annual thought-leadership conference hosted by SAP in Germany that is now in its third year. Please see International Research Forum 2007 and International Research Forum 2006 for information on the books for the previous years.

The business process expert, or BPX, is an emerging role that is changing the dynamics in numerous companies.

Process First: The Evolution of the Business Process Expert Role not only harvests wisdom about who BPXers are and what they can do to help companies move forward and increase internal communications. The project also represents an effort by business process experts for business process experts.

The Education of a CTO brings to the table something that doesn't currently exist: a way to mentor CTOs and help them effectively do their jobs. Dan Woods tells this story based on his own experience as a CTO at TheStreet.com and other companies.

Dan saw the problems that CTOs cause themselves, the problems that they face in their companies, and the fact that their jobs are ill-defined. At most companies, no mentors are on hand to train the CTO.

So, faced with daunting management challenges and methodologies insufficient to solve the problem, what is the way out? If CTO performance has been sub par, what must be done to restore the CTO to hero status?

The program presented in this book is threefold:

• First, the CTO must more fully understand his own personality – the raw technology persona
• Next, the CTO must shift his focus from technology to business value.
• Finally, the CTO must learn about more about each business specialty in order to effectively construct technology solutions.