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A Green Data Center is more efficient, kind to the environment, reduces energy consumption - and saves companies money. In February of this year, Highmark, Inc. was ranked number 1 on Computerworld’s Top 12 Green IT Users list. Join us for this special event where Tom Tabor, Senior VP and CIO at Highmark and past CIO of the Year award winner, will share how the company earned the distinction through its new green data center. Made from recycled materials and LEED-certified, the data center has increased production while reducing energy costs through eco-friendly technologies such as server virtualization and unique equipment cooling processes.

Tom Tabor

Tom Tabor is senior vice president & chief information officer of the Information Services Group for Highmark, Inc. In this role, he is responsible for information services support in the areas of network and telecommunication services; information processing; systems development and implementation; technology architecture; and printing and reprographics.

Before assuming this position, Mr. Tabor held various positions at Highmark Inc. He was vice president of the Information Services Group in Health Services where he was responsible for a three-plus year project to provide care management functionality to Highmark, as well as consolidating core-processing systems resulting from the merger of Blue Cross of Western Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania Blue Shield. In addition, he was director of Corporate Systems Services and project director of Business Information Development. Before joining Highmark in 1991, he held positions at PPG Industries and Gulf & Western Inc.

Mr. Tabor serves as chairman of TECH-LINK Program of Pittsburgh, a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide to school age children with disabilities enriched educational opportunities leading to career development in mathematics, science and technology.

Mr. Tabor received a B.S. degree in math at Youngstown State University and an MBA at the University of Pittsburgh. He is a Certified Cash Manager with the NCCMA, and was a past president of the Pittsburgh Cash Management Association.

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