Meet 28 CIO of the Year® Finalists for the AlabamaCIO ORBIE® Awards, held August 28, 2020.

Phil Burns - Shelby County Alabama,
Rand Harris - The University of Alabama,
Srikanth Karra - Jefferson County Commission,
Patrick McLendon - City of Birmingham,
Ben Barnes - McLeod Software,
LaTesha Blair - Burr Forman LLP,
Mike Northrup - America's First Federal Credit Union,
Scott Ross - HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology,
Veronica Tucker - Southern Research,
Kevin Brooks - Books-A-Million Inc.,
Jeff Liles, Harbert Management Corporation,
David Myers - Diversified Gas & Oil,
Jamey Taylor - StateServ-Hospicelink,
Stanley Walls - Carr, Riggs, & Ingram LLC,
John Enriquez - Wind Creek Hospitality,
Billy Helmandollar - DCH Health System,
Mike Rowell - Alfa Mutual Insurance,
Bob Sarnecki - Children's of Alabama Hospital,
Michael Stoeckert - ProAssurance Corporation,
John Barnhart - AMERICAN Cast Iron Pipe Company,
Amala Duggirala - Regions Bank,
Joe Harve - Southern Company Technology Organization,
Joan Hicks - UAB Health System,
Anthony Williams - Surgical Care Affiliates,
Ryland Byars - Medical Properties Trust,
John Fallis - Drummond Company, Inc.,
Kevin Ray - O'Neal Industries,
Rollis Reisner - McWane, Inc.

Host: Evan McLaughlin, [email protected]

AlabamaCIO Executive Director: Leza Dabit, [email protected] 

Meet 34 CIO of the Year® Finalists for the BostonCIO ORBIE® Awards, held August 21, 2020.

Cara Babachicos - South Shore Health,

Jeannette Currie - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center,

Ken Grady - IDEXX,

WilliamMayo - Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard,

Adam Wasylyshyn - Insulet Corporation,

Sarah Angel-Johnson - Year Up,

Michael Crones - Draper,

MitchelDavis - Dartmouth College,

Raymond Lefebvre - UMass Boston,

Steven Zuromski - Bridgewater State University,

Len Camara - FirstLight Fiber Inc.,

Lorraine Spadaro - TD GARDEN/Boston Bruins,

Jason Stump - Encore Boston Harbor,

Jason White - Berkshire Bank,

James Chilton - Cengage Learning ,

Paul Luongo - Plymouth Rock Company,

Miriam Manning - Commonwealth Financial Network,

Ian Pitt - LogMeIn Inc,

David Vidoni - Pegasystems Inc,

Tara Long - MassMutual,

PragatiMathur - Staples,

Douglas Myers - Suffolk Construction,

NathanRogers - SAIC,

Mark Sherwood - Nuance Communications,

Mona Bates - Raytheon Company,

Larry Friedman - Carbonite,

Jag Krishnan - Bose Corporation,

George Llado - Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc.,

Ravi Shankavaram - New Balance Athletics Inc.,

MonicaCaldas - Liberty Mutual,

BrookeForbes - Fidelity Investments,

RhondaGass - Stanley Black & Decker,

Nick Perugini - GE,

Brendan Toole - The Boston Consulting Group,

Host: Evan McLaughlin, [email protected],

BostonCIO Executive Director: Brenda Shield, [email protected] 

Meet 27 CIO of the Year® Finalists for the ChicagoCIO ORBIE® Awards, held August 14, 2020

Heather Nelson - UChicago Medicine,

Ron Guerrier - State of Illinois,

Diego Ferrer - Chicago Department of Aviation,

Michael Pegues - City of Aurora,

John Mohr - John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation,

Maryann Byrdak - Feeding America,

RobertSarkis - American Hospital Association,

Jonathan Beyer - Evangelical Lutheran Church in America,

Kevin Boyd - University of Chicago,

Helen Sun - Stats Perform,

Jeanine Charlton - Merchants Fleet,

John Walls - ADM Investor Services, Inc,

Paul Slager - Digital Check Corp,

Sean Freeburger - Huron,

Andy Jurczyk - Seyfarth Shaw LLP,

Bill Rocholl - CCC Information Services,

Neeru Arora - Volkwagen Credit Inc.,

Howard  Piersma - Pepper Construction Group,

Neville Rademeyer - Ipsos,

Kevin Lowell - U.S. Cellular,

Rich Voinovich - Equity Residential,

GeorgeLesko - Ferrara,

Ehren Powell - GE Healthcare,

Rajeev Khanna - Aon,

Jason Ruger - Motorola,

Dan Simpson - Grant Thornton International, Ltd,

Danielle Brown - Brunswick,

Host: Evan McLaughlin, [email protected],

ChicagoCIO Executive Director: Christa Ogilvy, [email protected] 

Meet 20 CIO of the Year® Finalists for the inaugural ArizonaCIO ORBIE® Awards, held August 7, 2020.
 
J.R. Sloan - State of Arizona,
Deanna Wise - Banner Health,
Matthew Arvay - City of Phoenix,
Lev Gonick - Arizona State University,
Saffron Wanger - Terros Health,
Kris Singleton - International Cruise & Excursions,
Ken Orgeron - Snell & Wilmer,
Steve Reese - Phoenix Suns,
Jason Rivera - Verra Mobility,
Monty Low - Arizona Coyotes NHL Hockey,
Anthony DeCanti - Republic Services, Inc.,
Mike Goodwin - PetSmart,
Laura Walsh - Carlisle Companies,
Paul Edmisten - Tivity Health,
Michael Spandau - Fender Musical Instruments,
Max Chan - Avnet Inc,
Kevin Haskew - ON Semiconductor,
Umesh Manathkar - Amkor Technology,
Alejandro Mayoral - StandardAero,
Scott Hicar - Benchmark,

Host: Evan McLaughlin, [email protected]
ArizonaCIO Executive Director: Lindsey Estep, [email protected]

Meet 25 CIO of the Year® Finalists for the HoustonCIO ORBIE® Awards, held July 31, 2020.

Mario Berry - Texas Southern University,

Murshid Khan - TDECU,

Maria ONeill - American Bureau of Shipping,

CharlesThompson - Port of Houston Authority,

Kerry Bray - Reservoir Group,

GeorgeCrawford - Catapult Energy Services,

Michael Dean - Tellurian Inc,

Mark Seale - Nova Medical Centers,

Okpara Young - Houston Rockets,

Jesse Carrillo - Hines,

Greg Moreno-Earle - Key Energy Services,

Todd Renaud - Conn's HomePlus,

Baron Unbehagen - Encino Energy LLC, 

Kim Hales - NRG Energy,

Annessa McKenzie - Calpine Corporation,

Joe Shannon - Whataburger,

Jonathan Sider - Mattress Firm,

Dulce Borjas - ENGIE North America,

IshmaelCooper - LivaNova,

CormacLynch - National OIlwell Varco,

Allen Wuescher - Toshiba International Corp.,

Abhijeet Bhandare - General Electric Power,

Brad Breau - Tokio Marine HCC,

Archana Deskus - Hewlett Packard Enterprise,

JenniferHartsock - Baker Hughes

Host: Evan McLaughlin, [email protected],

HoustonCIO Executive Director: Monique Cook, [email protected] 

Meet 23 CIO of the Year® Finalists for the inaugural ColoradoCIO ORBIE® Awards, held July 17, 2020.
 

Dr. David Bessen - Arapahoe County,

Aleta Jeffress - City of Aurora CO,

Andrew Moore - Boulder Valley School District,

Dr. Theresa Szczurek - Governor’s Office of IT,

John Edwards - RLHC,

Rob Grant - CPI Cardgroup,

Dr. Wes Williams - Mental Health Center of Denver,

Paula Kautzmann - Colorado Access,

Melissa Penza - Flexential,

Russ Trainor - Denver Broncos Football Club,

Wayne White - Startek,

Eileen Baines - CoBank,

Pete DuPre - Elevations Credit Union,

Aaron Everett - Lucky's Market,

Stephen Katsirubas - Hunter Douglas,

James Capps - E*TRADE,

Alan Cullop - DaVita Inc.,

Chris Meyerpeter - Ardent Mills LLC,

Craig Richardville - SCL Health,

Paul Algreen - Janus Henderson Investors,

Michael Feliton - Crocs,

Michael Rhymes - Gates,

Amit Sharma - The Western Union Company,

Host: Evan McLaughlin, [email protected]

ColoradoCIO Executive Director: Leza Dabit, [email protected]

Meet the 33 CIO of the Year® ORBIE® Finalists for the DallasCIO ORBIE® Awards, held February 20, 2020.
 

Madhuri Andrews - Jacobs,

Carol Clements - Pizza Hut,

Tammy Gilbert - Fidelity Investments,

Jo-ann Olsovsky - Salesforce,

Michelle Johnson - The Freeman Company,

Sherif Mityas - TGI FRIDAYS,

Rajesh Nagarajan - Celanese,

Rama Prasad - Copart,

Gertrude Van Horn - NCH Corporation,

Paola Arbour - Tenet Healthcare,

Joe Brenner - Sally Beauty Holdings,

Ashley Denison - Caliber Collision,

A. Ravi Malick - Vistra Energy,

Kathleen Wayton - Southwest Airlines,

Sumit Anand - At Home,

Jeff Dinard - Highland Homes,

Steve McLaurin - Denbury,

Bhargav Shah - One Technologies,

Trey Smith - MIC Global Services,

Matt Bieri - Tyler Technologies,

Jennifer Greer-Glanville - ClubCorp,

Mark Overton - Greyhound Lines Inc.,

Michele Rodgers - Exeter Finance LLC,

Gregory Shoemaker - BKD LLP,

Heidi Dial - HKS,

Rob Hilliard - Academic Partnerships,

Joan Holman - Clark Hill PLC,

Rusty Kennington - Corsicana Mattress Company,

Neelu Sethi - Reddy Ice,

Tommy Alsbrooks - Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas,

Chris Chiancone - City of Plano,

Theresa Meadows - Cook Children's Health Care System,

Prasanna Singaraju - YPO,

Host: Evan McLaughlin, [email protected],

DallasCIO Executive Director: Lourdes Gipson, [email protected]