Michael Hugos
CIO at Large

Michael Hugos is a principal at the Center for Systems Innovation.   He is also a regular columnist in Computerworld and CIO magazine, and his books include:   Essentials of Supply Chain Management and CIO Best Practices: Enabling Strategic Value with Information Technology, both published by John Wiley & Sons.   He is a sought-after speaker at business and IT industry conferences.

For six years Mr. Hugos was Chief Information Officer with Network Services Company, an $8 billion national distribution cooperative.   He guided the company through the development and rollout of a suite of Internet based e-business and supply chain systems that changed their business model from old-line distributor to value added provider of products and supply chain services.   In 2003 and 2005 he was awarded the CIO 100 award by CIO Magazine for this work, and in 2006 he was awarded the Premier 100 award by Computerworld for career achievement.

Prior to joining Network Services, Mr. Hugos was a Practice Director in the Supply Chain Management practice of Covansys, Inc., a publicly traded global IT services firm.   Earlier in his career he was a founder and Principal in the information technology and management consulting firm of Effective Systems, Inc.   He went on to become the Director of Systems Planning & Development for a $3 billion distributor of electronic and communications products, Anixter International.

Mr. Hugos’ undergraduate degree is in architecture and urban planning from the University of Cincinnati.   He earned his MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management with a joint major in finance and management information systems.