True Value's IT team wins award

True Value Co.’s information technology team earned recognition from the Chicago chapters of the Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP) and the Society for Information Management (SIM)

Chicago-based True Value took home the 2013 CIO’s Most Effective IT Team Award in the large company category.

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.