CHARLOTTE, N.C. (PRWEB) August 24, 2018
The Charlotte CIO Leadership Association (CharlotteCIO) announced the winners of its 2018 CIO of the Year® ORBIE® Awards. CharlotteCIO recognized chief information officers in seven key categories – Leadership, Super Global, Global, Enterprise, Corporate, Education and Healthcare. The ORBIEs were presented at the Charlotte CIO of the Year Awards at the Westin Charlotte.
“Today’s recognition of these CIO Executives’ ability to innovate and lead their organizations is the cornerstone of the Charlotte CIO Leadership Association’s vision of developing transformative technology leaders who deliver business outcomes that impact their organizations, their industries, and our world,” said Melissa Sawyer, Executive Director of CharlotteCIO. “Being selected by their peers is testament to the innovation, leadership and perseverance these individuals have mastered in earning this prestigious recognition.”
The 2018 Charlotte CIO of the Year ORBIE Award winners are:
›› Chris Heck, VP & CIO, Duke Energy - Leadership ORBIE
›› Marc Hamer, Corporate VP Customer Experience, Global CIO & Chief Digital Officer, Sealed Air Corporation - Super Global ORBIE companies over $4 billion annual revenue & significant multi-national operations
›› Detlef Dohmen, CIO, Polypore International, LP - Global ORBIE for multi-national companies over $500 million annual revenue & multi-national operations
›› Ames Flynn, EVP Shared Services (Technology, Marketing, Facilities), Extended Stay America - Enterprise ORBIE for organizations over $500 million annual revenue
›› Joseph Topinka, CIO, SnapAV - Corporate ORBIE, for organizations up to $500 million annual revenue
›› Candace Salmon-Hosey, Chief Technology Officer, Rowan-Salisbury School System - Education ORBIE, for schools & nonprofit education organizations
›› Harold Moore, VP & System CIO, Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System - Healthcare ORBIE, for hospitals & nonprofit healthcare 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 CIOs have been honored as finalists and over 125 CIO of the Year winners have received the prestigious ORBIE Award. The Award 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:
›› The size and scope of responsibilities
›› Leadership and management effectiveness
›› Business value created by technology innovation
›› Engagement in industry and community endeavors
The CIO Awards ceremony was keynoted by Chris Riley, President of North America Enterprise & Customer Operations at Dell EMC. Through a fireside chat, Chris shared his industry insights on thought leadership and how to tap into the talent & experience within your organization. 650 guests attended the event, representing leading Charlotte organizations and their technology partners.
The 2018 Charlotte CIO of the Year Awards was made possible by the following sponsors:
›› Underwriters: Veristor, Cisco, Spectrum Enterprise, DellEMC, Intellinet
›› Gold sponsors: Insight/Commvault, USA Copiers, Velocity
›› Silver sponsors: Flexential, Equinix, OnePath, Red Hat, Citrix, Nutanix, Splunk
›› Bronze sponsors: NTT Data, t2b Experts, Hylaine, Fuze, Jamf, SHI, Pega, Deloitte, Hotel Key, NWN, Zscaler, Syntelli Solutions, CitiusTech, ResourcingHQ, Pure Storage, Between Pixels
›› Association sponsors: SIM Charlotte Region, Apparo
›› Media partner: The Charlotte Business Journal
›› About the Charlotte CIO Leadership Association
The Charlotte CIO Leadership Association (CharlotteCIO) is the preeminent professional association for Charlotte 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.
CharlotteCIO 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. CharlotteCIO events are CIO-led and attended solely by CIO-level executives.
›› Achieve your leadership potential through CharlotteCIO: http://www.CharlotteCIO.org
