Thomas A. Burke, 46, has been appointed vice president and CIO at Chicago-based Telephone and Data Systems Inc., a supplier of cellular, local telephone and personal communications services. Previously, Burke was an associate partner at Andersen Consulting, working with clients on planning information technology development initiatives in the telecommunications industry.
Brian Jaffe has been appointed vice president of IT at McCann-Erickson, North America, a leading advertising agency in New York. Prior to the appointment, Jaffe was director of network and client services at Random House Inc. in New York.
Janice M. Giannini, formerly director of IT program planning, analysis and insight at Lockheed Martin Corp., has been named executive vice president and CIO at The Arbitron Co., an international media and marketing research firm in Columbia, Md.
John J. Fischer Jr., 48, until recently CIO and executive vice president, has been named vice president of technology financing at CIT Equipment Financing, a leading equipment financing company in Livingston, N.J.
Ken Gray, formerly IT strategy manager at Wal-Mart Stores Inc., has been named chief technology officer at Blue292, a leading business-to-business Internet exchange company for environmental, health and safety products and services in Durham, N.C.
Leon A. Kappelman, professor of business computer information systems at the University of North Texas at Denton, has been named director of the university's Information Systems Research Center. Kappelman is a leading expert on technology management and has written several books on the use of technology in business.
H. Stephen Lieber has been named executive director of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, the leading technology association for the health care industry. Previously, Lieber was vice president of the Division of Personal Membership Groups at the American Hospital Association.
Colleen M. O'Brien has been named vice president of IT at U.S. Pharmacopeia in Rockville, Md. She will oversee all IT and e-commerce activities. Previously, O'Brien was director of management information systems at Washington Homes Inc. in Landover, Md.
Paula Loring Simon has been named CTO at the Wildlife Conservation Society, which operates the Bronx Zoo, the New York Aquarium and the wildlife centers at Central Park in Queens and Prospect Park in Brooklyn. Previously, Simon was vice president of IT services at Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. in New York.
Gary Manning has been appointed director of information services at 5th Avenue Channel, a television network and Internet company in Miami.
Jeff Taylor has been named Oracle Exchange director at Chicago-based IQ4hire Inc., an online IT services marketplace. Previously, Taylor was a project manager at CSC Inc., where he managed several multinational deployments of Oracle applications.