Past Winners
The IT Executive of the Year Award was created by the DFW SIM Chapter in 1998 to recognize excellence in IT management within the Dallas/Fort Worth area. During the first four years, recipients were recognized at a special reception at the Dallas Information Technology Exposition (ITEC) in June. In 2002, the DFW Chapter assumed ownership and control of the award. At the same time the Awards Ceremony was moved to coincide with the Annual DFW SIM Chapter’s Holiday Banquet in December. Initially only one winner per year was selected; however, starting in 2003, multiple awards were selected based upon the size of the IT organization.
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IT Executive of the Year 1998
Phil Farr, Director IT, Fina Oil & Chemical
IT Executive of the Year 1999
Jack Dowling, CIO, Compucom Inc.
IT Executive of the Year 2000
Earl Peck, Sr VP Information Technology and Billing, VarTec Telecom
IT Executive of the Year 2001
John Bock, Community Credit Union, Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer
IT Executive of the Year 2002
Dave Landry, Group Vice President, Verizon Information Services
IT Executive of the Year 2003
Large Firm* Category Co-Winners:
Evelyn Follit, CIO & Sr. VP of Organizational Enabling Services, Radio Shack Corporation
Keith Morrow, CIO & VP Information Systems, 7-Eleven, Inc.
Small & Medium Firm* Category Co-Winners
Joe Lacik, VP of Information Services, Aviall Inc.
Steve Williams, Sr VP & CIO, Mattress Giant Corp.
IT Executive of the Year 2004
Large Firm* Category Winner
Richard Harris Jr., Associate VP for Computing and CTO for UNT
IT Executives of the Year 2005
Large Firm* Category Winner
Linda A. Goodspeed, CTO, Lennox International, Inc.
Midcap Firm* Category Co-Winners
Kevin Campbell, VP & CIO, Hunt Consolidated, Inc.
John Phillips, Corporate Director, Information Technology & Services, Trinity Industries, Inc.
* Large firm is defined as greater or equal to 100 IT/IS employees under nominee's supervision.