The best chief technology officers use good people, the right technology, and management skills to meet business challenges. We chose the winners bases on creativity, tech savvy and business acumen. “This year’s winners tackled all sorts of problems and used a variety of techniques, but we did see some clusters of commonality,” Galen Gruman explains. Going beyond the obvious, for instance, and making the big imitative happen. Yet another is a focus on management skills. Meet the full list of winners. Software Development