Executive of the Year Award

This award was inaugurated in 1991 to recognize and honor executives, organizations, teams and committees who have made outstanding contributions to their organizations through the integration of information technology and systems that enhance their enterprises' strategic competitiveness.

Past recipients:

• 2011- David Norton
  Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, Ceasers Entertainment Corporation
• 2010– John D. Halamka, M.D.
  Chief Information Officer, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Chief Information Officer, Harvard Medical School
• 2008– LaVerne H. Council
  Chief Information Officer, Johnson & Johnson
• 2007– David Barnes
  Senior Vice President of Information Services and CIO, United Parcel Service
• 2006– Charles 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, Wal-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, Verizon, accepted the award on behalf of the team
• 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.