Welcome to the ORBIE Circle.
As an ORBIE Winner, you are part of an exclusive circle of prior ORBIE recipients, with lifetime benefits and VIP access to annual ORBIE events in your community.
The ORBIE Circle helps you stay connected with your ORBIE-winning peers, recognize leadership excellence, and elevate successful CIOs in your business community by nominating deserving CIOs for future ORBIE Awards, inviting trusted business partners to sponsor Awards events, or serving as a ORBIE judge for your or other InspireCIO chapters.
The ORBIE Circle is all about relationships.
Grow the ORBIE Circle by nominating outstanding leaders, reconnecting with peers at the ORBIE Leadership Reception, and celebrating winners at the ORBIE Awards Gala.
Nominations Open
March 17, 2025
Give an outstanding CIO the recognition they deserve by nominating them for the BayAreaCIO ORBIE Awards.
Nominations closed April 18.
ORBIE Leadership Reception
June 11, 2025
Meet the BayAreaCIO nominees and reconnect with your CIO peers at the ORBIE Leadership Reception.
ORBIE Awards
September 26, 2025
Receive VIP access as the BayAreaCIO ORBIE winners are revealed live at the ORBIE Awards ceremony recognizing the best of the best CIOs.
BayAreaCIO ORBIE Circle
Invite a Sponsor
Only trusted business partners invited by a CIO member or ORBIE Nominee, Finalist, or Winner may sponsor the ORBIE Awards. An invitation-only program maintains an exclusive and collegial environment and has enabled the ORBIE Awards to become the premier executive technology recognition program for CIOs.
Once an ORBIE Winner, always an ORBIE Winner.
Be a Judge
Every ORBIE winner since 1998 has been selected by prior ORBIE winners. ORBIE Circle CIOs are invited to serve on an ORBIE judging panel to identify deserving CIOs to be recognized for leadership excellence and the business value created through technology innovation.
Be a Keynote
The ORBIE Awards provides opportunities for prior ORBIE winners to share their ORBIE experience at Nominee events and ORBIE Awards programs. Please indicate your interest in sharing your leadership wisdom as a keynote or panel member.
Be a Mentor
Inspire the next generation of CIOs and ORBIE nominees by sharing your leadership wisdom as a mentor for the Inspire Leadership Academy. Programs like NGL depend upon CIOs willing to give back by mentoring and developing younger leaders.
Interested in serving as a judge, speaker, or mentor?
In the coming months, additional benefits will be made available to ORBIE Circle members. To accept your invitation to be a part of the ORBIE Circle, complete the form below and we’ll send you a FREE ORBIE CIRCLE cap.