Finalists

Meet the Finalists of the 2026 National ORBIE Awards!

Congratulations to the 2026 National ORBIE Finalists!

Super Global

Besufekad Alemayehu

SVP, Digital Mass Media Distribution

Boston

Merck & Co., Inc.

Nathalie D'Hers

Corporate VP of Microsoft Digital

Seattle

Microsoft

Motti Finkelstein

Chief Information Officer - Global Information Technology

New York

Intel Corporation

Seemantini Godbole

EVP, CIO

Carolina

Lowe's Home Improvement

Jennifer Hartsock

Chief Information & Digital Officer

Minnesota

Cargill

Ed McLaughlin

President and Chief Technology Officer

St. Louis

Mastercard

Laura Money

EVP & CITO

Toronto

Sun Life Financial

Earl Newsome

VP & CIO

Michigan

Cummins, Inc.

Global

Mark Bloom

CIO

Chicago

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

Sri Kantamneni

EVP & Chief Information Digital Officer

Wisconsin

Schreiber Foods

Vishal Kumar

Global CIO

SoCal

Monster Beverage Corporation

Sameer Purao

SVP & CIO

Dallas

Celanese

Saurabh Raisinghani

EVP & CTO

Michigan

Ford Credit

Viren Shah

SVP, Chief Digital & Information Officer

Georgia

AGCO Corporation

Derek Shaw

Global Vice President and Chief Information Officer

Minnesota

H.B. Fuller

Sesh Tirumala

CIO

Bay Area

Large Enterprise

Michael Carrel

EVP & CTO

Ohio

Nationwide

Rob Childs

SVP, CDIO (fmr.)

St. Louis

fmr.Ameren

Sastry Durvasula

Chief Operating, Information & Digital Officer

Carolina

TIAA

Sathish Muthukrishnan

Chief Information, Data and Digital Officer

Carolina

Ally

Kavita Rao

SVP, CIO

Colorado

CoBank

Billy Runyan

EVP & CIO, Platform Modernization

Central Texas

LPL Financial

John Russell

VP & CTO

Capital

Dominion Energy, Inc.

Greg Zeh

SVP & CIO

Philadelphia

Weis Markets

Enterprise

Andrew Blackmon

CIO

Colorado

United Launch Alliance

Venkat Gopalan

Chief Digital, Data & Technology Officer

South Florida

BelCorp

Cris Kibbee

EVP, CIO

Dallas

MV Transportation

Aparna Mathur

CIO

Houston

Nabors

Jody McDonough

VP IT & CIO

Wisconsin

Sub-Zero Group, Inc.

Chintan Patel

Chief Information Officer

Georgia

National DCP, LLC

Rob Spellman

CIO

Florida

Leidos QTC Health Services

Darlene Williams

Global SVP & CIO

Florida

Rocket Software Inc

Large Corporate

Sanjay Chandra

VP, IT

Bay Area

Lucid Motors

Mark DeLorenzo

Global IT Director

Boston

IPG Photonics

Uma Gopinath

SVP and CIO

Toronto

Porter Airlines

Michelle Kaufman

SVP of Technology

St. Louis

Distribution Management

Brian Minnix

CIO

Carolina

Rack Room

Gisela Riggan

EVP & CIO

Houston

Prosperity Bank

Joel Tracy

CIO

Tennessee

IMC Companies

Thai Vong

Chief Information Officer

Philadelphia

ACR

Corporate

Mike Anderson

Chief Digital & Information Officer

Dallas

Netskope

Erik Jones

Head of Technology

Arizona

Arizona Cardinals

Raman Krishnaswami

CIO

Seattle

EagleView

Sharon Milz

CIO

South Florida

TIME

Raj Sampoornam

Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer

Chicago

Byline Bank

Doug Saunders

CIO

Florida

Arctic Glacier

Scott Schemmel

CIO

Georgia

Construction Resources

Christina Shuffield

CIO

Houston

Speedcast

Healthcare

Kiran Achen

CIO

St. Louis

Delta Dental of Missouri

Tom Barnett

CIO & CDO

Tennessee

Baptist Memorial Health Care

Renee Fosberg

Vice President, Chief Digital and Information Officer

Boston

Emerson Hospital

Laura Groschen

EVP, Chief Information & Digital Officer

Tennessee

Acadia Healthcare

Scott Morgan

SVP & CIO

Chicago

Health Care Service Corporation

Deborah Muro

CIO

Bay Area

El Camino Hospital

Onyeka Nchege

EVP & CDIO

Carolina

Novant Health

Amish Patel

CIO (fmr.)

Carolina

fmr.Elevance Health

Nonprofit/Public Sector

Reggie Bryant

CIO & SVP of Information Technology Services

Capital

Federal Reserve System

Chris Crist

CIO

Georgia

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport

Rob Lloyd

CTO

Seattle

City of Seattle, WA

Bianca Lochner

CIO

Arizona

City of Scottsdale, AZ

Juan Lucero

SVP and Chief Information Officer

Colorado

Denver International Airport

Bharath Prabhakaran

VP & Chief Digital Officer

Ohio

University of Cincinnati

Art Thompson

CIO

Michigan

City of Detroit

Scott West

CIO

Seattle

Dept. of Ecology, WA State

CISO Large Enterprise

Ronald Banks

CISO

Dallas

Toyota Financial Services

Christina Bray

CISO

Carolina

Collins Aerospace

Sherron Burgess

SVP, CISO

Georgia

BCD Travel

Kris Burkhardt

CISO

Chicago

Accenture

Krishnan Chellakarai

CISO

Bay Area

Gilead Sciences

Upendra Mardikar

CISO

Bay Area

TIAA

Mary Rose Martinez

CISO & VP Infrastructure

Houston

Marathon Petroleum

Abhay Raman

SVP & CISO

Toronto

Sun Life Financial

CISO Enterprise

Frank Aiello

CISO

Capital

Maximus

Michael Baker

VP, Global CISO

Capital

DXC Technology

Marc Crudgington

VP IT Infrastructure & Cybersecurity

Houston

Crane Worldwide Logistics

Monique Hart

VP, Information Security & CISO (fmr.)

Georgia

fmr.Piedmont Healthcare Inc

Kim Keever

CISO, SVP

Georgia

Cox Communications, Inc.

Bob Litterer

CISO

Boston

Teradyne, Inc.

Scott Moser

SVP, Chief Information Security Officer

Dallas

Sabre

Becky Palmer

VP & CISO

Dallas

National Life Group

CISO Large Corporate

Joe Berglund

Director of IT Operations and Cybersecurity

Houston

US Med-Equip Inc

Kenny Cunningham

Director, IT Security

Georgia

OneDigital

Brian Elrod

VP, CISO

Tennessee

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Esteban Gutierrez

CISO & VP, Information Security

Bay Area

New Relic

Christopher Liles

CISO

Dallas

Wingstop

Cheryl Nifong

CISO

Dallas

University of Texas at Arlington

Murtaza Nisar

VP & CISO

Georgia

Clario

Michael Smith

SVP, Chief Information Security Officer

Chicago

ATI Physical Therapy

I will tell you it is hands down the best conference that I’ve ever been to as a CIO leader.

Andrea Markstrom

CIO

Schulte Roth & Zabel

It's all about building relationships at Converge... and then continuing to nurture them after you leave.

Brett Lansing

CIO

AccentCare

The relationships developed, insights into growing our amazing leadership teams, approaches to fostering a people-first culture, leading by influence, and so much more were priceless.

Bryce Carter

CIO

City of Arlington

This CIO conference is unlike any I've ever attended. I've learned so much, made new friends, and built lasting bonds. The sense of belonging and care is second to none.

Darlene Williams

SVP & CIO

Rocket Software

An amazing and exceptional platform in a super private setting to connect, learn, teach and build relationships with likeminded senior business and technology leaders.

Ganesh Iyer

CEO

NIO

Converge provided me very valuable exposure to the needs that CEOs and board members have of their CISO. By hearing first hand their perspective, I’m much better positioned to be an even better enterprise leader in my organization.

Ian Schneller

CISO and DSVP

Health Care Service Corporation

The best and most collaborative event for technology business leaders that you'll attend this year.

Jamey Taylor

CIO

Dragonfly Health

Probably one of the best CIO oriented conferences I've attended. Good combination of networking, learning, and motivational.

Jim Cavellier

EVP & CIO

Cass Information Systems

Engaging, inspiring, thought-provoking…awesome!

Judith Apshago

VP of Information Technology

Amtrak

Very impressed with the conference - certainly exceeded my expectations. Well done! The speakers and topics were excellent but everything still had a light, fun, and engaging mood.

Justin McFarland

EVP of Information Technology

McCarthy Holdings, Inc.

At Converge, I had the opportunity to learn from others who face the same challenges and issues I encounter daily.

Ken Somogyi

VP Information Technology

MERS/Goodwill

Outstanding gathering of best of the best global business and technology leaders. A forum to connect, share best practices, and celebrate with the best CIO's in the world.

Mike Schmidt

CIO

Deloitte

Phenomenal planning, preparation, arrangement and execution. This mirrored 'Hollywood Oscars'.

Nagarajan Muthusamy

CIO, CTO & CISO

Reliable Parts

Great networking event and one of the best collection of conversations about the challenges facing CIOs now and in the future.

Randy Volkin

CIO

Perry Homes

The caliber and quality of the presenters are outstanding—it's like attending a masterclass.

Todd Kackley

VP & CIO

Textron

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