The results are in! Congratulations to the 2024 CIO of the Year Award Finalists highlighted below and to the 2024 CIO Choice Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, Charles Bartel, VP, IT & CIO at Duquesne University! We cannot wait to share the stories of the following local leaders at this annual can’t-miss event and show you what it means to truly LEVEL UP!
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2024 CIO of the Year Award Finalists
Category: CIO – Megabyte
- Paul Allison, PennWest University
- Scott Angelo, Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney
- Jim Dye, Cochran Automotive Group
- Adam Gunnett, Busy Beaver Building Centers
- Larry Trenga, Wesley Family Services
Category: CIO – Gigabyte
- Lisa Biondi, System One
- Tushar Lovalekar, Koppers
- David Reed, Maxim Crane
- Jack Smith, Federated Hermes
- Eng Tan, Automated Health Systems
Category: CIO – Terabyte
- Chris Carmody, UPMC Information Services Division
- Christine Johns, PNC Financial Services
- Kathleen Lovett, VSP Vision
- Bhaskar Ramachandran, PPG
Category: CISO – Gigabyte
- Brian Abercrombie, TeleTracking Technologies
- Dennis Carson, PennWest University
- Tony Krance, Seton Hill University
Category: CISO – Terabyte
- Derek Brown, EQT
- Sam Merrell, Kennametal
- John O'Rourke, PPG
- Pete Zwieryznski, Koppers
Category: Tech Trailblazer
- Rachael Afolabi, Google Fiber
- Ebony Dendy, University of Pittsburgh
- Jorge Guajardo Merchan, Bosch Research + Technology Center
- Sondra Hunter, Tech Savvy Consultants
- Crystal Morgan, UPMC
- Frank Pascoe, Koppers
- Janeen Peretin, PhD, Baldwin-Whitehall School District
- Julie Prough, UPMC Corporate Services
Category: Rising Star
- Chris Belasco, City of Pittsburgh
- Daniel Elliott, The Wilson Group
- Chris Kosek, K&L Gates
- Clayton Mathis, Seegrid
- Jon Oeler, Reed Smith
- Madison Oliver, GitHub
- Brian Stein, Koppers