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S6BIRMINGHAM BUSINESS JOURNALCIO OF THE YEAR AWARDSLARGE ENTERPRISE FINALISTSOver 1.5 billion annual revenueJOHN BARNHARTDIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SERVICES, AMERICAN CAST IRON PIPE COMPANYJohn Barnhart is the director ofinformation services at AmericanCast Iron Pipe Co. and is responsiblefor establishing informationtechnology strategy and directionas well as integrating and executingit with five of American’s subsidiarycompanies.SUCCESS STORY“The first significant project that impacted all AMERICAN users at all locations with IT under my purviewwas our migration to a cloud-based email and collaboration platform. We had aging on-premise emailinfrastructure and specific recovery-point and recovery-time objectives to meet for executive managementin the event of a disaster. Upon implementation, 1,500 users had been migrated to the new solution that metour business objectives for a critical business platform. This project also proved to executive managementthat SaaS products could ultimately reduce risk and ensure business success, paving the way for futurecloud deployments.”AMALA DUGGIRALAENTERPRISE CHIEF OPERATIONS & TECHNOLOGY OFFICER, REGIONS BANKWith “execution” as her brand, AmalaDuggirala has led several large-scaleand complex transformations atCenturyLink, BT and ACI Worldwide.Her leadership and results comefrom her balanced approach intransforming strategy into results atlarge corporations.SUCCESS STORY“My biggest accomplishment has been rallying the technology organization to support the transformationof the bank’s technology philosophy to match changing client needs, in collaboration with operations andcustomer-facing businesses. As much as I’m pushing on the organization to challenge the status quo, I’malso just as determined in ensuring each associate has an opportunity to grow. I have a strong passion fordeveloping associates and spend 30% of my time mentoring leaders and associates. Over the last severalmonths, operations has also been moved into my organization. Leveraging technology to modernize andtransform operations has been very rewarding.”JOE HARVEYVP, ENTERPRISE TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, SOUTHERN COMPANY TECHNOLOGY ORGANIZATIONJoe Harvey is vice president oftechnology – enterprise technologysolutions of Southern Co. Harveyleads the technology teams thatdevelop, implement and maintainthe enterprise-wide corporatebusiness solutions, work and assetmanagement solutions, GIS systemsand database systems.SUCCESS STORY“A major recent accomplishment has been the creation and approval of the project that will completelytransform the financial, HR, and procurement business processes and technologies across the company.The project will shift technology from a highly customized on-premise set of applications to a cloudbased platform that will drive major change in business processes that are anticipated to deliver operatingefficiencies of up to 30% over current processes. In addition, it will deliver emerging technology in theareas of digital assistants, AI, and automation that will enable commodity work to shift to more value-addedservices for Southern Company.”JOAN HICKSCIO, UAB HEALTH SYSTEMJoan Hicks has over 40 years ofhealth care leadership experiencein the areas of IT and informationmanagement. In 2004, Joan becamethe CIO for UAB Health System.Under her leadership, UniversityHospital and Highlands Hospital havebeen recognized as “Most Wired” for10 of the last 15 years.SUCCESS STORY“Implementation of the electronic health record for UAB Health System including 1,157 beds at UABHospital and Highlands, Women’s and Infants Facility and 168 Health Services Foundation and UAB HospitalClinics. Functionality includes all clinical documentation, electronic order entry, ePrescribing, five rightsof medication administration, laboratory and radiology results, capturing of physiological monitoring,fetal monitoring, IV pump autoprogramming, incorporation of patient and clinical pictures, images fromendoscopy devices, ECG tracing and interpretation, enterprise data warehouse, electronic prescribing ofcontrolled substances with integration the State Prescription Drug Monitoring Program.ANTHONY WILLIAMSVP & CIO, SURGICAL CARE AFFILIATESAnthony Williams joined SCA asVP and CIO in November 2018.He is responsible for providingstrategic and organizationalleadership, overseeing the capitaland operational budgets anddirecting the day-to-day planning andexecution of all IT-related functions.SUCCESS STORY“We launched a critically important and highly aggressive cyber security initiative in September 2019. Theobjective was to replace and reconfigure aging networking equipment with Next Generation equipmentat more than 200 facilities across the enterprise spanning approximately 38 states and India. This verycomplex project required a great deal of coordination and multiple teams of engineers working very longhours each week over a three-month period. This was the largest facility-level project in the history of SCAIT. In three months time, we successfully converted over 100 facilities with zero facility level outages and noimpact to patient care.”

S7AUGUST 21, 2020Ryland ByarsDIRECTOR OF IT & SECURITYCongratulationsON BEING A CIO OF THE YEAR FINALISTIN THE ALABAMA ORBIE AWARDSAt the Very Heart of Healthcare. medicalpropertiestrust.com NYSE:MPW

S8BIRMINGHAM BUSINESS JOURNALCIO OF THE YEAR AWARDSENTERPRISE FINALISTSOver 500 million annual revenueJOHN ENRIQUEZCIO, WIND CREEK HOSPITALITYJohn Enriquez is a technology andbusiness professional with over 32years of hands-on experience withmanaging IT departments in thegaming and hospitality industry. Hecurrently holds the position of CIOfor Wind Creek Hospitality.SUCCESS STORY“My greatest accomplishment at Wind Creek Hospitality is developing one of the greatest teams of ITprofessionals in the gaming industry. We have been able to develop and mentor employees through propertraining and certifications. We have created a culture of having a solid understanding of the company’sneeds fostering collaboration with all departments. At Wind Creek Hospitality, two of the last three yearrecipients of the coveted Best of The Best Employee of the Year Award have been IT employees. I amincredibly privileged and proud to lead the best team of IT professionals I have ever worked with.”BILLY HELMANDOLLARCIO, DCH HEALTH SYSTEMNominators say Billy Helmandollar is atalented, visionary and accomplishedIT executive with demonstratedexperience in planning, developingand implementing cutting-edgeinformation solutions. He currentlyserves as CIO of DCH Health System.SUCCESS STORY“My greatest accomplishment during my tenure as CIO would have to be the realignment of the ITdepartment to be a trusted and innovative business partner for the organization. By having an excellentteam of top IT talent, we are able to provide effective and efficient technology solutions to our providers,clinicians, and staff. While I may provide strategic leadership and guidance, the IT team are the onesresponsible for the true efforts and the results. I am pleased to be a part of a talented team and I am gratefulto be part of a wonderful organization.”MIKE ROWELLSVP & CIO, ALFA MUTUAL INSURANCEMike Rowell serves a senior vicepresident, strategic innovation andCIO for Alfa. He is responsible forAlfa’s information technologiesincluding property and casualty, life,cybersecurity, data warehousing andinfrastructure responsibilities.SUCCESS STORY“Alfa began a system conversion in 2013. When I became CIO in 2015, the project was behind schedule andover budget. With the outstanding support of great people, we were able to get a troubled project backon track. We delivered the project in November of 2016. There were over 1 million hours committed to theproject. This was a tremendous achievement for Alfa. This project has changed our strategic position. Alfa’steam can now respond quickly to any technical challenge and react to industry movements. Our team nowdrives innovation and growth for our company.”BOB SARNECKISVP & CIO, CHILDREN’S OF ALABAMA HOSPITALBob Sarnecki is CIO of Children’s ofAlabama. He and his team manage allof the hospital’s IT functions. Sarneckihas held technology roles in healthcare for several years, includinggeneral manager of professionalservices for ClearDATA HealthcareCloud Computing.SUCCESS STORY“Technology is fun, and I have enjoyed the many IT successes we have seen in the information technologydepartment at Children’s of Alabama. But the greatest successes have been in delivering technology topatients and their families. Nothing beats being able to deliver Santa and Mrs Claus to a bed-ridden childusing video conferencing to “the North Pole”, or to use green screen technology to allow our kids to jointheir favorite Star Wars characters on the bridge of the Millennium Falcon. Being in a department that is partof a phenomenal era of change at Children’s has been amazing.”MICHAEL STOECKERTCTO, PROASSURANCE CORPORATIONMichael Stoeckert joinedProAssurance as group technologyofficer in 2013. In January 2014, hebecame CTO of ProAssurance, whichis a multiline specialty insurancecarrier and predominantly a healthcare liability insurance groupcommitted to treating all fairly.SUCCESS STORY“ProAssurance has implemented a common email, financial, and HR systems, while consolidatingdatacenters/networks to support additional acquisitions. Implementing this consolidation included thecreation of an overall business driven technology strategy to focus on areas to invest, consolidate or sunset.This led in year-over-year savings which we used to reinvest in solutions for the business and to achieveexpense management goals. We implemented an enterprise architecture that supported the technologystrategy will increasing transparency of data flows. We implemented an ahead of the industry securityprogram and assessed our service providers to discover and manage cyber risk globally.”

S9AUGUST 21, 2020Congratulations to Kevin Ray,O’Neal Industries’ Directorof Information Technologyfor being a nominee for theAlabama CIO of the YearORBIE Awards.Congratulations to Kevin Ray,O’Neal Industries’ Director ofInformation Technology for beinga nominee for the AlabamaCIO of the Year ORBIE Awards.The Partner of ChoiceUAB Medicine is proud of our ChiefInformation Officer Joan Hicks forbeing chosen by the BirminghamBusiness Journal as a finalist forthe Alabama CIO of the Year.Congratulations to Anthony Williams,SCA Chief Information Officer, for being nameda 2020 ORBIE Award finalist!As a physician partnership organization and leader in theambulatory surgery center industry, SCA is a partner of choicefor physicians, health plans, medical groups and health systemsacross the country. Driven by its mission to improve healthcarein America, SCA operates more than 230 surgical facilities inpartnership with nearly 10,000 teammates and 8,000 physicians.CONGRATULATIONS TO JOANAND ALL OF THE 2020 ORBIE AWARDS NOMINEES FOR THEIREXCELLENCE IN TECHNOLOGYLEADERSHIP!More information available on scasurgery.com.INSPIRECIOLEADERSHIP NETWORKInspireCIO is the preeminent executive peer leadership organization ofchief information officers. Local chapters convene leading CIOs and fostermeaningful relationships by hosting non-commercial, member-led programs –helping CIOs gain leadership advantage.NEWYORKCIOwww.InspireCIO.com

S10BIRMINGHAM BUSINESS JOURNALCIO OF THE YEAR AWARDSLARGE CORPORATE FINALISTSOver 225 million annual revenueKEVIN BROOKSSVP IT & CIO, BOOKS-A-MILLION INC.Kevin Brooks is senior vice presidentand CIO at Books-A-Million Inc. Heoversees all aspects of IT, informationsecurity, data and analytics for thenation’s second largest book retailerand its subsidiaries. He joined BooksA-Million in 2001, and previouslyled the company’s applicationsdevelopment organization.SUCCESS STORY“It has been my pleasure to work with and now lead an incredible group of technologists that are devotedto helping Books-A-Million face the challenges of a 100-year-old retailer in a digital age. In the last coupleof years, we’ve helped the company implement a new Workforce Management System (WMS), a newCustomer Relationship Management (CRM) system, a Buy Online Pickup in Store (BOPIS) program anda new Direct-to-Consumer Fulfillment program for our e-commerce partners. Through IT’s continuedpartnerships with our vendors and the other Books-A-Million business units, we will continue to help BooksA-Million grow and evolve.”JEFF LILESCIO, HARBERT MANAGEMENT CORPORATIONLiles joined Harbert ManagementCorp. in 2011. He is responsiblefor global technology initiativesat HMC, including networkInfrastructure, business continuityand disaster recovery, softwaresupport, mobility management andtelecommunications.SUCCESS STORY“As CIO of Harbert Management Corporation, I am blessed to be a part of a great firm which is a reflectionof it’s people, culture, and management. Commitment to excellence is a top priority for every singleemployee and is reflected in their work ethic, relationships, and proven results. I am thankful to have theopportunity to work with a firm where management strongly supports technology in all technology areas,including data/voice networks, cybersecurity and business continuity. Finally, to work with a great team thatmakes it extremely rewarding, both personally and professionally.”DAVID MYERSCIO, DIVERSIFIED GAS & OILDavid Myers is an operational/IT executive with over 25 years ofcombined experience in operationalconsulting, retail and financialservices and a strong track recordof results. He has served as CIO ofDiversified since 2018.SUCCESS STORY“As reported in the BBJ, DGO is the fastest revenue growth company in Birmingham, growing 304%over three years (2017-2019). Starting in August 2018, DGO developed an IT strategy that has createda flexible, scalable, and standardized platform. DGO has consolidated multiple acquisitions onto thisplatform, creating one operational company allowing DGO to continue growing through acquisitions. Asthe backbone of this platform, DGO has migrated all operational applications to MS Azure, making DGO100% cloud-based. DGO has standardized all eight strategic software applications from the wellhead to theboardroom to create a 1DGO platform.”JAMEY TAYLORCTO, STATESERV-HOSPICELINKJamey Taylor serves as CTO ofHospicelink. Since Taylor joined theexecutive team, Hospicelink mergedwith StateServ to become a marketleader in technology solutions forend-of-life care, doubling in size andproviding services to over 120,000patients daily.SUCCESS STORY“I joined StateServ-Hospicelink just a few months prior to the merger of the two largest, and fastest-growingmedical equipment benefit management solutions. I’ve since built a world-class team that transformedIT from being a limiter on the business to being an enabler, a creator of value, and a catalyst for marketdifferentiation and growth. Within our market, my team and my business partners have an unmatched abilityto create a better experience and deliver better care for the over 125,000 patients we support every day.”STANLEY WALLSDIRECTOR OF INFORMATION SERVICES, CARR RIGGS & INGRAM LLCHe has been an integral member ofCRI’s corporate team since 2005 andhas been responsible for informationmanagement and technologyresources as the firm has grown intoa top 20 CPA firm with eight portfoliocompanies.SUCCESS STORY“It was an unexpected pleasure to join the CRI Corporate team based in Enterprise back in 2005. I neverexpected that I would have the opportunity to participate in the continued growth of CRI across the stateof Alabama and now through the Southern United States. I have watched CRI grow well beyond our initialboundaries and take root in states far beyond what I could have ever imagined. I am proud to work for anorganization that was once a “firm to watch” and is now a top 20 firm in the country.”

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S12BIRMINGHAM BUSINESS JOURNALCIO OF THE YEAR AWARDSCORPORATE FINALISTSUp to 225 million annual revenueBEN BARNESVP IT SERVICES, MCLEOD SOFTWAREBen Barnes is the VP of IT Servicesand chief information security officerfor McLeod Software. His leadershipguides the company’s IT direction, ITinitiatives and cyber solutions. He hasprovided technical services and leadIT strategies in the transportationindustry for over 20 years.SUCCESS STORY“My role is to organize, train, and mentor a corporate IT team that provides infrastructure solutions to enableMcLeod Software’s growth. We’ve become the national leader in transportation management software inless than 10 years while shifting from delivering our system in on-premise customer-owned infrastructureto over 40% of installations now hosted by McLeod. This shift helped propel the company to 300% growthsince 2010. Building a team that brings the right balance of technical expertise along with processes,policies, and cost controls to support this growth has expanded my knowledge, cultivated my leadershipskills, and provided a rewarding career.”LATESHA BLAIRCIO, BURR FORMAN LLPLaTesha Blair is the firm’s CIO. Sheis responsible for leadership andmanagement of the firm’s technologyefforts and the informationtechnology department. With over 21years in technology, Blair has workedthroughout the IT field in variousenvironments.SUCCESS STORY“2019 proved to be a significant year of change for the firm, my team and my role as CIO. On the heels ofacquiring a Carolinas-based firm, I was challenged with merging two IT departments, both of which hadteam members of enormous technical skill. My greatest accomplishment is leading this great group ofprofessionals as we were challenged with combining various technologies, developing a strong IT supportstructure and strategically planning for a number of technical projects that would support the firm’soperational and business goals.”MIKE NORTHRUPSVP & CIO, AMERICA’S FIRST FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONMike Northrup began his career in1979 as a computer programmerwith South Central Bell, wherehe played an important role asthe telecommunications industryevolved. These days, he is CIO forAmerica’s First, where he plays acritical role for a growing financialinstitution in the Magic City.SUCCESS STORY“In 2019, AmFirst replaced our digital platform with a more robust and user-friendly solution. This was amajor conversion project that not only impacted many internal departments but also all of our Onlineand Mobile Banking users. With over 80,000 members being impacted, keen project management withexcellent internal and external communications was imperative. Our project stayed on schedule andprovided communications via every channel including online videos to help members with initial logins tothe new system. The conversion went exceptionall

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