Yesterday my post here was titled 2009 CIO Award Winners Are Not Embracing Social Media. In that post I provided the results of some research I did to understand if CIOs and IT Leaders who had received Industry related awards in 2009 were participating in the social media. I found that those award winners I did research on had not embraced the social media trend.
Today, I provide the other end of the spectrum: The Top 50 CIO and IT Leaders in the Social Media.
For this post, I set out to find those practicing CIOs, CTOs, and IT Leaders who have embraced the social media with passion. I scoured the Net to find CIO’s that are blogging and tweeting about issues and events that are important to CIOs and the IT industry in general. These are the CIOs that are actively creating and participating in discussions in the social media. They are sharing their experiences and ideas in the public Internet, instead of holding these experiences and ideas to themselves.
In addition to the blogging and tweeting, I was also interested in finding CIOs that were actively building their LinkedIn profile and connecting with others through LinkedIn.
I found about 65 CIOs during my research. I then developed a ranking system by scoring CIOs on a number of criteria, including the currency and frequency of their blog posts, the richness of their LinkedIn profile, and their participation on Twitter. A quick sort by the total score and I have a list of the top 50 as displayed below.
Some stats from the list of 50.
- 80% of those on the list are blogging on a public website.
- 92% are actively using Twitter
- 96% have a LinkedIn profile
- 66% are on Facebook (note: Facebook usage did not enter into my scoring and ranking system)
So here is the list of the top 50 CIO and IT Leaders I came up with. I’ve provided links to their Blogs, their Twitter IDs, and their LinkedIn Profiles. I encourage you to explore those links and learn from their posts and tweets. More importantly, I encourage you to participate in the discussions they are having by commenting on their blogs and responding to their tweets. Perhaps they will even inspire you to start blogging or tweeting your ideas and thoughts about the important issues facing CIOs today.
Top 50 CIO and IT Leaders in Social Media
|
Name |
Title/Industry/Social Sites |
||
|
1 |
John Moore |
CTO, and SVP of Engineering at Swimfish
LinkedIn: John Moore
|
|
|
2 |
Phil Windley, Ph.D |
CTO, Kynetx
LinkedIn: Phil Windley
|
|
|
3 |
Bob Gourley |
CTO and founder of Crucial Point LLC
LinkedIn: Bob Gourley
|
|
|
3 |
Andy Blumenthal |
CTO, Bureau of ATF
LinkedIn: Andy Blumenthal
|
|
|
5 |
John Halamka, MD |
CIO, Harvard
LinkedIn: John Halamka
|
|
|
6 |
Chuck Musciano |
CIO at Martin Marietta Materials
LinkedIn: Chuck Musciano
|
|
|
6 |
Werner Vogels |
CTO, Amazon.com
LinkedIn: Werner Vogels
|
|
|
6 |
Andrew Hoppin |
CIO, New York State Senate
LinkedIn: Andrew Hoppin
|
|
|
9 |
Padmasree Warrior |
CTO, Cisco
LinkedIn: n/a
|
|
|
9 |
Shawn Riley |
CTO, Austin Med. Cntr., Mayo Clinic Health System
LinkedIn: Shawn Riley
|
|
|
11 |
Mark Cummuta |
CIO @JobAngels
LinkedIn: Mark Cummuta
|
|
|
11 |
Dave Fletcher |
CIO, State of Utah
LinkedIn: Dave Fletcher
|
|
|
11 |
John David Son |
CIO, Marshall County School District
LinkedIn: John Son
|
|
|
11 |
Isaac Sacolick |
VP, Technology, McGraw-Hill
LinkedIn: Isaac Sacolick
|
|
|
15 |
Steve Francia |
CIO, Portero
LinkedIn: Steve Francia
|
|
|
15 |
Tony Maro |
CIO for EvriChart
LinkedIn: Tony Maro
|
|
|
15 |
Mark A. Silver |
CIO, Health Svcs Div., Siemens Healthcare USA
LinkedIn: Mark A. Silver
|
|
|
15 |
Jim Haughwout |
CIO, Neighborhood America (Florida)
LinkedIn: Jim Haughwout
|
|
|
19 |
Brian Blanchard |
Chairman at St. Louis Innovation Camp
LinkedIn: Brian Blanchard
|
|
|
19 |
Chuck Hollis |
VP and CTO of Marketing, EMC
LinkedIn: n/a
|
|
|
19 |
Hubert Vaudaux |
CTO at FBA (www.groupefb.fr)
LinkedIn: Hubert Vaudaux
|
|
|
19 |
Bill Schrier |
CTO, City of Seattle
LinkedIn: Bill Schrier
|
|
|
23 |
Casey Coleman |
CIO, U.S. General Services Administration
LinkedIn: Casey Coleman
|
|
|
23 |
Linda Cureton |
CIO, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
LinkedIn: Linda Cureton
|
|
|
23 |
Mike Schaffner |
Dir. IT, Cameron
LinkedIn: Mike Schaffner
|
|
|
26 |
John McMillen |
CIO, Graves County Schools in Mayfield, KY, USA
LinkedIn: John D McMillen
|
|
|
26 |
Peter Kretzman |
CIO/CTO
LinkedIn: Peter Kretzman
|
|
|
26 |
Nigel Fortlage |
VP, IT at GHY International
LinkedIn: Nigel Fortlage
|
|
|
26 |
Arun Manansingh |
CIO, FusionLatina, LLC
LinkedIn: Arun Manansingh
|
|
|
30 |
Colin Osburn |
CIO at Intelligentz Corporation
LinkedIn: Colin Osburn
|
|
|
30 |
Will Weider |
CIO, Affinity Health System
LinkedIn: Will Weider
|
|
|
32 |
Lev Gonick |
VP, IT Services, Case Western Reserve Univ.
LinkedIn: Lev Gonick
|
|
|
32 |
Ian Cohen |
CIO, Jardine Lloyd Thompson plc
LinkedIn: Ian Cohen
|
|
|
34 |
Paul Cheesbrough |
CIO, Telegraph Media Group
LinkedIn: Paul Cheesbrough
|
|
|
34 |
Stephen Gillett |
CIO & GM of Digital Ventures, Starbucks
LinkedIn: Stephen Gillett
|
|
|
36 |
Eric Egnet |
CIO, Vitalize Consuilting Solutions
LinkedIn: Eric Egnet
|
|
|
36 |
Omri Tintpulver |
CIO, Brunico Communications
LinkedIn: Omri Tintpulver
|
|
|
36 |
John Suffolk |
CIO, UK government
LinkedIn: John Suffolk
|
|
|
39 |
Chris Marsh |
CIO, Aviacode
LinkedIn: Chris Marsh
|
|
|
39 |
Katherine Coomb |
CIO, Morrison Facilities Services
LinkedIn: Katherine Coomb
|
|
|
41 |
Vivek Kundra |
CIO, US government
LinkedIn: Vivek Kundra
|
|
|
41 |
Dr. Andy Chun |
CIO, City University of Hong Kong
LinkedIn: Andy Chun
|
|
|
41 |
Eachan Fletcher |
CIO, Sporting Index
LinkedIn: Eachan Fletcher
|
|
|
44 |
Victor Fetter |
Global VP, Dell
LinkedIn: Victor Fetter
|
|
|
44 |
Peter Birley |
IT Dir., Brown Jacobson, LLP
LinkedIn: Peter Birley
|
|
|
44 |
Robert Carey |
CIO, U.S. Navy
LinkedIn: n/a
|
|
|
47 |
Janet Claggett |
CIO, Richland County, S.C.
LinkedIn: Janet Claggett
|
|
|
48 |
Steve Mannina |
CIO Cook County Treasure's office
LinkedIn: Steve Mannina
|
|
|
48 |
Scott Lowe |
CIO, Westminster College (Fulton, Mo.)
LinkedIn: Scott Lowe
|
|
|
48 |
R. Todd Thomas |
CIO, Austin Radiological Association
LinkedIn: R. Todd Thomas
|
As you look through the list, you will see that there are more than a fair share of CIOs from Healthcare & Government on the list. I’m not sure why, but that could be a question for further research.
I am honored to have been considered for your list, much less to have topped it.
Thank you.
John Moore
Posted by: John Moore | February 19, 2010 at 01:29 PM
@JohnFMoore Thanks for visiting. And yes, you did came out on top in my ranking methodology. We need more CIOs and IT Leaders like yourself blogging and tweeting about important issues in technology.
Posted by: Bill Chamberlin | February 19, 2010 at 01:40 PM
Interesting list Bill and nice inclusion of blogs.
For more CIO's on Twitter check out the CIO Twitter Dashboard:
http://www.ciodashboard.com/cio-twitter-dashboard/
-Chris
Posted by: Chris Curran | February 19, 2010 at 02:05 PM
Thanks for stopping by Chris. Yes, you have done fantastic work with the CIO Twitter Dashboard ( http://www.ciodashboard.com/cio-twitter-dashboard/ )
Posted by: Bill Chamberlin | February 19, 2010 at 02:49 PM
Thanks Bill-- wish there were more public sector CIOs on here! :)
Best,
Andrew
Posted by: Ahoppin | February 19, 2010 at 06:31 PM
@Andrew... I agree. I was surprised to see Government and Healthcare on the list so much.
I'd like to see more Manufacturing, Distribution/Retail, and Financial Services CIOs blogging and tweeting.
Posted by: Bill Chamberlin | February 19, 2010 at 06:56 PM
I am claiming the first CIO blog. I started my current blog, candidcio.com, in June 2003. Can anyone top that?
Posted by: Will Weider | February 19, 2010 at 07:03 PM
Also, if you are interested in following the members of this list use this TweepML listing:
http://tweepml.org/Top-50-CIO-and-IT-Leaders-in-the-Social-Media/
John
Posted by: John Moore | February 19, 2010 at 07:41 PM
@John...leave it to you, #1, to pull that together and post it already. :-) Great effort...and thanks!
Posted by: Bill Chamberlin | February 19, 2010 at 07:45 PM
Interesting analysis. Thanks for including me.
Posted by: Mike | February 19, 2010 at 07:46 PM
Bill: Thanks for putting in all the hard work. I'm honored to be included. Thank you.
Posted by: Mark Silver | February 19, 2010 at 09:40 PM
@Mike... glad to include you here. Your Blog at http://mikeschaffner.typepad.com shows you are participating in the social conversations of interest to IT leaders.
Posted by: Bill Chamberlin | February 19, 2010 at 09:49 PM
@Mark...It was a bit of hard work, but now that it is done it will be easy to updated it the next time. I'll be doing that again about the middle of the year. Keep up the blogging at Social Media and Business Insights!!! http://markasilver.wordpress.com/
Posted by: Bill Chamberlin | February 19, 2010 at 09:53 PM
Bill,
Thank you for the honor of considering me and placing me on your list. I will endeavor to keep Tweeting and Blogging items of interest
Best Regards,
Jim Haughwout
http://twitter.com/JHaughwout
http://www.exsecutus.com
Posted by: Jim Haughwout | February 20, 2010 at 10:31 AM
Thanks for the recognition Bill, this is a great blog entry.
You can see my twitter which was missed @stephengillett as well.
Stephen
CIO, Starbucks
GM, Digital
Posted by: Stephengillett | February 20, 2010 at 04:16 PM