The CIO Peer Research Team

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Paul Chen is the Vice President of Research for TechExecs Network™ and is the person primarily responsible for directing CIO Peer Research. He has worked for over 20 years at the intersection of technology, business strategy, and market research, mostly in service to the world's largest solution providers – IBM, Microsoft, HP, Dell, SAP, etc. He is very excited about shifting perspective and helping CIOs and senior IT executives do their jobs better, especially since his father spent much of his career as head of IT at an institution of higher education.
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Anthony Huang is the Founder and CEO of TechExecs Network™, a national peer organization for CIOs and senior IT executives that he started in 2000. He has also started and sold four businesses taking one of his ventures public. In addition, Mr. Huang has served as CIO-for-hire at two medical companies. Consulting clients have included numerous multi-billion dollar enterprises such as Sysco Foods, ShellTechVentures, Duke Energy, Universal Weather & Aviation, Tindall & Foster, National Semiconductor, Koch Industries, and many others.

Our Advisory Board

The CIO Peer Research Advisory Board will assist in several ways, but its biggest contribution will be savvy inquiry.

Here’s how it works. Once a research topic is selected, the Advisory Board plays the role of research client. In essence, board members represent subscribers and similarly interested senior IT executives. They work with the TechExecs’ VP of Research to develop the perspective and framework for each study and then help flesh out the questionnaire to ensure that the most important questions are asked. Our Advisory Board, in other words, have a big part in developing peer insight.

We are very proud and happy to have the following heads of IT serve on the CIO Peer Research Advisory Board.
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Bjarke Ormstrup Director of IT, PBD Worldwide Fulfillment Services, Atlanta. Bjarke has 15+ years of global experience in IT, supply chain management, and business process improvement including being CIO of Coloplast, a medical device manufacturer. He holds a Masters in industrial engineering from Aalborg University and an MBA from Emory University.
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Chris Carter Director of Global IT, CapRock Communications of Houston, a satellite communications provider. Prior to CapRock, Chris was Director of Business Intelligence for National Oilwell Varco. A software developer by training, Chris has 15 years of IT experience. He has a B.A. in Computer Information Systems from Washburn University and a J.D. from Kansas.
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Diane Rigsby CIO, Capital Hospice, Washington, D.C. Diane has 15 years of leadership in health care IT and a decade of corporate IT experience with Lexis-Nexis and General Electric. Her work has included applications development, large system implementations, corporate acquisitions, colocating data centers, the design and installation of unified communication systems and taking the lead on strategic planning and building technology solutions from the ground up. Diane serves on advisory boards, national steering committees and has addressed groups across the country on technical service operations and effectiveness.
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Tom Rodenbaugh Technology Director, 1st Global of Dallas, a leading wealth management service to the CPA industry. Tom has 20+ years IT experience with extensive knowledge in application engineering, desktop automation, and large scale server and network deployments. At 1st Global, he ensures the technology platform enables the rapid growth of the company. Prior to 1st Global, Tom held various technology positions over 11 years at American Airlines and SABRE. Tom received a BS in Computer Science from Kansas State.