Meridith Levinson has worked for CIO magazine and CIO.com since 1998. Meridith's stories have been recognized by the American Society for Business Publication Editors (ASBPE) and American Business Media. In 2001, her investigation into Boston's beleagured Big Dig highway construction project won best case history from the ASBPE. Three years later, the ASBPE selected her story The RFID Imperative as best technical article. In 2007, her profile of CareGroup CIO John Halamka's effort to find an alternative to the Windows desktop operating system won a bronze from the ASBPE and was a finalist for a Jesse H. Neal Award from American Business Media. Home Improvement, her profile of Home Depot, pointed out weaknesses in the retailer's business and IT strategies long before shareholder activists began calling for Bob Nardelli's resignation. In Circuit City Rewires, she predicted then-CEO Allan McCollough's resignation from the company.
These days, Meridith focuses on writing and editing stories on career, management and staffing issues for CIO.com. Her blog, Movers & Shakers, gives readers the scoop on job changes and promotions among IT executives.
Meridith graduated Phi Beta Kappa Magna Cum Laude from the University of Vermont.
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