Winners of 2021 AlabamaCIO ORBIE Awards Announced

By Devon Walls.
Updated Jun 4, 2021

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (PRWEB) June 04, 2021 - AlabamaCIO announced the winners of its 2021 CIO of the Year ORBIE Awards. AlabamaCIO recognized chief information officers in five key categories Leadership, Large Enterprise, Enterprise, Corporate, and NonProfit/Public Sector. The AlabamaCIO ORBIE Awards were presented virtually.

The AlabamaCIO ORBIE winners demonstrate the significance of strong technology leadership in these uncertain times. Over the past year, CIOs are leading in unprecedented ways and enabling the largest work-from-home experiment in history, according to Leza Dabit, Executive Director of AlabamaCIO. The ORBIE Awards are meaningful because they are judged by peers - CIOs who understand how difficult this job is and why great leadership matters.

The 2021 AlabamaCIO ORBIE Award winners are:

The CIO of the Year ORBIE Awards is the premier technology executive recognition program in the United States. Since inception in 1998, over 1,500 CIOs have been honored as finalists and over 350 CIO of the Year winners have received the prestigious ORBIE Award. The ORBIE honors chief information officers who have demonstrated excellence in technology leadership. Finalists and winners are selected by an independent peer review process, led by prior ORBIE recipients, based upon:

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The AlabamaCIO ORBIE Awards keynote was delivered by Fran Dramis, Five-Time Fortune 500 CIO. Over 250 guests attended virtually, representing leading Alabama organizations and their technology partners.

The 2021 AlabamaCIO ORBIE Awards was made possible by the following sponsors:

About AlabamaCIO

AlabamaCIO is the preeminent peer leadership network of Alabama chief information officers. AlabamaCIO is one of 22 chapters of the InspireCIO Leadership Network, a national membership organization comprised exclusively of CIOs from public and private businesses, government, education, healthcare and nonprofit institutions.

AlabamaCIO is led by a CIO Advisory Board, supported by an executive director and staff. Underwriter executives ensure programs remain non-commercial and exclusive to qualified CIOs and members.

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