Pittsburgh, PA (March 31, 2026) - Foundry’s CIO has named PITT OHIO 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.”

PITT OHIO was named a 2026 CIO 100 Award recipient for its No Touch Email (N@TE AI) initiative, an enterprise solution designed to eliminate manual processing of email based freight pickup requests. The objective of N@TE was to reduce administrative friction, speed customer response times, and allow customer service teams to focus on higher value work. Integrated directly into PITT OHIO’s transportation management system, N@TE uses artificial intelligence to convert unstructured emails into accurate pickup orders in real time, delivering a 30–60× increase in processing speed, over 99% accuracy, and a 70% reduction in handling costs per order.

“This project wasn’t about experimenting with AI. It was about solving a real operational problem and delivering measurable results,” said Scott Sullivan, Chief Information Officer at PITT OHIO. “N@TE demonstrates how thoughtful, production ready innovation can improve service for our customers while empowering our employees.”

The initiative has also generated new strategic value through a U.S. patent and joint licensing agreement, positioning N@TE as a scalable innovation for the broader transportation industry.

Executives from the winning companies will be recognized at the CIO 100 Awards and Conference.

About the US CIO 100 Awards: 

The annual US CIO 100 Awards celebrate 100 organizations and the teams within them that use IT in innovative ways to deliver business value, whether by creating competitive advantage, optimizing business processes, enabling growth, or improving relationships with customers. The award is an acknowledged mark of enterprise excellence. 

Coverage of the 2026 US CIO 100 award-winning projects will be available online at cio100.com 

About the US CIO Hall of Fame Awards: 

The US CIO Hall of Fame was created in 1997 to spotlight 12 outstanding IT leaders who had significantly contributed to and profoundly influenced the IT Discipline, the use of technology in business and the advancement of the CIO role. Ten years later, in 2007, CIO inducted its second class of honorees into the CIO Hall of Fame during CIO magazine's 20^th anniversary celebration. The CIO Hall of Fame induction ceremony continues to showcase this elite group of CIOs - now numbering over 200. 

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ABOUT PITT OHIO

PITT OHIO has been providing the best value in transportation and logistics solutions to our customers for over 47 years, reaching over $970 million in revenue last year. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, PITT OHIO services the Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, and Northeast regions. In addition to their legacy LTL freight solution, PITT OHIO provides supply chain and logistics solutions including expedite, freeze protection, truckload, warehouse and distribution, container transloading, dedicated fleet management and more. To make this happen, and to fulfill PITT OHIO’s Purpose, President Charles Hammel, III employs over 3,400 employees who are committed to doing the right thing every day. Explore their website to see how PITT OHIO is dedicated to the safe and sustainable motor transport of products, doing right by their employees and their customers, and making a positive impact on the environment. To contact PITT OHIO, schedule service, or apply for employment, please visit their website at www.pittohio.com.

For more information, please contact:

Candi Cybator
Director of Marketing, PITT OHIO
[email protected]
412-232-3015, ext. 6313