SEATTLE (PRWEB)
June 24, 2022
SeattleCIO announced the winners of its 2022 CIO of the Year® ORBIE® Awards. SeattleCIO identified chief information officers in seven main categories – Leadership, Global, Healthcare, Large Enterprise, Enterprise, Large Corporate, & Corporate. The Awards were presented at the Seattle CIO of the Year ORBIE Awards at The Westin Bellevue.
“Every organization relies on technology, but strong leadership is the X-factor that can make global IT a wonderful strategic differentiator,” said BJ Moore, SeattleCIO Chair. “The ORBIE Awards are significant because they are judged by peers – CIOs who understand the challenges of technology leadership.”
The winners of the 2022 SeattleCIO ORBIE Award are:
Charu Jain, SVP Merchandising & Innovation, Alaska Airlines received the ORBIE Leadership.
Lily Ley, VP & CIO, PACCAR Inc., received the Global ORBIE for organizations over $ 3 billion in annual revenue and multi-national operations.
Zafar Chaudry, SVP, CDO and CIO, Seattle Children’s, received Healthcare ORBIE for hospitals and health care organizations with more than $ 2.5 billion in annual revenue.
Margaret Hopkins, SVP and CIO, Puget Sound Energy received the Large Enterprise ORBIE for organizations over $ 1.5 billion in annual revenue.
Sasi Pillay, VP of IT Services & CIO, Washington State University received the Enterprise ORBIE for organizations over $ 800 million in annual revenue.
Jason Wood, CIO, EvergreenHealth received the Large Corporate ORBIE for organizations over $ 400 million in annual revenue.
Kari Escobedo, SVP Technology, Seattle Mariners received the Corporate ORBIE for organizations up to $ 400 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 honored chief information officers who 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 change in technology.
Industry engagement and community efforts.
The SeattleCIO ORBIE Awards keynote was delivered by Brad Tilden, CEO and Chairman, of Alaska Airlines (ret.), Who was interviewed by Edmond Mesrobian, CTO of Nordstrom. More than 350 guests attended, representing Seattle’s leading organizations and their technology partners.
The 2022 SeattleCIO ORBIE Awards were made possible by the following sponsors:
Underwriters: Google Cloud, Lumen, Pariveda Solutions, Snowflake, and Unify Consulting
Gold sponsors: CitiusTech, Cloudflare, Comcast Business, Fortinet, Slalom Consulting, Tata Consultancy Services
Silver sponsors: AHEAD, Delphix, Denali AI, Emtec, Inc., Flexera, GLOBANT, Pluralsight LLC, ServiceNow, Tanium, Tech Mahindra Americas, Workato
Bronze sponsors: Cognizant, Dell Technologies, Eagle Hill Consulting, HireRising, Netskope, Right Systems, SHI International, Slack Technologies, TIBCO Software
National partner: Year Up
Media partner: Puget Sound Business Journal
About SeattleCIO
SeattleCIO is the leading leadership network of fellow Seattle chief information officers. SeattleCIO 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.
SeattleCIO is headed 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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