The CIO-Plus series in Forbes explores the trend of CIOs who are taking on more C-level titles. Most CIOs wear many hats. The good news is, those hats are getting more strategic. by Peter High, series on Forbes.com In a recent article, I mentioned the trend in companies around the US and beyond of expanding the CIO’s responsibilities based on the translation of good work done in IT into other divisions and departments in the company. I refer to this phenomenon as the CIO-plus role, and there are many reasons to believe that it is here to stay.  CIOs are now also Chief Innovation Officers, Heads of HR, Chief Supply Chain Officers, and Heads of Shared Services to name just a few.  Column pieces will be published over several weeks, and the following interviews  with leaders who have assumed these additional responsibilities, will include:

• Puneet Bhasin, the Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President of Technology, Logistics and Customer Service for Waste Management
• Chris Laping, the Senior Vice President of Business Transformation and Chief Information Officer for Red Robin Gourmet Burgers
• Randy Spratt, Chief Information Officer and Chief Technology Officer for McKesson
• Chris Scalet, the former Executive Vice President of Global Process & Services and CIO of Merck
• Sheleen Quish, the Senior Vice President IT and HR at Ameristar Casinos
• David Johns, the Chief Information Officer and SVP of Global Information Services for Owens Corning, and who used to be Senior Vice President and Chief Supply Chain and Information Technology Officer of that company
• Ben Allen, the Chief Information Officer and the Chief Innovation Officer of Marsh & McLennan
• Mike Capone, the Chief Information Officer and the Corporate VP of Product Development of ADP
• Praveen Chopra, the Chief Information Officer and Chief Supply Chain Officer of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
• Bill Schlough, the Chief Information Officer of the San Francisco Giants and San Jose Giants Chairman
• Matt Aiello, Partner for the CIO/CTO executive placement practice at Heidrick & Struggles
• Tim Theriault, the Chief Information, Innovation, and Improvement Officer of Walgreens
• Karl Salnoske, the Chief Information Officer and EVP of Service Delivery of GXS
• Filippo Passerini, the Chief Information Officer and Group President of Global Business Services of Procter & Gamble
• Patty Hatter, Senior Vice President, Operations & Chief Information Officer of McAfee
• Joe Topinka, Chief Information Officer & Vice President  Multichannel Commerce of Red Wing Shoes
• Linda Reed, Chief Information Officer & Vice President of Atlantic Health System
• Vic Bhagat, Executive Vice President, Enterprise Business Solutions and Chief Information Officer of EMC
• Mike Gioja, Chief Information Officer and SVP of Product Management and Development of Paychex
• Federico Flores Gutierrez, Chief Information and Innovation Officer of Ferrovial
• Celso Guiotoko, Alliance Global Vice President, Corporate Vice President, and Chief Information Officer of Nissan-Renault
• Abe Lietz, Chief Information Officer of Jenny Craig and Curves International
• Mark Dajani, Chief Information and Process Officer of Mondelez International
• Donagh Herlihy, Executive Vice President of Digital and Chief Information Officer of Bloomin’ Brands
• Jack Clare, Chief Information and Strategy Officer of Dunkin’ Brands
• Roger Gurnani, Chief Information and Technology Architect of Verizon Communications
• Ted Colbert, SVP of Information and Analytics and Chief Information Officer of Boeing
• Arne Josefesberg, CIO and Chief Infrastructure Officer of GoDaddy.com
• David Thompson, Executive Vice President, Global Operations and Technology and Chief Information Officer at Western Union
• Norm Fjeldheim, CIO and Head of Global Facilities of Illumina
• Ann Kono, Partner, Chief Information Officer, and Chief Risk Officer at Ares Management
• Chris Corrado, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Information Officer at London Stock Exchange Group
• Eash Sundaram, Chief Digital and Technology Officer at JetBlue & Chair of JetBlue Technology Ventures
• Clay Johnson, Chief Information Officer of Walmart
• Vince Campisi, Senior Vice President Digital and Chief Information Officer of United Technologies
• Pawan Verma, Chief Information Officer and Chief Technology Officer of Foot Locker
• Gurmeet Singh, Senior Vice President, Chief Digital Officer, and Chief Information Officer of 7-Eleven
• Bask Iyer, Executive Vice President of Dell Digital and Chief Information and Chief Digital Officer of Dell and VMware
• Atif Rafiq, Chief Digital Officer and Global Chief Information Officer of Volvo
• Diane Schwarz, Chief Information Officer and Chief Digital Officer of Hunt Consolidated