This award was inaugurated in 1991 to recognize and honor executives* who have made outstanding contributions to their organizations through the integration of information technology and systems to enhance their enterprises' strategic competitiveness. 2008 Lattanze IT Executive of the Year is LaVerne H. Council
Corporate VP and CIO for Johnson & Johnson Seventeenth Annual
Information Technology Executive of the Year
Executive Briefing Graduate Center in Timonium 2034 Greenspring Drive, Timonium, MD 21093
2007
Dave Barnes
Senior VP or Information Services and CIO
United Parcel Service 2006
Charles (Chuck) Geschke
Chairman of the Board
Adobe Systems 2005
Robert P. DeRodes
Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Home Depot 2004
Linda Dillman
Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Wall-mart Stores, Inc. 2003
Thomas Shelman
Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Northrop Grumman 2002
Verizon 9/11 Recovery Team
Chuck Dunsey, Vice President of Network Engineering, accepted the award on behalf of the team
Verizon 2001
William D. Friel
Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer
The Prudential Insurance Company of America 2000
Robert R. Ridout
Vice President Information Systems and Chief Information Officer
DuPont Company 1999
Dawn G. Lepore
Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Charles Schwab & Company, Inc. 1997
Patrick S. Steele
Senior Vice President, Information Systems & Technology
Albertson's, Incorporated 1996
Dr. William T. Houghton
President, Chevron Information Technology Company
Chevron Corporation 1995
Michael Heschel
Executive Vice President, Information Systems and Services
The Kroger Company 1994
Jonathan J. Palmer
Chief Technology Executive, Barnett Banks, Inc.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Barnett Technologies, Inc. 1993
Dennis Jones
Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President
of the Information Systems and Telecommunications Division
Federal Express Corporation 1992
Patricia C. "Tosh" Barron
President, Office Document Products Division
Xerox Corporation 1991
DuWayne J. Peterson, Jr.
Executive Vice President, Operations Systems and Telecommunications
Merrill Lynch Co., Inc. * the award can also be given to an organization, team, or committee
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