Winners of 2024 Michigan ORBIE Awards Announced By MichiganCIO

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Nov 15, 2024, 11:15 ET

Executives from Goodyear Tire & Rubber, Ford Credit, HTC Global Services, Jackson National Life Insurance Company, OIA Global & Forgotten Harvest recognized for their Achievements

DEARBORN, Mich., Nov. 15, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- MichiganCIO announced the winners of its 2024 ORBIE® Awards. MichiganCIO recognized technology executives in six key categories – Leadership, Super Global, Global, Large Enterprise, Enterprise & Corporate. The Awards were presented at the Michigan ORBIE Awards at The Henry.

"Great CIOs know technology moves fast, and connected leaders move faster, which makes the ORBIE® Awards significant," said Melanie Kalmar, MichiganCIO Chair. "Winners are selected by CIOs who understand the demands of technology leadership. Michigan ORBIE® Awards recognize the leadership excellence of CIOs transforming Michigan's economy."

The 2024 Michigan ORBIE Award winners are:

Mamatha Chamarthi, Chief Digital Officer, Goodyear Tire & Rubber received the Leadership ORBIE.
Saurabh Raisinghani, EVP & CTO, Ford Credit received the Super Global ORBIE for organizations over $10 billion annual revenue & multi-national operations.
Sangy Vatsa, Chief Technology & Digital Officer, HTC Global Services (fmr) received the Global ORBIE for organizations over $1 billion annual revenue & multi-national operations.
Mike Hicks, SVP & CIO, Jackson National Life Insurance Company received the Large Enterprise ORBIE for organizations over $1.5 billion annual revenue.
Todd Earls, CIO, OIA Global received the Enterprise ORBIE for organizations over $550 million annual revenue.
Michael Butman, CIO, Forgotten Harvest received the Corporate ORBIE for organizations up to $550 million annual revenue.

The ORBIE Awards is the premier technology executive recognition program in the United States. Since inception in 1998, over 500 technology leaders have received the prestigious ORBIE Award. The ORBIE honors chief information officers who have demonstrated excellence in technology leadership. Finalists and winners are selected by an independent peer review process, led by prior ORBIE recipients, based upon:

Leadership and management effectiveness
Business value created by technology innovation
Engagement in industry and community endeavors

The Michigan ORBIE Awards keynote was delivered by Mamatha Chamarthi, Chief Digital Officer, Goodyear Tire & Rubber was interviewed by Jane Sydlowski, President CEO, AMI Strategies. Over 250 guests attended, representing leading Michigan organizations and their technology partners.

The 2024 Michigan ORBIE Awards was made possible by the following sponsors:

Underwriters: Fortinet, Google Cloud & Kanini
Gold sponsors: Glean
›› Silver sponsors: Brooksource, Cloudflare, Cognizant, Deloitte, Palo Alto Networks, Slalom, Sparq, Tata Communications, Tata Consultancy Services, Wiz & Yash Technologies
Bronze sponsors: Between Pixels, CDW, OneMagnify, Pure Storage, Service Now, Snowflake, Tanium & Tech Mahindra
Media partner: Crain's Detroit Business
National partner: Year Up United

About MichiganCIO

MichiganCIO is the preeminent peer leadership network of Michigan chief information officers. MichiganCIO is one of over 40 chapters of the Inspire Leadership Network, a national membership organization comprised exclusively of CIOs from public and private businesses, government, education, healthcare and nonprofit institutions.

MichiganCIO is led by a CIO Advisory Board, supported by an executive director and staff. Underwriter executives ensure programs remain non-commercial and exclusive to qualified CIOs and members.