Amir Arooni                                                                           Semi-Finalist
EVP & Chief Information Officer                    
Discover Financial Services

Jeffrey Douglas                                                                 Semi-Finalist
SVP & Chief Information Officer                    
Potbelly Sandwich Works

Lisa Dykstra                                                                           Semi-Finalist
  SVP & Chief Information Officer                                                 
Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Sean Grennan
Chief Information Officer
Management Partners, Inc.

Qasim Khan                                                                         Semi-Finalist
 Chief Information Officer
U.S. Bank

Phil Lawson-Shanks
Chief Information Officer
Aligned Data Centers

Kevin Lowell, Ph. D.                                                            Semi-Finalist
SVP - IT
U.S. Cellular

Edward Marchewka                                                        Semi-Finalist
VP of  IT, Quality Services, and Strategic Planning
Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Network

David Melchers                                                                    Semi-Finalist
Global Chief Information Officer
WernerCo

John Mohr                                                                             Semi-Finalist
Chief Information Officer
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Keith Onchuck                                                                      Semi-Finalist
Chief Information Officer
Ozinga Bros., Inc.

Kevin Rubin                                                                       Semi-Finalist
President & Chief Information Officer
Stratosphere Networks

Alberto Ruocco
Partner, Chief Information Officer (Former)
West Monroe Partners, LLC

John Sudduth
Chief Information Officer
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago

Timothy Walter                                                                      Semi-Finalist
Senior Vice President, Global CIO & CISO
Randa Apparel & Accessories

Janet Zelenka                                                                         Semi-Finalist
EVP, CFO and Chief Information Officer
Stericycle

Rob Zschernitz
Chief Technology Officer
Field Museum