Share to Facebook Share to Linkedin This new annual list highlights top tech executives who are redefining the CIO role and driving game-changing innovation. Chief information officers came to the rescue of the business world in 2020. As Covid-19 spread rapidly, they sprang into action, rolling out work-from-anywhere tech that enabled many millions of employees to do their jobs from their homes. They also launched new online and mobile channels to serve customers, prepping IT systems for the explosion of e-commerce activity that followed. And they did all this at lightning speed, while bolstering plans to keep employees and businesses safe from cyberattacks.