True Value was recently recognized for the achievements of its information technology team.
The co-op was named Large Company Winner and tradeMONSTER Group – Small Company Winner by The Chicago chapters of the Association of Information Technology Professionals’s (AITP) and the Society for Information Management’s (SIM) 2013 CIO’s Most Effective IT Team Awards.
Taking place over a 90-day period and culminating with an Awards Dinner at the Metropolitan Club of Chicago in November, the program consists of a nomination phase, a qualifying and detailed application process and a peer panel of judges who score each team.
The awards are designed to recognize the achievements of the teams as well as the significant role that teams play in the overall success of an organization and contributions to the IT community as a whole. Nominated teams were judged in award classes based on company size with points awarded in the following categories: cost effectiveness, innovation, change leadership, value creation, service quality and community. The program received local industry support and sponsorship from Comcast Business Class, CDW, and DivIHN Integration.