2026 Carolina ORBIE Awards
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2026

The annual Carolina ORBIE Awards honor chief information officers (CIOs) demonstrating excellence in technology leadership. Winners in the Super Global, Global, Large Enterprise, Enterprise, Large Corporate, Corporate & Nonprofit/Public Sector categories are announced September 10 at The Westin Charlotte.

Thank you to the
Carolina ORBIE Awards Partners

Table of Contents
Bill Pappas

Leadership Award Recipient & Keynote

Leadership is all about the people

Bill Pappas

EVP & Head of Global Technology & Operations, MetLife
Jaimee Robles
Jonathan Shough

64 Carolina CIOs beat executive isolation

Jaimee Robles & Jonathan Shough

Chairs, CharlotteCIO & TriangleCIO

 Super Global Finalists Over $7B annual revenue & multi-national operations Global Finalists Over $1B annual revenue & multi-national operations Large Enterprise Finalists Over $13B annual revenue Enterprise Finalists Over $1B annual revenue Large Corporate Finalists Over $400M annual revenue Corporate Finalists Up to $400M annual revenue Nonprofit/Public Sector Finalists Government and nonprofit organizations Advisory Board The leaders guiding the Carolina ORBIE Awards Partners Thank you to our partners