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February 18, 2010

Top 50 CIO and IT Leaders in the Social Media
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
1

Title/Industry/Social Sites

John Moore

CTO, and SVP of Engineering at
Swimfish
Industry: Technology

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LinkedIn: John Moore
Blog: John Moore's Weblog
Twitter: JohnFMoore
2

Phil Windley,
Ph.D

CTO, Kynetx
LinkedIn: Phil Windley
Blog: Windley’s Techometria
Twitter: windley

3

Bob Gourley

CTO and founder of Crucial Point
LLC
LinkedIn: Bob Gourley
Blog: CTOvision.com
Twitter: bobgourley

4

Andy
Blumenthal

CIO, Bureau of ATF
Industry: Government
LinkedIn: Andy Blumenthal
Blog: Andy Blumenthal
Twitter: totalcio

5

Chuck
Musciano

CIO at Martin Marietta Materials
Industry: Manufacturing/Aerospace
LinkedIn: Chuck Musciano
Blog: The Effective CIO
Twitter: EffectiveCIO

6

Werner Vogels

CTO, Amazon.com
LinkedIn: Werner Vogels
Blog: All Things Distributed
Twitter: werner

7

John Halamka,
MD

CIO, Harvard
Industry: Healthcare
LinkedIn: John Halamka
Blog: Healthcare CIO
Twitter: jhalamka

8

Andrew Hoppin

CIO, New York State Senate
LinkedIn: Andrew Hoppin
Blog: globehoppin
Twitter: ahoppin


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Twitter: ahoppin
9

Padmasree
Warrior

CTO, Cisco
LinkedIn: n/a
Blog: CiscoCTO Blog
Twitter: Padmasree

10

Shawn Riley

CTO, Austin Med. Cntr., Mayo Clinic
Health System
LinkedIn: Shawn Riley
Blog: HealthTechnica
Twitter: rilescat

11

Mark Cummata

CIO @JobAngels
Industry: Consumer Services
LinkedIn: Mark Cummata
Blog: CIO Job Search
Twitter: TriumphCIO

12

John David Son

CIO, Marshall County School District
Industry: Education
LinkedIn: John Son
Blog: CIO Corner
Twitter: JDSCIO

13

Isaac Sacolick

VP, Technology, McGraw-Hill
Industry: Media
LinkedIn: Isaac Sacolick
Blog: Social, Agile, & Transformation
Twitter: nyike

14

Steve Francia

CIO, Portero
Industry: Retail
LinkedIn: Steve Francia
Blog: spf13
Twitter: spf13

15

Tony Maro

CIO for EvriChart
LinkedIn: Tony Maro
Blog: OssRamblings.com
Twitter: tonymaro


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16

Jim Haughwout

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CIO, Neighborhood America
(Florida)
Industry: Consumer Services
LinkedIn: Jim Haughwout
Blog: Ex·se·cu·tus
Twitter: JHaughwout

17

Brian
Blanchard

Chairman at St. Louis Innovation
Camp
LinkedIn: Brian Blanchard
Blog: Dev Revival
Twitter: BrianBlanchard

18

Chuck Hollis

VP and CTO of Marketing, EMC
LinkedIn: n/a
Blog: Chuck's blog
Twitter: chuckhollis

19

Bill Schrier

CTO, City of Seattle
LinkedIn: Bill Schrier
Blog: The Chief Seattle Geek Blog
Twitter: billschrier

20

Casey Coleman

CIO, U.S. General Services
Administration
LinkedIn: Casey Coleman
Blog: Around the Corner
Twitter: caseycoleman

21

Linda Cureton

CIO, NASA/Goddard Space Flight
Center
LinkedIn: Linda Cureton
Blog: Goddard-CIO-Blog
Twitter: Curetonl

22

Mike Schaffner

Dir. IT, Cameron
Industry: Oil & Gas
LinkedIn: Mike Schaffner
Blog: Beyond Blinking Lights and
Acronyms
Twitter: MikeSchaffner


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Twitter: MikeSchaffner
23

John McMillen

CIO, Graves County Schools in
Mayfield, KY, USA
Industry: Education
LinkedIn: John D McMillen
Blog: Techucation
Twitter: ujdmc

24

Peter Kretzman

CIO/CTO
LinkedIn: Peter Kretzman
Blog: CTO/CIO Perspectives
Twitter: PeterKretzman

25

Nigel Fortlage

VP, IT at GHY International
Industry: Financial
LinkedIn: Nigel Fortlage
Blog: My Thoughts
Twitter: nfortlage

26

Arun
Manansingh

CIO, FusionLatina, LLC
Industry: Media
LinkedIn: Arun Manansingh
Blog: A CiO’s Voice
Twitter: solus72

27

Colin Osburn

CIO at Intelligentz Corporation
LinkedIn: Colin Osburn
Blog: n/a
Twitter: colinosburn

28

Will Weider

CIO, Affinity Health System
LinkedIn: Will Weider
Blog: Candid CIO
Twitter: CandidCIO

29

Lev Gonick

VP, IT Services, Case Western
Reserve Univ.
Industry: Education
LinkedIn: Lev Gonick
Blog: Bytes From Lev
Twitter: lgonick


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30

Ian Cohen

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CIO, Jardine Lloyd Thompson plc
Industry: Financial
LinkedIn: Ian Cohen
Blog: The Accidental CIO
Twitter: coe62

31

Mark A. Silver

CIO, Health Svcs Div., Siemens
Healthcare USA
LinkedIn: Mark A. Silver
Blog: Social Media and Business
Insights
Twitter: MarkSilver

32

Hubert
Vaudaux

CTO at FBA (www.groupefb.fr)
Industry: Financial
LinkedIn: Hubert Vaudaux
Blog: HVaudaux Le Blog
Twitter: hvaudaux

33

Paul
Cheesbrough

CIO, Telegraph Media Group
Industry: Media
LinkedIn: Paul Cheesbrough
Blog: Paul Cheesbrough
Twitter: paulcheesbrough

34

Stephen Gillett

CIO & GM of Digital Ventures,
Starbucks
Industry: Retail
LinkedIn: Stephen Gillett
Blog: The Guild CIO
Twitter: n/a

35

Eric Egnet

CIO, Vitalize Consuilting Solutions
LinkedIn: Eric Egnet
Blog: In The Know CIO
Twitter: InTheKnowCIO

36

Omri
Tintpulver

CIO, Brunico Communications
Industry: Media
LinkedIn: Omri Tintpulver
Blog: Omri Tintpulver
Twitter: omri


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37

John Suffolk

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CIO, UK government
LinkedIn: John Suffolk
Blog: John Suffolk - Government
CIO
Twitter: n/a

38

Chris Marsh

CIO, Aviacode
LinkedIn: Chris Marsh
Blog: n/a
Twitter: theChrisMarsh

39

Katherine
Coomb

CIO, Morrison Facilities Services
Industry: Services
LinkedIn: Katherine Coomb
Blog: Banking on IT
Twitter: kat_woman

40

Vivek Kundra

CIO, US government
LinkedIn: Vivek Kundra
Blog: IT Dashboard
Twitter: VivekKundra

41

Dr. Andy Chun

CIO, City University of Hong Kong
LinkedIn: Andy Chun
Blog: CIO's Blog
Twitter: CityUCIO

42

Eachan Fletcher

CIO, Sporting Index
Industry: Leisure
LinkedIn: Eachan Fletcher
Blog: The Fletcher Project
Twitter: n/a

43

Victor Fetter

Global VP, Dell
LinkedIn: Victor Fetter
Blog: n/a
Twitter: vpfetter

44

Peter Birley

IT Dir., Brown Jacobson, LLP
Industry: Legal


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LinkedIn: Peter Birley
Blog: CIO blog
Twitter: birlep
45

Robert Carey

CIO, U.S. Navy
LinkedIn: n/a
Blog: doncio
Twitter: n/a

46

Janet Claggett

CIO, Richland County, S.C.
LinkedIn: Janet Claggett
Blog: n/a
Twitter: cio007

47

Steve Mannina

CIO Cook County Treasure's office
LinkedIn: Steve Mannina
Blog: n/a
Twitter: smannina

48

Scott Lowe

CIO, Westminster College (Fulton,
Mo.)
Industry: Education
LinkedIn: Scott Lowe
Blog: n/a
Twitter: scottdlowe

49

R. Todd
Thomas

CIO, Austin Radiological Association
LinkedIn: R. Todd Thomas
Blog: n/a
Twitter: thomast360

50

Jack Shaffer

CIO, Community Health Network of
W.Virgina
LinkedIn: Jack Shaffer
Blog: n/a
Twitter: wvhitcio

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.
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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/ )
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.
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

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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!
Interesting analysis. Thanks for including me.
Posted by: Mike | February 19, 2010 at 07:46 PM

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