Previous Recipients
CHRISTOPHER DUFFY has invested over 20 years in a variety of technology management and leadership roles in vendor, business consulting, healthcare, and now higher education. Chris's responsibilities have included Product Development, e-Commerce, Strategy and Operations Leadership, both in the Applications as well as the IT and Infrastructure arena. Chris joined Peirce College in 2001 as the Chief Information Officer. His role at Peirce College includes Applications, Infrastructure, the Support Center, e-Commerce, Integration, Security and Web Services.
Prior to joining Peirce College, Chris held the position of Vice President for Horizon Consulting Group, as well as Manager of Information Systems for Maritz Travel. In these roles, Chris successfully developed organizational capability and methodology, strategic & tactical operating plans, client relationships and new products and services consistent with each organization's goals & objectives.
Chris has a BS in Business Administration from Peirce College, and holds the Certified Information Systems Security certification (CISSP). Chris is a member of the CIO Institute, the Society for Information Management,(SIM) and is a member of several advisory boards.
Chris has also been awarded the 2008 SIM Award for Leadership and Innovation, the 2009 Community Leadership Award from the Jenzabar Foundation, and the 2008 IMS Global Learning Consortium Bronze award.
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Mr. Morgan is responsible for the operation of the NASDAQ OMX's Global Human Resources Department and providing support to NASDAQ OMX employees worldwide. He reports to NASDAQ OMX Chief Executive Officer Bob Greifeld. Prior to joining NASDAQ OMX, Mr. Morgan was Executive Vice President Technology and Operations, Chief Information Officer for the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc. (PHLX) with responsibility for Financial Automation, the Exchange's Technology Division and Exchange Market Operations supporting the PHLX's five (5) businesses, Equity Trading, Options Trading, Foreign Currency Options Trading, Futures and Clearing Services. Prior to that, Mr. Morgan had been a member of the Phlx's Technology Management Staff since 1982, serving in various technical and managerial capacities including Project Manager, Group Manager, Assistant Vice President and Vice President.
Mr. Morgan has received numerous awards for his work including the LaSalle University Information Technology Leadership Award and the Sun Microsystems Stellar Performance Award. He recently received the Society for Information Management (SIM) Leadership Award for development and implementation of the Exchange’s Derivatives Hybrid Electronic Trading System PHLX XL, which resulted in significant market share growth, and the PHLX becoming the nation’s third largest Options Market. He has also been a finalist for the Computerworld Smithsonian Award. His work has been featured in articles published in Computer World, Information Week, LAN Magazine, Securities Industry News and Wall Street Technology Magazine.
Mr. Morgan serves on the Board of Directors of Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center, Inc., the Society for Information Management (SIM) Board of Directors, the LaSalle University Information Management Advisory Board, the Villanova University CIO Advisory Council and the Npower CIO Advisory Council. Mr. Morgan has served on the Securities Industry Association (SIA) Year 2000 Steering Committee, Decimal Pricing Steering Committee and Linkage Committee. Mr. Morgan is a graduate of the Securities Industry Institute, sponsored by the SIA at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He is a Maxima Cum Laude graduate of Peirce College in Philadelphia with a degree in computer science.
Autumn R. Bayles, 2006 recipient
Senior VP of Strategic Operations and Technology
Tasty Baking Company
read more...Autumn Bayles is the Senior VP of Strategic Operations and Technology for Tasty Baking Company. (Until August 2006, she served as the the Chief Information Officer.) Tasty Baking Company is one of the country's leading bakers of snack cakes, pies, cookies and donuts. The company, headquartered in Philadelphia, PA, was founded in 1914 and is the manufacturer of the popular Tastykake brand. In her role as the CIO, Autumn has responsibility for all of the information and communications technology for the company.
Prior to joining Tasty Baking Company, Autumn was a principal consultant with IBM Business Consulting Services, previously PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) Consulting until a merger earlier this year. While there, she worked with numerous Fortune 500 organizations to assess and implement their information technology systems, practices and strategies.
Autumn started her career at Price Waterhouse (later PricewaterhouseCoopers after a merger) in 1992, where she held various positions of increasing responsibility during her 10 year tenure, including Consultant, Senior Consultant, Manager, Senior Manager, and Principal Consultant. As a client service practitioner, Autumn worked on and led numerous large scale information systems and related technical strategy projects, including several ERP implementations, custom application development projects, and merger planning projects.
Her clients included Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Duke Energy, Bank of America, Comcast, JP Morgan, and Shell Oil.
While client service was her primary responsibility, she also had internal responsibility for management of a firm center of excellence, management of the development of internal project implementation methodologies, instruction of internal consulting classes, leadership of numerous proposal and sales efforts, leadership of staff evaluation committees, recruitment activities, and serving as a Coach to several staff members.
Autumn also served as Director of Consulting for Destiny WebSolutions, where she was responsible for project direction, client relationships, business development, and participation in internal strategic directives. Clients included Bank of New York and Citigroup in implementing cutting edge web applications for global use.
Autumn also served as a technology management consultant for Safeguard Scientifics wholly-owned subsidiary, aligne, working on technical strategy and program management engagements for both clients and Safeguard portfolio companies. Client experiences included working with management at Atlas Commerce, Safeguard, and ZapMe! in developing technology and business strategies that would facilitate business success in the rapidly changing technology marketplace.
Autumn is a graduate of Lehigh University, where she received her bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering. Autumn also holds an MBA degree from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Autumn is affiliated with many local organizations such as the Union League of Philadelphia and serves on the boards of Junior Achievement, Girl Scouts of SE PA, and The Forum of Executive Women.