Congratulations to our 2020 winners!
Global Finalists
Julius
Chepey
CIO
Tammylynne
Jonas
Global CIO
Bob
Olson
VP & CIO Reinsurance
John
Pelant
EVP & CTO
Kurt
Svendsen
VP IS
Large Enterprise Finalists
Troy
Cardinal
CIO
Sid
Gandhi
SVP, Chief Strategy & Enterprise Technology Officer
Randy
Kupper
CIO
Mike
McGuire
EVP, Chief Operations & Technology Office & President Abōva
Hunter
Saklad
SVP & CIO
Enterprise Finalists
Ben
Davis
EVP & CDO
David
Hirschkorn
CIO
Dennis
Keane
VP & CIO
Rachel
Lockett
CIO
Shawn
Quant
Managing Director - Chief Information & Operations Officer
Corporate Finalists
Wade
Anderson
CIO & CTO
Mark
Bradley
Chief Innovation & Technology Officer
Gary
Inman
EVP, IT
Carey
Smith
VP & CTO
Steve
Swenson
VP, Product Platforms & Development
Healthcare Finalists
Alan
Abramson
SVP & CIO
Shahid
Alam
SVP, Chief Analytics & Information Officer
Francois
Charette
CIO OptumRx
Mark
Gingrich
CIO
Cris
Ross
CIO
Nonprofit/Public Sector Finalists
Idrissa
Davis
Executive Director of Technology Services
Rahoul
Ghose
CIO
Dr. Casey
Gordon
CIO
Jim
Jones
VP & CIO
Michael
Thyken
CTO
Tarek
Tomes
CIO
2020 Keynote
Tom Leighton, Co-Founder & CEO, Akamai
Dr. Tom Leighton co-founded Akamai Technologies in 1998 and served as Akamai’s Chief Scientist until he became CEO in 2013. Under Dr. Leighton’s leadership, Akamai has evolved from its origins as a Content Delivery Network (CDN) into one of the most essential and trusted cloud delivery and cybersecurity platforms, upon which many of the world’s best brands and enterprises build and secure their digital experiences. During his initial four years as CEO, Akamai’s revenue and profit grew by 70%, and annual revenue from Akamai’s security business grew 15-fold to more than $400 million per year.
Leadership Award Recipient
Rick King, Managing Director, Thomson Reuters
Rick King is the Managing Director of Thomson Reuters. Since 2000 he has held numerous executive-level roles in the company including EVP, CIO, COO & CTO. In 2019 and 2018, Mr. King was named to the Minnesota 500 (top business executives) and in 2019, he was one of the “100 People to Know in 2020”. In 2017, he was named to the CIO 100 and in 2012 and won the CIO Career Achievement Award from the Minneapolis St Paul Business Journal.
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