IT Excellence Award

Send in your nominations!

Pink Elephant is now accepting nominations for Leader Of The Year. This award is presented annually at our IT Service Management Leadership Forum to recognize individual commitment to IT excellence and IT Service Management best practices.

IT Leader Of The Year: This award is presented to an individual who:
  • Works in a senior leadership role (AVP, VP, Director or C-level) within a practitioner organization
  • Promotes a clear vision for IT within the organization
  • Has shown visible commitment to influencing and empowering the IT team to be successful in realizing their objectives
  • Demonstrates generally accepted best practice leadership capabilities

Leader Of The Year will be presented at the next 5th Annual IT Service Management Leadership Forum – PinkFORUM16 – in Scottsdale, AZ, August 14-16, 2016.

To learn more about the nomination process and to submit a nomination form, click here.

Previous Winners

2014 Winner

John Kearney
IT Leader Of The Year
John Kearney, CIO, McMaster University

2013 Winner

Edward Marx
IT Leader Of The Year
Edward Marx, SVP/CIO, Texas Health Resources
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