CIO 100 Award winners announced

CNME’s inaugural CIO 100 Awards ceremony took place yesterday, honouring the top 100 C-level IT talent from across the region.

Endorsed by International Data Group, the CIO 100 Awards have been taking place in the United States for the last 30 years, but have finally made their way to the Middle East.

The Jumeirah Beach Hotel procession celebrated 100 organisations and their IT figureheads that have been using technology innovatively throughout 2014 to deliver business value.

Applicants had to show not only that they had executed a project well but also that they had done so in uncommon, innovative ways: pioneering a new technology, applying a familiar technology to a new purpose or setting the bar higher for their competitors.

The extent to which organisations used IT in a new way or enabled new ways of doing business, whether internally or externally, as well as having a measurable impact – backed up by supporting data – will be what makes the difference.

“We’re incredibly proud to have brought this globally-recognised awards programme to the Middle East for the first time,” said Jeevan Thankappan, Group Editor, Technology Division, CPI Media Group. “All the winners have gone the extra mile in setting their organisations apart through the use of technology.”

Here is the list of winners in full:

Abdul Razack Dileep Raj, Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Council

Abdulla Ahli, The Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology

Abdullah Al-Attas, SAMACO

Abdulmajeed Malek, ENOC

Abdulnasser Alkaabi, Abu Dhabi Media Company

Abdulrahman Alonaizan, Arab National Bank

Abdulsalam Al-Bastaki, Dubai Properties Group

Afraa Ali Al Shamsi, UAE University

Ahmad Al Madani, General Pension & Social Security Authority

Ahmad Al Mulla, Emirates Global Aluminium

Ahmed Ebrahim Al Ahmad, Nakheel

Ahmed Yahya, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City

Ajay Rathi, Meraas Holding

Alaeddin Al Badawna, ADMA-OPCO

Ali Abdul Aziz Ali, ADNOC Distribution

Ali Ghunaim, Canadian Specialist Hospital

Ali Mohamed Al Ali, Health Authority – Abu Dhabi

Ali Radhi, MBC

Aliasgar Bohari, Zulekha Hospitals

Amin Al-Zarouni, Bee’ah

Amit Kanchan, Landmark Hospitality

Arun Tewary, Emirates Flight Catering

Basem Burgan, Alshaya

Col Anwar Almulla, Abu Dhabi Police

Col Khalid Buhindi, Sharjah Police

Deepu Thomas Philip, Kuwait International Bank

Dr Hazem Turki El Khatib, Department of Finance, Abu Dhabi

Dr Joseph Nettikaden, Esol Education

Dr Saif Ketbi, Abu Dhabi Airports

Dr. Sabri Hamed Al Azazi, Al Hilal Bank

Dr. Zuhair Lardhi, Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development

Dr.Jassim Haji, Gulf Air

Entesar Al Hosani, Environment Agency, Abu Dhabi

Esam Alfalasi, Ministry of Economy

Esam Hadi, Aluminium Bahrain

Fady Sleiman, Waha Capital

Faisal Eledath, National Bank of Oman

Farid Farouq, DWTC

Fuad Al Ansari, Takreer

George Yacoub, SEHA

Ghazi Qarout, Qatar Islamic Bank

Hamdan Alkalbani, Union Properties

Hisham Iran, Dubai Taxi Corporation

Hussam Al Nowais, twofour54

Ibrahim Al Emadee, Qatar General Electricity & Water Authority

Imad Taha, Belhasa Group

Jawed Akhtar, Ebrahim Khalil Kanoo

Kashif Rana, Majid Al Futtaim Ventures

Khaled Al Rashaid, Ministry of Education, Kuwait

Khalid AlMansouri, Etisalat Misr

Khalid bin Hamad AlKhalifa, King Hamad University Hospital

Kirit Shah, Landmark Group

Kumar Prasoon, Al Safeer Group

M N Chaturvedi, Al Shirawi

Madhav Rao, Emke Group

Madhusudhan Sarangi, Port of Fujairah

Maisam Zaidi, ALEC

Mazen Chilet, Abu Dhabi University

Mehmet Akdeniz, Emirates Palace

Michael Reagin, Cleveland Clinic, Abu Dhabi

Michaella Kerckhof, Majid Al Futtaim

Mohamed Sabah, Dubai Holding

Mohammad Javeed, Paris Sorbonne University

Mohammad Raffi, Jotun Powder Coatings

Mohammed Saeed Al Shehhi, Statistic Centre- Abu Dhabi

Mubarik Hussein, Petroserv

Muhammad Ali Albakri, Saudi Arabian Airlines

Nadeem Busheri, Dubai Islamic Bank

Nawwaf Awwad, Saad Specialist Hospital

NSN Murthy, Healthcare MENA

Omar Al Nuaimi, Abu Dhabi Food Control Authority

Patrick Naef, Emirates Group

Prasanna Rupasinghe, Kempinski Hotel Mall of the Emirates

Ramesh Varma, Arab Bank for Investment & Foreign Trade

Roland El Khoury, Impact BBDO

Rusty Bruns, American University of Kuwait

Sabri Ali Yahya, Etisalat

Saeed  Al Ghailani, Deparment of Transport, Abu Dhabi

Saeed Al Dashti, Jumeirah Group

Saif Salem Bamadhaf, Higher Colleges of Technology

Saji Oommen, Al Batha Group

Samer Awajan, Aramex

Samir Abi Frem, Rotana

Samir Khan, African Eastern

Sebastian Samuel, AW Rostamani

Shrikant Kabboor, Emaar Properties

Sreedhar Reddy, Aldar Properties

Sumit Sarkar, National Bank of Fujairah

Tariq Al Hawi, aeCERT

Tariq AL-Usaimi, Kuwait Credit Bank

Terence Sathyanarayan, Drake & Scull International

V Suresh, Jumbo Electronics

Vignesh Unadkat, Thumbay Group

Vinay Sharma, Gulftainer Company

Vishal Sood, Perma Pipe

Wissam Ismail, Al Noor Hospitals Group

Wissam Mattout, Nextcare

Younis Othman, Dubai Customs

Yousif Almutawa, DP World

Zaki Sabbagh, Zamil Industrial