Fox IT Awards Reception

Temple University’s Institute for Business and Information Technology (IBIT) honored three exceptional technology leaders at its 21st Annual Information Technology Awards.

This premier exclusive event, held Thursday, May 4, 2023, in Philadelphia, brought together an elite group of technology leaders, innovators and disruptors for an engaging evening of discussion about the rapidly changing digital landscape and how we prepare for the road ahead.

The evening spotlighted IBIT’s three honorees for 2023 who shared their expertise and vision with the attendees through keynote presentations.

Dr. Barbara “Bobbi” Kurshan, Board Member of American Public Education, Inc., received the 2023 Information Technology Innovator Award. Dr. Kurshan, co-author of “InnovateHERs – Why Purpose-Driven Entrepreneurial Women Rise to the Top,” has honed her vision of “what can be” using technology while supporting education companies and developing innovative products. She currently serves as a Senior Innovation Advisor at the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania where she builds and advises education innovation ecosystems and co-directs the global certificate in Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

Bobbi’s keynote focused on “Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Synergistic But Not Synonymous.”

Gregory S. Meyers, Chief Technology and Digital Officer at Bristol Myers Squibb, received the 2023 Information Technology Leader Award. As a key leader at one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies, Meyers is responsible for the company’s digital transformation, the IT function and cybersecurity. He leads the company’s digital health initiative which performs cutting edge R&D using Artificial Intelligence to transform the way patients who suffer from serious diseases are diagnosed, treated and monitored.

Greg’s keynote focused on “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet, Tech in the Next 20 Years.”

Karthik K. Sridharan, Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer, OceanFirst Bank N.A. received the 2023 Information Technology Award for Distinguished Alumni. Prior to his role at OceanFirst Bank, Karthik was the Chief Technology Officer at Citigroup and held leadership roles in global technology management with JP Morgan Chase and Bank of America Merrill Lynch. He was also Industry Manager at Microsoft before entering the financial services industry. Karthik is a graduate of Temple University’s Fox School of Business.

Karthik’s keynote focused on “Let’s Apply Digital Disruption to Impact Our Communities.”

“This year’s group of honorees are truly exceptional in their contributions to the IT community, and we are proud to recognize them as digital transformation leaders,” says Dr. Munir Mandviwalla, IBIT’s Executive Director and Professor of MIS at Temple University’s Fox School of Business.

For more information about the IT awards and to learn more about the honorees, please visit https://ibit.temple.edu/itawards/. To see the event pictures, click here.

Contact ibit at ibit@temple.edu.

The 20th annual IT awards celebrated 20 years of excellence and successes of the Management Information Systems Department (MIS) and the Institute for Business and Information Technology (IBIT) on April 14, 2022. A photobook commemorated the anniversary featuring pictures of the last 20 years.

The event featured the IBIT Lifetime Achievement Award for Bruce Fadem, founding Chair, IT advisory board, Retired VP and CIO, Wyeth. Bruce was recognized for founding the IT advisory board, playing a major role in keeping the MIS curriculum up-to-date, student scholarships, and for working with IBIT to develop a worldwide reputation in industry-academic engagement. A committee of IBIT and MIS personnel selected Bruce for the award.

Michael Luckenbill, Technology Manager, Capgemini, Fox MIS alum ’08 was recognized with the MIS 20th Anniversary Alumni Award. Michael founded the MIS student organization, which became the template for Association for Information Systems (AIS) student chapters worldwide, speaks regularly in classes, mentors’ students, reviews curriculum, and provides advice on current industry trends. A committee of IBIT and MIS personnel selected Michael for the award.

Laurel Miller, Assistant Professor and IBIT Director, received the IBIT Lifetime Achievement Award for playing a major role in creating the National Cyber Analyst Challenge, Temple and National Analytics Challenges, mentoring program, career fair, sustaining and growing the IBIT relationship with industry, and the IT awards. The entire IBIT IT advisory board selected Laurel for the award.

David Schuff, Professor and Chair of MIS, received the IBIT Lifetime Achievement Award for creating the Temple and National Analytics Challenges, serving as editor-in-chief of the IBIT Report and as Research Director for industry projects, and leading programs that generate industry relevant talent. The entire IBIT IT advisory board selected David for the award.

The carnival themed event was attended by students, alums, faculty, staff, deans, and the IBIT advisory board.

See more pictures here.

The event also featured awards for students, faculty, and staff:

STUDENT LEADERSHIP AWARD Connor McShane	IBIT ALEXION SCHOLARSHIP Lucas Winslow
RESEARCHER OF THE YEAR AWARD Jason Thatcher	IBIT EMTEC SCHOLARSHIP Austin Yun
FACULTY LEADERSHIP AWARD Jason Thatcher	IBIT PFIZER SCHOLARSHIP Beth Whitehead
TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARD Amy Lavin	IBIT SCHOLASTIC SCHOLARSHIP Sevgi Sivri
ADJUNCT OF THE YEAR AWARD Brian Green	ASSOCIATION FOR INFORMATION SYSTEMS Outstanding Officer: Abbey Helterbran Outstanding Member: Nicholas Bortz
ADMINISTRATIVE LEADERSHIP AWARD Lori Roseman	IT ADVISORY BOARD SCHOLARSHIP Luke Swiatek
JAMES AND ANDREA STEWART SCHOLARSHIP Omar Elamin Jingwen Lin Kelly Liu	RON AND RONDA RIDDELL SCHOLARSHIP Kumar Varathakumar Josia Phillip
YUSUF G. MANDVIWALLA SCHOLARSHIP Connor D’Arcy Dylan Lloyd	BILL AND JEAN DEVANEY SCHOLARSHIP Jacob Guo
RICHARD AND MAUREEN BRENNEN SCHOLARSHIP Hunter Shoenfelt
IT LEADERS SCHOLARSHIP Mia Myers Kayla Barone Nosa Iyamu	IT LEADERS SCHOLARSHIP Alexander McShane Allyson Yu Rahman Mohammed

MIS Professional and Academic Achievement Awards:

SENIOR
Jany Huang, Tanner Valentine

JUNIOR
Lauren Quinn, Vattey Meas

SOPHOMORE
Rhea Kumar, Alexander McShane

FRESHMAN
Angel Cherian, Jerimiah Arbertha