Twin Cities CIO Leadership Association Announces Recipients of 2019 CIO of the Year ORBIE Awards
Executives from Deluxe Corporation, TCF Financial Services, Agiliti, Inc., Berkley Risk, Medica, and University of St. Thomas Recognized for their Achievements
MINNEAPOLIS, and ST. PAUL, Minn., April 26, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Twin Cities CIO Leadership Association (TwinCitiesCIO) announced the winners of its 2019 CIO of the Year® ORBIE® Awards. TwinCitiesCIO recognized chief information officers in six key categories – Global, Large Enterprise, Enterprise, Corporate, Healthcare and Nonprofit. The Awards were presented at the Twin Cities CIO of the Year Awards at Hyatt Regency Minneapolis.
"Today's recognition of these CIO Executives' ability to innovate and lead their organizations is the cornerstone of the Twin Cities CIO Leadership Association's vision of developing transformative technology leaders who deliver business outcomes that impact their organizations, their industries, and our world," said Tamara Lopata, Executive Director of TwinCitiesCIO. "Being selected by their peers is testament to the innovation, leadership and perseverance these individuals have mastered in earning this prestigious recognition."
The 2019 Twin Cities CIO of the Year ORBIE Award winners are:
›› Michael Mathews, SVP & CIO, Deluxe Corporation, received the Global ORBIE, for organizations over $2 billion annual revenue & multi-national
›› Tom Butterfield, EVP & CIO, TCF Financial Services, received the Large Enterprise ORBIE, for organizations over $500 million annual revenue.
›› Michael Larson, SVP & CIO, Agiliti, Inc., received the Enterprise ORBIE, for organizations over $250 million annual revenue.
›› William Tran, VP - CIO, Berkley Risk, received the Corporate ORBIE, for organizations up to $250 million annual revenue.
›› Tim Thull, SVP & CIO, Medica, received the Healthcare ORBIE, for not-for-profit healthcare organizations.
›› Edmund Clark, VP for Technology, CIO & CDO, University of St. Thomas, received the Nonprofit ORBIE, for government, education and not-for-profit organizations.
The CIO of the Year ORBIE Awards is the premier technology executive recognition program in the United States. Since inception in 1998, over 800 CIOs have been honored as finalists and over 185 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
›› Size and scope of responsibilities
›› Engagement in industry and community endeavors
The CIO Awards ceremony was keynoted by Jim Whitehurst, President & CEO of Red Hat. Jim shared his insights as one of the nation's top thought leaders in IT and open principles of management. Nearly 550 guests attended, representing leading Minneapolis/St. Paul organizations and their technology partners.
The 2019 Twin Cities CIO of the Year Awards was made possible by the following sponsors:
›› Underwriters: CenturyLink, Red Hat, Concord & Grant Thornton
›› Gold sponsors: Magenic, Zscaler, ServiceNow & Cohesity
›› Silver sponsors: Zerto, Flexential, Workday, Daugherty, Accenture, FRSecure, Paragon IT Professionals, NetEnrich & PwC
›› Bronze sponsors: NTT Data, Wells Fargo, Ecessa, Pure Storage, Deloitte, Clockwork, Marco, Duo Security, SAGESS3, ThoughtSpot, Parsons Technology, Okta & Service Express
›› Media partner: The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal
›› About the Twin Cities CIO Leadership Association
The Twin Cities CIO Leadership Association (TwinCitiesCIO) is the preeminent professional association for Minneapolis/St. Paul chief information officers. Our membership is comprised exclusively of CIOs (or equivalent executive roles) from public and private companies, government, education, healthcare and nonprofit organizations.
TwinCitiesCIO is led by a CIO Advisory Board which sets the annual program agenda for the association. Events are facilitated by a full-time Executive Director and professional staff. TwinCitiesCIO events are CIO-led and attended solely by CIO-level executives.
›› Achieve your leadership potential through TwinCitiesCIO: http://www.twincitiescio.org
SOURCE TwinCitiesCIO
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