Atolio Conversations

Atolio Conversations


Jim Chilton, CIO at Cengage

June 02, 2021

Jim Chilton (Cengage CIO, former Dassault Systemes CIO) shares stories about going from night-school student to five-time CIO, updating a 150 year-old data model, what technologies he thinks need to exist, and more.



  • Jim’s personal investment in non-traditional learning (0:55)
  • Apprenti and the value of mentorship (2:27)
  • How many is too many vendors? (11:07)
  • To rationalize, or not to rationalize? (14:00)
  • Updating a 150 year old data model (21:22)
  • What goes into a strong founding team? (24:02)
  • What's the most needed technology? (26:18)