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January 06, 2003 (Computerworld) -- • Rizwan Ahmed, 46, CIO, Louisiana Office of Group Benefits, Department of Natural Resources, Baton Rouge

• Roberta Ambur, 49, CIO, University of South Dakota, Vermillion

• Steve Attias, 49, vice president, chief information security officer, New York Life Insurance Co.

• Warren Axelrod, director, global information security, Pershing, Jersey City, N.J.

• Damien Bean, 38, vice president of corporate systems, Hilton Hotels Corp., Beverly Hills, Calif.

• John A. Bielec, 60, vice president, CIO, Drexel University, Philadelphia

• Alan Boehme, 43, executive vice president, CIO, Best Software Inc., Atlanta (formerly e-technology CIO at GE Power Systems, Atlanta)

• Andrew Brimberry, 31, director of information services, Choice Homes, Arlington, Texas

• John Andrew Brown, 34, CIO, Brown Brothers Milawa Vineyard Pty., Milawa, Victoria, Australia

• Cathy Brune, 49, senior vice president, chief technology officer, Allstate Insurance Co., Northbrook, Ill.

• Diane J. Bunch, 52, senior vice president of information services, Tennessee Valley Authority, Chattanooga

• Richard P. Bursek, 27, senior vice president, managing director, Lydian Trust Co., Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.

• Dennis S. Callahan, 58, senior vice president, CIO, The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America, New York

• Scott L. Carcillo, 35, CIO, vice president of IT and services, Digex Inc., Laurel, Md.

• Mario C. Carlos, 42, head of IT, Manila Electric Co., Pasig, Philippines

• Richard Catalano, 44, vice president of IT, Progress Software Corp., Bedford, Mass.

• Daniel J. Cavanagh, 62, executive vice president, operations and technology, Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., New York

• Suchindran S. Chatterjee, 51, chairman, CIO, Cum Laude Academy of Learning, Scottsdale, Ariz. (formerly CIO at Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, Scottsdale)

• Mike Childress, 36, senior vice president of development, Delta Technology Inc., Atlanta

• Marty Chuck, 42, CIO, Agilent Technologies Inc., Santa Clara, Calif.

• Marty Cole, 46, global managing partner, outsourcing and infrastructure delivery, Accenture Ltd., Hartford, Conn.

• Rick Devenuti, corporate vice president, CIO, Microsoft Corp., Redmond, Wash.

• Scott Dietzen, 40, chief technology officer, BEA Systems Inc., San Jose

• Chris Duncan, 40, global leader, e-communications technology, The Dow Chemical Co., Midland, Mich.

• Joan Dunn, 42, manager of enterprise computing, Anadarko Petroleum Corp., The Woodlands, Texas

• Robert Dutile, 42, executive vice president of key technology services, KeyCorp, Cleveland

• Harriet Edelman, 46, senior vice president, CIO, Avon Products Inc., New York

• Willard S. Evans Jr., 46, vice president, Peoples Energy Corp., Chicago

• Bruce Fadem, 57, vice president, CIO, Wyeth, Paoli, Pa.

• Gregg Farris, 48, vice president of IT, Oceaneering International Inc., Houston

• William F. Finefield, 61, CIO, Navy Exchange Service Command, Virginia Beach, Va.

• Charles D. Fletcher Jr., 55, assistant provost for technology and IS, CIO, Delaware State University, Dover

• Robert Galletta, 36, staff director, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

• Jay Gardner, 46, CIO, BMC Software Inc., Houston

• Daniel W. Garrow, 52, senior vice president of IS, CIO, Mohegan Sun Casino, Uncasville, Conn.

• Bernard Gay, 34, vice president of enterprise technology and operations, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., Miami

• James D. Gibson, 43, director of IT, TriWest Healthcare Alliance, Phoenix

• Richard Gius, 45, senior vice president of IT, Cardinal Health Inc., McGaw Park, Ill.

• Ron Glickman, 43, senior vice president, CIO, DFS Group Ltd., San Francisco

• Eric Goldfarb, 38, executive vice president, CIO, PRG-Schultz Inc., Atlanta (formerly CIO at Global Knowledge, Cary, N.C.)

• Robb Good, 38, vice president, director of IS, Sundt Construction Inc., San Diego

• Suzanne Gordon, 49, vice president of IT, SAS Institute Inc., Cary, N.C.

• Patricia Graham, 53, director of information systems, Prudential Financial, Roseland, N.J.

• David R. Guzman, 46, senior vice president, CIO, Owens & Minor Inc., Glen Allen, Va.

• Dr. John Halamka, 40, CIO, CareGroup Healthcare System, and associate dean for educational technology, Harvard Medical School, Boston

• Robert Harlan, 37, director, Motorola Inc., Northbrook, Ill.

• Jonathan Harwood, 43, CIO, founder, OpenReach Inc., Woburn, Mass.

• Neil A. Hastie, 54, CIO, senior vice president of e-business and retail systems, TruServ Corp., Chicago

• Claus Hohmann, 57, chief technology officer, Volkswagen Autostadt GmbH, Wolfsburg, Germany

• Jim Honerkamp, 50, vice president, CIO, Clopay Corp., Mason, Ohio

• Paul Hoogenboom, 42, vice president of operations, CIO, RPM International Inc., Medina, Ohio

• Richard K. Jones, 49, managing director, CIO, Countrywide Home Loans Inc., Calabasas, Calif.

• Fred Kimball, 49, CIO, Freightliner LLC, Portland, Ore.

• Joseph Y. Lacik Jr., 47, vice president of information services, Aviall Services Inc., Dallas

• Linda Lenox, 41, computer support manager, The New York Times Co., Norfolk, Va.

• Edward N. Leveille, 52, vice president of systems, CIO, Providence Washington Insurance Co., East Providence, R.I.

• W. Douglas Lewis, 49, executive vice president, CIO, Six Continents Hotels Inc., Atlanta

• George Lin, 32, vice president, CIO, Documentum Inc., Pleasanton, Calif.

• John A. Marshall, 45, enterprise systems director, Office of Naval Intelligence, Washington

• William E. McCorey Jr., 44, vice president of MIS, Circuit City Stores Inc., Richmond, Va.

• Steve McDowell, 45, IS director, Holiday Retirement Corp., Salem, Ore.

• Jerry McElhatton, 63, senior executive vice president of global technology and operations, MasterCard International Inc., O'Fallon, Mo.

• Allan McLaughlin, 48, senior vice president, chief technology officer, LexisNexis, Miamisburg, Ohio

• Steve Messick, 48, senior vice president of technology, Business Wire, San Francisco

• John C. Moon, 43, CIO, Baxter International Inc., Deerfield, Ill.

• Mary Odson, 38, CIO, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, Los Angeles

• Robert L. Otto, 50, vice president of IT, U.S. Postal Service, Washington

• John Ounjian, senior vice president of IS and corporate adjudication services, CIO, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, Egan

• Roger W. Parks, 53, vice president of IT, CIO, J.R. Simplot Co., Boise, Idaho

• Bill Picton, 57, MIS director, Tharco Inc., San Lorenzo, Calif.

• Howard Piggee Jr., 58, director of IT, CIO, Life Sciences division, Corning Inc., Acton, Mass.

• Joel Plaut, 38, assistant vice president, American International Group Inc., New York

• Fredrick R. Pond, 45, director of information services, Schnitzer Group, Portland, Ore.

• Joseph A. Puglisi, 47, group CIO, Emcor Group Inc., Norwalk, Conn.

• Frank M. Richards, 48, CIO, Geisinger Health System, Danville, Pa.

• Richard Ricks, 43, group president, Computer Sciences Corp., El Segundo, Calif. (previously senior vice president and CIO at Nortel Networks Ltd., Research Triangle Park, N.C.)

• Joel Rosenberg, 41, CIO, Coast Capital Savings, Surrey, British Columbia

• Linda Roubinek, 34, systems officer, Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., Columbus, Ohio

• Linda Sanford, 49, senior vice president, enterprise on demand transformation, IBM Storage Systems Group, Armonk, N.Y.

• William L. Schmitt, 54, director of e-business, Celanese Chemicals Ltd., Dallas

• Greg Schueman, 34, vice president, chief technology officer, Mercury Insurance Group, Brea, Calif.

• Sean Scott, 32, CIO, Womble Carlyle Sandridge and Rice PLLC, Winston-Salem, N.C.

• Steve Scott, 49, vice president of information systems division, Vision Service Plan, Rancho Cordova, Calif.

• Alex Shapiro, 48, CIO, American Student Assistance, Boston

• Wayne St. Jacques, 33, director of IT, Geographic Data Technology Inc., Lebanon, N.H.

• Steven M. Stone, 40, vice president of IT strategy, Lowe's Cos., North Wilkesboro, N.C.

• David Streit, 46, former director, Deutsche Bank, New York

• David Swartz, 49, CIO, George Washington University, Washington

• Bill Thomas, 51, senior vice president, Providian Financial Corp., Oakland, Calif.

• Norman A. Thomas, 44, senior vice president, chief technology officer, U.S. Xpress Enterprises Inc., Chattanooga, Tenn.

• Eugene D. Troxell, 59, director of IT, Loudoun County, Va., Leesburg

• Tasos Tsolakis, 39, vice president of global technology operations, Global eXchange Services Inc., Gaithersburg, Md.

• Ergin Uskup, 65, senior vice president of IT, CIO, United Stationers Inc., Des Plaines, Ill.

• RA Vernon, 42, vice president, chief security officer, Reuters America, New York

• Henry Volkman, 55, director of IT, CIO, Del Taco Inc., Lake Forest, Calif.

• Richard Wallace, 33, CIO, Divine Inc., Chicago

• Doug Watson, 44, vice president, director of IT, Americas, Bacardi USA, Miami

• Thomas K. Watson, 34, project lead, information security, Bayer Pharmaceutical, West Haven, Conn.

• Curtis L. Wolfe, 60, CIO, State of North Dakota Information Technology Department, Bismarck

• Steve Yatko, 33, chief technology officer, global application development, Credit Suisse First Boston Corp., New York

Who Are They? Number of men in this year’s class 89 Number of women in this year’s class 11 Their age, on average 46 The average size of their IT staffs 587 Average size of IT staff they are responsible for 256 What’s Their Budget Situation? 60% said they saw no change in their IT budget in the past 12 months. 33% said their IT budget had increased, by 14.4% on average. 7% said their IT budget had decreased. The average decrease was 9.5%. Who Are Their Top Strategic Vendor Partners or Suppliers? 1. IBM 2. Microsoft Corp. 3. Hewlett Packard Co./Compaq Computer Corp. 4. Cisco Systems Inc. 5. Dell Computer Corp. 6. Oracle Corp. 7. Sun Microsystems Inc. 8. SAP AG 9. J.D. Edwards & Co. 10. PeopleSoft Inc. What Are Their Most Critical Technologies? 1. Network management 2 . Microsoft applications 3. ERP software 4. Data management 5. Mainframe, client/server 6. Web applications and technologies 7. E-commerce 8. Web/Internet 9. Wireless/mobile 10. Collaboration/e-mail/messaging What Top Platforms And Protocols Have Their Companies Standardized On? 1. Microsoft Corp. 2 . IBM 3. Sun Microsystems Inc. 4. TCP/IP 5. Hewlett-Packard Co./ Compaq Computer Corp. 6. Unix 7. Oracle Corp. 8. IP 9. J2EE 10. Dell Computer Corp.

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