Winners of 2021 CapitalCIO ORBIE Awards Announced

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Executives from Boeing Global Services, Georgetown University, University of Maryland Medical System, Guidehouse, Virginia Tech, University of Maryland Baltimore County, & Department of the Navy Recognized for their Achievements

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Aug 13, 2021, 10:15 ET

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- CapitalCIO announced the winners of its 2021 CIO of the Year® ORBIE® Awards. CapitalCIO recognized chief information officers in seven key categories – Leadership, Global, Large Enterprise, Enterprise, Large Corporate, Corporate, & Public Sector. The CapitalCIO ORBIE Awards were presented virtually.

"The CapitalCIO ORBIE winners demonstrate the significance of strong technology leadership in these uncertain times. Over the past year, CIOs are leading in unprecedented ways and enabling the largest work-from-home experiment in history," according to Jen Wise, Executive Director of CapitalCIO. "The ORBIE Awards are meaningful because they are judged by peers - CIOs who understand how difficult this job is and why great leadership matters."

The 2021 CapitalCIO ORBIE Award winners are:

Ted Colbert, President & CEO, Boeing Global Services received the Leadership CIO of the Year ORBIE.
Judd Nicholson, VP IT & CIO, Georgetown University, received the Global ORBIE for organizations over $1 billion annual revenue & multi-national operations.
Dr. Joel Klein, SVP & CIO, University of Maryland Medical System received the Large Enterprise ORBIE for organizations over $4.6 billion annual revenue.
Chas Shaffer, Partner & CIO, Guidehouse received the Enterprise ORBIE for organizations over $1.8 billion annual revenue.
Dr. Scott Midkiff, VP IT & CIO, Virginia Tech received the Large Corporate ORBIE, for organizations over $500 million annual revenue.
John Suess, VP & CIO, University of Maryland Baltimore County received the Corporate ORBIE, for organizations up to $500 million annual revenue.
Aaron Weis, CIO, Department of the Navy received the Nonprofit/Public Sector ORBIE for Government organizations.

The CIO of the Year ORBIE Awards is the premier technology executive recognition program in the United States. Since inception in 1998, over 1,500 CIOs have been honored as finalists and over 350 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 CapitalCIO ORBIE Awards keynote was delivered by Dick LeFave, Former CIO of Ciena. Over 350 guests attended virtually, representing leading Capital Area organizations and their technology partners.

The 2021 CapitalCIO ORBIE Awards was made possible by the following sponsors:

Underwriters: ePlus Technology, Lumen, Google Cloud, & Splunk
Gold sponsors: Fortinet, SoftServe, Zscaler, Citrix, & Verizon
Silver sponsors: Flo Tech, Appian, VMware, Darktrace, & Softchoice
Bronze sponsors: ServiceNow, Amazon Web Services, Dell Technologies, Delphix, TIBCO, Stromasys, KForce, Avasant, & GDIT
National partner: Year Up
Media partner: Washington Business Journal
About CapitalCIO

CapitalCIO is the preeminent peer leadership network of Capital Area chief information officers. CapitalCIO is one of 21 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.

CapitalCIO 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.