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2006 CIO Academy Awards

California honors its state technology officers

California Held a Special Academy Awards presentation earlier this week in Sacramento, to honor the achievements of state government technology teams and leaders. The envelope, please ...:


Organizational Collaboration -- recognizes CIOs that collaborate and partner either internally, with business, or across organizations, to achieve business results. Associate Programmer Analyst Exam Team



Outstanding Customer Service -- recognizes the CIO's contributions and role in leading an IT organization that provides exceptional service to the business. Davood Ghods, CIO, Dept. of Consumer Affairs



Leadership Award -- recognizes a CIO for leadership of an IT organization relative to operational, program and project success, including enterprise initiatives. Caroline Cabias, Project Leader, MAP-IT, Board of Equalization



Communication Award -- recognizes a CIO for breaking communication barriers and employing tools and processes to facilitate and encourage communication across the enterprise, but especially between IT and business. Ben Williams, CIO, Dept. of Water Resources



Director's Award -- awarded to the CIO/AIO who exemplifies all of the business characteristics of the other awards and who operates as a true partner with his/her executive business colleagues. Dale Jablonsky, Deputy Director, IT Branch, EDD



Masters of Ceremony -- Russ Hicks, Gartner; Brenda Beranek, BearingPoint


Photographer: Michael Williams
Wayne E. Hanson served as a writer and editor with e.Republic from 1989 to 2013, having worked for several business units including Government Technology magazine, the Center for Digital Government, Governing, and Digital Communities. Hanson was a juror from 1999 to 2004 with the Stockholm Challenge and Global Junior Challenge competitions in information technology and education.