John Sullivan - CIO and Project Director, Virgin Trains
What's your proudest work-related achievement of the last 12 months?
The pace of change the Virgin Trains technology team work at and the team culture we have built collectively. This has enabled us to win both Technology Team of the Year at the UK IT Awards and Digital Team of the Year at the UK Digital Awards.
What's the number one skill today's IT leaders need?
All of the people engagement skills - persuading, listening, encouraging - which all CIOs need now to drive change.
How many people work in IT in your organisation?
Around 50.
What's your top priority for the next 12 months?
Resolving the big business challenges and delivering the key items our customers want. Namely free WiFi for all, managing disruption (for customers and my colleagues) and continuing to push digital tickets.
Top 250 UK IT Leaders
More on Leadership
Congratulations to the winners of the Digital Technology Leaders Awards 2020
The world has needed these people and projects more than ever this year
Winners announced for Computing's DevOps Excellence Awards
2020 has pushed the need for flexible, agile working to the fore, and both the entries to and winners of the DevOps Excellence Awards reflected that move
IT Leaders Festival: Paradigm shifts, ground-breaking apps and driving transformational change
A look at some of the highlights in store during Day 2 day of our flagship event series
Computing's publisher wins three major digital awards
Incisive Media scooped a bevy of prizes at the AOP Awards last night
"Putting the human first" is key to success, says Digital Tech Leaders finalist Cognizant
Cognizant works with the world’s largest firms, and employs anthropologists alongside technology experts
Most read
