ATLANTA (PRWEB)
November 04, 2022
GeorgiaCIO has announced the winners of its 2022 CIO of the Year® ORBIE® Awards. GeorgiaCIO recognizes chief information officers in seven key categories – Super Global, Global, Large Enterprise, Enterprise, Large Corporate, Corporate, and Healthcare. The awards were presented at the Georgia CIO ORBIE Awards at the Cobb Galleria.
“Every organization relies on technology, but strong leadership is the X-factor that can turn mundane IT into a remarkable strategic differentiator,” said Brandon Van Orden, GeorgiaCIO Chair. “The ORBIE Awards are significant because they are judged by peers – CIOs who understand the challenges of technology leadership.”
The 2022 Georgia CIO ORBIE Award winners are:
›› Jean Holley, Director of the Board, HERC Holdings Inc and Accord Financial Corp. received a Lifetime Achievement Award.
›› Vijay Raghavan, EVP and CTO, Lexis Nexis Risk Solutions Group received the Super Global ORBIE for organizations over $3 billion in annual revenue and multi-national operations.
›› Daniel Volk, SVP, CIO, Crawford and Company received the Global ORBIE for organizations over $1 billion in annual revenue and multi-national operations.
›› Mike Guhl, CIO, HD Supply received the Large Enterprise ORBIE for organizations over $2 billion in annual revenue.
›› Received by Dr. Tim Chester, VP for IT, University of Georgia Enterprise ORBIE for organizations over $1 billion in annual revenue.
›› Scott Waid, SVP, Chief Technology Officer, Atlanta Braves National League Baseball Club received the Large Corporate ORBIE for organizations with $400 million in annual revenue.
›› Elizabeth Hoemeke, CIO, One Inc received Corporate ORBIE for organizations up to $400 million in annual revenue.
›› Received by Dr. Hank Capps, EVP, Chief Information & Digital Officer, Wellstar Health System Healthcare ORBIE for hospitals and healthcare organizations.
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 Georgia CIO ORBIE Awards keynote was delivered by Jimmy Etheredge, CEO, Accenture, North America. Nearly 700 guests attended, representing leading organizations in Georgia and their technology partners.
The 2022 Georgia CIO ORBIE Awards are made possible by the following sponsors:
›› Underwriters: Lumen, Google Cloud, Intellinet, Insight, and SoftServe, Inc.
›› Gold sponsors: Fortinet, Nagarro, New Relic Inc, Okta, Pariveda Solutions, STONE Resource Group, Twilio, Veristor + Anexinet
›› Silver sponsors: Appian Corporation, Capgemini, Comcast Business, Converge Technology Solutions, Darktrace, Grant Thornton International Ltd., Hylaine, Palo Alto Networks, Pluralsight LLC, ServiceNow, Slack Technologies, Tata Consultancy Services, VMware, Zscaler Inc
›› Bronze sponsors: Accenture, AHEAD, Amazon Web Services, Celsior Tech, Cloudflare, Cognizant, Cumberland Group, Emtec, Inc. GalaxE Solutions, IBM, iVision, Juniper Networks, Microsoft, Persistent Systems Inc, Primus Software Corporations, Protiviti, SHI International, Snowflake, Tanium, Tech Mahindra Americas, V-Soft Consulting Group
›› Media partner: Atlanta Business Chronicle
›› National partner: Year Up
›› About GeorgiaCIO
GeorgiaCIO is Georgia’s premier peer leadership network of chief information officers. GeorgiaCIO 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.
GeorgiaCIO 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.
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