TennesseeCIO has announced finalists for the 2025 Tennessee CIO ORBIE® Awards, which recognizes the best-of-the-best in Tennessee technology leadership. Winners will be announced at the CIO ORBIE Awards on May 2, 2025 at the Omni Nashville Hotel.
CIO ORBIE nominees & finalists are honored at a series of executive events, beginning with the Nominee Event and ending with the CIO ORBIE Awards.
Tennessee CIO ORBIE Awards sponsors are highly valued partners invited by local CIOs to experience the unique opportunity of recognizing the senior technology leadership of top organizations in Tennessee through a series of year-long events.
| 8:15 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. | Pre-Event Networking |
| 8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. | VIP Reception |
| 9:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. | CIO ORBIE® Awards |
For over 30 years, Tod has developed skills in healthcare, technology, and analytics that he uses to help clients identify and analyze patterns to accelerate revenue growth. He brings expertise in disease prediction, demographics, psychographics, clustering, marketing, research, data, and media to help organizations drive value from technology. Fetherling’s career has been a series of “Firsts” in various industry segments. He built one of the first public health portals at HCA, created the first home health use rates, directed the first live surgery and first live birth on the Internet, first K-12 Health Curriculum online. Most recently, we founded and launched the first cloud-based care management system. Previous leadership roles have included: Managing Director, Huron Consulting Group, Data and Analytical Global Products CEO, Perception Health/Chief Data Scientist Chairman and Founder Stratasan President, Nashville Technology Council Chief Executive Officer, Relegent (HealthTeacher and Discovery Hospital) Vice President Business Development, First Consulting Group Chief Executive Officer, Galaxy President, The Health Network Senior Manager, Interactive Marketing, Jack Daniels Director, Interactive, HCA Healthcare Manager, Strategic Planning, Jewish Hospital Director of Educational Service, The Keckley Group Fetherling served as President/CEO of the Nashville Technology Council. He led the Technology Council through a growth phase that includes a re-branding of the 10-year-old organization and increased membership by 29% and revenue by 89%. The organization served more than 400 companies connecting 23,000 tech workers in Middle Tennessee. In addition, he helped launch the Nashville Entrepreneur Center in partnership with the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Fetherling was recognized as a member of the Nashville Entrepreneur Hall of Fame in 2012 and the Nashville Technology Hall of Fame in 2013. He was Trevor A. Fisk 1999 Young Marketer of the Year, a prestigious honor that recognizes the contributions of outstanding healthcare marketing professionals. In 2006, Mr. Fetherling was recognized as the Time Person of the Year. In 2016, he was named Most Admired CEO and a Healthcare Hero (Entrepreneur Category) by the Nashville Business Journal. Mr. Fetherling is the author of “Surveying Your Community” and “Columbia Internet Case Study,” published in the Journal of Healthcare Marketing, and contributed to 1997 Guide to Healthcare and the Internet and the book Net Income. He has been a featured speaker at Arkansas, Kentucky, and Ohio Hospital Associations, ACHE Congress (2017), HFMA Spring Institute (X2), Health Datapalooza 2012, SHSMD 2007, 2012, 2017; Nebraska Hospital Association 2008; Push ‘97 in London; Wired World ’98 in Gauteng, South Africa; the University of Utah’s Interactive Marketing Course; Belmont’s HIT Accelerator Course (Strategy and Health Language), Guest Instructor at Various Vanderbilt Graduate Classes, Alliance for Healthcare Strategy and Marketing; NCTA Cable ‘98 and Knowledge Management ’97. Past Board Positions: Tennessee HIMSS Past President, VP Workforce Holy Family Catholic Church Parish Council, Past Chair Nashville Entrepreneur Center (Secretary) 2009-2014 Nashville Sports Council, Past Chair of Communication and eCommerce Tennessee Biotechnology Association Nashville STEM Prep Academy Past President, Safe Haven Family Shelter Discover Louisville Orchestra Corporate Boards UCR/Codigent Concert Genetics Petquarters (OTC-BB: PDEN) Codigent Solutions Group, Inc. A native of Nashville, he is a member of Holy Family Catholic Church along with his wife, Mary and children Emma, Laura, Chase, and Carolyn. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing from the University of Tennessee.
