Winners of 2022 Philly CIO of the Year ORBIE Awards Announced
Executives from West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc., The Guardian Life Insurance, Essential Utilities, Inc., Radwell International, The National Board of Medical Examiners & Johnson & Johnson Recognized for their Achievements.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- PhillyCIO announced the winners of its 2022 CIO of the Year® ORBIE® Awards. PhillyCIO recognized chief information officers in five key categories – Global, Large Enterprise, Enterprise, Large Corporate, & Corporate. The Awards were presented at the Philly CIO ORBIE Awards at Philadelphia Marriott Downtown.
"Every successful organization is really a technology organization applying technology to their respective business. However, strong leadership is the X-factor that can turn mundane IT into a remarkable strategic differentiator," said Kevin Switala, PhillyCIO Chair. "The ORBIE Awards are meaningful because they are judged by peers – CIOs who understand the challenges of technology leadership in this dynamic environment."
The 2022 Philly CIO ORBIE Award winners are:
›› Jim Swanson, EVP & Enterprise CIO, Johnson & Johnson received the Leadership ORBIE.
›› Silji Abraham, SVP, West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. received the Global ORBIE for organizations over $1 billion annual revenue & multi-national operations.
›› Dean Del Vecchio, Chief Information & Operations Officer, The Guardian Life Insurance received the Large Enterprise ORBIE for organizations over $8 billion annual revenue.
›› Whitney Kellett, VP & CIO, Essential Utilities, Inc. received the Enterprise ORBIE for organizations over $1 billion annual revenue.
›› John Janthor, SVP & CIO, Radwell International received the Large Corporate ORBIE for organizations over $300 million annual revenue.
›› Andy Farella, SVP & CIO, The National Board of Medical Examiners received the Corporate ORBIE for organizations up to $300 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 Philly CIO ORBIE Awards keynote was delivered by Raghu Raghuram, CEO at VMware who was interviewed by Kevin Switala, CTO, Gannett Fleming. Over 350 guests attended, representing leading Philadelphia organizations and their technology partners.
The 2022 Philly CIO ORBIE Awards was made possible by the following sponsors:
›› Underwriters: Anexinet + Veristor, Google Cloud, & Lumen
›› Gold sponsors: Comcast Business, Fortinet, & Okta
›› Silver sponsors: Delphix, FPT Software, Pluralsight, Sify, Tata Consultancy Services, Yoh, & Zscaler
›› Bronze sponsors: Assured Partners, Between Pixels, CDW, Cognizant, ConvergeOne, Core BTS, Engine Room Technology, EY, firstPRO, IDI Consulting, Rowan University, & ServiceNow
›› Media partner: Philadelphia Business Journal
›› National partner: Year Up
›› About PhillyCIO
PhillyCIO is the preeminent peer leadership network of Philadelphia chief information officers. PhillyCIO 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.
PhillyCIO 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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