GlaxoSmithKline Executive Named as CIO of the Year
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CIO Canada and CIPA recognize Sav DiPasquale for international leadership
TORONTO, November 1, 2006 – A senior executive of GlaxoSmithKline in Canada whose achievements have raised the international stature of the company is the 2006 CIO Canada CIO of the Year.
Sav DiPasquale, Vice President, Information Technology and Chief Information Officer for GlaxoSmithKline Inc., received the award at the 14th annual Gala Banquet of the Canadian Information Productivity Awards (CIPA).
The CIO of the Year award is bestowed by CIPA and CIO Canada, a publication of IT World Canada, for inspirational leadership in the strategic application of information and communications technologies to transform organizations.
John Pickett, Vice President and Editorial Director at IT World Canada, said: “Sav DiPasquale’s leadership of the Information Technology Division of GlaxoSmithKline in Canada embodies a spirit of innovation and excellence in project and service delivery. His recognition as CIO of the Year reflects the unique contribution the CIO makes in uniting a business and raising its competitiveness.”
DiPasquale led the creation of E-Lab, an integration of work-flow and information systems at the quality-control labs of GlaxoSmithKline’s Canadian division in Mississauga, Ontario. The solution produced outstanding productivity gains. As a result, the parent pharmaceutical company based in North Carolina has given the Mississauga labs more worldwide responsibilities, resulting in significant job creation.
In addition to his CIO responsibilities, DiPasquale leads GlaxoSmithKline’s Global IT Emerging Technology Council. Its mandate includes evaluating all new information technology opportunities for their capability to give the company a global competitive advantage.
DiPasquale is also a member of the CIO Executive Council, an international peer-to-peer network of IT executives. He is known for his belief in the strategic and innovative use of information technology to generate business value and for closely aligning an organization’s IT investments to its business priorities.
He joined Glaxo Wellcome in 1996 as Director, IT Infrastructure and has been Director, IT R&D and Technical Operations and Director, eBusiness in GlaxoSmithKline’s Marketing Division, where he was responsible for championing the use of Internet technologies to improve and transform business processes.
A computer science graduate of the University of Toronto, DiPasquale began his career in information technology more than 20 years ago at Canadian Pacific Limited.
About the Canadian Information Productivity Awards
CIPA is Canada’s oldest and largest awards program in the field of information technology and the premier showcase for Canadian IT and innovation.
It is supported by Managing Sponsor CGI Group Inc., and leading industry technology companies Hewlett-Packard (Canada) Co. and CA Canada, as well as: IDC Canada, research partner; Rogers Communications Inc., IT World Canada and High Road Communications, media partners, and technology associations CATA, CHITTA, CIPS, CME, COACH, FiQ and ITAC.
The mission of CIPA is to recognize and celebrate excellence that fosters innovation and enhanced global competitiveness in Canada. This is achieved through recognizing organizations that have successfully developed and implemented innovative IT-based projects in the areas of customer care, operations and efficiency, organizational transformation and innovation that achieve significant productivity gains for their organizations. www.cipa.com
For further information, contact:
Norm Kirkpatrick
President & CEO, Canadian Information Productivity Awards
905-695-6590, norm.kirkpatrick@cipa.com
Lawrence Moule
Director of Communications, CIPA
416-458-4410, lawrence.moule@cipa.com
About IT World Canada Inc.
IT World Canada is the information resource of choice for Canadian IT professionals. For more than 25 years, the Toronto-based company has been building relationships with Canada’s IT professionals through leading publications including: CIO Canada, Network World Canada, ComputerWorld Canada, CIO Government Review, and IT Focus, as well as the Web sites www.itworldcanada.com, www.InterGovWorld.com and www.PCworld.ca.
IT World Canada is the Canadian affiliate of International Data Group (IDG), the world’s largest IT information provider. IDG publishes more than 300 publications worldwide. IDG also provides IT market analysis through 49 offices in 41 countries worldwide. One hundred million people read one or more IDG publications each month.
For further information, contact:
John Pickett Vice President and Editorial Director
IT World Canada Inc.
416-290-0240
jpickett@itworldcanada.com