CIO Hall Of Famer Harry Moseley Puts Zoom On Track To Scale

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Harry Moseley had attempted to retire in late 2017 after successful tenures as CIO at Blackstone and at KPMG. Eric Yuan, the founder and CEO of Zoom came calling, and it did not take him long to convince Moseley to take on a new challenge as the first ever CIO of the company.

At the beginning of 2018, you were in the process of retiring from KPMG, where you served as CIO for over five years. It turned out you were not too good at retirement. Could you talk about the process of transitioning from retirement to being back in the game with one of the hottest venture-backed startups in Silicon Valley?I retired in December 2017 because I had different ideas of what I wanted to do with the next chapter of my life. I ended up joining Zoom several months later.

The definition of chatting is different for millennials and Generation Z individuals, especially the latter. The other night, I was in California with my younger son, who is 21. I asked him when he last chatted with his brother, who lives in Switzerland. In response, he told me that he chatted with him yesterday, but when I asked when he last connected with him, he said it was a few weeks ago. By chatting, he meant they had a digital experience where they sent messages to each other.

The CIO is at the epicenter of companies. CIOs know what can be done and what cannot be done. The day of hiring a CIO to come in and future proof your technology staff and your technology company is here.Could you talk about the difference between a traditional company and a digital native organization such as Zoom?There is a thin vein that is the same between the two companies. For example, you want to have easy access and powerful laptops.

 

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