Dawn Meyerriecks is the Senior Vice President, Strategic Technology & Development Operations with AOL. Her Strategic Technology team facilitates business-focused, near-term innovations for key technologies, operations and technical support functions. Her Development Operations team provides support functions for all development and technical integration groups across AOL, including the business units. Prior to AOL, Dawn worked at the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), where she was the Chief Technology Officer and technical director for the Joint Interoperability and Engineering Organization. Dawn also served as Chief Architect for the Army Global Command and Control System. Dawn's honors include: Government Computer News Department of Defense Person of the Year for 2004; InfoWorld 2002 CTO of the year; Federal Computer Week 2000 Top 100; InfoWorld 2001 CTO of the year for the government sector and the Presidential Distinguished Service Award, November 2001. In November 2001, she was featured in Fortune magazine as one of the top 100 intellectual leaders in the world.. Less   View all posts

Dick Thompson has been the Chief Information Officer for Maine State Government, since April 2003. In July 2005, Dick modernized IT in Maine State Government to an enterprise approach, improving services, enhancing security, reducing costs, and supporting the rapidly evolving eGovernment model. Dick has been appointed to several Boards in Maine, including the ConnectME authority which will provide broadband and cellular communications to all citizens of Maine. In 1998, Dick was awarded the “Public Administrator of the Year” award by the Maine Chapter of the ASPA and has twice been named Manager of the Year by the Department of Administrative and Financial Services. On the national level, Dick serves on the Executive Committee of the National Association of Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) and has been active since 1986 in the National Association of State Procurement Officials (NASPO), serving as president three times. He most recently received the Association's 1999 Guilio Mazzone Distinguished Service Award for his continued service to public purchasing. Less   View all posts