5th Annual 2017 CEO World Awards
5th Annual 2017 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
Larry Page, CEO of Alphabet, Inc.
Lawrence Joseph “Larry” Ellison – co-Founder of Oracle Corporation
Marc Russell Benioff – Founder, Chairman and CEO of salesforce.com
Mark Zuckerberg – CEO of Facebook
Mary Teresa Barra, CEO of General Motors
Melinda Gates, cofounder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Satya Nadella – CEO – Microsoft
Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
CEO of the Year
Gold Winners
Barney Haye, The Founder/Entrepreneur – CEO – TransVault (Clevedon, North Somerset, UK – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Software)
Ben Legg, The Metrics Person – AdParlor (New York, NY USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Business Products and Services)
Bill Donoghue, The Leader – CEO – Skillsoft (Nashua, NH USA – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Business Products and Services)
Darin G. Billerbeck, The Leader – President and Chief Executive Officer – Lattice Semiconductor (Portlaned, OR USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Others: Semiconductor)
David Reid, The Visionary – Co-Founder & CEO – EaseCentral (San Francisco, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS)
Derek Collison, The Founder/Entrepreneur – Founder and CEO – Apcera, Inc. (San Francisco, CA USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS)
Eugene Xiong, The Visionary – Founder and CEO Foxit Software Inc. (Fremont, CA USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Others… PDF Solutions)
Fred Cooper, The Challenger – CEO and Founder – ARIIX, LLC (Bountiful, UT USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Consumer Products and Services)
Garry Drummond, The Founder/Entrepreneur – Founder-CEO – 802 Secure, Inc. (Pleasanton, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Security Software)
Gary Cardone, Visionary Leader – Chargebacks911 (Tampa Bay, FL USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Security Services)
Jean Henri Lhuillier, The Maverick – President and CEO – PJ Lhuillier Group of Companies (Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Financial Services and Banking)
Joe Wang, The Founder/Entrepreneur – CEO – Impartner (South Jordan, UT USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS)
Kevin Klock, The Leader – President and CEO – Talking Rain Beverage Company (Preston, WA, USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Food & Beverage)
Landon Ray, The Visionary – CEO/Founder – ONTRAPORT (Santa Barbara, CA USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS)
Luke Kervin, The Dedicated – Cofounder/Co-CEO – PatientPop, Inc. (Santa Monica, CA USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS)
Michael Tetterton, The Founder/Entrepreneur – CEO and President – Creative Lodging Solutions (Lexington, Kentucky, USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Hospitality, Travel, Recreation, and Leisure)
Nicholas P. Clark, The Strategist – CEO and Executive Director – Alexium International Group Limited (Greer, SC USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Chemicals)
Promoth Manghat, The Challenger – CEO – UAE Exchange (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Others: Money Transfer and Foreign Exchange)
Roy Dekel, The Leader – CEO – Setschedule LLC (Irvine, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Software)
Steven Bearak, The Team Builder – CEO – IdentityForce, Inc. (Framingham, MA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Security Software)
Stuart McClure, The Daredevil – Co-Founder and CEO – Cylance, Inc. (Irvine, CA USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Security Software)
Tagui Veronica Manoyan, The Challenger – CEO – Bon Choix Couture Inc. (Glendale, CA USA – 1 – 10 Employees – Industry: Media & Entertainment)
Troy McQuagge, The Leader – President and CEO – USHEALTH Group, Inc. (Fort Worth, Texas USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Insurance)
Upinder Zutshi, The Communicator – Managing Director & CEO – Infinite Computer Solutions (Bengaluru, India – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Information Technology Services)
Management Team of the Year
Gold Winner
Fred Cooper, CEO and Founder – ARIIX, LLC (Bountiful, UT USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Consumer Products and Services) – Team members include: Mark Wilson, Jeff Yates, Riley Timmer, Deanna Latson, Wenhan Zhang, Ian Chandler
Female CEO of the Year – 11 – 99 Employees
Gold Winner
Jaye Connolly-LaBelle, The Visionary – President/CEO – RippleNami, Inc. (San Diego, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS)
Silver Winner
Jessica Hawthorne-Castro, The Dedicated – CEO – Hawthorne Direct (Los Angeles, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Advertising, Marketing, & Public Relations)
Female CEO of the Year – 100 – 499 Employees
Gold Winner
Jennifer Tejada, The Customer Focused – CEO – PagerDuty (San Francisco, CA USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Software)
Female CEO of the Year – 500 – 2,499 Employees
Gold Winner
Tina Hodges, The Corporate Social Responsibility Leader – Chief Executive and Chief Experience Officer – Advance Financial (Nashville, TN USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Financial Services and Banking)
Silver Winners
Kim Perell, The Founder/Entrepreneur – CEO – Amobee, Inc. (San Diego, CA USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Advertising, Marketing, & Public Relations)
Sharon Rowlands, The Mentor – CEO – ReachLocal, Inc. (Woodland Hills, CA USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Advertising, Marketing, & Public Relations)
Most Innovative CEO – 11 – 99 Employees
Gold Winner
Garry Drummond, Founder-CEO – 802 Secure, Inc. (Pleasanton, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Security Software) for Proposing solutions that simplify deployment, assessment, and protection of IoT and legacy wireless networks
Most Innovative CEO – 100 – 499 Employees
Gold Winner
Or Shani, Chief Executive Officer – Albert (New York, NY USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Advertising, Marketing, & Public Relations) for Visionary behind the company’s signature technology, Albert – the world’s first and only self-driven marketing and advertising platform
Silver Winner
Shawn Farshchi, President and CEO – Aryaka Networks, Inc. (Milpitas, CA USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Telecommunications) for Ability to empathize with the IT buyer and build products and solutions that truly enable business execution
Most Innovative CEO – 500 – 2,499 Employees
Gold Winner
Darin G. Billerbeck, President and Chief Executive Officer – Lattice Semiconductor (Portland, OR USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Others: Semiconductor) for Billerbeck continued Lattice’s innovation with the development of CrossLink™, the first programmable Application Specific Standard Product (pASSP) combing the design flexibility and time-to-market benefits of an FPGA with the highly integrated function and cost optimization benefits of an ASSP
Admin Assistant to CEO – 11 – 99 Employees
Gold Winner
Brianna Sturm, Executive Assistant to the CEO – TOPS Software (Clearwater, FL USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Accounting, Banking, and Financial Services)
Silver Winner
Vladislava Russeva, Administrative Assistant to the CEO – Smart Energy Group (Sofia, Bulgaria – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Energy & Utilities)
Admin Assistant to CEO – 100 – 499 Employees
Gold Winner
Michelle Hunt, Executive Administrative Assistant – Creative Lodging Solutions (Lexington, Kentucky, USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Hospitality, Travel, Recreation, and Leisure)
Executive of the Year – 100 – 499 Employees
Gold Winner
Kathy Lord, VP of Sales – Intacct (San Jose, CA USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS)
Silver Winner
Mark Wilson, President and Founder – ARIIX, LLC (Bountiful, UT USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Consumer Products and Services)
Executive of the Year – 500 – 2,499 Employee
Gold Winner
Jose R. Costa, Group President – Driven Brands (Charlotte, NC USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Automotive & Related Equipment)
Founder, Entrepreneur or Partner of the Year – 11 – 99 Employees
Gold Winner
Garry Drummond, Founder-CEO – 802 Secure, Inc. (Pleasanton, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Security Software)
Founder, Entrepreneur or Partner of the Year – 100 – 499 Employees
Gold Winners
Felix Van de Maele, Founder and Chief Executive Officer – Collibra, Inc. (New York, NY USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Software)
Alex Barrotti, Founder & CEO – TouchBistro, Inc. (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Food & Beverage)
Silver Winners
Luke Kervin, Cofounder/Co-CEO – PatientPop, Inc. (Santa Monica, CA USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS)
Michael Tetterton, CEO and President – Creative Lodging Solutions (Lexington, Kentucky, USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Hospitality, Travel, Recreation, and Leisure)
Products, Upgrades, and Innovation of the Year – 11 – 99 Employees
Gold Winner
iQ Media (Conshohocken, PA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Advertising, Marketing, & Public Relations) for iQ Media Real Time TV Analytics
Silver Winner
root9B (Colorado Springs, CO USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Services) for ORKOS v2.0
Bronze Winner
Impartner (South Jordan, UT USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS) for Impartner PRM
Products, Upgrades, and Innovation of the Year – 100 – 499 Employees
Gold Winner
USHEALTH Group, Inc. (Fort Worth, Texas USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Insurance) for PremierChoice
Silver Winner
ARIIX, LLC (Bountiful, UT USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Consumer Products and Services) for Jouvé Skin System
Products, Upgrades, and Innovation of the Year – 500 – 2,499
Gold Winner
PRO Unlimited (San Francisco, CA USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Others… Contingent Workforce Management) for Wand
Products, Upgrades, and Innovation of the Year – 2,500 or more Employee
Gold Winner
Verint Systems, Inc. (Melville, NY USA – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Information Technology Software) for Verint Voice of the Customer™ v15.1
CEO Excellence of the Year
Gold Winner
Don Mal, Chief Executive Officer – Vena Solutions (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS) for CEO leads triple digit revenue growth — for fifth straight year
Silver Winner
Jean Henri Lhuillier, President and CEO – PJ Lhuillier Group of Companies (Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Financial Services and Banking) for Cebuana Lhuillier Disaster Resilience Campaign: Reinforcing the Filipino’s Indomitable Spirit
Best Overall Company of the Year – 11 – 99 Employees
Gold Winner
LECMPA (Southfield, MI USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Insurance)
Best Overall Company of the Year – 100 – 499 Employees
Gold Winner
ARIIX, LLC (Bountiful, UT USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Consumer Products and Services)
Silver Winner
USHEALTH Group, Inc. (Fort Worth, Texas USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Insurance)
Best Overall Company of the Year – 2,500 or more Employees
Gold Winner
PJ Lhuillier Group of Companies (Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Financial Services and Banking)
Innovative Company of the Year
Gold Winner
Apcera, Inc. (San Francisco, CA USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS)
Silver Winner
ARIIX, LLC (Bountiful, UT USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Consumer Products and Services)
Startup of the Year – 2014
Gold Winner
PatientPop, Inc. (Santa Monica, CA USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS) – November 2014
Silver Winner
Telemart (Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Retail) – January 2014
Startup of the Year – 2015
Gold Winner
EaseCentral (San Francisco, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS) – January 2015
Silver Winner
RippleNami, Inc. (San Diego, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS) – February 2015
Bronze Winner
TeleMed2U (Roseville, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, & Biotech) – January 2015
Startup of the Year – 2016
Gold Winner
Bin Qasim Enterprises (Peshawar, Khyber Pukhtun Khwa, Pakistan – 1 – 10 Employees – Industry: Wholesale & Distribution) – January 2016
Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative – 11 – 99 Employees
Gold Winner
RippleNami, Inc. (San Diego, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS) for RippleNami, Inc. – Connecting the Unconnected
Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative – 100 – 499 Employees
Gold Winner
USHEALTH Group, Inc. (Fort Worth, Texas USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Insurance) for bring HOPE into communities all across America
Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative – 2,500 or more Employees
Gold Winner
PJ Lhuillier Group of Companies (Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Financial Services and Banking) for Cebuana Lhuillier Disaster Resilience Campaign
Apps
Gold Winner
TouchBistro, Inc. (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Food & Beverage) for TouchBistro iPad POS for Restaurants
Videos – Brand Awareness or Entertainment
Gold Winner
Leidos (Reston, VA USA – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Information Technology Services) for Leidos Day 1 Video – Creative and production includes: Joe Knapp – Senior Producer
Websites, Design, and Content – Best Overall Web Design
Gold Winner
TransVault (Clevedon, North Somerset, UK – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Software) – Creative and production includes: Nicholas Menelaou, TransVault – Web Developer, Sara Appleyard, TransVault – Content Editor, Steve Bird, TransVault – Project Manager, Marcella Mazzucca, TransVault – Project Leader
White Paper or Research Report
Gold Winner
TransVault (Clevedon, North Somerset, UK – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Software) for Making Office 365 a One-Stop-Shop for Email Records Compliance – Creative and production includes: Sara Appleyard, TransVault – Main Author, Steve Goodman, Microsoft MVP – Forward Author
Milestone of the Year – 100 – 499 Employees
Gold Winner
INSIGHTEC (Tirat Carmel, Haifa, Israel – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, & Biotech) for First MRI-guided focused ultrasound platform FDA-approved to treat essential tremor
Silver Winner
Vena Solutions (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS) for Vena Raises $30M to Continue Growth in Corporate Performance Management
Milestone of the Year – 2,500 or more Employees
Gold Winner
Leidos (Reston, VA USA – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Information Technology Services) for Leidos and Lockheed Martin’s Information Systems & Global Solutions Deal
