“[It was] a very disciplined approach to learning how to code and how to do technology the right way. Next, she moved into her first CIO role as vice president and CIO property and casualty at financial services firm USAA, then to EVP and chief information officer at Liberty Mutual Insurance. “The CIO role changes every day now. How do I tell that story as a CIO in an organization?”Recently, she says, there’s a broadening of the CIO role to include adjacent titles. In addition, the CIO needs to have strong relationships with all their C-suite peers who run different aspects of the business.