ORBIE Podcast

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 ScientificHost: Evan McLaughlin, evanm@inspirecio.com,St.LouisCIO Executive Director: Tabitha Sarris, tabithas@inspirecio.com

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, evanm@inspirecio.com,NewYorkCIO Executive Director: Monique Cook, moniquec@inspirecio.com

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 BankDr. Derek Peterson - Boingo Wireless, Erik Quade - Tillys,Dan Abushanab - Esri,Frederick Donatucci - New-Indy Containerboard, LLC,Randi Levin - NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory – CaltechJoel 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 - AmgenHost: Evan McLaughlin, evanm@inspirecio.com,SoCalCIO Executive Director: Leza Dabit, lezad@inspirecio.com

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 – SecureworksLarisa 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 PowerHost: Evan McLaughlin, evanm@inspirecio.com,GeorgiaCIO Executive Director: Karen Wilson, karenw@inspirecio.com

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 InternationalRajeev 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 TechnologyWhitney 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 - AvantorHost: Evan McLaughlin, evanm@inspirecio.com,PhillyCIO Executive Director: Jen Wise jenw@inspirecio.com

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 - BorgWarnerHost: Evan McLaughlin, evanm@inspirecio.com,MichiganCIO Executive Director: Jen Wise, jenw@inspirecio.com

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. FullerHost: Evan McLaughlin, evanm@inspirecio.com,TwinCitiesCIO Executive Director: Christa Ogilvy, christao@inspirecio.com

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 – RecologyTony 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 – SquareMilind Wagle – Equinix,Atish Banerjea – Facebook,Arthur Hu – Lenovo,Ravi Naik – Seagate Technology,Mark Papermaster – AMD,John Wrenn – Flex,Host: Evan McLaughlin, evanm@inspirecio.com,BayAreaCIO Executive Director: Lourdes Gipson, lourdesg@inspirecio.com

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, evanm@inspirecio.com,CharlotteCIO Executive Director: Tabitha Sarris, tabithas@inspirecio.com

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 PhysiciansKurt 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 HealthHost: Evan McLaughlin, evanm@inspirecio.com,KansasCityCIO Executive Director: Tabitha Sarris, tabithas@inspirecio.com

Meet the CIO of the Year® ORBIE® Finalists for the CapitalCIO ORBIE® Awards, held August 13th, 2021. Sarah Naqvi – MSHost Corporation Inc.Judd Nicholson – Georgetown UniversityChris Sullivan – Serco Inc.Monica McManus – Lockheed Martin, Rotary & Mission SystemsBharat Amin – Huntington Ingalls IndustriesBrian Bark – Sinclair Broadcast GroupShaina Green – Exelon CorporationDr. Joel Klein – University of Maryland Medical SystemChristie Nader – PerspectaChas Shaffer – GuidehouseNajeeb Uddin – AARPMike Uster – ManTechHans Keller – Erickson LivingDr. Prasanna Menta – Sheppard PrattDr. Scott Midkiff – Virginia TechMichael Mistretta – Virginia Hospital CenterLisa Roger – DewberryVasili Ikonomidis – NCI Information SystemsMike Jin – CNSIMarc Levy – Association of American Medical CollegesAjay Sravanapudi – ComscoreJohn Suess – University of Maryland Baltimore CountyJason Gray – US Department of EducationRob Mancini – Prince William County GovernmentRobert Osmond – Virginia Department of TransportationAaron Weis – Department of the NavyHost: Evan McLaughlin, evanm@inspirecio.com,CapitalCIO Executive Director: Jen Wise, jenw@inspirecio.com

Meet the CIO of the Year® ORBIE® Finalists for the National ORBIE® Awards, held July 22nd, 2021.Mamatha Chamarthi, StellantisSeemantini Godbole, Lowe'sJennifer Hartsock, Baker HughesMax Chan, Avnet IncSteve Hagood, Trane TechnologiesMona Bates, Raytheon Technologies - Missiles & DefenseDave, Duvall, Discovery, Inc.Donie Lochan, InvescoBarry Shurkey, NTT Data ServicesAdhir Mattu, Marvell Semiconductor, Inc.Scott Crowder, BMC SoftwareBeth Boucher, SiriusPointDarrellFernandes, TIAAKristie Grinnell, GDITChrister Peltomaa, Comcast BusinessMike Goodwin, PetsmartSteve Mills,  iHeartMediaJacob Sorensen, Bank of the WestPaul Algreen, Janus HendersonMichael Mathews, DeluxeAshok Vantipalli, TireHubSumit Anand, At HomeTodd Renaud, Conn's HomePlusJohn Hill, Business PlanningCarharttUsmanWaheed, KnollJames Chilton, Cengage LearningMatt Bieri, Tyler TechnologiesDawn KirchnerKing, Armstrong World IndustriesMichael Salas, SUEZBernieGracy, AgeroDave Hoag, OCCWendy Pfeiffer, Nutanix, Inc.Joan Kuehl, Elevate Credit, Inc.Pramesh Naik, Troutman PepperJason White, Berkshire BankAndrew Brock, AssociaTarek Tomes, Minnesota IT ServicesRavi Pendse, University of MichiganTanya Hannah, King County, WA Bob Solis, MIT Lincoln LaboratoryKevin Boyd, University of ChicagoLen Peters, NYUMatt Chambers, Baylor, Scott and White HealthRusty Yeager, Encompass HealthCraig Richardville, SCL HEALTHTom Gordon, Virtua HealthLisa Dykstra, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of ChicagoMike Larson, Agiliti Health, Inc.Host: Evan McLaughlin, evanm@inspirecio.com,National Executive Director: Evan McLaughlin, evanm@inspirecio.com

Meet the CIO of the Year® ORBIE® Finalists for the SeattleCIO ORBIE® Awards, held June 25th, 2021. Monika Panpaliya - JP Morgan ChaseEdmond Mesrobian - Nordstrom, IncRebecca Straka - Weyerhaeuser CompanyBJ Moore - ProvidenceLaurent Rotival - Cambia Health SolutionsJon Russell - Multicare Health SystemZafar Chaudry- Seattle Children'sVikramBaskaran - Alaska AirlinesDavid Beitel - Zillow GroupJeff Dirks - TrueBlue, Inc.Andrew Beers - TableauLaury Miller - SeagenGarrett Whitney - Delta Dental of WashingtonSasi Pillay - Washington State UniversityLisa Wernli - Wireless Advocates & Car ToysBridget Frey - RedfinSabra Schneider - City of Bellevue, WashingtonScott Waters - Overlake Medical Center and ClinicsChris Purcell - PEMCO Mutual InsuranceChris Lindner - ApptioDiane Tschauner - Yakima Valley Farm Workers ClinicJohn Michael Gross - Cascade EnvironmentalErik Jones - Seattle Hockey Partners, LLCHost: Evan McLaughlin, evanm@inspirecio.com,SeattleCIO Executive Director: Lindsey Estep, lindseye@inspirecio.com

Meet the CIO of the Year® ORBIE® Finalists for the BostonCIO ORBIE® Awards, held June 18th, 2021. Nick Perugini - General Electric Company (GE)Shelia Anderson - Liberty MutualAnjanaHarve - Fresenius Medical CareJeana Thomas - Pratt & WhitneyMark Hernon - BiogenRamesh Razdan - Bain and CompanyMarjorie Boles - Sappi LimitedKimberly Anstett - Iron MountainMichael Jasper - Draeger Medical Systems Inc.Mani Sundaram - Akamai TechnologiesTara Long - MassMutualMike Hayeck - Fidelity InvestmentsSorin Hilgen - EG AmericaSharon Gabriel - Clean HarborsLori Groth - Stanley Black & DeckerMichael Israel - The Kraft GroupMiriam Manning - Commonwealth Financial NetworkEric Lindgren - Bright HorizonsIan Pitt - LogMeIn IncSanthosh Kumar - Inspire Brands, Dunkin' and Baskin-RobbinsAmy O'Connor - PreciselyAleksandr Sukennik - Avid TechnologyBridgetCollins - CerenceWilliam Dameron - The Brattle GroupPuneet Nevatia - Cambridge Trust CompanyBijay Kumar - State of Rhode IslandJohn Barden - Yale UniversityJohn Letchford - University of MassachusettsMichael Mundrane - University of ConnecticutNaomi Lenane - Dana-Farber Cancer InstituteGregory Wolf - UMass Medical SchoolLeanne Harvey - Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at BIDMCJeannette Currie - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterJay Pasteris - New England Journal of Medicine/Massachusetts Medical SocietyHost: Evan McLaughlin, evanm@inspirecio.com,BostonCIO Executive Director: Brenda Shield, brendas@inspirecio.com

Meet the CIO of the Year® ORBIE® Finalists for the AlabamaCIO ORBIE® Awards, held June 4th, 2021. Ben Rosebrock - Alabama Community College SystemJohn Enriquez- Wind Creek HospitalityKevin McMahon - BBVA USAKevin Ray - O'Neal IndustriesLynn Lovelady - McWane, Inc.Billy Helmandollar - DCH Health SystemKenneth McClain - BuffaloRock CompanyRaymond Harris - ADTRANTerri Bentley - Redstone Federal Credit UnionBen Barnes - McLeod SoftwareKevin Hicks - M. J. Harris Construction Services, LLCRolf Van Rijn - Red Diamond Inc.Tommy McNeal - Hargrove Engineers + ConstructorsBill Steiner - City of Huntsville, ALDamian Clarke - AAMUEmily Elam - Decatur City SchoolsRand Harris - The University of Alabama / Department of AthleticsScott Ross - HudsonAlpha Institute for BiotechnologyHost: Evan McLaughlin, evanm@inspirecio.com,AlabamaCIO Executive Director: Leza Dabit, lezad@inspirecio.com 

Meet the CIO of the Year® ORBIE® Finalists for the MiamiCIO ORBIE® Awards, held May 21st, 2021. Bobby George - Carrier Global CorporationMartha Poulter - Royal Caribbean GroupDimple Jethani - Norwegian Cruise Line HoldingsEnna Zarate - DHL Express USA IncAndy Schwalb - Virgin VoyagesAnn Dozier - Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits, Inc.Jay Smith - Tracfone Wireless, IncDeepak Agarwal - School District of Palm Beach CountyDarryl Maraj - GA Telesis, LLCMichael Bouchet - Newfold DigitalWilliam Velez - Harvard Maintenance Inc.Ariel Carrion - City National Bank of FloridaDavid Less - JL Audio, Inc.Kim Jacques - Sentry Data SystemsNovletPalmer Mattis - Orlando HealthDavid Reis - University of Miami Health SystemJennifer Wesson Greenman - Cancer Treatment Centers of America Global, Inc.Hernando Celada - ChenMedHost: Evan McLaughlin, evanm@inspirecio.com,MiamiCIO Executive Director: Karen Wilson, karenw@inspirecio.com 

Meet the CIO of the Year® ORBIE® Finalists for the ChicagoCIO ORBIE® Awards, held May 14, 2021. Edward Wagoner - JLLKuldip Mohanty – HUB InternationalSven Krause - HillromAbhi Dhar - TransUnionKris Rao - HNI CorporationMarvin Richardson - Health Care Service CorporationSuja Chandrasekaran - CommonSpirit HealthBobbie Byrne - Advocate Aurora HealthKevin Lowell - U.S. CellularMaryann Byrdak - Feeding AmericaAnson Johnson - USGJanet Zelenka - Stericycle, Inc.Rich Voinovich - Equity ResidentialTim Dickson - Generac Power SystemsGretchen Horn - Brookfield Properties, Retail GroupEd Rybicki - Vyaire MedicalAllen Smith - Baker Tilly US, LLPMichelle Kasson - The AZEK CompanyBrad Bodell - Trustmark InsuranceBridget Quinlan - Life FitnessNicole White - Redwood LogisticsTim Walter - Randa Apparel and AccessoriesRaj Sampoornam - Byline BankSusan Czarnecki - Golub Capital LLCSunitha Chamarti - ReedGroup, a Guardian CompanyPinky Raina - U.S. Soccer FederationAugustus Oakes - ATIMadhu Reddy - Republic Bank of ChicagoMichael Pegues - City of Aurora ILHeather Nelson - UChicago MedicineScot Berkey - Illinois Housing Development AuthorityJohn Sudduth - Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater ChicagoTracy Harrington - Federal Reserve Bank of ChicagoHost: Evan McLaughlin, evanm@inspirecio.com,ChicagoCIO Executive Director: Christa Ogilvy, christao@inspirecio.com 

Meet the CIO of the Year® ORBIE® Finalists for the ArizonaCIO ORBIE® Awards, held April 23rd, 2021. Barry Brummund - The University of ArizonaMark Koan - Maricopa Community College District,Jamie Smith - University of PhoenixJoe Mildenhall - Grand Canyon Education,David Sanders - Mesa Public Schools,Matthew Arvay - City of Phoenix,Travis Cutright - City of Mesa,Daniel Hunt - Pima County Government,Feroz Merchhiya - City of Glendale,Matt Fowler - Coconino County,Harold Dibler - Best Western Hotels and Resorts,Gint Grabauskas – Offerpad,Mike Kirby - Televerde, George Lawlor - Truly Nolen of America, James Lowey - Tgen,Jeff Semonovich - Western Alliance BankBrian Kirkland - Choice Hotels International,Dorien Weijts - Blue Yonder,Charles Ingram - Meta Financial Services,Kelly Summers - Valleywise Health,Imran Kazi – Carvana,Gary Desai - Discount Tire,Chris Yearout - Meritage Homes,Ed Obuchowski - Advisor Group,Anthony Bobos – Vitalant,David Thompson - AMEX Global Business Travel,Jeffery Shumway - Insight Enterprises,Kevin Haskew - ON Semiconductor,Umesh Manathkar - Amkor Technology,Alejandro Mayoral – StandardAero,Scott Hicar - Benchmark ElectronicsHost: Evan McLaughlin, evanm@inspirecio.com,ArizonaCIO Executive Director: Lindsey Estep, Lindseye@inspirecio.com

Meet the CIO of the Year® ORBIE® Finalists for the HoustonCIO ORBIE® Awards, held April 9, 2021. Tanya Acevedo - Houston Airport SystemKlara Jelinkova - Rice UniversityLisa Kent - City of HoustonLee Leiber - Baylor College of MedicineLong Pham - Fort Bend ISDChris Hanz - Houston AstrosRocco Ivanovich - EDFJason Lu - Stallion Oilfield ServicesGreg Moreno-Earle - Key Energy ServicesMike Prochaska - The Allied GroupJesse Carrillo - HinesTom Clark - Cadence BankVenu Madduri - Mears GroupKen Piddington - U.S. SilicaBaron Unbehagen - Encino EnergyJoe Carroll - CITGO PetroleumKim Hales - NRG EnergyAmanda Hammel - Memorial Hermann Health SystemKen Letkeman - Houston MethodistLaura Tibodeau - Americas Styrenics LLCBrad Breau - Tokio Marine HCCLisa Carr - Shell Oil Products USTJ Jackson- Diamond OffshoreML Madhavarao - Exterran Energy SolutionsRashmi Kumar - Hewlett Packard EnterpriseStuart Millar - Technip EnergiesKathy VanLandingham - LyondellBasellCraig Wood - Tricon Energy, Ltd.Host: Evan McLaughlin, evanm@inspirecio.com,HoustonCIO Executive Director: Monique Cook, moniquec@inspirecio.com

Meet the CIO of the Year® ORBIE® Finalists for the ColoradoCIO ORBIE® Awards, held March 26, 2021. David Bessen - Arapahoe County,Michael Jefferies - Boulder Community Health,Monique Sendze - Colorado School of Mines,Chris Watkins - Craig Hospital,Kevin Wilkins - City of Fort Collins,Charles Billings - Professional Case Management,Michael Bush - Colorado Rockies Baseball Club,Paul Farnsworth - DHI Group, Inc.,James Johnson - Holland & Hart LLC,Klavs Miller - Procare Solutions,Dev Ashish - ClearChoice Management Services,Eileen Baines - CoBank,Rich Benner - Wheel Pros,Bill Case - WOW! Internet, Cable & Phone,Geoff Felder - TriZetto Provider Solutions a Cognizant Company,Joyce Crocker - Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association Inc.,Jamie Cutler - Air Methods Corporation,Carrie Damon - Centura Health,Carol Kline - Empower Retirement,Atilla Tinic - DISH Network,Purnima Wagle - DCP Midstream,Jason Giachino - Advanced Energy,Tammie Hilend - Maxar Technologies,Sandi Mays - Zayo Group,Michael Ringman - TELUS International,Chandra Venkataramani - TTEC,Mike Wade - TerumoBCT,Luis Canepari - Newmont,Velia Carboni - VF Corporation,Brian Gabbard - Ball Corporation,Tim Langley-Hawthorne - Hitachi Vantara,Chad Moss - IHS Markit,Host: Evan McLaughlin, evanm@inspirecio.com,ColoradoCIO Executive Director: Leza Dabit, Lezad@inspirecio.com

Meet the CIO of the Year® ORBIE® Finalists for the DallasCIO ORBIE® Awards, held February 26, 2021. Mark Elrod - North Texas Food Bank,Jack Kelanic - Dallas Independent School District,Doug Short - Trinity River Authority of Texas,Caren Skipworth - Collin County Government,Michael Youngs - Dallas Ft Worth International Airport,Vin Crispino - BayMark Health Services,Shane Henderson - Signify Health,Joseph Longo - Parkland Health & Hospital System,PamelaMcNutt - Methodist Health System,Theresa Meadows - Cook Children's Health Care System,Jan Ross - nThrive,Joan Holman - Clark Hill PLC,Jyoti Lynch - European Wax Center,Steve McLaurin - Denbury Inc.,Mark Overton - Greyhound Lines, Inc.,Neelu Sethi - Reddy Ice,Brian Drevicky - Supreme Lending,Michele Rodgers - Exeter Finance LLC,Hina Shamsi - Texas Capital Bank,Trey Smith - MIC Global Services,Mani Suri - 7-Eleven, Inc.,Ashley Denison - Caliber Collision,Jim French - Transplace,Vipin Gupta - Toyota Financial Services,Nimesh Mehta - National Life Group,Mike Santimaw - Rent-A-Center,Ramnik Kamo - Mavenir,Christi Liebe - Omni Logistics, LLC,Bill McDonald - WIS International,Andy Potter - Rug Doctor,Gertrude Van Horn - NCH Corporation,Nancy Flores - McKesson Corporation,Sue-Jean Lin - Alcon,Sudhir Nair - LoanDepot,Pankaj Patra - Brinker International,Angela Venuk -GameStop,Tammy Gilbert -Fidelity InvestmentsHost: Evan McLaughlin, evanm@inspirecio.com,DallasCIO Executive Director: Lourdes Gipson, lourdesg@inspirecio.com

Meet 23 CIO of the Year® Finalists for the MichiganCIO ORBIE® Awards, held December 11, 2020.William Fandrich - Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan,Ravi Pendse - University of Michigan,Beth Niblock - City of Detroit,Lesley Ma - NSF International,Matt Spivey - Mission Veterinary Partners,Elizabeth Klee - Urban Science,Stacy Carron - Stout,Andy Frey - OneMagnify,David Behen - La-Z-Boy Incorporated,Jennifer Charters - Flagstar Bank,Paul Blowers - Plante Moran,Anita Klopfenstein - Little Caesars Enterprises,StevenAmbrose - DTE Energy,Sangy Vatsa - FIS (frmly Comerica),Jason Bressler - United Wholesale Mortgage,Thomas Farrington - Perrigo,Raman Mehta - Visteon Corporation,James Seevers - Toyoda Gosei North America,John Hill - Carhartt,Mamatha Chamarthi - Fiat Chrysler Automobiles,Matt Fahnestock - Dana Incorporated,Steven Zerby - Owens Corning,Michelle Greene - Masco CorporationHost: Evan McLaughlin, evanm@inspirecio.com MichiganCIO Executive Director: Jen Wise, jenw@inspirecio.com

Meet 29 CIO of the Year® Finalists for the NewYorkCIO ORBIE® Awards, held December 4, 2020.Dr. Sam Amirfar - The Brooklyn Hospital Center,Daniel J. Barchi - Presbyterian Hospital,Dr. Claus Jensen - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center,Uday Madasu - Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services,Jamie Nelson - Hospital for Special Surgery,Karen Beebe - Vineyard Vines,Gerard Pento - Wilson Elser,Steve Randich - FINRA,Andy Rhodes - UNICEF USA,Parag Agrawal - Chobani,Suvajit Basu - Goya Foods Inc,Cindy Finkelman - FactSet Research Systems,Arnie Leap - 1-800-FLOWERS.COM Inc.,Michael Salas - SUEZ North America,Raj Bhatti - Newmark Knight Frank,Michelle Garvey - J Crew,Stewart Gibson - USI Insurance Services,David Hunter - AMC Networks,Steve Mills - iHeartMedia Inc.,Beth Boucher - Sirius Group,Nicholas Daffan - Verisk,Carmine Lizza - Lazard,Vipul Nagrath - ADP Inc.,Pawan Verma - Foot Locker Inc.,Lori Beer - JPMorgan Chase & Co.,Sal Cucchiara - Morgan Stanley,Lidia Fonseca - Pfizer Inc.,Steve Lord - The Hartford,Fletcher Previn - IBMHost: Evan McLaughlin, evanm@inspirecio.com NewYorkCIO Executive Director: Monique Cook, moniquec@inspirecio.com

Meet 22 CIO of the Year® Finalists for the SeattleCIO ORBIE® Awards, held November 13, 2020. Tanya Hannah - King County,Sasi Pillay - Washington State University,Liza Klumpar - Franklin Pierce Schools,BJ Moore - Providence,Dr. Zafar Chaudry - Seattle Children's,Ellen Wiegand - Virginia Mason Health System,Ravi Soin - Edifecs Inc.,Martin Rues - Outreach Corporation,Chris Carter - Blueprint Technologies,Val Grasparil - Brighton Jones,Kari Escobedo - Bartell Drugs,Chip Suttles - Seattle Seahawks,Bob Johnson - Kidder Mathews,John Michael Gross - Cascade Environmental,Steven Gallagher - Avenue5 Residential,Judith Henderson - Farmers Life,Laury Miller - Seattle Genetics,Jenny Moshea - Sellen Construction,Cody Sanford - T-Mobile,Vivek Singh - Zones,Michele Bleser - Slalom,Sue Taylor - Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation,Host: Evan McLaughlin, evanm@inspirecio.com SeattleCIO Executive Director: Lindsey Estep, lindseye@inspirecio.com 

Meet 29 CIO of the Year® Finalists for the CapitalCIO ORBIE® Awards, held November 20, 2020.Richard Perreault - National Rural Utility Cooperative,Rizwan Jan - HJF,Keith McIntosh - University of Richmond,Eli Hertz - USO Inc,Khuloud Odeh - Urban Institute,Joel Klein - University of Maryland Medical System,Venkat Koshanam - Maryland Health Benefit Exchange,Dwight Raum - Johns Hopkins Medicine,Michael Mistretta - Virginia Hospital Center,Kathleen Perry - Mercy Health Services,Lawrence Anderson - U.S. Department of Commerce,Jamie Holcombe - United States Patent and Trademark Office,Rob Mancini - Prince William County Government,Rona Bunn - International Trade Administration,Brian McGrath - U.S. Department of Justice,Chris Soong - Alion Science and Technology,Karthik Venkatesh - Laureate Education,Lisa Roger - Dewberry,Brian Hobbs - Gibbs & Cox Inc.,Gregory Jones - Kajeet Inc.,Jay Cavalcanto - Exelon Corporation,BharatAmin - Huntington Ingalls Industries,Kristie Grinnell - General Dynamics Information Technology,Brian Bark - Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc.,Mike Uster - ManTech,Julia Anderson - Smithfield Foods Inc.,Sanjeev Addala - AES Corp,Craig Williams - Ciena,John Lambeth - MaximusHost: Evan McLaughlin, evanm@inspirecio.com CapitalCIO Executive Director: Jen Wise, jenw@inspirecio.com

Meet 35 CIO of the Year® Finalists for the GeorgiaCIO ORBIE® Awards, held November 6, 2020.Gaurav Singal - Georgia Lottery Corporation,Gary Brantley - The City of Atlanta,Phillip Ventimiglia - Georgia State University,Brian Benn - Atlanta Housing Authority,Jeff May - Georgia Department of Labor,Geoffrey Brown - Piedmont Healthcare,Michael Muncy - Aveanna Healthcare,Jeff Buda - Floyd Medical Center,Andrew Goodwin - Harbin Clinic,Jason James - Net Health,John Slaughter - Alliant Health,Robert Sheesley - The Wrench Group,James Hamrick - Gables Residential,Jay Nayak - Kids2,Blake Brannon - OneTrust,Gina Strickland - Miller Zell,Eric Bradley - TaxSlayer LLC,Bob Berry - Reef Technology,Pramesh Naik - Troutman Pepper,Ross Creasy - Ameris Bank,Eric Muntz - Mailchimp,Marcia Calleja - Avanos Medical,Keith Akin - RPC Inc.,Raghu Sagi - Inspire Brands,Michael Sullivan - Southern Company,Gregory Allarding - Mansfield Energy,Rohit Lal - Saia Inc.,Zack Bishop - Synovus Bank,Ashok Vantipalli - TireHub,Donie Lochan - Invesco,Benjamin Pivar - Carter's,Kim Trevisan - Oldcastle APG,Scott DuFour - FLEETCOR,Bates Turpen - Travelport,Miguel Louzan - LifeScan,Host: Evan McLaughlin, evanm@inspirecio.com GeorgiaCIO Executive Director: Karen Wilson, karenw@inspirecio.com 

Meet 33 CIO of the Year® Finalists for the BayAreaCIO ORBIE® Awards, held October 29, 2020. Elena Andreadakis - Federal Home Loan Bank,Opinder Bawa - University of San Francisco,Herman Brown - SF District Attorney's Office,Sham Chatterjee - Satellite Healthcare Inc,Rob Lloyd - City of San Jose,Alvina Antar - Zuora,Sathis Arasadi - Fremont Bank,Julie Cullivan - Forescout Technologies,Yousuf Khan - Automation Anywhere,Colleen Berube - Zendesk,Linh Lam - Ellie Mae,Trevor Schulze - RingCentral Inc.,Todd Wilson - Clif Bar & Company,Lyn Campbell - Proofpoint,Stephen Franchetti - Slack,Claus Moldt - FICO,Nat Natarajan - Ancestry,Kirsten Wolberg - DocuSign,John Abel - Veritas Technologies LLC,Kim Bates - Webcor,Jacob Sorensen - Bank of the West,Cathy Southwick - Pure Storage,Sylvie Veilleux - Dropbox,Tom Cullen - JUUL Labs Inc.,Prakash Kota - Autodesk,Adhir Mattu - Marvell Semiconductor Inc.,Saket Srivastava - Square Inc.,Naveen Zutshi - Palo Alto Networks,,Yasir Anwar - Williams-Sonoma Inc.Sally Gilligan - Gap Inc.,Ravi Naik - Seagate Technology,,Andy Nallappan - Broadcom Inc.Alan Pye - Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Host: Evan McLaughlin, evanm@inspirecio.comBayAreaCIO Executive Director: Lourdes Gipson, lourdesg@inspirecio.com

Meet the 30 CIO of the Year® ORBIE® Finalists for the PhillyCIO ORBIE® Awards, held October 16, 2020.Randy Gaboriault - ChristianaCare,Kisha Hortman Hawthorne - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia,EdwardMalinowski - BAYADA Home Health Care,ThomasPacek - Inspira Health,Michael Restuccia - Penn Medicine,John Janthor - Radwell International,Kelly Kleinfelder - SDI Inc.,GeorgeKurtas - The Philadelphia Inquirer,Rajeev Nair - J Knipper & Co,Louis Pellicori - Glenmede Trust Co.,Dan Alig - The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania,Tony Celebuski - TW Metals LLC,Robert Ehlinger - Lannett Company Inc.,Michael Rinehart - Fox Rothschild LLP,Kim Wismer - Ballard Spahr LLP,SankhaGhosh - Dollar Financial Corp,Whitney Kellett - Essential Utilities Inc.,Dawn Kirchner King - Armstrong World Industries,Cindy Leavitt - Temple University,Kelly Lyman - PECO,Justin Mennen - Rite Aid,Christer Peltomaa - Comcast Business,Karla Viglasky - WL Gore & Associates,Mark Wheeler - City of Philadelphia,William Zebrowski - Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority,Dean Del Vecchio - Guardian Life,Sabina Ewing - Pfizer Upjohn,Upinder Phanda - Unisys Information Technology,Courtney Smith Goodrich - Wells Fargo,Jim Swanson - Johnson & Johnson InspireCIO Host: Evan McLaughlin, evanm@inspirecio.comPhillyCIO Executive Director: Jen Wise, jenw@inspirecio.com

Meet 31 CIO of the Year® Finalists for the TwinCitiesCIO ORBIE® Awards, held September 18, 2020.Idrissa Davis - Saint Paul Public Schools,Rahoul Ghose - ECMC Group,Dr. Casey Gordon - College of Saint Benedict,Jim Jones - Great River Energy,Michael Thyken - CaringBridge,Tarek Tomes - State of Minnesota,Alan Abramson - HealthPartners,Shahid Alam - BlueCross BlueShield of Minnesota,Francois Charette - Optum,Mark Gingrich - Surescripts,Cris Ross - Mayo Clinic,Wade Anderson - Bay & Bay Transportation,Mark Bradley - Robins Kaplan LLP,Gary Inman - Bell Bank,Carey Smith - Constellation Mutual,Steve Swenson - Wolters Kluwer,Ben Davis - Cambria,David Hirschkorn - Eide Bailly LLP,Dennis Keane - Red Wing Shoe,Rachel Lockett - Pohlad Companies,Shawn Quant - Piper Sandler Companies,Troy Cardinal - RSM US LLP,Sid Gandhi - Securian Financial,Randy Kupper - Ameriprise Financial,Mike McGuire - Delta Dental of MN & Abōva Technologies,Hunter Saklad - Sleep Number,Julius Chepey - APi Group,Tammylynne Jonas - Self Esteem Brands,Bob Olson - Aon,John Pelant - CWT,Kurt Svendsen - The Toro Company,Host: Evan McLaughlin, evanm@inspirecio.com,TwinCitiesCIO Executive Director: Christa Oglivy, christao@inspirecio.com

Meet 25 CIO of the Year® Finalists for the CharlotteCIO ORBIE® Awards, held September 11, 2020.Brian Baute - Queens University of Charlotte,David Blattner - Rowan-Salisbury Schools,Ron Horn - Guilford Technical Community College,Derek Root - Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools,Elizabeth Austin - Curvature,John Bowles - Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP,Angelic Gibson - AvidXchange,Curtis Hughes - Midrex Technologies,Stuart Kippelman - Parsons,Brian Minnix - Rack Room Shoes,Darrell Thompson - Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.,Ray Thornton - Bell Partners Inc,Andy Crowder - Atrium Health,Darrell Fernandes - TIAA,Lety Nettles - Novant Health,Scott Seese - LPL Financial,Murali Bandaru - American Tire Distributors Inc.,Shoukat Ali Bhamani - Schaeffler Group,Michael Del Priore - Diversey,Ben Hall - Krispy Kreme,Patrick Thompson - Albemarle,Brian Galovich - Collins Aerospace,Seemantini Godbole - Lowe's,Tracy Kerrins - Wells Fargo,Jennifer Manry - Bank of America,Host: Evan McLaughlin, evanm@inspirecio.comCharlotteCIO Executive Director: Monique Cook, moniquec@inspirecio.com

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, evanm@inspirecio.comAlabamaCIO Executive Director: Leza Dabit, lezad@inspirecio.com

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, evanm@inspirecio.com,BostonCIO Executive Director: Brenda Shield, brendas@inspirecio.com 

Meet 27 CIO of the Year® Finalists for the ChicagoCIO ORBIE® Awards, held August 14, 2020Heather 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, evanm@inspirecio.com,ChicagoCIO Executive Director: Christa Ogilvy, christao@inspirecio.com

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, evanm@inspirecio.comArizonaCIO Executive Director: Lindsey Estep, lindseye@inspirecio.com

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 HughesHost: Evan McLaughlin, evanm@inspirecio.com,HoustonCIO Executive Director: Monique Cook, moniquec@inspirecio.com

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, evanm@inspirecio.comColoradoCIO Executive Director: Leza Dabit, lezad@inspirecio.com

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, evanm@inspirecio.com,DallasCIO Executive Director: Lourdes Gipson, lourdesg@inspirecio.com