Cerence CIO Bridget Collins Named 2021 Corporate BostonCIO of the Year
June 24 2021 - 8:00AM
Cerence Inc. (NASDAQ: CRNC), AI for a world in motion, today
announced that its Chief Information Officer, Bridget Collins, was
named 2021 BostonCIO of the Year® in the Corporate category, chosen
by her CIO peers.
As CIO, Bridget led an aggressive and complex disentanglement of
legacy systems, processes and data as part of Cerence’s spin from
its multi-divisional, global parent. Focused on simplification,
cloud-first, scalability, and security, Bridget and team
established and continue to develop an IT architecture that enables
Cerence to achieve record growth, accelerate product development,
and support a global, hybrid remote/in-office team. With a
customer-first, empathetic approach to IT, Bridget and her team
have supported Cerence in achieving record contracts and revenues
in its critical early days as a standalone company.
“Bridget has been an integral part of the Cerence leadership
team from day one, taking on the complex challenge of creating our
IT architecture from the ground up and leading a lean, globally
dispersed team to design, build, and implement the business
applications, modern tools, built-in security, and best practices
that enable us to adapt to ever-changing business requirements and
propel us forward for growth,” said Sanjay Dhawan, CEO, Cerence.
“I’m proud and excited that Bridget received this well-deserved
honor and has been recognized as Corporate CIO of the Year.”
The CIO of the Year® ORBIE® Awards is the premier technology
executive recognition program in the United States. Since inception
in 1998, over 1,500 CIOs have been honored as finalists and over
350 CIO of the Year winners have received the prestigious ORBIE
Award. The ORBIE honors chief information officers who have
demonstrated excellence in technology leadership. Finalists and
winners are selected by an independent peer review process, led by
prior ORBIE recipients, based upon leadership and management
effectiveness, business value created by technology innovation, and
engagement in industry and community endeavors.
“I am honored and grateful to BostonCIO for this recognition,”
said Bridget Collins, CIO, Cerence. “This award is truly a win for
the entire Global Technology Solutions team at Cerence, which has
tackled numerous challenges – including the new world of remote
work in a global pandemic – head on, supporting the broader
organization to achieve its mission of game-changing innovation in
partnership with our automaker customers.”
For more about BostonCIO, visit www.BostonCIO.org. To learn more
about Cerence, visit www.cerence.com, and follow the company on
LinkedIn and Twitter.
About Cerence Inc.Cerence (NASDAQ: CRNC) is the
global industry leader in creating unique, moving experiences for
the mobility world. As an innovation partner to the world’s leading
automakers and mobility OEMs, it is helping advance the future of
connected mobility through intuitive, powerful interaction between
humans and their cars, two-wheelers, and even elevators, connecting
consumers’ digital lives to their daily journeys no matter where
they are. Cerence’s track record is built on more than 20 years of
knowledge and more than 350 million cars shipped with Cerence
technology. Whether it’s connected cars, autonomous driving,
e-vehicles, or buildings, Cerence is mapping the road ahead. For
more information, visit www.cerence.com.
Contact InformationKate HickmanCerence Inc.Tel:
339-215-4583Email: kate.hickman@cerence.com
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