CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 26, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- The
13th Annual MIT Sloan CIO Symposium today
announced four Finalists for the 2016 MIT Sloan CIO Leadership
Award. The winner will be announced on the eve of the Symposium,
which takes place at MIT on
May 18, 2016.
The MIT Sloan CIO Leadership Award honors Chief Information
Officers (CIOs) who lead their organizations by delivering business
value and innovative use of IT in exceptional ways.
"After much deliberation, the awards committee is proud to
recognize these four 2016 Leadership Award Finalists," said
Ray Chang, Co-Chair of the Award
Program. "These CIOs set themselves apart with their high
level strategy and exceptional technology offerings, enabling our
digital economy to thrive."
The MIT Sloan CIO Symposium 2016 MIT Sloan CIO Leadership
Award Finalists are:
Suresh
Kumar
Suresh Kumar is
the SEVP and CIO for BNY Mellon (NYSE: BK), a global investments
company that delivers informed investment management and investment
services in 35 countries and more than 100 markets. As of
Dec. 31, 2015, BNY Mellon had
$28.9 trillion in assets under
custody and/or administration, and $1.6
trillion in assets under management. A member of the
company's Executive Board, Kumar leads the company's nearly 13,000
Client Technology Solutions employees in creating and delivering
innovative and exceptional technology solutions to enable its
clients and employees to succeed.
"Year after year, MIT recognizes
technology leaders that are transforming not just their business
but their industry," said Kumar. "For the past four years, I've had
the honor of leading the digital transformation at BNY Mellon, a
company that has been a leader in its industry for more than 230
years. To be named a Finalist and recognized for these efforts by
MIT, a leader in technology education
and innovation for more than 150 years is an incredible honor."
Jeanne
Lieb
Jeanne Lieb is
the SVP and CIO at FM Global, one of the world leaders in
commercial property insurance. Jeanne is a member of FM Global's
executive oversight group for business transformation, the
company's technology steering committee and its market and product
development committee. In her role, Jeanne provides strategic
vision for leveraging technology in support of the company's
insurance, risk engineering and claims solutions that allow its
clients to manage risk and focus on their business resiliency.
Under her leadership, multiple solutions enabled through technology
have won industry awards for business value and
innovation.
"It is an incredible honor to be selected as an MIT Sloan CIO
Leadership Award Finalist," said Lieb. "It puts the spotlight on
the strategic importance at our company of leveraging technology to
deliver unparalleled insurance, loss prevention and claims
offerings that positively affect our business operations and
clients on a global basis as well as the impact of the
contributions of FM Global's IT team."
David Neitz
Mr. Neitz
is the CIO at CDM Smith, a leading engineering and construction
firm that provides lasting and integrated solutions in water,
environment, transportation, energy and facilities to public and
private clients worldwide. He is responsible for all aspects of the
firm's Business Technology practice, including a transformative
Digital Capital strategy that creates value and delivers business
outcomes. His focus on innovation has resulted in the application
of new disruptive technologies and processes that capture digital
assets and provide new visualization and collaboration
capabilities, resulting in superior results for the firm's
clients.
"It is truly an honor to be selected as a MIT Sloan CIO
Leadership Award Finalist and to be associated with other
passionate IT leaders," said Neitz. "I am so proud of the Business
Technology team and the business partners who work together every
day to create value for our clients, using Digital Capital to
transform the architecture, engineering and construction
industry."
Steve
Phillips
Steve
Phillips is the SVP and CIO for Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), a
leading global technology distributor. He is responsible for
Avnet's global IT strategy and enterprise effectiveness initiative.
Phillips and his global team deliver world-class IT systems that
create a competitive advantage for Avnet and its customers,
focusing on key imperatives such as digital transformation,
operational excellence and customer engagement. Additionally, he
serves as the chairman of the board at Wick Communications, a news
and specialty publications company.
"MIT is at the forefront of
technical innovation that improves the world, which strongly aligns
with Avnet's strategic approach to its markets," said Philips.
"Business should always be at the center of IT, and being named a
Finalist validates the incredible efforts of the entire Avnet team
to find new ways to use information technology to advance the
business goals of Avnet and our partners. I congratulate my fellow
distinguished Finalists, and their remarkable efforts to help their
companies evolve and grow."
After two rounds of extensive review, a panel of judges that
includes CIOs, academic researchers and IT professionals selected
award Finalists who exhibit the key traits of a CIO leader in the
following areas:
Exceptional Communicator
Articulates a vision
for strategic business value from IT and works across the
organization to build partnership around this vision. Focuses
communications on value and innovation, not technology. Helps all
IT staff to understand the business and speak the language of
business leaders.
Recognized IT Leader
Clearly demonstrates
value-for-money in the management of core IT services – providing
the right services at the right price and the right level of
quality. Recognized among peers as an effective leader of the IT
unit.
Value Driver
Understands the business and needs of the
CEO, CFO, Line-of-Business heads and other senior executives.
Ensures clear focus on potential and realized value in all IT
initiatives. Incorporates IT into business decision-making by
participating in key strategic conversations, suggesting innovative
uses of IT, and managing risk.
Trusted Partner
Exercises authority beyond IT
itself. Considered a trusted member of the senior executive team,
not just a technology leader. Suggests innovative uses of IT to
transform the business – and successfully executes the changes. May
receive additional non-IT responsibilities such as Chief Operating
Officer or VP of Strategy, or strategic temporary roles such
as Head of M&A integration.
These criteria are adapted from the award-winning book The
Real Business of IT: How CIOs Create and Communicate Value,
which draws extensively upon research conducted at MIT
Sloan.
For more details and to view the full agenda,
visit www.mitcio.com.
About the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium
The MIT Sloan CIO
Symposium is the premier global conference for CIOs and digital
business executives to become more effective leaders. In one day,
CIOs and senior IT executives explore enterprise technology
innovations, business practices and receive actionable information
that enables them to meet the challenges of today and the future.
The Symposium offers a unique learning environment by bringing
together the academic thought leadership of MIT with the in-the-trenches experience of leading,
global CIOs and industry experts. The MIT Sloan CIO Symposium is
organized and developed by the MIT Sloan Boston Alumni Association,
the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy (IDE), and the MIT Sloan
Center for Information Systems Research (CISR). Visit
www.mitcio.com for more information and registration.
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