4th Annual 2016 CEO World Awards
4th Annual 2016 CEO World Awards
Business Awards Winners
Most Admired Leaders
Elon Musk, CEO and CTO of SpaceX, CEO and Product Architect of Tesla Motors and Chairman of SolarCity
Jeffrey Preston “Jeff” Bezos – Founder and CEO of Amazon.com
Lawrence Joseph “Larry” Ellison – co-Founder of Oracle Corporation
Marc Russell Benioff – Founder, Chairman and CEO of salesforce.com
Mark Zuckerberg – CEO of Facebook
Satya Nadella – CEO – Microsoft
Scott McNealy, former CEO of Sun Microsystems
Steven Paul “Steve” Jobs – was co-Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Apple Inc.
CEO of the Year
Gold Winners
Brendan Smith, Servant Leader – CEO & Founder – Motive Interactive (San Diego, California, United States – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Services)
Brian Gleason, The Result-Oriented – CEO, The Americas – Xaxis (New York, NY USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Advertising, Marketing, & Public Relations)
Chris Davis, The Founder/Entrepreneur – Co-Founder and CEO – Loot Crate (Los Angeles, California, USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Consumer Products and Services)
Fadi Barakat, The Interpersonal – President and CEO – Elite Bldg. Cont. Co. LLC (Dubai, UAE – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Construction)
Gary Quinn, The Visionary – CEO and President – FalconStor Software, Inc. (Melville, NY USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Software)
Gerry David, The Leader – Celsius Holdings, Inc. (Boca Raton, FL, USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Food & Beverage)
Ian Siegel, The Founder/Entrepreneur – CEO – ZipRecruiter (Santa Monica, California, USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Business Products and Services)
Kevin Klock, The Leader – President and CEO – Talking Rain Beverage Company (Preston, WA, USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Food & Beverage)
Khaled Al Mansoori, The Leader – Chief Executive Officer – Emirates Driving Company (Abu Dhabi – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Education)
Michael Tetterton, The Founder/Entrepreneur – CEO and President – Creative Lodging Solutions (Lexington, Kentucky, USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Hospitality, Travel, Recreation, and Leisure)
Mike Persico, The Risk Taker – CEO – Anova Technologies, LLC (Chicago, IL USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Telecommunications)
Mohammed Tolymat, The Leader – CEO – AL-Badaha Factory Company for Marbles (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Manufacturing)
Pete Manca, The Risk Taker – Egenera (Boxborough, MA, USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS)
Sachin Nayyar, The Visionary – Securonix (Los Angeles, CA USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Security Software)
Sharon Rowlands, The Customer Focused – CEO – ReachLocal (Woodland Hills, California, USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Advertising, Marketing, & Public Relations)
Sheeroy Desai, The Visionary – CEO and Co-Founder – Gild (San Francisco, California, USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Human Resources)
Tom Sanzone, The Leader – Chief Executive Officer – Black Knight Financial Services (Jacksonville, Florida, USA – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Information Technology Software)
Tom Willie, The Visionary – Blue Pillar, Inc. (Frederick, Maryland, USA – 100 – 499 Employee – Industry:Energy & Utilities)
Troy A. McQuagge, The Leader – President and CEO – USHEALTH Group, Inc. (Fort Worth, Texas USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Insurance)
Female CEO of the Year
Female CEO of the Year – Advertising, Marketing, & Public Relations – 100 – 499 Employees
Gold Winner
Alexi Venneri, The Social Media Enthusiastic – Co-founder, CEO – Digital Air Strike (Scottsdale, AZ, USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Advertising, Marketing, & Public Relations)
Female CEO of the Year – Advertising, Marketing, & Public Relations – 500 – 2,499 Employees
Gold Winner
Sharon Rowlands, The Customer Focused – CEO – ReachLocal (Woodland Hills, California, USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Advertising, Marketing, & Public Relations)
Female CEO of the Year – Information Technology Software
Gold Winner
Ann Johnson, The Founder/Entrepreneur – CEO – Interana (Redwood City, California, USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Software)
Female CEO of the Year – Consumer Products and Services
Gold Winner
Janelle Wang, The Founder/Entrepreneur – Co-Founder & CEO – ACTON, Inc. (Mountain View, California, United States – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Consumer Products and Services)
Female CEO of the Year – Consulting
Gold Winners
Lisa Calkins, The Mentor – CEO – Amadeus Consulting (Boulder, Colorado, United States – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Consulting)
Stephynie Malik, The Strategist – CEO – MalikCo (Walnut Creek, California, USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Consulting)
Female CEO of the Year – Hospitality, Travel, Recreation, and Leisure
Gold Winner
Lynda Ellis, The Visionary – President, CEO and Owner – Capitol Concierge, Inc. (Rockville, MD, United States – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Hospitality, Travel, Recreation, and Leisure)
Female CEO of the Year – Information Technology Services
Gold Winner
Nancy MacIntyre, The Leader – Founder and CEO – Fingerprint (San Francisco, CA, USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Services)
Female CEO of the Year – Insurance
Gold Winner
Susan Tukel, The Customer Focused – President – LECMPA (Southfield, MI USA – 1 – 10 Employees – Industry: Insurance)
Founder or Entrepreneur of the Year
Founder or Entrepreneur – Retail – 11 – 99 Employees
Gold Winner
Neslihan Hidirligil, President – N&F Global Corp (Hauppauge, NY USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Retail)
Founder or Entrepreneur – Retail – 100 – 499 Employees
Gold Winner
Ahmed Rauf Essa, Founder Director – Telemart (Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Retail)
Founder or Entrepreneur – Consumer Products and Services
Gold Winner
Chris Davis, Co-Founder and CEO – Loot Crate (Los Angeles, California, USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Consumer Products and Services)
Founder or Entrepreneur – Hospitality, Travel, Recreation, and Leisure
Gold Winner
Michael Tetterton, CEO and President – Creative Lodging Solutions (Lexington, Kentucky, USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Hospitality, Travel, Recreation, and Leisure)
Founder or Entrepreneur – Information Technology Services
Gold Winner
Seth A. Ravin, Chairman & CEO – Rimini Street, Inc. (Las Vegas, Nevada, USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Services)
Founder or Entrepreneur – Media & Entertainment
Gold Winner
Shahrzad Rafati, Founder & CEO – BroadbandTV (Vancouver, B.C. Canada – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Media & Entertainment)
Admin Assistant to CEO
Admin Assistant – Real Estate & Construction
Gold Winner
Kadar A. Darussalam, Office Manager – Daem Real Estate Investment (Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Real Estate & Construction)
Admin Assistant – Advertising, Marketing, & Public Relations
Gold Winner
Kristin Pernice, Executive Assistant to CEO, Americas, Global CRO, and SVP of Customer Engagement – Xaxis (New York, NY USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Advertising, Marketing, & Public Relations)
Admin Assistant – Manufacturing
Gold Winner
Mahmoud Ghoneim, Purchasing Manager – AL-Badaha Factory Company for Marbles (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Manufacturing)
Admin Assistant – Hospitality, Travel, Recreation, and Leisure
Gold Winner
Michelle Hunt, Executive Administrative Assistant – Creative Lodging Solutions (Lexington, Kentucky, USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Hospitality, Travel, Recreation, and Leisure)
Admin Assistant – Financial Services and Banking
Gold Winner
Shyju T.C., Manager – CEO’s Office – UAE Exchange (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Financial Services and Banking)
Most Innovative CEO
Most Innovative CEO – Consumer Products and Services
Gold Winner
Chris Davis, Co-Founder and CEO – Loot Crate (Los Angeles, California, USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Consumer Products and Services) for New consumption model for pop culture fans
Most Innovative CEO – Information Technology Software – 11 – 99 Employees
Gold Winner
Steven Lamb, Founder and CEO – ioFABRIC Inc. (Toronto, Ontario. Canada – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Software) for New software revolutionizes how data is stored and managed
Most Innovative CEO – Information Technology Software – 500 – 2,499 Employees
Gold Winner
Colin Day, CEO – iCIMS (Matawan, New Jersey, United States – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Software) for iCIMS CEO Colin Day Embodies Innovation through Vision, Passion, Empathy
Most Innovative CEO – Security Services
Gold Winner
Heath Davies, Chief Executive Officer – Clearswift (Theale, Reading, UK – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Security Services) for CEO Heath Davies Transforms the Cyber Security Industry
Most Innovative CEO – Business Products and Services
Gold Winner
Jonathan Price, CEO – Virtual Incentives (Atlanta, Georgia, USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Business Products and Services) for globalization is changing the way we do business
Most Innovative CEO – Telecommunications
Gold Winner
Mike Persico, CEO – Anova Technologies, LLC (Chicago, IL USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Telecommunications) for Mike Persico brings lasercom systems to the forefront
Most Innovative CEO – Insurance
Gold Winner
Troy A. McQuagge, President and CEO – USHEALTH Group, Inc. (Fort Worth, Texas USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Insurance) for Product Innovation Saves the Company
Management Team of the Year
Management Team of the Year – Consumer Products and Services
Gold Winner
Coy Christmas, CEO & Co-Founder of Fasetto – Fasetto (Superior, Wisconsin, United States – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Consumer Products and Services) Team’s Job Function: Management – Team members include: Luke Malpass, Software Architect & Co-Founder, and Parnell Lutz, CTO
Management Team of the Year – Business Products and Services
Gold Winner
John Visentin, Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer – Novitex Enterprise Solutions (Stamford, CT USA – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Business Products and Services) Team’s Job Function: Management – Team members include: Irina Novoselsky, Joe Trost, Theresa Mohan, Anthony Dupree, Michelle Tierney, Bob Rooney)
Management Team of the Year – Hospitality, Travel, Recreation, and Leisure
Gold Winner
Lynda Ellis, President, CEO and Owner – Capitol Concierge, Inc. (Rockville, MD, United States – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Hospitality, Travel, Recreation, and Leisure) – Team’s Job Function: Strategy / Planning – Team members include: Misty Tieman, Eric Tenali
Management Team of the Year – Information Technology Software
Gold Winner
Philip Pead, CEO – Progress (Bedford, MA, USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Software) Team’s Job Function: General Business – Team members include: Michael Benedict (Chief Product Officer), Stephen Faberman (Senior Vice President, General Counsel), Svetozar Georgiev (Senior Vice President, Application Platforms), Chris Perkins (Senior Vice President, Finance & Administration, Chief Financial Officer), Melissa Puls (Chief Marketing Officer), Jerry Rulli (Chief Operating Officer), Rob Steward (Chief Product Development Officer), Dimitre Taslakov (Chief Talent Officer), Vassil Terziev (Chief Innovation Officer); Faris Sweis (Chief Transformation Officer)
Executive of the Year
Executive of the Year – Security Services
Gold Winner
Dr. Guy Bunker, Senior Vice President – Products – Clearswift (Theale, Reading, UK – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Security Services)
Executive of the Year – Information Technology Software
Gold Winner
Jerry Halbrook, President – Black Knight Financial Services (Jacksonville, Florida, USA – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Information Technology Software)
Executive of the Year – Cloud Computing/SaaS – 100 – 499 Employees
Gold Winner
Marc Linden, CFO – Intacct (San Jose, California, USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS)
Executive of the Year – Cloud Computing/SaaS – 500 – 2,499 Employees
Gold Winner
Larry Samuelson, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary – Cvent (Tysons Corner, VA USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS)
Executive of the Year – Advertising, Marketing, & Public Relations
Gold Winner
Taylor Canfield, Executive Vice President – Davies Public Affairs (Santa Barbara, California, USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Advertising, Marketing, & Public Relations)
CEO Excellence of the Year
CEO Excellence of the Year – Advertising, Marketing, & Public Relations
Gold Winner
Brian Gleason, CEO, The Americas – Xaxis (New York, NY USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Advertising, Marketing, & Public Relations) for doubling the Americas regions revenue over the past two years
CEO Excellence of the Year – Construction
Gold Winner
Fadi Barakat, President and CEO – Elite Bldg. Cont. Co. LLC (Dubai, UAE – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Construction) for CEO Diversification of Business
Company/ Organization
Best Overall Company of the Year – Cloud Computing/SaaS
Gold Winner
Cvent (Tysons Corner, VA USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS)
Startup of the Year
Startup – Retail
Gold Winner
Always Christmas in NY, Inc. (N&F GLOBAL CORP) (Hauppauge, NY USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Retail) October 2013
Startup – Information Technology Software
Gold Winner
ioFABRIC Inc. (Toronto, Ontario. Canada – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Software) October 2013
Startup – Automotive & Related Equipment
Gold Winner
OBEX COMMERCE Import Export (Dakar, Senegal – 1 – 10 Employees – Industry: Automotive & Related Equipment) March 2012
Startup – Financial Services and Banking
Gold Winner
PaidYET (El Segundo, CA, USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Financial Services and Banking) September 2015
Startup – Human Resources
Gold Winner
Tasytt (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada – 1 – 10 Employees – Industry: Human Resources) January 2015
Startup – Consumer Products and Services
Gold Winner
Tile (San Mateo, California, USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Consumer Products and Services) June 2013
Blog, Web, and Social Media
Advertisement: Best use of Facebook
Gold Winner
Digital Air Strike: Pride Chevrolet (Lynn Massachusetts, USA) for Pride Chevrolet Response Logix Quick Quote
Video of the Year
Gold Winner
Rhythm Systems (Charlotte, NC USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Business Products and Services) for The Wrong vs. Right Way to Run Your Meetings
New Products, Upgrades, and Innovations
New Products, Upgrades, and Innovations – Manufacturing
Gold Winner
AL-Badaha Factory Company for Marbles (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Manufacturing) for Gold Stone
New Products, Upgrades, and Innovations – Information Technology Software – 11 – 99 Employees
Gold Winner
Vorex (Dallas, Texas, USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Software) for Vorex
New Products, Upgrades, and Innovations – Information Technology Software – 100 – 499 Employees
Gold Winner
Aternity Inc. (Westborough, MA USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Software) for Aternity Version 9
New Products, Upgrades, and Innovations – Information Technology Software – 2,500 or more Employees
Gold Winner
Telligent®, A Verint Company (Alpharetta, GA USA – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Information Technology Software) for Telligent Community™
New Products, Upgrades, and Innovations – Security Services
Gold Winner
Clearswift (Theale, Reading, UK – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Security Services) for ARgon for Email
New Products, Upgrades, and Innovations – Cloud Computing/SaaS
Gold Winner
MINDBODY (San Luis Obispo, California, USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS) for MINDBODY App
New Products, Upgrades, and Innovations – Financial Services and Banking
Gold Winner
North American Bancard (Troy, MI USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Financial Services and Banking) for PayAnywhere Mobile
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Green Awards
Social Investment of the Year
Gold Winner
APTelecom (Bridgewater, NJ USA – 1 – 10 Employees – Industry: Telecommunications)
