WCIRB computer system wins challenge by CIO Randall J Mellin

After joining the WCIRB CIO Randy Mellin announced his goal was "Surround and Evaporate" the WCIRB's vintage mainframe computer system, the primary system of record and the chief repository for the WCIRB's data. The goal was to replace its functionality with newer technology. Many millions of dollars, many years, and multiple vendors were involved in his pursuit of that goal. When he retired in 2011 the WCIRB mainframe computer system still remained the primary system of record and data repository for virtually all of the WCIRB's data. It appears that the WCIRB mainframe computer system had taken the challenge he implied, for the mainframe system had not been evaporated, it was the CIO Randall J Mellin who had evaporated.