MIT Sloan CIO Symposium Award

Honors Chief Information Officers (CIOs) who lead their organizations to pursue innovative use of Information Technology (IT) and business processes to deliver business value.


2012 AWARD WINNERS AND FINALISTS

The winners of the 2012 Award for Innovation Leadership are:

  • Catherine Bruno - VP & CIO, Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems (Non-Profit)
  • Chris Perretta - EVP & CIO, State Street Corporation (NYSE:STT)

The Finalists are:

  • Susan Cooklin - CIO, Network Rail
  • Bill Oates - CIO, City of Boston
Catherine Bruno Finalist MIT Sloan CIO Symposium Award for Innovation Leadership
Catherine Bruno
Susan Cooklin Finalist MIT CIO Symposium Award for Innovation Leadership
Susan Cooklin
Bill Oates Finalist MIT CIO Symposium Award for Innovation Leadership
Bill Oates
Chris Perretta Finalist MIT CIO Symposium Award for Innovation Leadership
Chris Perretta

2011 AWARD WINNER AND FINALISTS

The winner of the 2011 Award for Innovation Leadership was Marco Orellana, CIO of Codelco, Chile.

The Finalists were:

  • Clifford Gronauer - CIO, Missouri State Highway Patrol
  • Tony Young - CIO, Informatica
Clifford Gronauer Finalist MIT Sloan CIO Symposium Award for Innovation Leadership
Clifford Gronauer
Marco Orellana Winner MIT CIO Symposium Award for Innovation Leadership
Marco
Orellana
Tony Young Finalist MIT CIO Symposium Award for Innovation Leadership
Tony
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2010 AWARD WINNERS AND FINALISTS

The winners for the 2010 Award for CIO Innovation Leadership were:

  • Casey Coleman - CIO, U.S. General Services Administration
    Winner, Public Sector
  • Thomas Nealon - EVP and CIO, JCPenney
    Winner, Private Sector
Casey Coleman Winner MIT Sloan CIO Symposium Award for Innovation Leadership
Casey
Coleman
Thomas Nealon Winner MIT Sloan CIO Symposium Award for Innovation Leadership
Thomas
Nealon

Finalists were:

  • James Noga - CIO, Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Christopher Rieder - SVP and CIO VITAS Innovative Hospice Care
James Noga Finalist MIT CIO Symposium Award for Innovation Leadership
James
Noga
Christopher Rieder Finalist MIT CIO Symposium Award for Innovation Leadership
Christopher Rieder

2009 AWARD WINNERS AND FINALISTS

The winner of the 2009 CIO Award was Justin Lindsey, CTO of Netezza Corporation.

Finalists were:

  • Frank Modruson - CIO of Accenture
  • Dr. C. Martin Harris - CIO of The Cleveland Clinic
  • Jo Hoppe - CIO of PAREXEL International Corporation
Justin Lindsey Winner MIT Sloan CIO Symposium Award for Innovation Leadership
Justin
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C Martin Harris MD Finalist MIT CIO Symposium Award for Innovation Leadership
C Martin Harris MD
Jo Hoppe Finalist MIT CIO Symposium Award for Innovation Leadership
Jo
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Frank B. Modruson Finalist MIT CIO Symposium Award for Innovation Leadership
Frank B. Modruson

2008 AWARD WINNERS AND FINALISTS

The winner of the 2008 CIO Award was Joseph McCartin, CIO of National City Corporation.

Finalists were:

  • Elizabeth Hackenson - CIO of Alcatel-Lucent
  • Vivek Kundra - CTO of the District of Columbia Government
  • Richard Maranville - CIO of FedEx Kinko's Office and Print Services
  • Andre Mendes - CIO of Special Olympics International
  • Ken Theis - CIO of the Michigan Department of Information Technology (MDIT)
Joseph McCartin Winner MIT Sloan CIO Symposium Award for Innovation Leadership
Joseph McCartin
Vivek Kundra Finalist MIT CIO Symposium Award for Innovation Leadership
Vivek
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Andre Mendes Finalist MIT CIO Symposium Award for Innovation Leadership
Andre Mendes
Elizabeth Hackenson Finalist MIT CIO Symposium Award for Innovation Leadership
Elizabeth Hackenson
Richard Maranville Finalist MIT CIO Symposium Award for Innovation Leadership
Richard Maranville
Ken Theis Finalist MIT CIO Symposium Award for Innovation Leadership
Ken
Theis

JUDGES FOR 2012 CIO AWARD
Gopi Bala Judge MIT Sloan CIO Award for Innovation Leadership
Gopi
Bala
Doris Brophy Judge MIT Sloan CIO Award for Innovation Leadership
Doris
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Bob Bruce Judge MIT Sloan CIO Award for Innovation Leadership
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Prof. Erik Brynjolfsson Judge MIT Sloan CIO Award for Innovation Leadership
Prof. Erik Brynjolfsson
Casey Coleman Judge MIT Sloan CIO Award for Innovation Leadership
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Naeem Hashmi Judge MIT Sloan CIO Award for Innovation Leadership
Naeem
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Mike Johnson Judge MIT Sloan CIO Award for Innovation Leadership
Mike
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Zoya Kinstler Judge MIT Sloan CIO Award for Innovation Leadership
Dr. Zoya
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Tom Nealon Judge MIT Sloan CIO Award for Innovation Leadership
Tom
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Marco Orellana Judge MIT Sloan CIO Award for Innovation Leadership
Marco
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Dr. Graham Rong Judge MIT Sloan CIO Award for Innovation Leadership
Dr. Graham
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Dr. Richard Soley Judge MIT Sloan CIO Award for Innovation Leadership
Dr. Richard
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Kathleen Tetrault Judge MIT Sloan CIO Award for Innovation Leadership
Kathleen Tetrault
David Verrill Judge MIT Sloan CIO Award for Innovation Leadership
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Dr. George Westerman Judge MIT Sloan CIO Award for Innovation Leadership
Dr. George Westerman

CO-CHAIRS FOR 2012 CIO AWARD
Ray Chang Co-Chair MIT Sloan CIO Award for Innovation Leadership
Ray Chang
Al Tedesco Co-Chair MIT Sloan CIO Award for Innovation Leadership
Al Tedesco

Ray Chang and Marco Orellana
Ray Chang presents the Award to 2011 Winner Marco Orellana
2012 AWARD CEREMONY VIDEO

CIO AWARD 2012

The MIT Sloan CIO Symposium 2012 Award for Innovation Leadership honors Chief Information Officers (CIOs) who lead their organizations to pursue the innovative use of Information Technology (IT) and business processes to deliver business value.

The MIT Sloan CIO Symposium Award, in its fifth year, draws applicants from a wide diversity of industries and backgrounds. Recipients, and their organizations, receive broad recognition for their accomplishments.

Eligibility

  • Nominees must hold the title of Chief Information Officer (CIO) or Chief Medical Information Officer (CMIO).
  • Applicants must present accomplishments related to the applicant's current position.
  • Symposium registration is not required to be an Award nominee but is strongly encouraged. Finalists will be expected to attend the Symposium in person.

Application Deadline

All applications must be completed online and submitted by Friday, March 23, 2012 at midnight EST.

Application Process

To apply for the award or to nominate a colleague, please create a user account and provide us with basic contact information.

You can complete the application online, over several sessions, saving your draft content. Once you are satisfied with your application, we ask you to submit your final application. You will be sent a copy of your final submission.

Confidentiality

All award content, including the identity of applicants, will be held in strict confidence and used only by the award judges in the judging process.

Judging Criteria

Key characteristics of CIO innovation leadership include:

  • Trusted Advisor - to the CEO, CFO, and other senior executives. Incorporates IT into business decision-making by educating business executives on IT potential, managing risk and participating in key operational and executive committees.
  • Business Leader - Intimately aware of business challenges, competitive landscape, and the organization's core strengths. Able to identify opportunities to improve business performance and deliver business value through the innovative use of IT and business processes.
  • Strong Communicator - articulates a vision for IT-enabled innovation and works across the organization and with external stakeholders to gain support for this vision. Collaborates to identify, secure resources for and achieve organizational alignment to enable innovations.
  • Proven Manager - delivers core IT services, using internal staff and external services, within budget and staff constraints. Measures and reports IT performance against business-oriented metrics. Recognized among peers as an effective manager.
(Click here to download a copy of the application and award criteria.)

As you answer the questions below, please tell us how you have demonstrated these leadership characteristics.

The application includes the following questions. Question 1 provides context for responses to subsequent questions. Judges will rank applicants based on the following weights:

2012 Questions Weight
Q1 Please describe your company, IT organization, reporting relationship, and any organizational responsibilities outside of IT.
Q2 What is your vision for innovation leadership? 10%
Q3 How have you fostered a culture that can identify and pursue the innovative use of IT and business processes to deliver business value?
Please describe the "before" and "after" environment, both within IT and the overall organization.
25%
Q4 In a truly innovative organization, not all initiatives will be successful. What were the most important lessons learned in implementing innovations that were NOT successful? 15%
Q5 Describe an innovation that illustrates your vision and achieved your targeted business results.
Why do you consider this initiative to be innovative? How did you select, design, build support for and manage the execution of this innovation?
25%
Q6 What results did this innovation deliver, short-term and long-term? How did you assure that these results would continue to be delivered?
Please include both hard and soft business/outcome -oriented metrics (rather than IT performance metrics).
25%

Judging Process

The judging process will be conducted in three phases.
A panel of CIOs, industry thought leaders and MIT-affiliated professionals will act as judges.

Phase 1: Initial Screening
Each application will be read by 3 judges and ranked based on quality, depth and completeness of the innovation. The top 10 applications will be selected for the next phase.

Phase 2: Detailed Analysis
A team of 3-5 judges will read each application and rank order based on a detailed evaluation of the response to each question. Judges will meet to discuss ranking and select the top applications to pass to the next phase.

Finalists will be notified personally to allow preparation for interviews.

Phase 3: Interviews
A team of 3 MIT-affiliated judges will interview the finalists to pick the winner.

Publicity

Finalists will be announced in a press release in late April. The winner will be announced in a press release on the day of the Symposium.

Finalists will honored during the Symposium on May 22th, 2012.

Press interviews of the finalists will be arranged during the day of the event.

For Award-related Questions

We wish you the best of luck and look forward to your application. If you have any questions, please contact the Award Co-chairs at

2011 AWARD CEREMONY VIDEO
2010 AWARD VIDEOS
WHAT PREVIOUS WINNERS AND FINALISTS SAY

This recognition is quite an honor for the entire IT team at JCPenney. Investing in innovation and technology is critical in today's retail environment, especially as we execute our Long Range Plan for growth. Our teams are motivated to develop innovative technology solutions that change the way we engage with our customers and are at the forefront of driving our business.

Tom Nealon, CIO, JC Penney
2010 Winner


Recognition from MIT, highly respected for its contribution to technology innovation, further reinforced our IT organization's credibility, especially for the work that has kept us at the forefront of IT innovation.

Frank B. Modruson, CIO Accenture
2009 Finalist


The MIT Sloan Award for IT Innovation brought many more visitors to see our innovative "stock market" idea come to life. The Award made a huge difference to influence others as well.

Vivek Kundra
Federal Chief Information Officer
Former Chief Technology Officer
District of Columbia
2008 MIT Sloan CIO Award Finalist