Baseline - June 2007

THE

TOP 100

CIOS

rank name

1

PATRICIA HEWLETT

EXXONMOBIL

contribution

Promotes the use of new information and exploration technologies to tap increasingly hard-to-find oil and gas deposits. Oversees a $700 million technology budget and is aiming to use I. T.to wring out $1 billion in efficiencies in 2006 from operating costs that totaled $57 billion in 2005.

2

RICK DALZELL

AMAZON.COM

Setting up the online retailer as a software/hardware services provider; also oversees an enormous “triple threat” infrastructure: distributed, open source and homegrown.

3

GARY REINER

GENERAL ELECTRIC

Both the CIO and head of strategy, oversees the information systems that support GE’s far-flung business units and operating divisions. Also promotes the company’s Six Sigma efforts.

4

DOUGLAS MERRILL

GOOGLE

Plays CIO role by adapting Google technology for internal use, for human resources and other internal functions.

5

SCOTT GRIFFIN

BOEING

Pushed for the use of product life-cycle management software in the development of the 787 Dreamliner; named CIO in 1999, he joined Boeing in 1978.

6

BARBRA COOPER

TOYOTA MOTOR SALES U.S.A.

A 30-year I. T. veteran, her team led development of a virtual private network that allows more than 1,200 dealers to swap inventory. Led a data warehouse/business intelligence initiative.

7

ROB CARTER

FEDEX

Oversees applications, networks and other technology supporting the company’s transportation and logistics business. Deploying Web 2.0 software for order fulfillment and tracking.

8

JIM NOBLE

MERRILL LYNCH & CO.

Former CIO of Altria Group; is president of the Society for Information Management, making him a leader within the CIO community. He’s also held leadership positions at AOL Time Warner and General Motors.

9

DAVE BARNES

UNITED PARCEL SERVICE

CIO of information-intensive shipping giant. He joined the company in 1977 as a part-time package loader; later held business management positions including oversight of technology initiatives such as ups.com and Internet-based shipping tools.

10

TOM TRAINER

PEPSICO

Hired to unify sprawling I. T. in use in various divisions across the company, working in partnership with Becky Wanta, global CTO for PepsiCo.

11

FILIPPO PASSERINI

PROCTER & GAMBLE

Took the helm from Steve David in 2004; oversees P&G’s massive RFID project, striving for returns while keeping Wal-Mart happy; joined P&G in 1981 as a systems analyst.

12

ROLLIN FORD

WAL-MART

Pushing RFID technology for competitive advantage and supply chain efficiency. Named CIO in April 2006.

13

TONY SCOTT

WALT DISNEY

Left GM CTO post in 2005 to oversee a huge digital asset management project and an effort to unify enterprise resource planning across all Disney properties.

14

RALPH SZYGENDA

GENERAL MOTORS

Shepherded GM’s arrangement with a single outsourced I. T. service provider (EDS) to multiple vendors in 2006. Working with Tony Scott (No. 13), he digitized vehicle design and production.