Foundry’s CIO 100 Award recognizes enterprise excellence and innovation in IT.
Foundry’s CIO has named Management Controls, Inc. (MCi) as a 2026 CIO 100 Award Winner. For over 40 years, the CIO 100 Awards have recognized innovative organizations that exemplify the highest level of strategic and operational excellence in IT.
“The CIOs we’re recognizing this year aren’t just keeping the lights on, they’re driving the business,” said Richard Smith, Head of Event Content, CIO 100 Awards & Conference. “AI, data, security, cloud; it all lands on the same desk now, and the best CIOs have stopped treating them as separate problems. The 2026 class shows what it looks like when you get that right.”
“This award recognizes how we’re using AI to remove one of the biggest bottlenecks in contractor management—vendor onboarding,” said Michael Lewis, CTO of Management Controls. “With our Vendor Onboarding Agent, what once took 4 hours can now be completed in 15 minutes, allowing our customers to scale faster, increase adoption, and realize value from day one.”
Management Controls transforms how industrial companies manage contractor labor, equipment, and material spend by delivering cost controls, real-time visibility, and automated contract compliance. By replacing estimates with daily actuals and enforcing contract terms at the source, MCi helps customers reduce contractor spend leakage by 8–15%, eliminate overbilling risk, and improve forecasting accuracy across maintenance, turnarounds, and capital projects.
Executives from the winning companies will be recognized at the CIO 100 Awards and Conference.
