2026 CIO Hall of Fame honorees

The CIO Hall of Fame was created in 1997 to spotlight outstanding IT leaders who had significantly contributed to and profoundly influenced the IT discipline, the use of technology in business and the advancement of the CIO role. Ten years later, in 2007, CIO inducted its second class of honorees into the CIO Hall of Fame during CIO magazine’s 20th anniversary celebration. Now an annual award, presented at the CIO 100 Awards & Conference each August, the CIO Hall of Fame recognizes an elite group of IT leaders. Below are the 222 members of the CIO Hall of Fame, showing the year of their induction and their company affiliation at the time. Class of 2026 Mike Anderson , Chief Digital & Information Officer, Netskope Andrea Ballinger , Chief Information Officer, RPI Dani Brown , SVP & CIO, Whi