2026 Tennessee ORBIE Awards Winners

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May 1, 2026 • 8:15 AM

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Congratulations to the 2026 Tennessee ORBIE Awards winners!

Leadership

Robert
Carter

FedEx

Large Enterprise

Lesley
Ma

Nissan Americas

Enterprise

David
Jacques

ALSAC

Large Corporate

Kim
Wismer

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLC

Corporate

Charles
Cooper

Meharry Medical College

CISO Large Enterprise

Matt
Williams

University of Tennessee, Knoxville

CISO Enterprise

Ben
Hicks

National Healthcare Corporation

Leadership
Award Recipient

Robert
Carter

Large Enterprise
Finalists

Shelia
Anderson

Patrice
Bordron

Kristin
Darby

Andy
Lupo

Lesley
Ma

Jay
Richardson

Enterprise
Finalists

Anthony
Burwell

Anika
Gardenhire

Vijay
Gollapudi

Teddy
Hazelwood

David
Jacques

PT
Padmanabha

Large Corporate
Finalists

Dena
Campbell

Dawn
Drewry

Haden
McWhorter

Harold
Shannon

Christopher
Shea

Kim
Wismer

Corporate
Finalists

Charles
Cooper

Troy
Crabtree

Sherry
Lawdermilt

Walter
Mullen

Chad
Porter

Harvey
Smith

CISO Large Enterprise
Finalists

Roger
Brotz

Joey
Johnson

Adam
Keown

Nagi
Kudithini

Ben
Murphy

Matt
Williams

CISO Enterprise
Finalists

Conrad
Bell

Britton
Burton

Ben
Hicks

Lee
Kaiser

David
Prats

David
Ulloa

Media Partner

TennesseeCIO Underwriters

TennesseeCISO Underwriters

Gold Partners

Silver Partners

Bronze Partners

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