About The Institute for CIO Excellence

"CIOs and IT Directors are among the most overworked, underutilized, and unappreciated executives in corporate America today. They're often treated as an operational necessity, but nothing more. Graduates of The Institute for CIO Excellence are among the select few CIOs that rise above this stereotype and become respected corporate leaders and strategic business value champions."

- Dr. Richard Routh, Founder of The Institute for CIO Excellence

We Train CIOs to Create Strategic Business Value

The Institute for CIO Excellence was founded by its Director, Dr. Richard L. Routh to train IT Executives to become CIOs who strategically create value for their companies and advance their careers. Our graduates and the companies they work for see immediate transformational results. Our CIO courses and coaching are tailored for the demands on modern CIOs.

Our Distinctives:

  • Affiliated with the University of South Carolina Upstate
  • Multi-disciplinary faculty from several departments giving you several points of view and backgrounds including:
    • Department of Informatics
    • School of Business
    • Department of Sociology
  • Experienced, senior-level instructors with over 100 years of combined business experience - much of it at the executive level.
  • Real-world applicable knowledge, not theoretical concepts.

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