2007 SIM CIO Leadership Award

Peter Whatnell CIO Sunoco Inc.

Whatnell joined Sunoco, in Philadelphia as CIO, in November 2001, to develop and lead the company's IT renewal strategy. Prior to that he spent 17 years with Texaco including Head of IT Europe in London, moving to the USA in 1995, serving in several Corporate Director positions covering IS, Telecommunications, Advanced Technology Services, ERP, the IT member on Texaco's global technology policy and strategy team, and General Manager IT in the shared services company for Texaco, Shell and Saudi Refining Inc. Peter is on the advisory councils for the IT programs at Villanova and LaSalle Universities, the Philadelphia Chapter of Black Data Processing Associates, Chairman of Philadelphia Chapter Society for Information Management a board member with Opera Company of Philadelphia. Sunoco, Inc. (NYSE: SUN), headquartered in Philadelphia, PA, is a leading manufacturer and marketer of petroleum and petrochemical products with revenue of over $25billion and 14,000 employees. With five refineries totaling 890,000 barrels per day of refining capacity, over 4,800 retail sites selling gasoline and convenience items, interests in almost 4,500 miles of domestic crude oil and refined product pipelines and 38 product terminals, Sunoco is one of the largest independent refiner-marketers in the United States. Sunoco has a strong presence in petrochemicals with approximately five billion pounds of annual sales, largely chemical intermediates used in the manufacture of fibers, plastics, film and resins. Utilizing a proprietary technology, Sunoco also manufactures two million tons annually of high-quality blast furnace coke for use in the steel industry.