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CIO of the Year Awards
July 15, 2020
Congratulations to the CIO/CISO/Rising Star of the Year nominees and winners from this past July! The event hosted by the Pittsburgh Technology Council was a smashing success. It was truly a labor of love by the CIO/CISO Group, PTC, and the nominees to continue with this yearly tradition in the middle of a pandemic. A big “thank you” to Audrey Russo and her team from PTC as well as Skinny Tie Media for pulling off such a wonderful event. It was a well needed night of fun, recognition, and networking in the midst of all the chaos we are facing today. Congratulations to all!
CIO Government / Non-profit
WINNER:
John Cassidy - Chief Technology and Operations Officer Federal Home Loan Bank of Pgh
NOMINEES:
Ryan Conover - Director of Information Services Oncology Nursing Society (ONS)
Jeffrey Devlin - Chief Information Officer Port Authority of Allegheny County
Greg Dumont - Chief Information Officer Carlow University
Katherine Karolick - Senior VP of Information Technology Allegheny County Airport Authority
Richard Wilkie - Chief Information Officer SAE
CIO Gigabyte
WINNER:
Craig Dean - Chief Technology Officer Orrick
NOMINEES:
Roger Lutz - Chief Information Officer Butler Health System
Michael Smetana - VP, Information Technology Michael Baker International
CIO Megabyte
WINNER:
Jason “JJ” James - Chief Information Officer Net Health
NOMINEES:
Mangal Anandan - VP, Products & Solutions First Insight, Inc.
Ron Baxter - Director of Technology J.V. Manufacturing
Dena Ghilani - CIO SESCO Enterprises
Cindy Lesker - Chairman of the Board & CIO Kurt J. Lesker Company
Richard Mackey - SVP, Technology & Products Intalere
CIO Terabyte
WINNER:
Richard Smith - Vice President, CIO Wabtec Corporation
NOMINEES:
John Cisco Sanchez Senior - VP, Information Technology FedEx Ground
CISO Non-Profit
WINNER:
Mary Ann Blair - Assistant Vice President, Chief Information Security Officer CMU
NOMINEES:
Robert “Bucky” Buckingham - Sr Director Information Svcs Presbyterian Senior Care Network
Jim Mahony - CISO Robert Morris University
CISO Public
WINNER:
Ryan Shaw - CISO Arconic
NOMINEES:
Jay Saludis - Director, Information Security 84 Lumber
Justin Swanson - Director – Information Services and Security Careform
Rising Star
WINNER:
Angela Foglia - IT Director Howmet Structure Systems
NOMINEES:
Jim Bisti Manager - Analytics and Atlassian MSA Safety
John Kotchey - Assistant Vice President, Application Development Dollar Bank
CIO Choice
WINNER:
Chris Kowalsky - Adjunct Professor of Information Technology Management; IT
Management/Leadership Mentor; and CIO, CISO, Risk Management Coach