Get The Job
CIO, December, 2004 by Austin Adams Former Bank One CIO, now corporate CIO for JPMorgan Chase.
When my boss at Bank One told me last January that he was in serious discussions about merging with JPMorgan Chase, I was more excited than surprised. Before becoming CIO at Bank One, I'd been CIO at First Union for 17 years and had lived through more than 90 mergers. That's how I spent my life.
John Schmidlin, the CIO at JPMorgan Chase, and I were initially named coheads of IT. I immediately moved from Chicago to New York, where John and I had offices right next to each other. For two months, we met three or four times a day and discussed how we'd handle the merger.
As we got started, I recommended that John bring his management team to Chicago to visit Bank One's headquarters, which he did. By having the larger entity (JPMC) extend itself to the people in the...
White Papers, Webcasts, and Resources
-
Free Report: Saving on Costs and Resources With Unified Communications (UC)
Microsoft
Read how UC can help your company save by reducing out-of-pocket expenses, consolidating communications infrastructure, and leveraging human capital.
Download Now -
Solution Spotlight: Reducing Costs with Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Microsoft
Looking to squeeze the best possible value from new and existing systems? Learn 12 proven ways to save time and money using Microsoft SQL Server 2008.
Download Now -
Free White Paper: Making The Case for Conferencing
Microsoft
Discover how today's conferencing solutions can help your organization improve business outcomes and reduce costs in challenging economic times.
Download Now -
Free White Paper: Optimize Your IT and Save
Microsoft
Achieve both cost savings and increased IT agility with a new approach to IT and data-center management that emphasizes automation and optimization.
Download Now -
Aberdeen Report: Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP) for SMBs
SAP
Discover how the right ERP system can help your small to mid-size business strike a balance between business drivers, growth and customer service.
Download Now
- 5 Rules for Immediate Annuities
- Death in the Family: 12 Things to Do Now
- Dumbest Things You Do With Your Money
- 6 Online Networking Mistakes to Avoid
- 401(k) Mistakes to Avoid
- 5 Economic Scenarios to Keep You Up at Night
- The Real ‘Best Places to Retire’
- Best Credit Cards for You
- 12 Tough Questions to Ask Your Parents
- The Real ‘Best Colleges’
- Home Buyer Tax Credit: How to Cash In
- Why You Shouldn't Bash Cash
- 8 Phony 'Bargains' and Better Alternatives
- Danger: 3 Debit Card Scams to Avoid
- 6 Myths About Gas Mileage
- 29 Fees We Hate Most
- Quick and Easy Ways to Boost Returns
- Best Stocks to Buy Now
- Lower Your Taxes: 10 Moves to Make Now
- New Jobs: 8 Lessons from Real-Life Career Switchers
- The New Job Market: Who Wins and Who Loses?
- Health Care Reform's Public Option: Everything You Need to Know
- Volunteer Work When Unemployed: Should You Work for Free?
- Whose Recovery Is This?
- Long-Term-Care Insurance: 4 Biggest Risks to Avoid
