Shaun Smith, Senior VP and CIO at Phillips Edison

What are the top 2 challenges facing IT organizations this year? What are the top 2 opportunities? 

“In our organization, it’s cyber security and hiring. Cyber security is our number one issue or distraction. It’s not a one-time project, it’s ongoing.  And then hiring and getting resources here in Cincinnati – it seems that people who get educated here then move off to places like Chicago, New York and San Francisco.”