American Management Systems, Inc. and Carnegie Mellon University's Graduate School of Industrial Administration Monday presented seven executives representing both the public and private sectors with awards for achievement in managing information technology.
"We are honoring executives who have conceptualized and implemented large-scale, mission critical projects through the effective use of information technology," AMS CEO Paul Brands said at the awards ceremony.
Gold award winners were: Nicolas Kauser, AT&T Wireless Services, Inc.'s chief technology officer; Raymond L. McCabe, Jr., electronic benefits transfer program manager in the Massachusetts Office of the Comptroller; Robert L. Molino, executive director of the Defense Logistics Agency; and Michael J. Zeitlin, portfolio manager in the Integrated Reservoir Information and Visualization, Exploration and Production Technology Department of Texaco.
Kauser helped AT&T develop a new platform of local telephone services without laying a single new wire or cable. McCabe designed and implemented an electronic benefits transfer system that allows public assistance recipients in Massachusetts to access their benefits from ATMs. Molino combined information technologies with advanced inventory and manufacturing techniques to modernize procurement and distribution processes at DLA. Zeitlin revolutionized petroleum exploration by developing data centers where seismic and production information become a three-dimensional panorama of an area's subsurface.
Silver award winners were: Richard W. Hankins, vice president of service delivery systems in AT&T's Network and Computing Services Division; Richard E. Machol, vice president of the Operation Technology Center in the same division; and G. Ward Keever, chief information officer of the University of Pennsylvania Health System.
Nominees were judged on whether their work resulted in:
- Enhanced management decision-making capabilities.
- New competitive advantage.
- Reduced costs or increased productivity.
- Improved management controls or reduced risk.
- Improved service to clients, managers, professionals or others with important relationships to the organization.
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