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.