National ORBIE Awards

2026 National ORBIE Awards Finalists

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The ORBIE Awards honor setting the standard for leadership. Each finalist demonstrates excellence in leadership—driving growth, inspiring teams, and transforming organizations across . Explore the finalists below and see who will be recognized at the upcoming National ORBIE Awards.

Super Global
Finalists

Besufekad
Alemayehu

Nathalie
D'Hers

Motti
Finkelstein

Seemantini
Godbole

Jennifer
Hartsock

Ed
McLaughlin

Laura
Money

Earl
Newsome

Global
Finalists

Mark
Bloom

Sri
Kantamneni

Vishal
Kumar

Sameer
Purao

Saurabh
Raisinghani

Viren
Shah

Derek
Shaw

Sesh
Tirumala

Large Enterprise
Finalists

Michael
Carrel

Rob
Childs

Sastry
Durvasula

Sathish
Muthukrishnan

Kavita
Rao

Billy
Runyan

John
Russell

Greg
Zeh

Enterprise
Finalists

Andrew
Blackmon

Venkat
Gopalan

Cris
Kibbee

Aparna
Mathur

Jody
McDonough

Chintan
Patel

Rob
Spellman

Darlene
Williams

Large Corporate
Finalists

Sanjay
Chandra

Mark
DeLorenzo

Uma
Gopinath

Michelle
Kaufman

Brian
Minnix

Gisela
Riggan

Joel
Tracy

Thai
Vong

Corporate
Finalists

Mike
Anderson

Erik
Jones

Raman
Krishnaswami

Sharon
Milz

Raj
Sampoornam

Doug
Saunders

Scott
Schemmel

Christina
Shuffield

Healthcare
Finalists

Kiran
Achen

Tom
Barnett

Renee
Fosberg

Laura
Groschen

Scott
Morgan

Deborah
Muro

Onyeka
Nchege

Amish
Patel (fmr)

Nonprofit/Public Sector
Finalists

Reggie
Bryant

Chris
Crist

Rob
Lloyd

Bianca
Lochner

Juan
Lucero

Bharath
Prabhakaran

Art
Thompson

Scott
West

CISO Large Enterprise
Finalists

Ronald
Banks

Christina
Bray

Sherron
Burgess

Kris
Burkhardt

Krishnan
Chellakarai

Upendra
Mardikar

Mary Rose
Martinez

Abhay
Raman

CISO Enterprise
Finalists

Frank
Aiello

Michael
Baker

Marc
Crudgington

Monique
Hart

Kim
Keever

Bob
Litterer

Scott
Moser

Becky
Palmer

CISO Large Corporate
Finalists

Joe
Berglund

Kenny
Cunningham

Brian
Elrod

Esteban
Gutierrez

Christopher
Liles

Cheryl
Nifong

Murtaza
Nisar

Michael
Smith

Gold Partners

Silver Partners

Bronze Partners

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