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One Title, Many Realities: Why the CIO Role Varies Across Companies
Two CIOs can share the same title but have completely different jobs. In large enterprises, CIOs focus on governance, architecture, cybersecurity, and vendor ecosystems, while in mid-market or high-growth companies they're often hands-on operators driving modernization and business transformation. The takeaway: what a CIO actually does is shaped far more by company context than by the title itself.
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