2026 Outstanding 50 Awardees

CIO Ascension Gagan Singh is the Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Ascension, one of the nation’s largest nonprofit healthcare systems. Since becoming CIO in 2022, he has led Ascension’s digital modernization, overseeing a technology strategy that harmonizes enterprise infrastructure with advanced clinical platforms to improve care delivery and operational excellence. Under his strategic direction, Ascension has undergone a fundamental shift toward a

Chief Executive Officer Skyridge Ventures LLC Stellar Kim Tucker is a highly regarded financial services executive with over 30 years of global experience spanning investment banking, corporate strategy, M&A, and financial operations. As Chief Executive Officer of Skyridge Ventures LLC, a strategic advisory and investment firm, she advises technology companies on growth, capital allocation, and corporate development. Stellar’s career is defined by senior leadership at some o

Product Line Lead - Research IT Merck & CO Harjeet Virdi is a senior IT leader at Merck with over 25 years of experience delivering regulated, research-focused solutions to improve patient and customer outcomes. She joined Merck in 2000, advancing through various IT roles. Since January 2025, she has led Research IT, overseeing product teams focused on modernizing laboratory processes and animal farm operations to generate FAIR R&D data. Previously, she led Development IT fo

Senior Managing Director Accenture Shivani is a Senior Managing Director at Accenture and a global technology executive with a 28+ year career. She serves on Accenture’s Global Leadership Council and the Americas Technology Leadership Team, currently leading Accenture’s business with Google in the Americas to help clients accelerate value from AI-led transformation. Prior to Accenture, she served as Senior Vice President at Orange, leading global enterprise growth strategy,

VP Aetna Technology Aetna Kerry Wang is an accomplished healthcare technology executive with more than 20 years of experience leading enterprise transformation, digital innovation, and large-scale technology operations across the healthcare and insurance industries. Currently serving as Vice President of Technology for Medicare at Aetna, a part of CVS Health, Kerry leads technology strategy and execution for an $80 billion Medicare business, overseeing more than 700 technolo

Department Manager Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. Wenqi Wang leads the Regulatory Accounting and Filings department at Consolidated Edison, a critical role he has held for a decade. Alongside his co-lead, he directs a team that develops utility rate proposals and provides expert testimony before the New York State Public Service Commission, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Wenqi joined Con Edison in 1999 th

General Manager Slalom Gilbert Wong is a leader, strategist, and product executive with more than 25 years of experience building and scaling digital platforms, go-to-market models, and technology organizations across Fortune 500 companies and startups. As General Manager of Slalom’s Global Strategy Organization (S2), Gilbert partners with senior executives to translate ambition into outcome-focused business, experience, and technology strategies. He also leads Slalom’s produ

Founding Partner Groombridge, Wu, Baughman & Stone LLP Jennifer Wu is a founding partner of Groombridge, Wu, Baughman & Stone, with more than 20 years of experience in jury trials, International Trade Commission proceedings, Federal Circuit appeals, and Supreme Court matters. Ranked in Chambers USA and The Legal 500, she handles patent litigation across pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, geospatial mapping, and medical devices. Her cases include representing Amicus Therapeutics

Executive Director Novo Nordisk Jerome is a growth architect and commercial leader at Novo Nordisk, where he leads the Ozempic® brand, the type 2 diabetes therapy that became synonymous in its category and reshaped the healthcare conversations. Jerome brings more than 20 years of industry experience spanning science, operations, commercial strategy and executions. Known as a first-principle lateral thinker, he integrates insights and foresight with the macro-horizons to chal

Iris Yen is Strategic Advisor to the CEO of Wella Company, a global leader in the beauty industry and KKR portfolio company, which she joined in September 2023. She previously served as NIKE, Inc.’s Vice President, Global Technology, leading engineering, architecture, and product management for North America, the company's largest geography. Prior to that, Ms. Yen was Vice President, Global Nike Direct Digital Commerce from July 2020 to June 2022, overseeing Nike’s global dig