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
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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 V. Mendes, CIO of Special Olympics International
Ken Theis, CIO of the Michigan Department of Information Technology (MDIT)
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
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The MIT Sloan CIO Symposium 2010 Award for Innovation Leadership honors
Chief Information Officers (CIOs) and Chief Medical Information Officers (CMIOs)
who foster a culture within their organization that enables the innovative use
of technology and organizational processes to drive business value.
The MIT Sloan CIO Symposium Award, in its third year, draws applicants from a
wide diversity of industries and backgrounds. Recipients, and their
organizations, receive broad recognition for their accomplishments.
The award received considerable press and was important to our
organization to continue to add credibility, not only to the specific
innovation, but also to the fact that our organization is an innovative
one.
Justin Lindsey, CTO Netezza
2009 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
Nominees must hold the title of Chief Information Officer (CIO) or Chief
Medical Information Officer (CMIO).
Applicants must present accomplishments related to the appilicant's current position.
Symposium Registration is not required to be an Award nominee but is strongly encouraged.
All applications must be completed online and submitted by Friday, March 19, 2010 at midnight EST.
To apply for the award or to nominate a colleague, please create a user account
and provide us with basic contact information. (Click here
to create an account.)
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.
(Click here to download a copy of the application and award criteria.)
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.
In evaluating applications, judges will be looking for the following
characteristics, indicative of innovation leadership:
Applicants are requested to describe, in their own words, an innovation that
incorporates IT and business process improvements and that delivered significant
business value while fostering a culture of innovation and learning.
The application includes the following questions. Questions 1 and 2 provide
context for responses to subsequent questions. Judges will rank applicants based
on the following weights:
| Questions | Weight | |
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| Q1 | Please describe your organization, responsibilities, and reporting relationship. | |
| Q2 | What is your vision for innovation leadership? | |
| Q3 | What steps have you taken to create a culture within your organization that enables your organization to pursue innovative solutions to business challenges? | 25% |
| Q4 | Describe an innovation that you successfully introduced into your organization. | 35% |
| Q5 | What results did your innovation deliver? | 25% |
| Q6 | What has been the most significant challenge you have encountered in implementing innovations? What have been the lessons learned? | 15% |
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 5-7 judges will read each application and rank order the
application based on a detailed evaluation of the response to each question.
Judges will meet to discuss ranking and select top 4 to pass to next phase.
Top four finalists will be notified personally to allow preparation for interviews.
Phase 3: Interviews
A team of 3 MIT-affiliated judges will interview the four finalists to pick the
winner. The winner will be notified privately to allow time to prepare a
15-minute speech. Results will be announced at May 2010 MIT CIO Symposium
during a luncheon event.
Finalists will be announced in a press release on April 19th. The winner
will be announced in a press release on the day of the Symposium.
Finalists will honored at a luncheon ceremony during the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium
on May 19th, 2010. The winner will be asked to give a 15 minute speech.
Press interviews of the finalists will be arranged on the MIT campus after the
award ceremony.
We wish you the best of luck and look forward to your application. If you have any questions, please contact the Award Co-chairs, Ellen Quackenbush and Naeem Hashmi at
