Annual 2016 American Best in Business Awards

Annual 2016 One Planet Awards | American + World Business

Most Awarded (alphabetically)
ARIIX
PJ Lhuillier Group of Companies
Swift Transportation Company
Makers Nutrition, LLC
ReachLocal
Rimini Street, Inc.

Company of the Year – 11 – 99 Employees
Gold
Makers Nutrition, LLC (Hauppauge, NY USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech, Health Products & Services)

Company of the Year – 100 – 499 Employees
Gold
USHEALTH Group, Inc. (Fort Worth, TX USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Accounting, Banking, Financial, and Insurance)

Company of the Year – 500 – 2,499 Employees
Gold
Vertical Communications (Santa Clara, CA USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Telecommunications)
Silver
Rimini Street, Inc. (Las Vegas, NV USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Services)

Company of the Year – 2,500 or more Employees
Gold
Infinite Computer Solutions (Rockville, MD USA – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Information Technology Services)
Silver
PJ Lhuillier Group of Companies (Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Accounting, Banking, Financial, and Insurance)

Best Place to Work
Gold
Makers Nutrition, LLC (Hauppauge, NY USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech, Health Products & Services)

Comeback Company of the Year
Gold
Kaseya (Miami, FL USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Software)

Corporate Social Responsibility Program of the Year
Gold
Advance Financial (Nashville, TN USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Accounting, Banking, Financial, and Insurance)
Silver
PJ Lhuillier Group of Companies (Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Accounting, Banking, Financial, and Insurance)

Environmental Responsibility Program of the Year
Gold
PJ Lhuillier Group of Companies (Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Accounting, Banking, Financial, and Insurance)

Fastest Growing Company of the Year
Gold
GTT Communications (McLean, VA USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Telecommunications)
Silver
ARIIX (Bountiful, UT USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Others… Direct Sales)

Most Customer Friendly Company Of The Year
Gold
Rimini Street, Inc. (Las Vegas, NV USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Services)
Silver
Advance Financial (Nashville, TN USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Accounting, Banking, Financial, and Insurance)

Most Innovative Tech Company of the Year
Gold
PagerDuty (San Francisco, CA USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Software)

Executive of the Year
Gold
Nicholas Clark, Chief Executive Officer – Alexium International (Greenville, SC USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Chemicals)

CEO of the Year – 11 – 99 Employees
Gold
Roberta Leach, Chief Executive Officer – RevenueWire (Victoria, British Columbia, Canada – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Others… Ecommerce)

CEO of the Year – 100 – 499 Employees
Gold
Troy McQuagge, President and CEO – USHEALTH Group, Inc. (Fort Worth, TX USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Accounting, Banking, Financial, and Insurance)
Silver
Fred Cooper, Founder & CEO – ARIIX (Bountiful, UT USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Others… Direct Sales)

CEO of the Year – 2,500 or more Employees
Gold
Ganesh Ayyar, CEO and Executive Director – Mphasis (Bangalore, India and New York, NY USA – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Information Technology Services)
Silver
Jean Henri D. Lhuillier, President and CEO – PJ Lhuillier Group of Companies (Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Accounting, Banking, Financial, and Insurance)

COO of the Year
Gold
Riley Timmer, Founder & Chief Operating Officer – ARIIX (Bountiful, UT USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Others… Direct Sales)

Innovator of the Year
Gold
Jean Henri D. Lhuillier, President and CEO – PJ Lhuillier Group of Companies (Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Accounting, Banking, Financial, and Insurance)

Marketing Executive of the Year
Gold
Peter Isaacson, Chief Marketing Officer – Demandbase (San Francisco, CA USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Advertising, Marketing, & Public Relations)

Technology Executive of the Year
Gold
Ken Crutchfield, Vice President of Software Products – Bloomberg BNA (Arlington, VA USA – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Accounting, Banking, Financial, and Insurance)  
Silver
Aman Naimat, Senior Vice President of Technology – Demandbase (San Francisco, CA USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Advertising, Marketing, & Public Relations)
Peter Bailey, Chief Executive Officer – Vertical Communications (Santa Clara, CA USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Telecommunications)

Female Executive of the Year
Gold
Sharon Rowlands, Chief Executive Officer – ReachLocal (Woodland Hills, CA USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Advertising, Marketing, & Public Relations) 
Silver
Deanna Latson, Founder & Chief Product Officer – ARIIX (Bountiful, UT USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Others… Direct Sales)

Female Innovator of the Year
Gold
Neslihan Hidirligil, Founder/CEO – N&F Global Corp (New York, NY USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Retail)

Female Lifetime Achievement Award (10 or more years of experience)
Gold
Terri Matthews, Chief Executive Officer – Jaden’s Voice (Philadelphia, PA USA – 11 – 99 Employees (Non-Profit or Government Organizations)

Team of the Year Awards
Executive Team of the Year
Gold
Fred Cooper, Chief Executive Officer – ARIIX (Bountiful, UT USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Others… Direct Sales) Team includes: CEO Fred Cooper, President Mark Wilson, CFO Jeff Yates, COO Riley Timmer, CPO Deanna Latson, CIO Wenhan Zhang, and CSO Ian Chandler

Customer Service Team of the Year
Gold
Jason Aller, Vice President of Customer Service – Swift Transportation (Phoenix, AZ USA – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Automotive, Transportation, Storage, and Logistics) Team members include: Wendell Rhea, Memphis; Daniel Jackson, Memphis; Paul Harris, Phoenix; Tracey Dover, Denver; Russ Buffaloe, Greer;

Human Resources Team of the Year
Gold
Deborah Owens, Vice President of Human Resources – Swift Transportation (Phoenix, AZ USA – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Automotive, Transportation, Storage, and Logistics) Team members include: Pat Ahern, Senior Director of Talent Development; Lindsay Wilbert, Director of Compliance & Employee Relations; LaVawn McCullough, Director of HRIS Services/Compensation; Deborah Owens, Vice President of Human Resources; Cozette Phifer, Vice President of Marketing & Communications.

Most Innovative Product of the Year – 11 – 99 Employees
Gold
EmployeeChannel (San Francisco, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Human Resources) for Navera Employee Communication App v1
Silver
Attivo Networks, Fremont, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Security Services) for ThreatMatrix Deception and Response Platform v3.4
Entuity (Marlborough, MA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Software) for Entuity Network Management v16.5
Impartner (South Jordan, UT USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS/Internet) for Impartner PRM
Makers Nutrition, LLC (Hauppauge, NY USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech, Health Products & Services) for Stock Softgels

Most Innovative Product of the Year – 100 – 499 Employees
Gold
ARIIX (Bountiful, UT USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Consumer Products and Services) for Jouve

Most Innovative Product of the Year – 500 – 2,499 Employees
Gold
American Psychological Association (Washington, DC USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Non-Profit or Government Organizations) for APA Style CENTRAL®

Most Innovative Product of the Year – 2,500 or more Employees
Gold
Bloomberg BNA (Arlington, VA USA – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Accounting, Banking, Financial, and Insurance) for BNA Fixed Assets™ Web v2016.2

Most Innovative Service of the Year
Gold
Rimini Street, Inc. (Las Vegas, NV USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Services) for independent Software Support Services

New Product or Service of the Year – 100 – 499 Employees
Gold
Alignment Healthcare (Orange, CA USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech, Health Products & Services) for SmartHMO Plan
Silver
Seismic (San Diego, CA USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Software) for Seismic WorkSpace v1.0

New Product or Service of the Year – 500 – 2,499 Employees
Gold
ReachLocal (Woodland Hills, CA USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Advertising, Marketing, & Public Relations) for ReachEdge v3.0

New Product or Service of the Year – 2,500 or more Employees
Gold
Aloft Hotels (Stamford, CT USA – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Hospitality, Travel, Recreation, and Leisure) for Aloft Hotels Emoji Room Service
Silver
Infinite Computer Solutions (Rockville, MD USA – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Information Technology Services) for Zyter, a collaboration platform v1

Event of the Year
Gold
Swift Transportation (Phoenix, AZ USA – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Automotive, Transportation, Storage, and Logistics) for Swift Transportation’s 50th Anniversary Event Honors Drivers and Company Legacy

PR or Marketing Campaign of the Year
Gold
ReachLocal (Woodland Hills, CA USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Advertising, Marketing, & Public Relations) for All Dry USA and ReachLocal Address Digital Marketing Challenge
Silver
PJ Lhuillier Group of Companies (Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Accounting, Banking, Financial, and Insurance) for Microinsurance as a Disaster Resilience Tool

Video or Film of the Year
Gold
Swift Transportation (Phoenix, AZ USA – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Automotive, Transportation, Storage, and Logistics) for Swift Transportation’s Swift Express Video