More Info on CIO Focus Groups Local CIOs in the Silicon Valley are supporting "The CIO's Scholarship Fund" by offering their expertise to market researchers and companies interested in focus group feedback on IT-related initiatives. These sessions involve three CIO's whose backgrounds and expertise are matched to the subject matter. The CIO Focus Group draws volunteers from several IT Executive organizations and has a pool of 35+ senior IT professionals with backgrounds that include such companies such as Symantec, Yahoo, Brocade, HotWire, IBM, Lucent, Trimble and AutoDesk, with experience that crosses the manufacturing, software development, telecom and commercial industries.	These executives are interested in giving back to the IT community through both the scholarship fund and utilizing their extensive experience in the implementation and utilization of enterprise software to impact future products.