City of Birmingham’s Patrick McLendon wins AlabamaCIO’s 2020 ORBIE Award
Patrick McLendon, CTO and Director of Information Services at City of Birmingham Government, was named as a winner of AlabamaCIO’s 2020 CIO of the Year ORBIE Awards.
AlabamaCIO recognized chief information officers in seven key categories – Leadership, Global, Large Enterprise, Enterprise, Large Corporate, Corporate and Public Sector. McLendon received the Public Sector ORBIE for government & education organizations. The Alabama CIO of the Year ORBIE Awards were presented virtually.
“The AlabamaCIO ORBIE winners demonstrate the value great leadership creates. Especially in these uncertain times, CIOs are leading in unprecedented ways and enabling the largest work-from-home experiment in history,” according to Tamara Lopata, Executive Director of AlabamaCIO. “The ORBIE Awards are meaningful because they are judged by peers – CIOs who understand how difficult this job is and why great leadership matters.”
The 2020 Alabama CIO of the Year ORBIE Award included:
- Michelle McKenna, CIO, National Football League, received the Leadership CIO of the Year ORBIE.
- John Fallis, VP & CIO, Drummond Company, Inc., received the Global ORBIE for organizations over $1 billion annual revenue & multi-national operations.
- Amala Duggirala, Enterprise Chief Operations & Technology Officer, Regions Bank, received the Large Enterprise ORBIE for organizations over $1.5 billion annual revenue.
- Mike Rowell, SVP & CIO, Alfa Mutual Insurance, received the Enterprise ORBIE for organizations over $500 million annual revenue.
- Jamey Taylor, CTO, StateServ-Hospicelink, received the Large Corporate ORBIE for organizations over $225 million annual revenue.
- Michael Northrup, SVP & CIO, America’s First Federal Credit Union, received the Corporate ORBIE for organizations up to $225 million annual revenue.
The CIO of the Year ORBIE Awards is the premier technology executive recognition program in the United States. Since inception in 1998, more than 1,000 CIOs have been honored as finalists and over 250 CIO of the Year winners 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 CIO Awards ceremony was keynoted by Becky Blalock, Former SVP & CIO of Southern Company. Nearly 300 guests attended, representing leading Alabama organizations and their technology partners.
