Even in 2014, a majority of CIOs in our audiences indicated that they had ambitions to become CEOs one day. Moreover, like others who have followed this path, he understood the strategic perch of the CIO role. Kheradpir has a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Cornell and had a stop as COO of Barclays Bank before taking on the CEO role at Juniper. Moreover, Juniper was fundamentally a technology company, and its customers were often CIOs. He noted, “Having had that ringside seat, I was lucky enough to always use the veil that says, ‘Look at it as if you were the CIO, Sanjay.

Source: Forbes May 14, 2020 15:22 UTC