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 complete 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.
Information about recent and past award winners is available by clicking on one of the topic links to the left. In addition nomination forms may also be viewed and downloaded from one of these links.
2007 Winner of the Executive of the Year Award
NEWS FLASH 2007 IT Executives of the Year Announced **PRESS RELEASE**
DFW Chapter President, Nate Langston hands 2007 SIM EOY Award to Merv Tarde at March, 2008 Chapter Meeting.
Merv Tarde, VP & CIO, Interstate Batteries
Past Winners of the Executive of the Year Award
2006 Winners of the Executive of the Year Award
NEWS FLASH 2006 IT Executives of the Year Announced **PRESS RELEASE**
Steve Davis, Caren Shiozaki, Alex Petit, Phil Maternowski
2006 IT Executive of the Year - Phil S. Maternowski,
Sr. Vice President & Chief Information Officer
CitiFinancial Auto
1st Runner Up - Caren Shiozaki,
Vice President & Chief Information Officer
Belo Corp
2006 Midsize Organization Winners
2006 IT Executive of the Year - Alex Pettit,
Chief Technology Officer
City of Denton
1st Runner Up - Steve Davis,
Chief Information Officer
SOURCECORP, Incorporated
2005 IT Executives of the Year:
Large Firm Category
Linda A. Goodspeed (Center), CTO, Lennox, International
Midsize Firm Co-Winners
Kevin Campbell, VP & CIO, Hunt Consolidated, Inc
John Phillips, Director, IT & Systems, Trinity Industries, Inc.
2004 IT Executive of the Year:
Large Firm Category
Richard A. Harris, Jr., Assoc. VP for Computing and CTO, University of North Texas
2003 IT Executive of the Year:
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 and Medium Firm Category - Co-Winners
Joe Lacik, VP of Information Services, Aviall Inc.
Steve Williams, Sr. VP & CIO, Mattress Giant Corp.
2002 IT Executive of the Year:
Large Firm Category
Dave Landry, Group Vice President, Verizon Information Services
2001 IT Executive of the Year:
Large Firm Category
John Bock, Community Credit Union, Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer
2000 IT Executive of the Year:
Large Firm Category
Earl Peck, Sr. VP Information Technology and Billing, VarTec Telecom
1999 IT Executive of the Year:
Large Firm Category
Jack Dowling, CIO, Compucom Inc
1998 IT Executive of the Year:
Large Firm Category
Phil Farr, Director IT, Fina Oil & Chemical
For complete information about the award, please contact Dr. Jack Becker at the University of North Texas.
Dr. Jack D. Becker
Chairperson DFW SIM Chapter, Communications and PR
Dr. Jack D. Becker
ITDS Department
College of Business Administration
University of North Texas
Denton, TX 76203
WP: 940-565-3113
becker@unt.edu