Jim Flyzik, President of The Flyzik Group, and Former Chief Information Officer of the Department of Treasury

Summary: In this interview, Jim Flyzik discusses principles one, two, three, and four of World Class IT with Metis Strategy. Some of the topics discussed include How IT is capable of addressing a number of the US government’s problems through cost cutting and improved customer service The steps taken to drive substantial streamlining efforts across government agencies The importance of approaching problem solving by framing an “Imagine if” scenario, and working backward from that to create actionable steps How to engender support for technology change amidst skeptics How to establish meaningful and productive relationships with business partners , and the need to structure the relationship such that he or she views IT as capable of solving his or her business problems His experience of working with the Secret Service, and recognizing the need to approach cyber security as proactive risk management as opposed to reactive break fixing Eye on the trends: enhanced visualization technology to improve the communication of ideas, wireless & mobility and the ability for the intersection of time and distance to approach zero, cloud computing, identity management, business intelligence, cyber security, and the potential for the "open source" trend to drive the proliferation of open architectures within IT departments