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SFBJ Special Section SFBJ Announcement Winners Press Release

Congratulations to the 2023 South Florida ORBIE winners!




Leadership

Ashish Gupta

Global

Tim Langley-Hawthorne

Large Enterprise

Margaret Brisbane


Enterprise

Patrick Hale

Large Corporate

William Velez

Corporate

Mark Moch

Global Finalists

Eric
Firer

Kevin
Grayling

Tim
Langley-Hawthorne

Rocky
Wiggins

Large Enterprise Finalists

Margaret
Brisbane

Sam
Jaddi

Christos
Kotsakis

Tom
Moreno

Enterprise Finalists

Patrick
Hale

Steven
May

Ram
Puppala

Brad
Rohrer

Large Corporate Finalists

Mary
Desmarais

David
Seo

Daniel
Tehrani

William
Velez

Corporate Finalists

Lakshmi
Balusu

Tony
Casciotta

Ely
Garcia

Mark
Moch

Leadership Award Recipient

Ashish Gupta, NextEra Energy

Ashish Gupta is vice president and chief information officer of NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NEE), a leading clean energy company. In his role he oversees all aspects of the company's information technology, including technology strategy, driving digital transformation, cybersecurity, and communication services. He joined NextEra Energy in February 2017. Prior to joining NextEra Energy, Mr. Gupta worked at GE Energy Connections as the chief information officer. During his more than 20-year tenure at General Electric Company, Mr. Gupta held CIO positions at GE Capital and GE Energy. Mr. Gupta has been recognized for his leadership and ability to consistently create broad, innovative strategies to leverage technology for competitive advantage, drive business productivity and growth. He received Computerworld's 2015 Premier 100 Technology Leaders award for the positive impact he had on his organization through technology. He was also recognized in 2009 with CIO Magazine's CIO 100 honorees and in 2012 by CIO-Asia Magazine CIO 100 honorees.

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