Martha Heller

President Heller Search Associates

  • Boston MA

Expert in IT Leadership and Author, "The CIO Paradox"

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Biography

MARTHA HELLER is president of Heller Search Associates,
a Boston-based executive search firm that specializes in IT
leadership positions. Prior to founding Heller Search, Martha
was Managing Director of the IT Leadership Practice at ZRG
Partners, a global executive search firm. Before establishing
her career in executive search, Martha was Founder and
Managing Director of CIO magazine’s CIO Executive Council,
a professional organization for CIOs. She continues to engage
with CIO audiences through her monthly column in CIO magazine,
as author of CIO.com’s Movers & Shakers blog, and as author of You and Your CIO,
a blog on CFO.com. Martha has presented on “the CIO career” at CIO events, the CIO
Executive Summit, MIT’s emerging technology conference, SIM, the United Nations Forum
on Women and Technology, and numerous academic executive programs. Martha
is also on the judging panel for CIO’s prestigious CIO 100 award. Martha received her
B.A. in English from Hamilton College and her M.A. in English from SUNY Stony Brook.

Industry Expertise

Information Technology and Services
Recruiting
Human Resources

Areas of Expertise

The Cio Paradox
Your Cio Career
Cio Hiring

Accomplishments

Contributing Columnist, CIO magazine

1999 - current

Co-founder and Managing Director, CIO Executive Council

A global peer advisory organization whose mission is to advance the CIO profession.

President, Heller Search Associates

Heller Search Associates is a retained executive search firm with an industry reputation for identifying and recruiting superior information technology leaders.

Education

SUNY Stony Brook

MA

English

Hamilton College

BA

English

Affiliations

  • WITI - Women in Technology
  • CIO Executive Council
  • Society of Information Managers

Testimonials

SVP & GM

http://council.cio.com

CIO Executive Council

“Martha has been a frequent speaker at our events both large and small, and has always been one of the highest, and sometimes the highest rated of our speakers."

Event Appearances

Breaking The CIO Paradox

Realcomm  Las Vegas, NV

2012-06-12

Breaking the CIO Paradox

CIO Perspectives (CIO magazine)  San Francisco, CA

2012-05-16

Managing Your Career in IT Leadership

CIO Magazine and SIM events  various

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Sample Talks

Breaking the CIO Paradox

Based on in-depth interviews with a wide array of successful CIOs and more than 12 years working closely with the CIO community, Martha’s presentation offers guidance to CIOs on how to attack, reverse, or neutralize the paradoxical elements of the CIO role, and level the playing field for IT’s success.

Style

Availability

  • Keynote
  • Moderator
  • Panelist
  • Workshop Leader
  • Host/MC
  • Author Appearance
  • Corporate Training

Fees

$0 to $25000*Will consider certain engagements for no fee
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