Congratulations to all CIO 100 2026 Award Winners and Hall of Fame Inductees

AI & Automation

AbbVie: AI Document Automation (AIDA) (Industry: Healthcare/Medical/Pharmaceutical/Bio-Tech)
Academy Sports + Outdoors: Enterprise and Emerging Technology Transformation (Industry: Retailer/Distributor/Wholesaler/E-Commerce/Internet)
Accelirate Inc: Agentic AI Systems: Building Autonomous Enterprises with Accelirate (Industry: Business Services/Computer/Network Consultant)
Accenture: Advance Phishing-Resistant Authentication Methods (Industry: Business Services/Computer/Network Consultant)
Aetna – CVS Health: AI Medical Chart Review (Industry: Healthcare/Medical/Pharmaceutical/Bio-Tech)
Akin Gump LLP: OverRuled AI (Industry: Real Estate/Legal)
Albertsons Companies: Ask AI – Easy Conversational Searching (Industry: Retailer/Distributor/Wholesaler/E-Commerce/Internet)
Ally Financial: Ally’s Agentic AI Venture: Personas (Industry: Finance/Banking/Accounting/Insurance)
Automation Anywhere: Autonomous Enterprise – Agentic Process Automation (APA) (Industry: Information Technology)
Avnet Inc: Avnet AI Sales Assistant (Industry: Retailer/Distributor/Wholesaler/E-Commerce/Internet)
Axos Bank: Axos Bank Agentic AI Strategy (Industry: Finance/Banking/Accounting/Insurance)
Boston Consulting Group: BCG Genie (Industry: Business Services/Computer/Network Consultant)
BRE Hotels & Resorts: BRE Power AI Agent (Industry: Travel/Hospitality/Entertainment/Recreation)
CBRE: Next Action Engine for CBRE’s Vantage Analytics (Industry: Real Estate/Legal)
Centria Healthcare: Use AI to Expand Access to Autism Care (Industry: Healthcare/Medical/Pharmaceutical/Bio-Tech)
Cisco: Cisco’s Internal AI Assistant (Industry: Communication Carriers/Service Provider (ISP, Telecomm, Data Comm, Cable))
City of Scottsdale: AI-Powered Real-Time Crime Center with Drone-as-First-Responder (Industry: Government – State/Local)
Cognizant: OneCognizant – Employee Experience Reimagined with AI (Industry: Global Professional Services Company)
Dairyland Power Cooperative: ODIN- Organizational Effectiveness Agentic AI (Industry: Utilities/Energy/Mining/Oil/Gas)
Eastman: Eastman AI | Sales (Industry: Manufacturing & Process Industries)
Elanco Animal Health: Elanco Enterprise AI: The Agentic Evolution (Industry: Healthcare/Medical/Pharmaceutical/Bio-Tech)
EY: EY AI Transformation Program Office – Agentic Workforce Project (Industry: Finance/Banking/Accounting/Insurance)
FICO: FICO Falcon Fraud Manager (Industry: Finance/Banking/Accounting/Insurance)
Grand Valley State University: ProfAI: AI-Driven Multimodal Course Transformation Platform Project (Industry: Education)
Guardant Health: Revenue Accelerator (Industry: Healthcare/Medical/Pharmaceutical/Bio-Tech)
Industrial Refrigeration Pros: RefrigAgent (Industry: Construction/Architecture/Engineering)
JLL: Business Service Digitization (Industry: Real Estate/Legal)
Johnson & Johnson: Q&C Strategy (Industry: Healthcare/Medical/Pharmaceutical/Bio-Tech)
Keck Medicine of USC: Smart Patient Transfer (Industry: Healthcare/Medical/Pharmaceutical/Bio-Tech)
Kyndryl: Change Risk Prediction in Kyndryl Bridge (Industry: Business Services/Computer/Network Consultant)
Lenovo: GenAI-driven Monterrey Lighthouse Factory (MTY) Project (Industry: Business Services/Computer/Network Consultant)
Main Line Health: Closed Loop Critical Lab Result Automation (Industry: Healthcare/Medical/Pharmaceutical/Bio-Tech)
Management Controls: Automated Vendor Onboarding Agent (Industry: Utilities/Energy/Mining/Oil/Gas)
Maryland Health Benefit Exchange: Maryland’s AI Bridge: Democratizing Healthcare Support and Access for All Marylanders (Industry: Government – State/Local)
Mead Johnson Nutrition: Lexicon (Industry: Retailer/Distributor/Wholesaler/E-Commerce/Internet)
MITRE: Business and Mission Impact of MITRE’s Federal AI Sandbox (Industry: Non-Profit: FFRDC)
MSIG USA: Underwriting Workbench: Transforming Underwriting and Accelerating Profitability with AI and Data Intelligence (Industry: Finance/Banking/Accounting/Insurance)
OHLA USA: Fully automated safety reporting system leveraging Agentic AI (Industry: Construction/Architecture/Engineering)
Oshkosh Corporation: Operationalizing AI for proactive quality (Industry: Industrial Manufacturing – Specialty Vehicles & Equipment)

AI & Automation

Penn Medicine – University of Pennsylvania Health System: High Risk Follow-Through (HRFT):Augmenting Care Teams with AI-Driven  High-Risk Follow-up Care (Industry: Healthcare/Medical/Pharmaceutical/Bio-Tech)
PepsiCo: PepGenX (Industry: Food and Beverage)
PITT OHIO: No Touch Email (N@TE AI) (Industry: Transportation)
PwC US: agent OS (Industry: Business Services/Computer/Network Consultant)
Rackspace Technology: Agentic AI at Scale (Industry: Cloud & AI Services)
RelaDyne, LLC: RelaWay (Industry: Manufacturing & Process Industries)
Rockwell Automation, Inc.: AI-Powered RFx Suite (Industry: Manufacturing – Hardware/Software)
Sanofi: Moneyball Meets Medicine: AI Transforms Field Strategy (Industry: Healthcare/Medical/Pharmaceutical/Bio-Tech)
Stanford Health Care: SAMI: Stanford Augmented Medical Intelligence (Industry: Healthcare/Medical/Pharmaceutical/Bio-Tech)
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS): GenAI-based Learning Platform for Holistic Development (Industry: IT Services Provider)
The AES Corporation: GridSim AI: Enterprise-Scale Decision Intelligence for Renewable Development (Industry: Utilities/Energy/Mining/Oil/Gas)
The Christ Hospital Health Network: The Christ Hospital Health Network (TCHHN) Inpatient Generative AI Transformation Program (Industry: Healthcare/Medical/Pharmaceutical/Bio-Tech)
Travelers: TravelersLLM: Transforming Insurance Expertise Into AI-Powered Advantage (Industry: Finance/Banking/Accounting/Insurance)
Tubi: AI to Accelerate Personalization (New Ad Products: Tubi Moments, Carousels and Shoppable Second Screen Experiences) (Industry: Travel/Hospitality/Entertainment/Recreation)
University of Montana: UM FUTURE Project: Enterprise AI Platform (umontana.ai) (Industry: Education)
Unum Group: Letter Generalized Intelligence (Industry: Finance/Banking/Accounting/Insurance)
Verizon: AI- Enabled Best Deal Finder (Industry: Communication Carriers/Service Provider (ISP, Telecomm, Data Comm, Cable))
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts: Project Fuel 2.0 (Industry: Travel/Hospitality/Entertainment/Recreation)
Zuora: Go-to-Market Superintelligence: AI-Driven Growth and Efficiency Engine (Industry: Business Services/Computer/Network Consultant)

Application Modernization & Development

Bank of America Merrill: Wealth Trading Modernization (Industry: Finance/Banking/Accounting/Insurance)

First Student: HALO (Industry: Transportation)

Harris County Universal Services, Harris County: Auto-Invoicing Project (AIP) (Industry: Government – State/Local)

JPATTON: Project Knight (Industry: Brand Protection/Authentication Services)

Morgan Stanley: DevGen.AI: A GeDevGenAI: A Platform for Enterprise Scale Modernization (Industry: Finance/Banking/Accounting/Insurance)

RS Integrated Supply: RS SYNC™ Mobile (Industry: Business Services/Computer/Network Consultant)

University of Miami Health System: Beyond Screening: A Genomics-Driven Passport for Personalized Cancer Defense (Industry: Healthcare/Medical/Pharmaceutical/Bio-Tech)

Vituity: HAUTE (Human-Augmented Unified Technology Environment) (Industry: Healthcare/Medical/Pharmaceutical/Bio-Tech)

Customer Experience (CX) & Digital Engagement

AT&T: AT&T Customer Connect (ACC) – Retail Modernization and Digital Transformation (Industry: Communication Carriers/Service Provider (ISP, Telecomm, Data Comm, Cable))

Dollar General: Same-Day Delivery Enablement (Industry: Retailer/Distributor/Wholesaler/E-Commerce/Internet)

Camelot Secure: Camelot Secure Leverages IBM Orchestrate AI Agents (Industry: Business Services/Computer/Network Consultant)

Intel Corporation: Innovations in Confidential Manufacturing Improve Security and Scalability (Industry: Manufacturing – Hardware/Software)

Mastercard: Decision Intelligence Pro (Industry: Finance/Banking/Accounting/Insurance)

S&P Global: S&P Global Sentinel: The Autonomous Cyber-Risk Intelligence Ecosystem (Industry: Finance/Banking/Accounting/Insurance)

T-Mobile: Scam Callback Protection (Industry: Communication Carriers/Service Provider (ISP, Telecomm, Data Comm, Cable))

Data & Analytics Solutions

Bristol Myers Squibb: GDO Workbench (Industry: Healthcare/Medical/Pharmaceutical/Bio-Tech)

Digital Transformation & Modernization

7 Brew Coffee: 7 Brew Total Technology Transformation (Industry: Food and Beverage)

AdventHealth: Smart Rooms: New Connections to Healing (Industry: Healthcare/Medical/Pharmaceutical/Bio-Tech)

Applied Materials: Spares Warehouse Operations Automation and Optimization (Industry: Manufacturing & Process Industries)

Belcorp: QPlant – Smart Factory (Industry: Retailer/Distributor/Wholesaler/E-Commerce/Internet)

Constellation: Modern Sales Digital Transformation (Industry: Utilities/Energy/Mining/Oil/Gas)

Deluxe Corporation: COMET Mainframe Decommission – AI-Powered Modernization (Industry: Finance/Banking/Accounting/Insurance)

Experian: Transforming Global End User Services into an Intelligence Driven Productivity Platform (Industry: Finance/Banking/Accounting/Insurance)

Expion Health Inc.: ExpionIQ®️ AssistMax™️ Platform (Industry: Healthcare/Medical/Pharmaceutical/Bio-Tech)

FedEx Corporation: FedEx MOBIUS: Transforming Maintenance through Predictive Intelligence (Industry: Transportation)

Nationwide: Enterprise Digital Platform (EDP) (Industry: Finance/Banking/Accounting/Insurance)

Oceaneering International Inc.: OII VCC (Oceaneering Virtual Command Center) (Industry: Utilities/Energy/Mining/Oil/Gas)

Qualcomm: Enterprise Data Transformation (Industry: Manufacturing – Hardware / Software)

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals: Enterprise Self Service Ingestion (ESSI): Drives Data Engineering innovation and efficiency through AI/ML-based data onboarding technique (Industry: Healthcare/Medical/Pharmaceutical/Bio-Tech)

Southern Methodist University: Scaling AI Without Scaling AI: Organizational AI Scaling Through Willingness (Industry: Education)

TIAA: Powering Business Growth through Technology Ecosystem Transformation (TETRIS) (Industry: Finance/Banking/Accounting/Insurance)

U.S. Department of Transportation: MOTUS, USDOT Registration System (Industry: Government – Federal (including Military))

UPS: UPS.com Modernization (Industry: Transportation)

Employee Experience & Workforce Enablement

ABB Inc.: Abby – AI Agentic Platform for Workforce Transformation (Industry: Manufacturing & Process Industries)

AstraZeneca: Flumist at Home (Industry: Healthcare/Medical/Pharmaceutical/Bio-Tech)

Deloitte: Deloitte University (DU) 2.0 Smart Campus Ecosystem – Phase 2 (Industry: Business Services/Computer/Network Consultant)

Gap Inc.: Enterprise Workforce Management Modernization (Industry: Retailer/Distributor/Wholesaler/E-Commerce/Internet)

State of Tennessee: The Unemployment Employer Tax Project (IRIS) (Industry: Government – State/Local)

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) & Business Process Optimization

Cohesity: Lead to Cash Replatforming Program (Veritas Integration) (Industry: Business Services/Computer/Network Consultant)

Strategic Planning & Governance

Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield: AI and Optimization in Product Operating Models (Industry: Finance/Banking/Accounting/Insurance)

Wesco: Concept to Production (C2P) (Industry: Retailer/Distributor/Wholesaler/E-Commerce/Internet)

Sustainability & ESG Initiatives

Dow: Carbon Footprint Ledger (Industry: Manufacturing & Process Industries)