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CTO of
the Quarter

Every quarter, one leader. Not the loudest voice in the room — the one doing the actual work. Our editorial team nominates and selects a CTO whose vision, execution, and impact on enterprise technology stands apart from the noise.

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Awardees
Q1–Q2
2026
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Latest winner
Q2 2026
Corey Ercanbrack
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Why Alignment Beats Control When Scaling Tech Organizations

By Sharon Schindler | June 12, 2026

Scaling a technology organization is often viewed as a challenge of systems, processes, and operational maturity. Those elements matter, but…

Why AI ROI Is Becoming a Leadership Priority for CTOs

By Tom Andreesen | June 4, 2026

For many CTOs, the challenge is no longer deciding whether to adopt AI. It is determining how quickly the organization…

AI Governance by Design Is Becoming an Enterprise Imperative

By Jason Beres | June 2, 2026

Enterprise AI adoption has accelerated faster than most organizations’ ability to govern it. AI-powered analytics platforms are moving from pilot…

AI Trading Systems: Who’s Responsible When It All Breaks?

By Karym Abdelrakhman | May 26, 2026

Financial firms are no longer experimenting with AI trading systems in isolated pilot environments. The question used to be whether…

Healthcare Cybersecurity Misconceptions That Keep Organizations Exposed

By Mike Gibson | March 27, 2026

Healthcare has topped breach cost rankings for over a decade, according to IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach report. That…

Why AI-Powered Voice Is Replacing IVR as the Enterprise Interface

By Alok Anibha | March 25, 2026

AI-powered voice is forcing enterprises to rethink one of their oldest interfaces: the phone call. For years, digital customer engagement…

Data Modernization for Strategic Decision-Making: What CTOs Need to Get Right

By Prem Chandran | March 18, 2026

A recent IBM study of Chief Data Officers (CDOs) found that while 81 per cent say their data strategy aligns…

How Backend Architecture Quietly Drives E-Commerce Revenue

By Teymuraz Bezhashvyly | March 13, 2026

Talk to any head of marketing or UX lead in e-commerce about boosting revenue, and you’ll hear familiar themes: optimize…

Personalization is an Enterprise-Wide Accuracy Problem

By Derek Slager | February 26, 2026

For years, personalization was treated as a marketing optimization exercise. Refine the segments. Improve the creativity. Test the channel mix.…

The Zero-Click Market is Here—and Most Retail Systems Aren’t Built for It

By Galyna Pustova | February 10, 2026

For more than a decade, e-commerce followed a familiar formula: prepare inventory, launch campaigns, win SEO, and guide users through…