Honors, Awards & Recognition

HorizonWatching. Ranked #16 on list of Top 50 CIOs & Technology Executives [Using] Social Media.
Network World. CIOs Who Tweet. One of 12 featured “…brave CIOs [who] have joined the popular site themselves and are sharing their views on technology and stories from their personal lives…” Recognition also featured in CIO Magazine, Business Week, and the Mac World and The San Francisco Chronicle
Industry Advisory Council (IAC). Appointed to IAC IT Dashboard Working Group to advise US Federal CIO Vivek Kundra on improvements to IT.USAspending.gov
IBM Press. The Business of IT Dollars: How to Improve Service and Lower Costs, Chapter 8 – Improve Service and Lower Costs: Featured CIO Success Story in streamlining of decision-making, service delivery and technology operations
Software & Information Industry Association (SIAA). CODiE Award for Best Social Networking Solution: ELAvate Platform and Social Networking Business Services
ZDNet. Time (and CRM 2.0) Marches On: Recognition for alignment of technology approach with business strategy in advancement of Social CRM
Fast Company. Cool Solutions for Targeted Up-sell: AOL Smart Transfer™

Customer & Client Engagements

Digital Publishing and Advertising (DPAC). Best in Show – Overall: American Express OPEN Forum
Digital Publishing and Advertising (DPAC). Best Branded Social Media Community: American Express OPEN Forum
Magazine Industry News Association. Award for Best Community/Social Network: Rodale Belly-Off© Enterprise Social Network
American Marketing Association. Effie Award, Retail Category: Kodak Idea Center© Enterprise Social Network
Confidential US Government Agency. Honorary Service Medal

Amgen CEO Staff. Operational Excellence Achievement Award: R&D Business Transformation Program Leadership
Time Warner CEO Staff. Top 10 Products of the Year: OnTarget™ Member Management Platform
AOL Marketing & Member Development. Hard Hat Lifetime Achievement Award (One of only four recipients in the history of AOL)
AOL Technologies. President’s Award: Year 2000 Program leadership
AOL Technologies. Product Development Award: Smart Transfer™
Lockheed Martin Information Services Sector. President’s Award: Systems Integration Services for a US Government Client

Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Executive Masters in Technology Management (EMTM) and Wharton Interactive Media Initiative (WIMI):Technology and Business Strategy in the Age of Social Networks” Speaker and panelist, and contributor, “Opportunity and Risk in the Age of Social Networks“
US National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA). Critical Design Review Special Commendaiton for Project Phoenix
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Rocket Propulsion Design Competion, Winner
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Early induction to Sigma Gamma Tau Honors Society