Winners of 2023 South Florida ORBIE Awards Announced By SouthFloridaCIO
Executives from NextEra Energy, Hertz, Miami Dade County, VITAS Healthcare, Harvard Maintenance Inc., & American Oncology Network Recognized for their Achievements
MIAMI, June 9, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- SouthFloridaCIO announced the winners of its 2023 ORBIE® Awards. SouthFloridaCIO recognized technology executives in six key categories – Leadership, Global, Large Enterprise, Enterprise, Large Corporate, Corporate. The Awards were presented at the South Florida ORBIE Awards at The Diplomat Beach Resort.
"Through member-driven, non-commercial initiatives like the ORBIE Awards, we forge powerful professional bonds with peers, collaboratively overcoming obstacles and sidestepping pitfalls," emphasized Darryl Maraj, SouthFloridaCIO Chair. "Astute leaders recognize that the currency of connections is a formidable 'superpower'—one nurtured within our trusted circle. Rest assured, when technology leaders unite, solutions emerge from the very room they inhabit."
The 2023 South Florida ORBIE Award winners are:
›› Ashish Gupta, VP & CIO, NextEra Energy received the Leadership ORBIE.
›› Tim Langley-Hawthorne, EVP, CIO, Hertz received the Global ORBIE for organizations over $5 billion annual revenue & multi-national operations.
›› Margaret Brisbane, CIO, Miami Dade County received the Large Enterprise ORBIE for organizations over $5 billion annual revenue.
›› Patrick Hale, EVP, CIO, VITAS Healthcare received the Enterprise ORBIE for organizations up to $5 billion annual revenue.
›› William Velez, CIO, Harvard Maintenance Inc. received the Large Corporate ORBIE for organizations up to $1 billion annual revenue.
›› Mark Moch, CIO, American Oncology Network received the Corporate ORBIE for organizations up to $500 million annual revenue.
The ORBIE Awards is the premier technology executive recognition program in the United States. Since inception in 1998, over 700 technology leaders have received the prestigious ORBIE Award. The ORBIE honors chief information officers who have demonstrated excellence in 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 South Florida ORBIE Awards keynote was delivered by Ashish Gupta, VP & CIO of NextEra Energy, who was interviewed by Ann Dozier, SVP & CIO at Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits. Over 350 guests attended, representing leading South Florida organizations and their technology partners.
The 2023 South Florida ORBIE Awards was made possible by the following sponsors:
›› SouthFloridaCIO Underwriters: Fortinet & ProSource IT
›› Gold sponsors: Cloudflare, FPT Software & Okta
›› Silver sponsors: Accenture, Culture Partners, Facet Interactive, Globant, & Tata Consultancy Services
›› Bronze sponsors: Between Pixels, CSPi, KPMG, ServiceNow, Signature Consultants, Slalom Consulting, Symbiotic Consulting, Tanium, & VMware
›› Media partner: South Florida Business Journal
›› National partner: Year Up
›› About SouthFloridaCIO
SouthFloridaCIO is the preeminent peer leadership network of South Florida chief information officers. SouthFloridaCIO is one of over 30 chapters of the Inspire Leadership Network, a national membership organization comprised exclusively of CIOs from public and private businesses, government, education, healthcare and nonprofit institutions.
›› Achieve your leadership potential through SouthFloridaCIO: http://www.SoFloridaCIO.org
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Media Contact
Lexi Ballard, Inspire Leadership Network, 1 4042135461, [email protected]
SOURCE SouthFloridaCIO
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