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CIO of the Year Awards

Kudos For Techies.

It takes great leaders to keep southwestern Pennsylvania's technology sector on the cutting-edge. The Council, along with the Greater Pittsburgh CIO Group, honors top technology executives who work in industry, non-profit, academia and government, and who use their innovation and creativity to improve our region. Nominees, including chief information officers or those in equivalent positions, are recognized for their innovation and creativity in planning and deploying their enterprise systems, future technology goals, management philosophy and service to the industry and community.



Congrats to the 2013 CIO of the Year Winners!


Enterprise Category | Greater than 1,500 Employees:
Michael Keslar, BNY Mellon, Executive Vice President & CIO of Global Transaction Services

Enterprise Category | 250 – 1,500 Employees:
Rex A. Althoff, Federated Investors, Inc., President – Technology, Chief Information Officer

Growth Category | Less than 250 Employees:
Douglas R. Prom, Innovate E-Commerce, Inc., Chief Information Officer/Chief Technology Officer

Non-Profit Category:
Lisa M. Abel-Palmieri, The Ellis School, Director of Instructional & Informational Technologies

CIO Choice Award:
Jeremy Gill, Chief Information Officer, Michael Baker Corporation



2012 Winners Take the Stage to Raise Money for Charity


We are excited to announce that the upcoming 2013 CIO of the Year Awards will reunite last year’s winners on stage to raise money for  Dark Horse Benefits and the Wounded Warrior Project.

Bonnie Smith from Thermo Fisher Scientific, Steve Hanna from Kennametal, Ruth DeLost-Wylie from Peoples Natural Gas, Steve Menke from BodyMedia, and Eric Schulties from the Institute for Transfusion Medicine will lead a drive to collectively sponsor a veteran’s technology-based re-training program via Dark Horse Benefits and the Wounded Warrior Project. 

More details will follow on how you can participate and we appreciate your support during the March 7th CIO of the Year Awards.



Event Partners

Pittsburgh Technology Council | Greater Pittsburgh CIO Group


Event Sponsors:

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC | Comcast Business Class | Donwil Company | UPMC Technology Development Center


Cocktail and Dessert Reception Sponsors:

CGI Technologies and Solutions, Inc.| Expedient Data Centers


Supporting Sponsors:

AdvizeX Technologies | Allegheny County Airport Authority | CDW Corporation | Computer Aid, Inc. | Data Recovery Services, LLC | DQE Communications | Expedient Data Centers | MCPc, Inc. | Pomeroy, an HP Elite Partner | PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP | SDLC Partners L.P. | ServiceNow | Synergy Staffing


Production Sponsor:

Wrecking Crew Media




Event Information

Date: Thursday, March 7, 2013
Time: 5 - 6 p.m.
6 - 7 p.m.
7 - 8 p.m.
8 - 9 p.m.
Registration & Opening Cocktail Reception
Dinner
Program & Announcement of Winners
Dessert Reception
Venue: Heinz Field , 100 Art Rooney Drive, 15212-5775


Categories


Enterprise Category: Greater than 1,500 Employees
Mark Braden, ServiceLink, Chief Information Officer
Michael Keslar, BNY Mellon, Executive Vice President & Chief Information Officer of Global Transactions
Greg Wilson, CentiMark Corporation, Senior Vice President/Chief Information Officer
Nancy S. Wolk, ALCOA, Inc., Chief Information Officer

Enterprise Category: 250 - 1,500 Employees
Rex A. Althoff, Federated Investors, Inc., President – Technology, Chief Information Officer
Sarampal Matharu, Aquatech International Corporation, Senior Vice President, Information Technology
Joshua Stauffer, Industrial Scientific Corporation, Global Director, Information Technology

Growth Category: Under 250 Employees
Bruce E. Freshwater, Sierra w/o Wires, Chief Executive Officer/Chief Information Officer
Michael Hemy, iCarnegie Global Learning, Chief Information Officer
Douglas R. Prom, Innovate E-Commerce, Inc., Chief Information Officer/Chief Technology Officer
Christopher Radi, Foundation Radiology Group, P.C., Chief Information Officer

Non-Profit Category
Lisa M. Abel-Palmieri, Ph.D., The Ellis School, Director of Instructional & Informational Technologies
George W. Appley, Concurrent Technologies Corporation, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Charles Mance, California University of Pennsylvania, Vice President for University Technology Services
Edward McCallister, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Chief Information Officer, Insurance Services Division
David K. Thompson, Software Engineering Institute, Director, Information Technology and Security



CIO Choice Award

Jeremy Gill, Chief Information Officer, Michael Baker Corporation


Partners

Event Sponsors

Cocktail and Dessert Reception Sponsors



Supporting Sponsors

Past CIO of the Year Winners



With each passing year, our list of award recipients grows more and more prestigious...

Non-Profit

Eric Schulties, The Institute for Transfusion Medicine; Howard A. Stern, Ph.D., City of Pittsburgh; Tim Casey, Allegheny HealthChoices, Inc.; Sean Smiles, Dollar Energy Fund; Jinx Walton, University of Pittsburgh; Thomas Yanosick, Greater Pittsburgh Convention & Visitors Bureau; Tom Tabor, Highmark; Jonathan M. Edmonds, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust; Daniel S. Drawbaugh, UPMC



Growth (fewer than 250 employees)

Stephen Menke, BodyMedia, Inc.; Andrew Rabin, CECity; Jey Baskar, AIReS; Kevin Amos, IMPAQT; Mark A. Ohlund, Pittsburgh Logistics Systems, Inc.; Teresa Donatelli, Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh; James Morris, Medmark; Joseph V. Rodella, RoData, Inc.



Enterprise (between 250 and 1,000 employees)

Ruth DeLost-Wylie, Peoples Natural Gas Company; John Miller, American Textile Company; James Shaw, Management Science Associates, Inc.; Suzanne Lindahl, Atlas Energy Resources; Stacey A. Fedorka, Union Switch & Signal Inc.; Andy Roach, Ketchum; John Benzinger, ServiceLink; Bruno Hall, Laurel Networks



Global (more than 1,000 employees)

Steven Hanna, Kennametal, Inc.; Bonnie Smith, Thermo Fisher Scientific; Kenneth J. Spangler, FedEx Ground; Sue A. McMurdy, First Commonwealth Financial Corporation; Liam Durbin, H.J. Heinz Company - Heinz North America; James McEvoy, II-VI Incorporated; Gary Becker, Reed Smith LLP; Raj Datt, Kennametal Inc.; Mark Miko, The Armstrong Group of Companies; Diane Watson, MEDRAD; Steven W. Agnoli, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP



CIO Choice Award

Patrick Worms, Carmeuse Lime & Stone; Rex Althoff, Federated Investors, Inc.



Have event-related questions? For more information, contact our Events Team at 412.918.4229.