Smart leaders invest now for the future. And they don’t stop making that investment when times get tough.
ONES TO WATCH Forging Good Leaders in Hard Times Growing Gen Y Leaders 2009 Ones to Watch Winners 2009 Ones to Watch Judges
Honoring that steadfast commitment to leadership development is at the heart of the Ones to Watch Awards, presented annually by CIO magazine and the CIO Executive Council. Through this award, we recognize the next generation of IT leaders and the CIOs who’ve never stopped investing in their talents. With our Standout awards, we highlight those Ones to Watch honorees who have excelled in leading innovation, business strategy, project execution, team building or organizational change.
The 25 men and women who comprise the 2009 Ones to Watch honorees truly epitomize the spirit of business technology leadership. Congratulations to all of our honorees and their CIOs.
Mark Abbott, 36 SVP for Strategy and Technology Alignment Raymond James Financial
Philip Alberta, 38 VP, IT Business and Technology Tiffany & Co.
Richard Bailey, 54 Deputy CIO State of Connecticut, Dept. of Information Technology
Sharon Cates-Williams, 48 Deputy CIO IT Delivery Services New York State CIO/Office for Technology
Kevin Cooke, 39 Associate CIO, IT Corporate Management U.S. Department of Energy
Ken Corless, 44 Executive Director of Business Applications Delivery Accenture
Risa Fogel Senior Managing Director of Business Relationship Management Cushman & Wakefield
Tracy Foy, 42 VP and CTO HealthSouth
Vipin Gupta, 40 SVP, Business Information Officer National City
Bruno Hall, 41 Innovator Deputy CIO, Americas ECI Telecom
Zack Hicks, 45 VP, Administrative Services Toyota Motor Sales, USA
T.X. Ho, 51 Senior Director of Global Applications Sybase
Harold Eugene (Gene) Hopkins, 50 Project Driver Senior Director, Enterprise Applications EMCON Technologies
Debbie Jowers, 52 Administrative Director of Applications Texas Health Resources
Jay Kerley, 42 VP, IT Production Services and Solutions Management Applied Materials
Craig Lynch, 38 Change Agent Enterprise Information and eLearning Services Officer Chicago Public Schools
Vito Melfi, 52 VP, IT Operations Gevity
Jeffrey Modell, 40 Division Chief, IT Client Services International Monetary Fund
Karen Nocket, 47 Divisional Information Officer, Automotive Systems Toyota Motor Sales, USA
Jennifer Sanchez, 49 Business Strategist IT Manager, Section Chief Federal Bureau of Investigation
Ed Smith, 43 SVP, Global Internet Solutions Equifax
Chris Tomlinson, 32 Director, Radiology Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Dee Waddell, 37 Group Information Officer, Marketing, Sales and Customer Service Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation)
Gary Widiger, 44 Team Builder Director, Enterprise Architecture UniGroup
David Zanca, 51 SVP, E-Commerce Technology FedEx Services
