CIO of the Years Series - Announce the Finalists

CIO of the Year Annoucement of Finalists Rescheduled or August 16th

Due to conflicts with Tech Chicago Week 2023 and some of our CIO of the Year Candidates' schedules we postponed the announcement of the CIO of the Year Finalists that was originally scheduled for July 12th over Zoom. 

2023 CIO of the Year Series - Join Us via Zoom to Learn About the Finalists for the Year's Awards!

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Since 1995, the Society of Information Management Chicago Chapter together with The Executives’ Club of Chicago and the AITP Chicago Chapter have recognized technology leaders with the premier CIO of the Year Award in Chicagoland. Recently we have added 3 additional categories for a total of 4 Awards.

• CIO+ Award celebrates a CIO who has successfully expanded his or her current role into other business areas like Operations, Marketing, Sales, CEO role, etc., thus, broadening their impact on driving success for the overall business entity.

• CIO Innovator of the Year recognizes a CIO who has been especially innovative in his or her approach to producing business results far above the other nominees. 
  

• CIO Impact Award recognizes the CIO that has measurably contributed to their organization's mission, revenue, customer satisfaction, or workforce by leveraging technology and implementing business process improvements.
  

• CIO of the Year honors the best of the best CIO in the Chicago Area.
  

Selection considers leadership in driving business value, technological innovation, business partnerships and creating best-in-class workplaces for technology professionals. Finalists will be interviewed and the winner will be announced at SIM Gala in October 2023.