Picked by I-CIO, a digital platform for global IT thought leadership from Fujitsu, the list includes public- and private-sector executives from the U.S. and abroad.
The authors explain that "government CIOs are well represented in our list, possibly because as public servants they feel they should communicate their activities more openly than others. But the rest of the line-up is drawn from a broad set of industries, and includes IT leaders from energy, fashion, telecoms, retail, finance and CPG."
Here’s what I-CIO has to say about Reichental and Schmidt:
Robert Schmidt CIO, California Department of Food and Agriculture Handle: @ambassadorcio Location: USA Followers: 68,200 Scope: Intersperses tech top 10s, how-tos and infographics with innovation quotations Tweet example: "Eventually everything connects – people, ideas, objects…the quality of the connections is the key to quality." – Charles Eames Why follow: Senior government agency executive leading IT at $400m state department Frequency: 5-10 times daily Jonathan Reichental CIO, City of Palo Alto Location: USA Handle: @Reichental Followers: 3,670 Scope: Smart cities, open government, public sector IT Tweet example: U.S. Digital Services Playbook: http://playbook.cio.gov Why follow: Passionate about digital government and use of IT to improve society Frequency: Daily
