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SPECIAL SECTION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PHILADELPHIA CIO LEADERSHIP ASSOCIATION OCTOBER 18, 2019 CIO OF THE YEAR AWA R D S FROM OUR CHAIR KEYNOTE SPEAKER 20 years later, CIOs CIOs need a sharp eye are getting their due on the future Ken Solon says today, CIOs Becky Blalock says CIOs need are at the center of business to be thinking 10 years down transformation for all the road to deal with issues like organizations. B3 cybersecurity. B4 The 2019 Philadelphia CIO of the Year® ORBIE® Awards program honors chief information officers who have demonstrated excellence in technology leadership. Winners in the Global, Large Enterprise, Enterprise, Corporate and Health Care categories will be announced October 18 at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown. B2 PHILADELPHIA BUSINESS JOURNAL CONGRATULATIONS 2019 PHILADELPHIA CIO OF THE YEAR® AWARDS NOMINEES DAN ALIG FRANCISCO FRAGA SREE KOTAY ANGIE SARGENT The Wharton School Campbell Soup Company GoPuff Fulton Financial Corporation DONNA ANGELI SCOTT FRANK JOHN KRAVITZ DOUGLAS SCHAFER, JR. Resorts Casino Hotel Capital BlueCross Geisinger Health System Miami International Holdings MARK BAKER STEPHEN FUGALE KENNETH KRIEGER MARK SMITH Pilot Freight Services Villanova University The Judge Group American Water KHEM BALKARAN VIKRANT GADGIL RAVI KURUMETY JOSEPH SPAGNOLETTI Minerals Technologies, Inc. Chesapeake Utilities Corporation Lenox Corporation US LBM Holdings, Inc. ROBERT BARTELT JR. INDRANIL GANGULY SHAYN SPINGLER Educational Commission for CentraState Medical JEREMY LIVINGSTON Hill International, Inc. NJ Edge Foreign Medical Graduates PARAM BEDI MICHAEL GIRESI CHARLES STRIDE Aramark Intermediate Holdco DONNA LONG Holy Redeemer Health System Bucknell University Dorman Products, Inc. NEIL GOMES MARC SULE JON BERGMAN THOMAS LORD The LYCRA Company Thomas Jefferson University alphabroder and Jefferson Health UGI Utilities, Inc JOSEPH BRAND TOM GORDON KEVIN SWITALA Health Partners Plans Inc WILMA LOWRY Gannett Fleming, Inc. Virtua Health Rentokil North America DAMIAN BRIDGES CARMEN GRANTO ROBERT THIELMANN Janney Montgomery Scott LLC AAA Club Alliance Chubb ROB LUX Cenlar FSB MICHAEL BURNS MATTHEW GREEN RUTH THORPE Endo Pharmaceuticals Benco Dental PPL Electric Utilities ED MALINOWSKI BAYADA Home Health Care JOHN COLLIER GEORGE GUNTHER ANTHONY TROY David’s Bridal Inc Wawa, Inc. Asplundh Tree Expert Co. JOHN MARCANTE Vanguard WILLIAM COMPTON STEVE HAINDL MICHAEL VENNERA Independence Blue Cross (IBC) Integra LifeSciences Holman Enterprises DEAN MEYER Chemours ERIC CONNER JIM HANEY KARLA VIGLASKY W.L. Gore & Associates Univest Financial Corporation Ortho Clinical MIKE MICHLOVICH DuPont TODD CORHAM ROBERT HARACZ CAROL VOORHEES NJM Insurance Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP The Institutes JEFFREY MILLER American Board of Internal Medicine MICHAEL COX STEVE HEILENMAN USMAN WAHEED Knoll Inc. Henkels & McKoy Computer Aid, Inc SANTO MONTECALVO JOHN CRITIKOS RYAN HICKE Philadelphia Foundation DAVID WALLACE Toll Brothers Inc. Greenphire SEI THOMAS MORGAN CHRIS DEMEESTER BEN HILL Merakey SEAN WECHTER Qlik Jacent Strategic Merchandising Finance of America Mortgage THOMAS PACEK JOHN DEVINE PAUL HOPPER Inspira Health MARKUS WEIDNER Pennoni Urban Outfitters, Inc InterDigital TEJ PATEL FRED DICKSON ASHISH JAWADIWAR School of Nursing, University of PA KEN WEIRMAN Ametek AmeriHealth Caritas Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. LOU PELLICORI TOM DODD JAMES JOHNSON BRAD WEST Glenmede FS Invesments Philadelphia Sheriff’s Office Carpenter Technology Corp. JARROD PHIPPS WILLIAM DOYLE RJ JULIANO MARK WHEELER Icahn Automorive Group LLC City of Philadelphia Southco Parkway Corporation ROBERT PICK GREG DRISCOLL DIKRAN KASSABIAN KIM WISMER Tokio Marine North America Services Ballard Spahr LLP Penn Mutual Life Insurance West Chester University of PA KEVIN EBERHART BRIAN KAUTZ SCOTT PLICHTA MICHAEL WONDRASCH Corporation Service Company Avantor Boscov’s Department Store, LLC BDP International Inc RICHARD FABRIZIO RASHMI RADHAKRISHNAN JOSEPH ZAKUTNEY WHITNEY KELLETT Glatfelter Trinseo LLC Aqua America Albright College MEGAN FITCH MICHAEL RINEHART WILLIAM ZEBROWSKI NICK KIMLINGER SEPTA Haverford College Rita’s Italian Ice Fox Rothschild LLP OCTOBER 18, 2019 B3 CIO OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2019 CHAIR LETTER 20 YEARS OF CIO SUCCESS In 1998, when the first CIO of the ful relationships, share best practices, tion, healthcare and nonprofit organi- Year® ORBIE® Award was presented, solve problems and achieve their lead- zations – is incredible. Together, we it was the products, not the people, ership potential. are making a difference transform- that were at the center of attention. In 2015, we launched BostonCIO ing our organizations with technol- Laptop of the Year, Printer of the Year and formed InspireCIO, a national ogy and enriching Philadelphia and and PC Magazine’s Editor’s Choice professional association for CIOs now our world. awards were common, but it was a with local chapters in Georgia, Boston, The CIOs honored this year are start-up called Intellinet that noticed Dallas, Chicago, Alabama, Charlotte, inspiring and challenge all of us to step the real heroes were Chief Informa- Houston, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, up and lead well in our organizations. tion Officers (CIOs) who implement- DC, Bay Area and soon to be New York. On behalf of PhillyCIO, I congratulate ed these products, developed solu- We are proud to serve CIOs in grow- all the finalists on their accomplish- tions and created business value for ing relationships, recognizing profes- ments and share our gratitude for their organizations. sional achievements and inspiring the the sponsors, underwriters and staff Roll the clock ahead twenty years, next generation of technology leaders. who make the 2019 Philadelphia CIO and today, CIOs are at the center of This year, over 130 nominations ORBIE Awards possible. business transformation for all orga- were received for the 2019 Philadel- nizations. Technology is the engine phia CIO of the Year ORBIE Awards, Sincerely, that drives innovation and growth in which will honor CIOs across six cate- every industry and sector in our global gories for leadership effectiveness and economy. It is the leaders who facil- business value created through inno- itate change by tech-enabling their vative use of technology. Finalists and organizations; these are the rock stars winners are selected through a rigor- of business today. ous, independent judging process led The first CIO of the Year Awards Georgia CIO Leadership Association by prior ORBIE winners. Ken Solon was not only a trailblazer for recog- (GeorgiaCIO) – a local, member-cen- The power of CIOs working togeth- Chair, PhillyCIO nizing the people leading transforma- tric, professional organization dedi- er & collaborating – across public and EVP, CIO & Head of Digital, Lincoln tion, but eventually led to creating the cated to helping CIOs foster meaning- private business, government, educa- Financial Group Open technology built for change redhat.com Copyright © 2019 Red Hat, Inc. Red Hat and the Red Hat logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Red Hat, Inc., in the U.S. and other countries. B4 PHILADELPHIA BUSINESS JOURNAL CIO OF THE YEAR AWARDS KEYNOTE SPEAKER — BECKY BLALOCK CIOs NEED SHARP EYE ON FUTURE with community and economic ecky Blalock has seen a lot development. in her more than 30 years of To tackle new leadership positions, business experience, but she B she was careful to listen to folks to help sees the job of chief information her understand exactly what needs to officer – a role she once held – as be done. That included talking to the particularly challenging, even if some executives she supports and the people folks don’t. who report to her, along with vendors. “I put it up there with the CEO and After a conversation with a person CFO – that’s probably the top three who had worked with her through jobs,” said Blalock, who had the CIO different posts, she realized she didn’t position at energy-provider Southern have to be the subject-matter expert to Co. “There’s so much uncertainty that be a good leader. you’re having to deal with, about the “You don’t execute it yourself,” she change that’s coming and the future.” said. “You figure out what needs to be Blalock will be giving the keynote done, and then you rally the troops address at the Philadelphia CIO of the to go make it happen. And if you’re Year ORBIE Awards on Oct. 18. It’s an so mired down in the details, event that recognizes the executives micro-managing everything, it is never in that role who have demonstrated going to get done.” excellence in technology leadership. Her background as regional CIO CIOs need a sharp eye on the future would come back to help her when the as they continue to grapple with issues top CIO job came open – and she beat such as cybersecurity, data and digital out other candidates to get the role in transformation, she said. At the same 2002. time, they need to employ strong Since leaving her post roughly leadership skills as business strategists. nine years later, she’s stayed busy. “CIOs today have to be thinking 10 She’s managing partner of Advisory years down the road,” she said. “You’ve Capital LLC, sits on boards and has got to build the infrastructure now.” written a book, DARE Straight Talk on Blalock herself didn’t have a big Confidence, Courage, and Career for focus on tech early on. She majored Women in Charge. in marketing, and went to work at the Lee Crump, group vice president Southern Co., spending her earlier and CIO of pest-control company years as a financial analyst, according “I think it’s very hard to be something Rollins Inc., has known Blalock for to a LinkedIn profile. She did well you’ve never seen. For the longest about nine years. Crump said she and began to take on other roles. possesses great expertise, emphasizing Management would see potential, and time, women didn’t see other women go the importance of communicating and she went to a leadership program at building good relationships. Harvard in the 1990s. She was then into IT. As much progress as you think “She is especially good at helping named as assistant to the CEO.