Meet the CIO of the Year® ORBIE® Finalists for the St.LouisCIO ORBIE® Awards, held December 3rd, 2021.
 
Jerry Fox – BJC Healthcare, 
David Hackanson – Southern Illinois Healthcare,
Gerry Lewis – Ascension,
Scott Richert – Mercy,
Jason Smith – Washington University School of Medicine,
Jim Cavellier – Cass Information Systems, 
Johnnie Foster – Curium Pharma US LLC, 
Gregory Snider – Rawlings Sporting Goods Co.,
Jennifer Watson – Saint Louis Zoo,
Perry Yee – St. Louis Cardinals,
Rick Hall – Royal Canin – A Division of Mars Inc.,
Thys Lourens – Aegion Corporation,
John Meister – Panera Bread,
Teresa Sanzottera – Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals/Specialty Generics,
Bhavani Amirthalingam – Ameren,
Aaron Geiger – Alberici Group,
Justin McFarland – McCarthy Holdings, Inc,
Jeff Schuchardt – Enterprise Fleet Management,
Christy Barker – Olin Corporation,
Frank LaQuinta – Edward Jones,
David Meyer – Graybar,
Shri Ramachandran – Boston Scientific


Host: Evan McLaughlin, [email protected],
St.LouisCIO Executive Director: Tabitha Sarris, [email protected]

Meet the CIO of the Year® ORBIE® Finalists for the NewYorkCIO ORBIE® Awards, held November 19, 2021.
 
Mark Eimer – Hackensack Meridian Health, 
Sunil Dadlani – Atlantic Health Center,
Dr. Claus Torp Jensen – Teladoc Health,
Jamie Nelson  - Hospital for Special Surgery,
Atefeh Riazi – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center,
Kalicharan Durgampudi – Zelis Healthcare,
David Hayes – Englert Inc.,
Debasish Mishra – The WNET Group,
Richard Schwabacher – BioReference Laboratories,
Parag Agrawal – Chobani,
Suvajit Basu – Goya Foods Inc., 
Ryan Crosby – ICON International Inc, 
Mary Kotch – Core Specialty, 
Anna Ransley – Heineken, 
Pamela Dyson – Federal Reserve Bank of New York,
Michael Gioja – Paychex,
Robert Glavin – The Port Authority of NY and NJ,
Ralph Munsen – Warner Music Group, 
Michele Norin – Rutgers – The State University of New Jersey,
Mona Breed – Moody’s Corporation, 
Jon Harding – Conair LLC,
David Kline – News Corp,
Ashish Parmar – Tapestry, Inc.,
Nicholas Parrotta – HARMAN International, 
Dean Del Vecchico – The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America,
Larry Jones – Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices,
Sean Lennon – Medtronic,
Eileen Mahoney – PVH,
Saulus Van Beurden – Wells Fargo & Co.


Host: Evan McLaughlin, [email protected],
NewYorkCIO Executive Director: Monique Cook, [email protected]

Meet the CIO of the Year® ORBIE® Finalists for the SoCalCIO ORBIE® Awards, held November 12, 2021.
 
Denise Cornish – Western University of Health Sciences,
Dr. Steve Garske - Children’s Hospital Los Angeles,
Ray Lowe - AltaMed Health Services, 
Albert Oriol - Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego, 
Ashwin Rangan - ICANN,
Dr. Joseph Cevetello - City of Santa Monica,
Ghalib Kassam - Los Angeles Times,
Matthew March - Sunwest Bank
Dr. Derek Peterson - Boingo Wireless, 
Erik Quade - Tillys,
Dan Abushanab - Esri,
Frederick Donatucci - New-Indy Containerboard, LLC,
Randi Levin - NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory – Caltech
Joel Manfredo - Motion Picture Industry Pension & Health Plans,
David Baker - Pacific Dental Services,
Josh Goode - SCAN Group and Healthplan,
Mark Hagan - AMN Healthcare,
Montaque Hou - Newegg,
Ted Ross - City of Los Angeles,
Jonathan Behnke - City of San Diego,
Joel Golub - Orange County,
Dr. Ben Gordon - San Diego Gas & Electric; SoCal Gas,
Todd Inlander – Southern California Edison,
Thomas MacDougall - LA Health Plan,
Nicholas Collisto – Avery Dennison Corporation,
Allen Fazio - Houllihan Lokey,
Sai Koorapati – Callaway Golf,
Rhonda Vetere – Herbalife,
Michael Zahigian - Amgen


Host: Evan McLaughlin, [email protected],
SoCalCIO Executive Director: Leza Dabit, [email protected]

Meet the CIO of the Year® ORBIE® Finalists for the GeorgiaCIO ORBIE® Awards, held November 5th, 2021.
 
Michael Casdorph – Augusta University,
Kelsie Daniels – Cobb EMC, 
Frankie Elmore – Gwinnett County Public Schools,
Venkat Krishnan, Georgia Department of Human Services,
Glenn Melendez – Fulton County Government,
Dorothy Parks – Gwinnett County Government, 
Will Alexander – Benevis,
Brian Benn – Atlanta Housing Authority,
Jeff Buda – Floyd Medical Center, 
Joffre Rivera – Intralot Inc.,
William Sullivan – Rinnai America Corporation,
Marcus Wasdin – Atlanta Hawks & State Farm Arena,
Danny Branch – AMB Sports & Entertainment,
Matt Diamond – Secureworks
Larisa Joiner – Enpro Industries,
Johnson Rajakumar – Verint,
Robert Sheesley – Wrench Group,
Brandon Van Orden – Cousins Properties,
Randy Fox – White Cap,
Melissa Hoggatt – Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta,
Tommy Meek – Aaron’s Tech,
Roxanne Seymour – Serta Simmons Bedding,
Grant Shih – National DCP,
Kevin Stoneham – King & Spalding,
Gregory Allarding – Mansfield Energy,
David Brooks – Cox Automotive,
Richard Cox – Cox Enterprises, 
Chris Paravate – Northeast Georgia Health System,
Darrell Riekena, Republic National Distributing Company,
Raghu Sagi – Inspire Brands,
Scott Dufour – FleetCore Technologies,
Rich Gilbert – Aflac,
Amir Kazmi – WestRock,
Bates Turpen – Travelport,
Vishal Venkatram – GE Gas Power


Host: Evan McLaughlin, [email protected],
GeorgiaCIO Executive Director: Karen Wilson, [email protected]

Meet the CIO of the Year® ORBIE® Finalists for the PhillyCIO ORBIE® Awards, held October 22nd, 2021.
 
Dr. R. Hal Baker - WellSpan Health, 
William Compton – Integra Lifesciences, 
Cletis Earle – PennState Health & PennState College of Medicine,
Dr. Kisha Hortman Hawthorne, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia,
Douglas Benalan – CURE Insurance, 
Andy Farella – The National Board of Medical Examiners,
Rick Lindberg – ASTM International
Rajeev Nair – J Knipper & Co | KnippeRx,
Markus Weidner – Pennoni,
Dan Alig – The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania,
Lawrence Bilker – Pyramid Healthcare,
Kelly Kleinfelder – SDI, Inc.,
Justin Loose – County of Berks,
Michael Sokorai – FOX Rehabilitation,
Sankha Ghosh – Dollar Financial Corporation,
James Johnson – Carpenter Technology
Whitney Kellett – Essential Utilities, Inc.,
Claire Rutkowski – Bentley Systems,
Priya Serai – OmniCable,
John Collier – Wawa,
Kelly Lyman – PECO,
Steven Naphy – Morgan Lewis,
Adam Noble - American Water Works, 
Robert Pick – Tokio Marine North America Services,
Charles Hoyt – Bausch Health, 
Cathleen Lilli – Konica Minolta,
Diane Rogerson – JP Morgan Chase,
Jim Swanson – Johnson & Johnson,
Mike Wondrasch - Avantor

Host: Evan McLaughlin, [email protected],
PhillyCIO Executive Director: Jen Wise [email protected]

Meet the CIO of the Year® ORBIE® Finalists for the MichiganCIO ORBIE® Awards, held October 8th, 2021.
 
Ash Goel - Bronson Healthcare,
Jason Joseph - Spectrum Health,
Andrew Rosenberg - Michigan Medicine,
Ron Strachan - McLaren Healthcare,
Daniel Waltz -  Midmichigan Health,
Charles Caine - Samaritas,
Elizabeth Klee - Urban Science,
Pathik Mody - Trion Solutions, Inc.,
Carrie Shumaker - University of Michigan-Dearborn,
Darlene Taylor - Epitec,
Amjed Al-Zoubi - Amerisure Insurance,
Steve Collins - Great Expressions Dental Centers,
Matt Logar - Gentherm,
Lesley Ma - NSF International,
Milos Topic - Grand Valley State University,
Mark Baughman - Delta Dental of Michigan,
Cathleen Curley -  University of Michigan – College of Literature, Science and the Arts,
Ron Hinsley - ITC Holdings Corp.,
Noah Kotch - Credit Acceptance Corporation,
Annette Marcath - Health Alliance Plan,
Jason Bressler - United Wholesale Mortgage,
Tony Dean - Auto-Owners Insurance,
Tamara Faber-Doty - CMS Energy and Consumers Energy,
Bill Fandrich - Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan,
Michael Hicks - Emergent Holdings, Inc.,
Shohreh Abedi - The Auto Club Group - AAA,
Tyler Best - Adient,
Sheryl Haislet - Vertiv,
Anita Klopenstein - Little Caesars Enterprise,
Ryan Talbott - BorgWarner

Host: Evan McLaughlin, [email protected],
MichiganCIO Executive Director: Jen Wise, [email protected]

Meet the CIO of the Year® ORBIE® Finalists for the TwinCitiesCIO ORBIE® Awards, held October 1st, 2021.
 
Rahoul Ghose – ECMC Group,
Casey Gordon – College of Saint Benedict/Saint John’s University,
Jean Guezmir – St. Catherine University,
Bernard Gulachek – University of Minnesota,
Sharon Kennedy Vickers – City of Saint Paul,
Nick Kereakos – American Public Media Group,
Dave Lundal – Children’s Minnesota,
Eduardo Valencia – MSP Airport – Metropolitan Airports Commission,
Bruce Atkinson – Restaurant Technologies,
Gary Inman – Bell Bank,
Paul Johansen – Edmentum,
Dan Ritch – NorthMarq,
Steve Swenson – Wolters Kluwer,
Ben Davis – Cambria,
Jeff Mader – Sun County Airlines,
Cheryl Nygaard – Minnesota Vikings Football, LLC,
Jamie Thingelstad – SPS Commerce,
Mark Treat – Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community Gaming Experience,
Ross Gilbertson – Northern Tool + Equipment,
Dennis Keane – Red Wing Shoe Company,
Loren Klassen – Western National Insurance,
Mike McGuire – Delta Dental of MN & Abōva Technologies,
Kelly Aronson – Andersen Corporation,
Marc Carlson – Land O’Lakes,
Sridhar Koneru – Winnebago,
Mike McNamara – Target,
Brian Tilzer – Best Buy,
Andy Dulka – Starkey,
Tammylynne Jonas – Self Esteem Brands,
Anudeep Parhar – Entrust,
John Pelant – CWT,
Robin Brown – Cargill,
Kathryn Freytag – Donaldson,
Jorge Populo – UnitedHealthcare Global,
Faith Tang – H.B. Fuller

Host: Evan McLaughlin, [email protected],
TwinCitiesCIO Executive Director: Christa Ogilvy, [email protected]

Meet the CIO of the Year® ORBIE® Finalists for the BayAreaCIO ORBIE® Awards, held September 24th, 2021.
 
Ahsan Baig – AC Transit,
Lisa Davis – Blue Shield of California,
Steve Gallagher – Stanford University,
Bill Hudson – John Muir Health Network,
Edward Kopetsky – Stanford Children’s Health, 
Kumud Kalia – Guardant Health,
Ajay Sabhlock – Rubrik,
Tony Sorensen – five9.com,
Pankaj Tiwari – Penumbra Inc.,
Vivian Yeung – Fremont Bank,
Colleen Berube – Zendesk,
Chet Mandair – Guidewire,
Eric Tan – Coupa Software, Inc.,
Christine Vonderach – Recology
Tony Young – Sophos,
Dr. Prith Banerjee – ANSYS Inc.,
Steven Dee –Rodan & Fields,
Christopher Desautel – Berkshire Hathaway Homestate Companies,
Amith Nair – Vituity,
Graeme Thompson – Informatica,
Amy Farrow – Lyft,
Malcolm Jack – Granite Construction,
Tom Rodden – Varian Medical Systems,
Cathleen Southwick – Pure Storage,
Ganesh V. Iyer – NIO,
Jason Horwath – Electronic Arts,
Prakash Kota – Autodesk,
Sanjay Shringarpure – E&J Gallo Winery,
Saket Srivastava – Square
Milind Wagle – Equinix,
Atish Banerjea – Facebook,
Arthur Hu – Lenovo,
Ravi Naik – Seagate Technology,
Mark Papermaster – AMD,
John Wrenn – Flex,

Host: Evan McLaughlin, [email protected],
BayAreaCIO Executive Director: Lourdes Gipson, [email protected]

Meet the CIO of the Year® ORBIE® Finalists for the CharlotteCIO ORBIE® Awards, held September 10th, 2021.
 
Angelic Gibson – AvidXchange,
Brian Minnix – Rack Room,
Michael Taylor – Pitt County,
Raja Musunuru – Amicus.io,
Kevin Eamigh – SPX FLOW, Inc.,
Nancy Templeton – Extended Stay America,
Allen Look, Hayward Holdings, Inc.,
Phil Wood – Cape Fear Valley Health System,
Reenie Askew – City of Charlotte,
Sathish Muthukrishnan – Ally Financial,
Onyeka Nchege – Novant Health,
Rich Rogers – Prisma Health,
Andy Crowder – Atrium Health,
Aaron Gwinner – Reynolds American,
Amish Patel – Aflac/Empowered,
Bonnie Titone – Duke Energy,
Murali Bandaru – American Tire Distributors (ATD) Inc.,
Ben Hall – Krispy Kreme Doughnut Corporation,
JP Saini – Sunbelt Rentals,
Patrick Thompson – Albemarle,
Rama Kandala – Corning Inc.,
Cynthia Miller – Hanesbrands,
Suhas Yerra – American International Group, Inc. 

Host: Evan McLaughlin, [email protected],
CharlotteCIO Executive Director: Tabitha Sarris, [email protected]

Meet the CIO of the Year® ORBIE® Finalists for the KansasCityCIO ORBIE® Awards, held August 27th, 2021.
 
Rob Dickson – Wichita Public Schools,
Bill Nixon – Johnson County, KS,
Joe Phillips­ ­­– Kansas City Public Schools,
Tony Sage – City of Overland Park, KS,
Sean Jennings – UnitedLex­,
Lonnie Johnson – KVC Health Systems,
Dan Pilcher – Clinical Reference Laboratory,
Michael Smith – American Academy of Family Physicians
Kurt Hadermann – Bluescope Buildings,
Jason Kephart – Terracon Consultants,
Floyd O. May III – SelectQuote,
DiAnna Thimjon – Cherokee Federal,
Byron Clymer – Lockton,
Deborah Gash – Saint Luke’s Health System,
John Jacobs – JE Dunn Construction,
Chad Mills – Children’s Mercy Kansas City,
Bill Graff – Cerner Corporation,
Jeff Hurley – Dairy Farmers of America,
Ravi Peru – CommunityAmerica Credit Union,
Andrea Trillo – Advent Health

Host: Evan McLaughlin, [email protected],
KansasCityCIO Executive Director: Tabitha Sarris, [email protected]