In Good Company: 10 CIOs Every CIO Should Follow
CIO, Monday, October 26th, 2026
CIO profiles 10 technology leaders worth following, from Denver and Cargill to ServiceNow and Kyndryl, and what each teaches about AI and value.
Linda Rosencrance profiles 10 CIOs recommended by peers: Suma Nallapati, Jennifer Hartsock, Fletcher Previn, Kellie Romack, Mike Blandina, Deepa Soni, Sears Merritt, Ganesh Ariyur, Jim Swanson and Kimberly Basile.
Their lessons include measuring business process flows rather than counting AI agents, defining success metrics before pilots, and limiting AI vendor contracts to 12 months.
Others stress tying technology to business outcomes, treating tech strategy like capital strategy, and making AI adoption a leadership responsibility.
ServiceNow grew internal AI use cases from 15 to more than 200, and Blandina urges an editing culture focused on evaluating AI outputs.