Ones to Watch Award FAQ
Below you'll find a list of common queries with our responses:
Q) Who has won this award in the past?
A) This awards program is produced by the global peer advisory community CIO Executive Council, and presented by CIO magazine. To see the honorees from 2005 through 2012, visit here.
Q) What is the significance of the award? What does it represent?
A) The CIO Ones to Watch Award honors the rising stars in IT—the senior staff destined to become the CIOs of the future—as identified and sponsored by the CIOs of today's leading organizations. Council members believe that developing the next generation of IT leaders is essential to IT's ability to add real and sustained value to the enterprise. Yet research shows that CIOs do not spend enough time and attention on this. Through this award, we honor those who do and showcase how they do it. Second, this award will ensure that we stay in touch with the people who are leading the profession as they advance in their careers. Finally, it is a way for us to serve our readers and members by helping them recognize their key staff in a positive and public way.
To be eligible, nominees must not now, or ever have been, the top head of IT in any organization.
Q) When and where will the awards ceremony be held?
A) The 2013 CIO Ones to Watch Awards will be presented during a special reception, dinner and awards presentation in May 2013, at the CIO Leadership Event.
Q) What are the criteria for winning a Ones to Watch Award?
A) Applications are judged by a panel of veteran CIOs who are experienced in leadership development and preparing today's senior IT leaders to be tomorrow's successful CIOs. Specific criteria include:
- Job history—do nominees have a wide breadth of exposure to key components of IT over their careers, as well as a track record of working with various business units, functions, industries and geographies?
- Job scope—have the nominees a high level of current responsibility for significant budget, numbers of direct reports and supported users?
- On-the-job accomplishments—what have been the nominees' outstanding accomplishments within the IT function and across the enterprise that delivered measureable results and required team leadership, negotiation and collaboration with business peers, strategic thinking and bold action.
Q) How many winners are there?
A) There are generally 20-25 award winners each year.
Q) Who are the judges?
A) Our judges are leading IT executives from a variety of industries, all members of the CIO Executive Council. For 2012, they included:
Rex Althoff, CIO & President, Technology, Federated Services Co.
Lori Beer, Executive VP, Enterprise Business Services, WellPoint
Mark Berthiaume, SVP & CIO, Chubb Specialty and Commercial Insurance
Bill Blausey, SVP & CIO, Eaton
Larry Bonfante, CIO, U.S. Tennis Association
Cora Carmody, SVP of IT, Jacobs
Jay Crotts, CIO & VP, IT Services, Shell Oil
Dean Del Vecchio, SVP & CIO/Chief Administration Officer, Dow Jones and Company
Robert Fecteau, Business Information Officer, BAE Systems Intelligence & Security
Steve Finnerty, VP of IT & Vendor Services, Applied Materials
Kathleen Fitzpatrick, CIO, Russell Reynolds Associates
Jerry Flasz, SVP & CIO, Coty
Michael Gabriel, Executive VP IT & CIO, Home Box Office
Steven R. Hanna, VP & CIO, Kennametal
Jeffrey Hutchinson, CIO, Maple Leaf Foods
Paul Lones, SVP of IT, Fairchild Semiconductor
Gerry McCartney, VP & Professor of IT, Purdue University
Michelle McKenna, CIO, Constellation Energy
Helen Polatajko, SVP & CIO, CIBC Mellon
Rebecca Rhoads, VP & CIO, Raytheon
Doug Rousso, SVP & CIO, CBS
Hugh Scott, CIO, Energy Plus
Mike Skinner, CEO, Brokerage Operations & CIO, Eurpac
Jeff Steinhorn, CIO, Hess
David Steinour, CIO, The George Washington University
Joe Touey, SVP of North America Pharmaceuticals IT, GlaxoSmithKline
Robert Urwiler, CIO, Vail Resorts
Frank Wander, Founder, IT Excellence Institute
Michael Whitehead, Worldwide VP & CIO, Comprehensive Care, Johnson & Johnson Vision Care
Q) How do I apply? What is the deadline?
Click on "Access on-line 2013 nomination form" at www.cio.com/cio-awards/ones-to-watch/index. Applicants may nominate themselves, but all nominees must be sponsored by a current CIO or equivalent at their company (the top IT leader). People who are currently CIOs or have been CIOs (or the top corporate IT leader) are not eligible for this award. Nomination forms must be completed in full or will be disqualified. Maximum detail is encouraged. The deadline for nominations is Nov. 1, 2012.
Q) Whom should I contact if I have any additional questions?
Richard Pastore, managing director, content and events, CIO Executive Council, rpastore@cio.com or 508-988-6768.
