PHILADELPHIA (PRWEB)
October 07, 2022
PhillyCIO has announced the winners of its 2022 CIO of the Year® ORBIE® Awards. PhillyCIO recognizes chief information officers in five main categories – Global, Large Enterprise, Enterprise, Large Corporate, and Corporate. The Philly CIO ORBIE Awards were presented at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown.
“Every successful organization is really a technology organization that applies technology to their business. However, strong leadership is the X-factor that can turn mundane IT into a remarkable strategic differentiator,” says Kevin Switala, PhillyCIO Chair. “The ORBIE Awards are significant 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 and Enterprise CIO, Johnson & Johnson receives Leadership ORBIE.
›› Received by Silji Abraham, SVP, West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. the Global ORBIE for organizations over $1 billion in annual revenue and multi-national operations.
›› Dean Del Vecchio, Chief Information & Operations Officer, The Guardian Life Insurance received the Large Enterprise ORBIE for organizations over $8 billion in annual revenue.
›› Received by Whitney Kellett, VP and CIO, Essential Utilities, Inc. the Enterprise ORBIE for organizations over $1 billion in annual revenue.
›› John Janthor, SVP and CIO, Radwell International received the Large Corporate ORBIE for organizations over $300 million in annual revenue.
›› Andy Farella, SVP and CIO, The National Board of Medical Examiners received the Corporate ORBIE for organizations up to $300 million in annual revenue.
The CIO of the Year ORBIE Awards is the leading technology executive recognition program in the United States. Since its inception in 1998, more than 500 CIO of the Year winners have received the prestigious ORBIE Award. ORBIE honors chief information officers who have demonstrated excellence in technology leadership. Finalists and winners are selected through an independent peer review process, led by previous ORBIE recipients, based on:
›› The effectiveness of leadership and management
›› Business value created by technological change
›› Industry engagement and community efforts
The Philly CIO ORBIE Awards keynote was delivered by Raghu Raghuram, CEO at VMware who was interviewed by Kevin Switala, CTO, Gannett Fleming. More than 350 guests attended, representing Philadelphia’s leading organizations and their technology partners.
The 2022 Philly CIO ORBIE Awards are made possible by the following sponsors:
›› Underwriters: Anexinet + Veristor, Google Cloud, and Lumen
›› Gold sponsors: Comcast Business, Fortinet, and Okta
›› Silver sponsors: Delphix, FPT Software, Pluralsight, Sify, Tata Consultancy Services, Yoh, and Zscaler
›› Bronze sponsors: Assured Partners, Between Pixels, CDW, Cognizant, ConvergeOne, Core BTS, Engine Room Technology, EY, firstPRO, IDI Consulting, Rowan University, and ServiceNow
›› Media partner: Philadelphia Business Journal
›› National partner: Year Up
›› About PhillyCIO
PhillyCIO is the leading peer leadership network of chief information officers in Philadelphia. PhillyCIO is one of 25 chapters of the InspireCIO Leadership Network, a national membership organization comprised exclusively of CIOs from public and private business, government, education, health care and nonprofit institutions.
PhillyCIO is led by a CIO Advisory Board, supported by an executive director and staff. Underwriter executives ensure that programs remain non-commercial and exclusive to qualified CIOs and members.
›› Achieve your leadership potential through PhillyCIO: http://www.PhillyCIO.org
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