This year’s winners drive strategy and innovation in top-tier IT departments. Click through for photos of each honoree, as well as interesting personal tidbits like their first job, best career advice and the title they’d like to hold someday.
NAME | TITLE | EMPLOYER |
Retired CIO | Arch Coal Inc. | |
Director of IT | Freescale Semiconductor Inc. | |
Vice president and CIO | American Water | |
Director, research IT and client services | Harvard Medical School | |
Chief knowledge officer | Reed Smith LLP | |
Director of IT services | Seminole County government | |
Vice president, CIO | Alberto Culver Co. | |
Executive vice president, CIO | The DIRECTV Group Inc. | |
Senior vice president, CIO | CBS Corp. | |
Senior vice president, property systems services and business consultancy information resources | Marriott International Inc. | |
Senior vice president, CIO | 1800Flowers.com Inc. | |
Senior vice president, corporate service center, CIO | Del Monte Foods Co. | |
Senior vice president, CIO | Iron Mountain Inc. | |
Vice president, IT | AmerisourceBergen Specialty Group | |
CIO | Ambit Energy LP | |
Chief IT officer | Alliant Energy Corp. | |
Managing director, information technologies | United States Golf Association | |
CIO, Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance | State of New York | |
Director, technical services | Rent-A-Center Inc. | |
Formerly vice president, strategic and multimedia operations | QVC Inc. | |
Senior vice president, CIO | New Hanover Regional Medical Center | |
Executive director, business applications | Accenture Ltd. | |
Commissioner, New York City Department of IT & Telecommunications | ||
Corporate vice president, CIO | Johnson & Johnson | |
Director of technology | National Government Services | |
Chief architect, vice president of IT | The Walt Disney Studios | |
Vice president, CIO | The Children’s Place Inc. | |
Vice president, strategy, planning and architecture | Schneider National Inc. | |
Information services director | City of Altamonte Springs | |
Former director of IT | A. Duie Pyle Inc. | |
Vice president of technology, enterprise CIO | Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania | |
Vice president, IT strategy | GlaxoSmithKline PLC | |
IT director | Hand Arendall LLC | |
Senior vice president, CIO | Kaiser Permanente Inc. | |
Principal, CIO | Edward D. Jones & Co. | |
CIO | Cowen & Co. | |
General manager, IT infrastructure and corporate real estate, global business services | The Procter & Gamble Co. | |
Director for strategic planning and information | Defense Information Systems Agency | |
CIO | XO Communications | |
CIO, senior vice president, distribution and strategic services | Best Western International Inc. | |
CIO | The Doe Run Co. | |
CIO | Rural Community Insurance Services | |
Chief information and environmental strategy officer | Hitachi Global Storage Technologies | |
Senior vice president, CIO | Health Care Service Corp. | |
Chief technology officer | Francis Tuttle Technology Center | |
Vice president of IT, CIO, Raytheon Missile Systems | Raytheon Co. | |
Chief medical informatics officer | Intermountain Health Care Inc. | |
CIO | Texas Association of School Boards | |
Vice president of IT | Credit Solutions of America Inc. | |
Senior vice president, CIO | Motorola Inc. | |
CIO | Stacy’s Greenhouses Inc. | |
Chief technical officer | GreenPrint Technologies LLC | |
Director, IT services and geographical information systems | City of Boynton Beach | |
CIO | Hydrite Chemical Co. | |
Vice president, information systems and technology | Star Trac Strength Inc. | |
CIO, vice president of IT | Haggen Inc. | |
CIO | Delaware Department of Correction | |
Chief technology officer, director of infrastructure | Michigan Department of Information Technology | |
CIO | Advanced Micro Devices Inc. | |
CIO | Texas Health Resources | |
Senior vice president, director of IT | CNLBank | |
CIO, assistant vice president | Parkview Adventist Medical Center | |
Vice president, IT operations | Gevity HR Inc. | |
Director, Department of Technology | City of Roanoke | |
CIO, executive vice president, technology and operations | Wells Fargo & Co. | |
Research director | Service Integration Branch, Chief Executive Office | |
CIO, vice president of IT | McMurry Inc. | |
Deputy executive director, CIO | Los Angeles World Airports | |
Vice president, technology services, CIO | BNSF Railway Co. | |
CIO | INTTRA Inc. | |
Chief technology officer | Clemson University | |
CIO | Varsity Brands Inc. | |
CIO, senior vice president, strategic planning | UniGroup Inc. | |
CIO | PHI Inc. | |
Vice president, CIO | Brookdale Senior Living Inc. | |
Associate vice president, strategic and emerging technology, chief technology officer | Florida State College at Jacksonville | |
Vice president, chief technology officer | Western & Southern Financial Group | |
Vice president, CIO | Brigham and Women’s Hospital | |
Chief technology officer | City of Seattle | |
CIO | Intrax Cultural Exchange | |
Senior vice president, CIO | The New York Times Co. | |
Senior vice president, IT outsourcing | Information Resources Inc. | |
Vice president, MIS | VHA Inc. | |
Senior vice president, CIO | Flextronics International | |
Chief technology officer | New World Symphony | |
Senior vice president, CIO | FedEx Ground | |
Group executive, single message applications, MasterCard Global Technology and Operations | MasterCard International Inc. | |
Vice president of IT | Mohawk Fine Papers Inc. | |
Executive vice president | Citigroup Inc. | |
State CIO, Agency for Enterprise IT | State of Florida | |
Vice president, information systems | Mitel Networks Corp. | |
Director, strategic information services and IT quality systems | Stryker Corp. | |
Vice president, CIO | Baker Hughes Inc. | |
Director of vendor relations | Scottrade Inc. | |
Senior vice president, IT | Capital One Financial Corp. | |
Senior vice president, CIO | Sun National Bank | |
CIO | UST Global Inc. | |
Director, computing services and systems development | University of Pittsburgh | |
Senior vice president, chief information and operations officer | Orion Bank | |
Vice president, global communications technology | Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. | |




