SPECIAL SECTION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TWIN CITIES CIO LEADERSHIP ASSOCIATION The annual Twin Cities 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, Health Care and Nonprofit categories will be announced April 26 at the Hyatt Regency Minneapolis. A2 LETTER FROM THE CHAIR 20 YEARS OF CIO SUCCESS n 1998, when the first CIO of the Year Orbie leading transformation, but eventually led to egories for leadership effectiveness and busi- Award was presented, it was the products, not creating the Georgia CIO Leadership Associ- ness value created through innovative use of the people, that were at the center of atten- ation — a local, member-centric, professional technology. Finalists and winners are selected tion. Laptop of the Year, Printer of the Year organization dedicated to helping CIOs foster through a rigorous, independent judging pro- and PC Magazine’s Editor’s Choice awards meaningful relationships, share best practic- cess led by prior Orbie winners. Iwere common, but it was a startup called Intel- es, solve problems and achieve their leadership The power of CIOs working together and col- linet that noticed the real heroes were chief potential. laborating — across public and private business, information officers who implemented these In 2015, we launched BostonCIO and formed government, education, health care and non- products, developed solutions and created busi- the Inspire CIO Leadership Network, a nation- profit organizations — is incredible. Together, we ness value for their organizations. al professional association for CIOs now with are making a difference transforming our orga- Roll the clock ahead 20 years, and today, CIOs local chapters in Georgia, Boston, Dallas, Chica- nizations with technology and enriching Min- are at the center of business transformation for go, Alabama, Charlotte, Houston, Minneapolis, neapolis/St. Paul and our world. all organizations. Technology is the engine that Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., and soon to be The CIOs honored this year are inspiring drives innovation and growth in every indus- New York and Bay Area. We are proud to serve and challenge all of us to step up and lead well try and sector in our global economy. It is the CIOs in growing relationships, recognizing pro- in our organizations. On behalf of TwinCiti- leaders who facilitate change by tech-enabling fessional achievements and inspiring the next esCIO, I congratulate all the finalists on their their organizations; these are the rock stars of generation of technology leaders. accomplishments and share our gratitude for business today. This year, nearly 140 nominations were the sponsors, underwriters and staff who make The first CIO of the Year Awards was not received for the 2019 Twin Cities CIO Orbie the 2019 Twin Cities CIO Orbie Awards possible. only a trailblazer for recognizing the people Awards, which will honor CIOs across six cat- MIKE MATHEWS | CHAIR, TWINCITIESCIO CIO | DELUXE CORP. A3 CONGRATULATIONS 2019 TWIN CITIES CIO ORBIE® NOMINEES ALAN ABRAMSON TOM BUTTERFIELD GARY HANSEN RACHEL LOCKETT JOHN PELANT HealthPartners TCF Financial Services BI Worldwide Pohlad Companies Carlson Wagonlit Travel DAVID ALBRIGHT JULIUS CHEPEY MAUREEN HAYES JEFFREY LOEB KATHY PERSIAN UCare APi Group, Inc. Apogee Enterprises, Inc. Edina Realty Home Services Schwan’s Company ANIL ARCALGUD EDMUND CLARK MICHAEL HEDGES MARK LOSEE MARY LYNNE PERUSHEK Ecolab, Inc. University of Medtronic, Inc. MTS Systems Corporation M.A. Mortenson Company St. Thomas KERRI ATHMANN DOUGLAS HEGLEY ANDY MARTIN CARISSA ROLLINS Cargill TIFFNI DEEB Minneapolis Institute of Art Northeast Bank UnitedHealth Group Inc. Minneapolis College KEVIN BAARTMAN JOSEPH HINES MICHAEL MATHEWS HUNTER SAKLAD Lunds & Byerlys CRAIG DILLON SRF Consulting Deluxe Corporation Sleep Number (Lund Food Holdings, Inc) Bluestem Brands Inc. STEVEN JOHN COREY MAUL JOHN SANTELLI JOHN BANDY OTTO DOLL AmeriPride Services Inc. Mediacom Health UnitedHealth Group, Data Recognition City of Minneapolis Optum Technology TAMMYLYNNE JONAS KEVIN MCCLOUGHAN JIM BARNES ROBERT DUBOIS Holiday Companies Ryan Companies US, Inc. RJ SINGH Vivial Briggs & Morgan, P.A. Life Time JIM JONES MICHAEL MCCULLOUGH DEBRA BAULER ROB DUCHSCHER Great River Energy National Marrow Donor Program- TIFFANY SNYDER Cargill Global IT SunOpta Inc Be The Match Cargill MARC KERMISCH DEBRA BAUMAN MATTHEW EMMERICH Red Wing Shoe Company PHILIP MCKOY NICOLE STRETAR Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation Polaris Industries Inc. UnitedHealthcare Further JUSTIN KERSHAW TEDDY BEKELE ROBERT ERICKSON Cargill Incorporated GEORGE MCNULTY TIM THULL Land O’Lakes USBank UnitedHealth Group/TeamMD Medica RICHARD KING TOM BENUSA MARI FELLRATH Thomson Reuters Corporation CHAD MILLER TAREK TOMES Transport America Great Clips Inc University of Northwestern City of Saint Paul KYLE KORZENOWSKI - St. Paul MICHAEL BENZ KATHRYN FREYTAG Hallmark Business Connections WILLIAM TRAN Kraus - Anderson Donaldson Company Inc KEITH NARR Berkley Risk JEFF KUBACKI Cargill VI BERGQUIST ROGER GAIO Winnebago Industries, Inc. EDUARDO VALENCIA St. Cloud Technical & Old Republic National Title JIM NONN Metropolitan Airports Community College Insurance Company RANDY KUPPER Egan Company Ameriprise Financial Inc MARK VAUPEL DAVID BLACK DIXON GOULD CHERYL NYGAARD Hormel Foods Corporate Services, LLC CHS Inc. ABILITY Network DAVE LARDY Minnesota Vikings Football Patterson Companies, Inc. JEFF WAGAMAN MICHAEL BRAUN THOMAS GRAHEK JEFF PALM Smiths Medical PLC Western National Insurance Group Bremer Bank MICHAEL LARSON Allianz Life Company Agiliti MATTHEW WERDER LOREN BROWN BERNARD GULACHEK ANUDEEP PARHAR Hennepin Healthcare Capella Education Company University of Minnesota MATT LARSON Entrust Datacard Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Digital + Business = IT Agility to power breakthrough innovation. Join the digital businesses that are 168% more likely to innovate faster. CenturyLink connectivity, cloud and security solutions can help your business transform now via our global enterprise network. centurylink.com/digitalbusiness Services not available everywhere. ©2019 CenturyLink. All Rights Reserved. Claim based on 451 Research report, Transformational Directions for the Digital Business, Nov. 2018. A4 2019 KEYNOTE SPEAKER JAMES WHITEHURST, CEO AND PRESIDENT, RED HAT STORY BY MOLLEE FRANCISCO | CONTRIBUTING WRITER “The best laid plans of mice and than dictators,” Whitehurst said. ing us achieve our business goals.” JAMES WHITEHURST men often go awry,” wrote Scottish “A leader’s job is not about conjur- “Jim has endorsed and encour- President and CEO, Red Hat poet Robert Burns. It is a notion ing up brilliant strategies and mak- aged a unique culture at Red Hat, Tenure: 11 years that has been taken to heart at Red ing people work harder. What they and it shows,” Shenkman add- Age: 51 Hat, a tech company that provides need to do is create the context for ed. “From their business success open source enterprise products their people to do their best work. to the caliber of their employees, Education: Rice University, London School of Economics, Harvard and services. Everyone wants a sense that their you can tell it is a different kind of Business School “You have to recognize you can’t work is making a difference. Peo- company.” Board memberships: United always plan or know what the future ple thirst for context — we want to Whitehurst, a graduate of Rice Airlines, Duke University Health is,” Red Hat CEO and President know the ‘whats’ and the ‘whys’ of University who went on to get his System, SecureWorks, The James Whitehurst told a crowd of our company’s direction — and we MBA at Harvard Business School, Conservation Fund 7,500 at the 2018 Red Hat Summit want to be part of making it suc- landed at Red Hat after spending Twitter: @jwhitehurst last May. He’ll speak to a local crowd cessful. A leader’s goal is to get peo- six years as chief operating officer at next Friday’s Twin Cities CIO of ple to believe in their organization’s at Delta Air Lines Inc.. He previous- in championing a company whose the Year Orbie Awards, to be held at mission and create the right struc- ly worked for 12 years in corporate foundation is open source.” the Hyatt Regency Minneapolis. tures that empower their people development leadership roles at The Last year, IBM announced its In the fast-paced world of tech- to achieve what someone used to Boston Consulting Group, working intention to acquire Red Hat in a nology, Red Hat makes plans, natu- think was impossible.” out of Chicago, Hong Kong, Shang- deal valued at $34 billion. “Join- rally, but executives also “configure Arlen Shenkman, who serves as hai and Atlanta. ing forces with IBM will provide for constant change.” And, so far, it chief financial officer of SAP, a -mul In 2015, Whitehurst published us with a greater level of scale, seems to be working. tinational software corporation, is “The Open Organization: Igniting resources and capabilities to accel- Since Whitehurst took the reins an industry colleague of White- Passion and Performance” with erate the impact of open source as in 2008, Red Hat’s revenue has qua- hurst’s. “Jim is a great leader, who Harvard Business Review Press. The the basis for digital transformation drupled. The company was added brings a high level of profession- book details “how open principles and bring Red Hat to an even wid- to Standard and Poor’s 500 stock alism, insight and