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Defining The Business Value Of Technology
August 11, 1998
I am a CPA and am employed as the chief financial officer of a nonprofit organization with a
budget of about $4 million. As we are not a large company, I have been charged with the duty of
also being the IT director. I have considerable client-server background dating back to about
1990. I was a systems administrator for the computer lab in college, as well as at my last two
positions. Through this time, I have become extremely confident in building, maintaining,
repairing, and replacing both systems and servers. My problem is that my degree is in
accounting. I prefer computer systems work to accounting, but cannot seem to move out of my
field. Any suggestions?
You really shouldn't have a problem making the cutover, especially with the experience base you
describe. It could be how you're representing it in a resumé. Does your
resumé describe your IT experience like you just did in your question to me? If not, it
should. As a suggestion, a packaged vendor would love to have a candidate like you for the
financial-systems modules. All the ERP vendors are targets for you: SAP, PeopleSoft, Baan, and
other financial system vendors like Hyperion,
J.D. Edwards, and Lawson. You shouldn't have a problem making the transition, so have a
headhunter evaluate your resumé to see if it's structured to show your
interests and experiences.
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