About
Technology leadership grounded in reality.
The Pragmatic CIO focuses on practical enterprise technology leadership, not hype, buzzwords or conference theatre.
The publication explores how technology organisations actually function inside large enterprises - including the operational, financial, political and architectural realities that shape decision-making.
Topics include enterprise infrastructure, cybersecurity, cloud, operating models, governance, resilience, architecture, AI, networking, transformation and executive leadership.
I’m Matthew Snazel, a technology executive with more than 25 years of experience across enterprise infrastructure, cybersecurity, cloud, networking, architecture and digital transformation.
Alongside The Pragmatic CIO, I also maintain snazel.co.uk, my personal professional site, which brings together my background, experience, speaking history and selected technical resources, including a popular subnet calculator used heavily by networking and infrastructure practitioners.
My background spans global manufacturing, aerospace, defence, retail, e-commerce and satellite communications environments, with leadership roles covering enterprise IT strategy, operational resilience, governance, transformation and large-scale infrastructure modernisation.
The intention is to create a durable, searchable and portable body of work that remains accessible independently of social media platforms.