Finalists

Meet the finalists and winners of the 2023 National ORBIE Awards!

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Congratulations to our 2023 National ORBIE Winners!

Lidia Fonseca

Super Global
New York
Pfizer

Lily Ley

Global
Seattle
PACCAR

Anthony Dayao

Large Enterprise
Houston
Motiva

Diego Silva

Enterprise
Colorado
Gates Corporation

Len O'Neill

Large Corporate
Florida
The Suddath Companies

Steve Hannan

Corporate
Wisconsin
Landmark Credit Union

Ashwin Rangan

Nonprofit/Public Sector
SoCal
ICANN

Lisa Davis

Healthcare
Bay Area
Blue Shield of California

Super Global Finalists

Jen Felch

Central Texas
Dell Technologies

Lidia Fonseca

New York
Pfizer

Tracy Kerrins

Carolina
Wells Fargo & Co.

William Orange

Tennessee
Nissan Americas

Sabine Roduit

St. Louis
Nestle

Mike Schmidt

Florida
Deloitte

Global Finalists

Dean Del Vecchio

Philadelphia
Guardian Life Insurance

Bridget Engle

New York
BNY Mellon

Sabina Ewing

Chicago
Abbott

Lily Ley

Seattle
PACCAR

Ravi Naik

Bay Area
Seagate Technology

Michael Smith

New York
The Estee Lauder Companies

Large Enterprise Finalists

Christy Barker

St. Louis
Olin Corporation

Anthony Dayao

Houston
Motiva

Ben Gordon

SoCal
SoCal Gas

Mike Guhl

Georgia
HD Supply

Anu Khare

Chicago
Oshkosh Corporation

Milind Wagle

Bay Area
Equinix

Enterprise Finalists

Irvin Bishop Jr

Kansas City
Black and Veatch

Mary Lynne Perushek

Minnesota
Mortenson Construction

Vijay Raghavan

Georgia
LexisNexis Risk Solutions

Karriem Shakoor

Chicago
UL Solutions

Diego Silva

Colorado
Gates Corporation

Enna Zarate

South Florida
DHL Express USA Inc

Large Corporate Finalists

Jim Chilton

Boston
Cengage Group

Rick Hall

St. Louis
Royal Canin

Brett Lansing

Dallas
Accentcare

Len O'Neill

Florida
The Suddath Companies

Michelle Roemer

Minnesota
Cirrus Aircraft

Mike Shanko

Arizona
Blue Yonder

Corporate Finalists

David Blum

Ohio
Hylant

Kari Escobedo

Seattle
Seattle Mariners

Steve Hannan

Wisconsin
Landmark Credit Union

Derek Peterson

SoCal
Boingo Wireless

Lisa Roger

Capital
Dewberry

Chad Wright

Boston
Boston Dynamics

Nonprofit/Public Sector Finalists

Timothy Chester

Georgia
University of Georgia

Cathy Curley

Michigan
U-M College of Literature, Science and the Arts

Ann Dunkin

Capital
U.S. Department of Energy

Andy Farella

Philadelphia
The National Board of Medical Examiners

Anjali Gandhi

Minnesota
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Ashwin Rangan

SoCal
ICANN

Healthcare Finalists

Zafar Chaudry

Seattle
Seattle Children's

Lisa Davis

Bay Area
Blue Shield of California

Jeffrey Ferranti

Carolina
Duke Health

Jason Joseph

Michigan
Corewell Health

Jon Manis

Dallas
CHRISTUS Health

Keith Perry

Tennessee
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Probably one of the best CIO oriented conferences I've attended. Good combination of networking, learning, and motivational.

Jim Cavellier

Jim Cavellier

EVP & CIO
Cass Information Systems
Cass Information Systems

Outstanding gathering of best of the best global business and technology leaders. A forum to connect, share best practices, and celebrate with the best CIO's in the world.

Mike Schmidt

Mike Schmidt

CIO
Deloitte
Deloitte

Expect the unexpected. Expect to be delighted. Be ready to pause, think deeply about something you just heard, and to take action.

Curt Carver

Curt Carver

VP & CIO
UAB
UAB

Valuable content and relationship building with numerous moments of surprise and delight.

Rachel Lockett

Rachel Lockett

CIO
Pohlad Companies
Pohlad Companies

The best and most collaborative event for technology business leaders that you'll attend this year.

Jamey Taylor

Jamey Taylor

CTO & CISO
StateServ
StateServ

Converge22 was a premier event for CIOs across the country to 'converge' and share ideas, build relationships and gain knowledge to empower them in their roles.

Marcia Calleja-Matsko

Marcia Calleja-Matsko

CIO
OneDigital
OneDigital

Phenomenal planning, preparation, arrangement and execution. This mirrored 'Hollywood Oscars'.

Nagarajan Muthusamy

Nagarajan Muthusamy

CIO, CTO & CISO
Reliable Parts
Reliable Parts

Great networking event and one of the best collection of conversations about the challenges facing CIOs now and in the future.

Randy Volkin

Randy Volkin

CIO
Perry Homes
Perry Homes

Engaging, inspiring, thought-provoking…awesome!

Judith Apshago

Judith Apshago

VP of Information Technology
Amtrak
Amtrak

An amazing and exceptional platform in a super private setting to connect, learn, teach and build relationships with likeminded senior business and technology leaders.

Ganesh Iyer

Ganesh Iyer

CEO
NIO
NIO

Very impressed with the conference - certainly exceeded my expectations. Well done! The speakers and topics were excellent but everything still had a light, fun, and engaging mood.

Justin McFarland

Justin McFarland

EVP of Information Technology
McCarthy Holdings, Inc.
McCarthy Holdings, Inc.

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