2012 New Zealand CIO Awards finalists announced

Winners will be announced at the 2012 New Zealand CIO Awards dinner as part of the CIO Summit on June 25

The CIO Summit, which is attended by more than 400 IT professionals every year, will be held in June with a special awards ceremony on June 25 at Sky City in Auckland.

Finalists in this year’s CIO Awards are:

CIO of the Year -
Allan Lightbourne, head of technology and innovation, Mercury Energy
Thomas Salmen, chief technology officer, Orcon
David Scott, head of business technology and transformation, Z Energy

Executive Team of the Year -
Air New Zealand
Auckland Transport
Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation
healthAlliance

Emerging ICT Leader of the Year -
Paul Alexander, general manager, Lexel Project Services
Bruce Aylward, CEO, Psoda Ltd
Steven Pyne, chief information officer, Ministry of Science and Innovation
Peter Yates, IS infrastructure manager, Auckland Council

The 2012 CIO Summit, themed - "The Leadership Imperative: Business growth, agility, collaboration" - features a mix of top-level local and international speakers including Facebook CIO Tim Campos and NYSE CIO Steve Rubinow.

For more information visit www.ciosummit.co.nz