CIO of the Year Awards

Beginning in 2005, NEOSA launched the CIO of the Year award to recognize outstanding CIO's from both for-profit and not-for-profit organizations. CIOs are nominated by peers and must complete CIO of the year Questionnaire to be considered for the awards. Additionally, winning CIOs are also presented with an award for their team: the NEOSA IT Team of the Year award.

2009 CIO of the Year Winners

Government: Brian Kelley, Portage County
Non-Profit Organization: Jim Sage, The University of Akron
Small Company: Jeremy Moorman, Aluminum Line Products Company
Large Company: Thomas Lucas, The Sherwin-Williams Company

Learn more about this year's finalists here.

See the 2009 winners press release here.

2008 CIO of the Year Winners

Large Company: Jon Elsasser, The Timken Company
Mid-Market Company: George Mehok, Revol Wireless
Small Company: Sandra Rapp, OEConnection
Non-Profit Organization: Sasi Pillay, NASA Glenn

2007 CIO of the Year Winners

Large Company: George Dufour, CBIZ and Charlie Rau, Forest City Enterprises
Mid-Market Company: Leslie Pochaukas, Electronic Merchant Systems
Small Company: Bala Thangavelu, Tenth Floor
Non-Profit Organization: Jim Sage, The University of Akron

2006 CIO of the Year Winners

Large Company: Doug Wenger, Omnova Solutions
Small Company: Tony Filipovic, The Chas E. Phipps Company
Large Non-Profit: Larry Cuy, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Small Non-Profit: Tom Furnas, ideastream and Tom Wojnarowski, R.I.T.A.

2005 CIO of the Year Winners

Large Company: Doug Wenger, Omnova Solutions
Small Company: John Schindler, Kichler Lighting
Large Non-Profit: Vince Miller, MetroHealth Medical Center
Small Non-Profit: Len Steinbach, Cleveland Museum of Art