The annual ChicagoCIO ORBIE® Awards honors chief information officers who have demonstrated excellence in technology leadership. Winners in the Global, Large Enterprise, Enterprise, Large Corporate, Corporate and Nonprofit/Public Sector categories will be announced May 8 at the Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile.
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Global Finalists
Over $2 billion annual revenue & multi-national operations
Eyal Altman, SVP, Chief Digital Officer & CIO, Littelfuse, Inc.
Ramesh Kollepara VP & Global CTO Kellanova (fmr)
Bud McQuade
CIO, Duracell
Kris Rao, Chief Information & Digital Officer,
HNI Corporation
Dan Simpson, Global CIO,
Grant Thorton International
Robert Oh
Chief Digital & Information Officer, International Motors
Jenniffer Matsumura
VP, Tech Ops & Engineering
ComEd CIO, ComEd
Mike Maresca
Chief Technology & Transformation Officer, Ulta Beauty
Ted Kaczmarski
SVP & CIO, Advisory Technology,
Cushman & Wakefield
Deb Anderson
CIO,
Endeavor Health
Over $4.5 billion annual revenue
Large Enterprise Finalists
Matt Riley
CIO,
University of Illinois Chicago
Jolanta Pomiotlo
VP, IT, Marmon Holdings, Inc. (Marmon Rail / UTLX & Procor)
Jean Luber
VP, IT, MYR Group
Zach Jecklin
CIO,
Echo Global Logistics
Nelson Imana
CIO,
US Renal Care
Susan Goodson
SVP, Chief Digital and Information Officer, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital
Matt Englehart
CIO,
Maker's Pride
Over $2 billion annual revenue
Enterprise Finalists
Diego Zengin
VP,
Technology Power Construction
Adam Silbernagel
Senior VP, IT,
Summit School Services LLC
Len Servedio
CIO,
Dearborn Group - HCSC
Russ Johnson
CIO,
Old World Industries
Casey Hoosa
CIO & CSO, Health New England
Bill Budig
CIO,
Greco and Sons
Over $1.2 billion annual revenue
Large Corporate Finalists
Andrew Warburton
CIO,
Life Fitness
Mike Powell, Chief Innovation Officer,
Powerfleet, Inc.
Michael McDonnell
CIO & Chief Corporate Services Officer, Amsted Rail
Aaron Kolesar,
Director of Information Technology,
North American Central School Bus
Sach Diwan
Global Head of Technology, LaSalle Investment Management (fmr)
Nanji Chan-Drasekhar
CIO,
Ascend
Up to $840 million annual revenue
Corporate Finalists
William Walders
EVP, Chief Digital & Information Officer, Joint Commission
Vasu Modekurti
SVP & CIO, UL Standards and Engagement
Anthony McPhearson
CIO,
DuPage County
Paul Haisman
CIO, Rotary International
Jonathan Veyer
CI & DO, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Teresa Andrea
VP & CIO,
Silver Cross Hospital
Government and nonprofit organizations
Nonprofit/Public Sector Finalists
2026 Who's Who of ChicagoCIO
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