Winners of 2022 St. Louis CIO of the Year ORBIE Awards Announced

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Nov 18, 2022, 12:00 ET

Executives from World Wide Technology, Nestle Information Technology, Olin Corporation, McCarthy Holdings, Inc., Royal Canin a Division of Mars Inc., Zelis, & St. Francis Healthcare System Recognized for their Achievements

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- St.LouisCIO announced the winners of its 2022 CIO of the Year® ORBIE® Awards. St.LouisCIO recognized chief information officers in six key categories – Super Global, Global, Large Enterprise, Enterprise, Corporate, & Nonprofit/Public Sector. The Awards were presented at the St. Louis CIO ORBIE Awards at The Chase Park Plaza Royal Sonesta Hotel.

"Every organization is technology-dependent, but strong leadership is the X-factor that can evolve IT into a strategic differentiator," said Jim Cavellier, St.LouisCIO Chair. "The ORBIE Awards are meaningful because they are judged by peers – CIOs who understand the challenges of technology leadership."

The 2022 St. Louis CIO ORBIE Award winners are:

Jim Kavanaugh, CEO & Co-Founder, World Wide Technology received the Leadership ORBIE.

Sabine Roduit, CIO & IS/IT Head of North America, Nestle Information Technology received the Super Global ORBIE for organizations over $15 billion annual revenue & multi-national operations.

Christy Barker, VP & CIO, Olin Corporation received the Global ORBIE for organizations over $1 billion annual revenue & multi-national operations.

Justin McFarland, EVP IT, McCarthy Holdings, Inc. received the Large Enterprise ORBIE for organizations over $5 billion annual revenue.

Rick Hall, CIO North America, Royal Canin a Division of Mars Inc. received the Enterprise ORBIE for organizations over $1 billion annual revenue.

Pete Hinden, CTO, Payments Optimization, Zelis received the Corporate ORBIE for organizations up to $1 billion annual revenue.

Lori Sturgill, CIO, St. Francis Healthcare System received the Nonprofit/Public Sector ORBIE for nonprofit, healthcare, and education organizations.

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 St. Louis CIO ORBIE Awards keynote was delivered by Jim Kavanaugh, CEO & Co-Founder, World Wide Technology, who was interviewed by Scott Richert, CIO, Mercy. Over 350 guests attended, representing leading Greater St. Louis organizations and their technology partners.

The 2022 St. Louis CIO ORBIE Awards was made possible by the following sponsors:

Underwriters: Burwood Group, Google Cloud, Leigh Consulting, Lumen, & Technology Partner

Gold sponsors: Fortinet, Tata Consultancy Services, Zscaler Inc

Silver sponsors: Dassault Systèmes, Deloitte, Fujitsu, Globant, Okta, Palo Alto Networks, Pluralsight, Snowflake, YASH Technologies Inc

Bronze sponsors: AHEAD, LRS, Perficient, SentinelOne, SHI International, Slalom Consulting, VMware, World Wide Technology

Media partner: St. Louis Business Journal

About St.LouisCIO

St.LouisCIO is the preeminent peer leadership network of Greater St. Louis chief information officers. St.LouisCIO 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.

St.LouisCIO 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.