Winners of 2022 Ohio CIO of the Year ORBIE Awards Announced

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Apr 01, 2022, 11:30 ET

Executives from Cleveland Clinic, GE Aviation, Hylant, Licking Memorial Health Systems, Nationwide, State Auto Mutual Insurance Co. & Vertiv Recognized for their Achievements

COLUMBUS, Ohio,  April 01, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --OhioCIO announced the winners of its 2022 CIO of the Year® ORBIE® Awards. OhioCIO recognized chief information officers in seven key categories – Leadership, Super Global, Global, Large Enterprise, Enterprise, Large Corporate, & Corporate. The Awards were presented at the Ohio CIO of the Year ORBIE Awards at the Hilton Columbus at Easton.

"Every organization is technology-dependent, but strong leadership is the X-factor that drives innovation, motivates teams and is the strategic differentiator for success," said Brian Shield, InspireCIO National Chair. "The ORBIE Awards are meaningful because they are judged by peers – CIOs who understand the challenges of technology leadership."

The 2022 OhioCIO ORBIE Award winners are:

    • Jim Fowler, EVP & CTO, Nationwide received the Leadership ORBIE.
    • David Burns, CIO, GE Aviation received the Super Global ORBIE for organizations over $5 billion annual revenue & multi-national operations.
    • Sheryl Haislet, CIO, Vertiv received the Global ORBIE for organizations over $1 billion annual revenue & multi-national operations.
    • Matt Kull, CIO, Cleveland Clinic received the Large Enterprise ORBIE for organizations over $4 billion annual revenue.
    • Greg Tacchetti, Chief Information & Strategy Officer, State Auto Mutual Insurance Co. received the Enterprise ORBIE for organizations over $2 billion annual revenue.
    • Sallie Arnett, VP IS & CIO, Licking Memorial Health Systems received the Large Corporate ORBIE for organizations over $700 million annual revenue.
    • David Blum, CIO, Hylant received the Corporate ORBIE for organizations up to $700 million annual revenue.

The CIO of the Year ORBIE Awards is the premier technology executive recognition program in the United States. Since inception in 1998, over 500 CIO of the Year winners have received the prestigious ORBIE Award. The ORBIE honors chief information officers who have demonstrated excellence in technology leadership. Finalists and winners are selected by an independent peer review process, led by prior ORBIE recipients, based upon:

    • Leadership and management effectiveness
    • Business value created by technology innovation
    • Engagement in industry and community endeavors

The OhioCIO ORBIE Awards keynote was delivered by Fran Dramis, Five-Time Fortune 500 CIO. About 300 guests attended, representing leading State of Ohio organizations and their technology partners.

The 2022 OhioCIO ORBIE Awards was made possible by the following sponsors:

    • Underwriters: Concord, Google Cloud, Lumen, Splunk & ThinkSys
    • Gold sponsors: Brightwork Consulting, Fortinet, ServiceNow, & Twilio
    • Silver sponsors: Capgemini, CGI, Kyndryl, Pluralsight, & Zscaler
    • Bronze sponsors: Accenture, Advizex, Campana Systems, Delphix, Ernst & Young, LTI, Masergy, PwC, SAP America, Sapiens, & Wipro
    • Media partner: Columbus Business First
    • About OhioCIO

OhioCIO is the preeminent peer leadership network of State of Ohio chief information officers. OhioCIO is one of 25 chapters of the InspireCIO Leadership Network, a national membership organization comprised exclusively of CIOs from public and private businesses, government, education, healthcare and nonprofit institutions.

OhioCIO is led by a CIO Advisory Board, supported by an executive director and staff. Underwriter executives ensure programs remain non-commercial and exclusive to qualified CIOs and members.

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Lexi Ballard, InspireCIO Leadership Network, 1 4042135461, [email protected]

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