Robert S. Autor, executive vice president and CIO, Sallie Mae, Reston Va.
Cara A. Babachicos, CIO and corporate director, Partners Continuing Care, Partners HealthCare System Inc., Wellesley, Mass.
Hari Bezwada, program manager, Information Technology Systems, Pentagon Renovation & Construction Program Office, Arlington, Va.
Rebecca A. Blalock, senior vice president and CIO, Southern Company Services Inc., Atlanta
Ken Bohlen, executive vice president and chief innovation officer, Textron Inc., Fort Worth, Texas
- Terry P. Brooks, division manager, information services, Yamaha Motor Corp. U.S.A., Cypress, Calif.
- Lawrence F. Buettner, CIO, Wheels Inc., Des Plaines, Ill.
- Katherine E. Busser, CIO, U.S. card division; vice president, Capital One Financial Corp., Richmond, Va.
- Julie F. Butcher, vice president of information technology, MDC Holdings Inc., Centennial, Colo.
- Laynglyn M. Capers, vice president, United Parcel Service Inc., Timonium, Md.
- Barbara D. Carlini, North America CIO, Diageo North America Inc., Norwalk, Conn.
- Andres E. Carvallo, CIO, Austin Energy, Austin, Texas
- Guy Chiarello, CIO and CTO, Morgan Stanley Securities; Morgan Stanley, New York
- Kathy J. Claypatch, director, online IT operations, University of Phoenix Online, Phoenix
- Hap M. Cluff, director of IT, city of Norfolk, Va.
- George F. Coulter, vice president, CIO, The AES Corp., Arlington, Va.
- Helen Z. Cousins, senior vice president and CIO, Dex Media Inc., Englewood, Colo.
- Jay C. Crotts, CIO, Shell Lubricants/B2B, Royal Dutch Shell PLC, London
- Fred R. Danback, vice president, global technology, XL Global Services Inc., Stamford, Conn.
- Nida S. Davis, chief architect, Federal Reserve System, Richmond, Va.
- Paul M. de Graaff, chief information security architect, The Depository Trust & Clearing Corp., New York
- Keith E. Dennelly, chief technology officer, State Street Global Advisors, Boston
- Jon T. Elsasser, senior vice president and CIO, The Timken Co., Canton, Ohio
- John F. Fisher, senior vice president and CIO, SmithBucklin Corp., Chicago
- Robert Fort, director of IT, Virgin Entertainment Group, Los Angeles
- Wendell Fox, senior vice president, North American Information Resources Field Services, Marriott International Inc., Washington
- Bill Franks, executive vice president and CIO, Saks Inc., Jackson, Miss.
- Roland A. Garcia, senior vice president and CIO, Baptist Health of Northeast Florida, Jacksonville
- Don Gibson, managing director of IT, FedEx Services, Irving, Texas
- John P. Glaser, vice president and CIO, Partners HealthCare System Inc., Boston
- Farzad Golshani, vice president of IT infrastructure, Transamerica Retirement Services, Los Angeles
- Lev S. Gonick, vice president for information technology services and CIO, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland
- Eric Gorham, director of IT, Regional Justice Information Service, St. Louis
- Don Gould, director of IT, Godiva Chocolatier Inc., Reading, Pa.
- Mark H. Griesbaum, CIO, Career Education Corp., Hoffman Estates, Ill.
- Scott D. Griffin, vice president and CIO, The Boeing Co., Chicago
- Elizabeth Hackenson, executive vice president and CIO, MCI Inc., Ashburn, Va.
- Mitchell J. Hansen, vice president, enterprise systems and services, Quest Diagnostics Inc., Lyndhurst, N.J.
- Carlton C. Harper, CIO, Modine Manufacturing Co., Racine, Wis.
- Gerard M. Higgins, senior vice president, Verizon Information Processing Services, Verizon Wireless, New York
- Robert G. Holstein, CIO and vice president for IT, National Public Radio, Washington
- Michael H. Hugos, CIO, Network Services Co., Mount Prospect, Ill.
- T. Charles Hunsinger, vice president of software engineering, Corporate Express Inc., Broomfield, Colo.
- Al R. Iagnemmo Jr., director of the e-business division, Federal Supply Service, General Services Administration, Arlington, Va.
- Steven A. John, CIO, Agriliance LLC, Inver Grove Heights, Minn.
- Michael L. Jones, senior vice president and CIO, Circuit City Stores Inc., Richmond, Va.
- Raymond Karrenbauer, CTO, ING Insurance Americas, Hartford, Conn.
- Barbara Koster, senior vice president and CIO, Prudential Financial Inc., Roseland, N.J.
- Michael B. Koval, senior vice president and CIO, Long & Foster Real Estate Inc., Fairfax, Va.
- Kathy S. Lane, senior vice president and CIO, The Gillette Co., Boston
- Patrick Law, vice president of infrastructure, American Modern Insurance Group Inc., Amelia, Ohio
- William J. Lewkowski, CIO, Metropolitan Health Corp., Grand Rapids, Mich.
- Dennis P. L'Heureux, senior vice president of planning and CIO, Rockford Health System, Rockford, Ill.
- Matthew J. Lynch, senior vice president and CIO, ShopKo Stores Inc., Green Bay, Wis.
- Saumyendra Mathur, vice president, IT, Americas Region, Hewlett-Packard Co., Houston
- Margaret McCarthy, senior vice president and CIO, Aetna Inc., Hartford, Conn.
- Joseph T. McCartin, senior vice president and CIO, National City Corp., Cleveland
- Jeffrey R. McIntyre, assistant vice president of technology services, BNSF Railway Co., Fort Worth, Texas
- Gregory J. Meffert, CTO and CIO, city of New Orleans
- Enzo Micali, senior vice president and CIO, 1-800-Flowers.com Inc., Westbury, N.Y.
- Dennis E. Michael, vice president of IT and strategic planning, Watkins Motor Lines Inc., Lakeland, Fla.
- Earl R. Monsour, director of strategic information technologies, Maricopa Community College District, Tempe, Ariz.
- Patrick E. Moroney, senior vice president and CIO, Health Care Service Corp., Chicago
- Paul R. Mueller, vice president of technology services, Schneider National Inc., Green Bay, Wis.
- Diane P. Murray, vice president and CIO, Mission Systems sector, Northrop Grumman Corp., Reston, Va.
- Rajesh Narang, chief system manager, Centre for Railway Information System, Chanakya Puri, New Delhi
Steven L. Naylor, vice president and director of IT, Federal Home Loan Bank of
Topeka, Kansas- Tom Nealon, senior vice president and CIO, Southwest Airlines Co., Dallas
- Dianah L. Neff, CIO, city of Philadelphia
- Tom Oelsner, program director, remote services, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Heidelberg, Germany
- David A. Oles, IT director of research and development, Rent-A-Center Inc., Plano, Texas
- Richard H. Omartian, IT chief financial officer and chief of staff, The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, New York
- Scott A. Painter, director of data center operations, Cardinal Health Inc., Dublin, Ohio
- Kay J. Palmer, CIO and executive vice president of IT, J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc., Lowell, Ark.
- Michael T. Parisi, director of IT infrastructure integration and strategy, Honeywell Automation & Control Solutions, Arlington Heights, Ill.
- John M. Petrone, CTO, Autobytel Inc., Irvine, Calif.
- Mark S. Popolano, president, AIG Technologies Inc.; CIO and senior vice president, American International Group Inc., New York
- Al-Noor Ramji, BT Group CIO and BT Exact CEO, BT Group PLC, London
- Toby Eduardo Redshaw, corporate vice president of IT strategy, architecture and e-business, Motorola Inc., Schaumburg, Ill.
- Bill Regehr, senior vice president of IT and CIO, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Atlanta
- Mark A. Resmer, chief technology officer, Whitney University, Dallas (formerly corporate CTO, eCollege, Denver)
- George C. Rimnac, vice president and chief technologist, W.W. Grainger Inc., Lake Forest, Ill.
- Michael J. Roche, senior vice president, protection technology and administration, Allstate Insurance Co., Northbrook, Ill.
- John F. Schindler, CIO, Kichler Lighting, Cleveland
- Tom H. Scott, executive vice president of operations and CIO, Direct Holdings Worldwide LLC, Virginia Beach, Va.
- Esat Sezer, corporate vice president and CIO, Whirlpool Corp., Benton Harbor, Mich.
- Steve D. Silverman, vice president of IT, Bausch & Lomb Inc., Rochester, N.Y.
- Sheri Stahler, associate vice president of academic computer services, Temple University, Philadelphia
- John T. Stankey, senior executive vice president and CTO, SBC Communications Inc., San Antonio
- John Sullivan, CIO, American Chemical Society, Washington (formerly CIO, AARP, Washington)
- Michael C. Theis, chief of cyber counterintelligence, National Reconnaissance Office, Chantilly, Va.
- Keith J. Thibodeaux, CIO, Lafayette Consolidated Government, Lafayette, La.
- Larry S. Thomas, vice president and CIO, Landstar System Inc., Jacksonville, Fla.
- John L. Truschinger, vice president and CIO, GlobalSantaFe Corp., Houston
- Bill A. Tucker, vice president of systems delivery, Nordstrom Inc., Seattle
- Wade Vann, senior vice president of IT and CIO, Simmons Bedding Co., Atlanta
- Marc West, senior vice president and CIO, H&R Block Inc., Kansas City, Mo.
- William W. Westrate, formerly vice president and CIO, Aramark Corp., Downers Grove, Ill.
- Laurie S. Zeitlin, senior vice president and CIO, FedEx Kinko's, Dallas
- David L. Zeppieri, assistant administrator and CIO, Transportation Security Administration, Arlington, Va.
2006 Premier 100 IT Leaders
Stories in this report:
- 2006 Premier 100 IT Leaders
- How They Were Chosen
- Premier 100 IT Leaders Honor Roll
- Defining Leadership
- IT Heroes
- People First
- Quiz: Are YOU A Top-Tier Leader?
- Words of Wisdom
- Agile By Design
- Cohesive Compliance
- Security Imperative
- Managing Megaprojects
- Foreign Challenge
- Succeeding at Storage
- Speed of Business
- Rebecca A. Blalock: IT Convert
- Terry P. Brooks: Multitask Manager
- Julie F. Butcher: Master Organizer
- Barbara D. Carlini: Agent of Change
- Lev S. Gonick: Community Liason
- John Sullivan: IT Adventurer
- George C. Rimnac: Disciplined Leader
- Mark Popolano: Master of Details
- William Westrate: Tech Strategist
- Elizabeth Hackenson: Business Booster
- In Memoriam: Gerard Higgins
- Protege Profile: Steve Yon
- Ask A Premier 100 IT Leader: Wendell Fox
- The Next Generation of IT
- Protege Profile: Allison Young
- Protege Profile: Michael R. Dean
- Protege Profile: Jairo Orea
- Protege Profile: Bill McCorey
- Protege Profile: Martin Schneider
- Work That Makes Them Cringe
- Leader Do-Overs
- Shark tank: Some Lead, Some Don't
- Data Points: Premier 100 IT Leaders 2006
- Executive Brief: IT Management Best Practices
- Webcast: Secrets of Superspies
- Webcast: The Passionate Pursuit of IT and Business Alignment
- Webcast: Evolving Through Abstraction: On the Way to Utility Computing