Not long ago, the role of the CIO was revolved around managing the IT/IS functions within an organization. The implementation, care, and feeding of information systems and technologies was resource intensive and, in most cases, offered little evidence of value to organizations. According to a June 1996 Computerworld article, the average job expectancy of the CIO was about 30 months.¹CIO's "State of the CIO" research indicates that, by 2004, the average CIO tenure grew to 4.5 years.