With this award, Confare and EY Switzerland are recognizing the role of IT managers as key drivers of innovation and corporate development. Blengino has resolutely driven forward the modernization of the process, system and data landscape at Sunrise in Opfikon ZH, thereby demonstrating the strategic importance of modern IT infrastructures.
“Anna Maria Blengino shows how IT creates strategic added value – not as a support function, but as a driver of innovation and transformation,” explained jury chairman Jan Leitermann, Head of Technology Consulting Switzerland at EY. Its clear roadmap, consistent customer focus and positioning of IT as a growth driver were particularly highlighted.
Other award winners as top CIO of the year
In addition to Blengino, three other IT managers were also honored:
- Raymond Schnidrig, Partner and CTO at Partners Group
- Benedikt Schmid, CIO and Data Officer at MS Reinsurance
- Matthias Bryner, CIO of the Zurich Children’s Hospital
These award winners exemplify the diversity of digitalization strategies that Swiss companies are driving forward – from global financial players to central healthcare institutions.
Jury from science and business
The Confare Swiss CIOAWARD jury is made up of renowned experts from the worlds of business and science. Chaired by Jan Leitermann, the 2025 panel included Stella Gatziu Grivas (FHNW), Christian Russ (ZHAW), Reinhard Riedl (all-acad.com), Alec Joannou (Global CIO ABB) and Daniel Fiechter (CIO Stobag, 2024 award winner).
Visibility for digital leaders
The award ceremony in Zurich underlined the extent to which digital technologies are at the center of public interest through artificial intelligence, cloud computing and data-driven business. Leitermann emphasized: “We make the people behind these innovations visible.”
The Swiss CIOAWARD thus focuses on the creative power of IT managers – as a key factor for competitiveness and transformation in an increasingly digital economy.