Honorees

Andrea Anania
Tim Berners-Lee
Jeff Bezos
John Boushy
Claude Cargou
Robert B. Carter
Vinton Cerf
Alfred S. Chuang
Michael Dell
John Doerr
Lawrence J. Ellison
William Esrey
Frank Fairbanks
William H. Gates
Louis V. Gerstner
John Glaser
Subrah Iyar
David Kepler
Ray Kurzweil
Ken Lacy
Mike Lazaridis
Dawn Lepore
Scott McNealy
Teresa H. Meng
Dawn Meyerriecks
Nigel W. Morris
Hasso Plattner
Michael Prince
Stephanie Reel
Gary Reiner
Hal Rosenbluth
David Schell
Don Schneider
Gil Shwed
Thomas M. Siebel
Gregory Stephanopoulos
Matthew Szulik
Ralph Szygenda
Kevin Turner
Meg Whitman

Award Methodology

How We Chose the honorees

We used a multitier process for selecting the CIO 20/20 Vision Awards honorees. First, we put together an application seeking nominations of leaders in two categories: one for the creators and marketers of technology, and one for users and practitioners of technology?CIOs, CTOs and CEOs. This application was available online and open to anyone who wanted to nominate. At the same time, we convened a panel (see "Nominations Expert Panel," below) of leading business and technology gurus, industry experts and academics who nominated candidates in both categories.

Then CIO editors screened and judged the 300 nominees. After much debate and research, we selected a list of 40 whose vision, execution and impact changed the rules of business and even, in some cases, the way we live.

Nominations Expert Panel

As part of the CIO 20/20 Vision Awards judging process, the following distinguished panel of experts, academics and consultants from various industries nominated candidates for our consideration.

Jordan Battani, Vice President, First Consulting Group (consultancy providing IT services to health-care, pharmaceutical and insurance agencies); Pam Boschee, Managing Editor, PennWell Corp.?Electric Light and Power; Charles Andre Brouwers, Vice President, The Boston Consulting Group (international strategy and general management consultancy); Erica Drazen, Vice President of Emerging Practices, First Consulting Group; John Edwards, Business and Technology Writer; Robert W. "Doc" Hall, Editor in Chief, Target Magazine (available through the Association for Manufacturing Excellence); Dan C. Heinemeier, CAE, President, Government Electronics and Information Technology Association; Michael Krouse, Regional Vice President, First Consulting Group; Robert S. Langer, Germeshausen Professor of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering, MIT; H. Stephen Lieber, President and CEO, Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society; William W. Millar, President, American Public Transportation Association; Harris Miller, President, Information Technology Association of America; Bob Samborski, Executive Director, Geospatial Information & Technology Association; Jim Shepherd, Senior Vice President, General Manager and Research Fellow, Enterprise Management Service, AMR Research Inc.; Mark P.J. Sievewright, President and CEO, Tower Research Group (consultancy specializing in technology in the financial services industry); Zachary Tumin, Executive Director, The Financial Services Technology Consortium (nonprofit professional association for the financial services industry); Patricia Wallington, Former CIO, Xerox Corp., now President, CIO Associates (provides businesses with computer-related support services); Peter Weill, Director, Center for Information Systems Research, and Senior Research Scientist, MIT Sloan School of Management