Congratulations to the 2024 Minnesota ORBIE winners!
Leadership
Cris Ross
Global
Derek Shaw
Large Enterprise
Darin McDonald
Enterprise
Amy Porwoll
Large Corporate
Dennis Keane
Corporate
Jeff Eccles
Nonprofit/Public Sector
Justin Hennes
CISO
Vince Aimutis
Global Finalists
Steve
Arsenault
Kevin
Baartman
Keith
Nichols
Chris
Schueler Sullivan
Derek
Shaw
Narayanan
Sundaresan
Large Enterprise Finalists
TK
Balaji
David
Black
Jeff
Gerber
Cliff
Manuel
Darin
McDonald
Dennis
Zuzek
Enterprise Finalists
Naser
Ayyub
Hitesh
Patel
Tony
Peleska
Amy
Porwoll
Jim
Stathopoulos
Large Corporate Finalists
Andy
Dulka
Rishi
Kaushal
Dennis
Keane
Linda
Lovold
Carrie
McAuley
Corporate Finalists
Andre
Burgaud
Jeremy
DeBord
Todd
Duran
Jeff
Eccles
Nonprofit/Public Sector Finalists
Jacquelyn
Bailey
Justin
Hennes
Rudi
Mohamed
Cisco
Skanson
Phil
Thorson
Jaime
Wascalus
CISO Finalists
Vince
Aimutis
Tom
Bauer
Jason
Meszaros
Ted
Peterson
Mike
Rogers
Tony
Taylor
Leadership Award Recipient
Cris Ross, Mayo Clinic
Cris Ross is Chief Information Officer of Mayo Clinic. Before joining Mayo Clinic in 2012, he held business and technology leadership roles with Surescripts, CVS Health/MinuteClinic, and UnitedHealth Group. Prior to entering the healthcare industry in 2003, he was a tech entrepreneur, finance manager, and Congressional aide. He was voted Healthcare CIO of the Year in 2022 by Inspire CIO/ORBIE. A two-time cancer survivor, he writes and speaks about improvement of patient experience. He has served on advisory boards for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Veterans’ Administration, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and other industry groups. He is past chair of the Board of HIMSS and currently serves on the boards of CaringBridge and Minnesota Opera. He has degrees from the University of Minnesota and Yale University.