8th Annual 2016 Golden Bridge Business and Innovation Awards

8th Annual 2016 Golden Bridge Business and Innovation Awards

Business Awards Winners

Grand Winners

Grand Trophy Winners (alphabetically)
Cisco Systems, Inc. (San Jose, CA USA – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Information Technology Services)
Creative Lodging Solutions (Lexington, KY USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Hospitality, Travel, Recreation, and Leisure)
Forter (San Francisco, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS/Internet)
Lastline, Inc (Redwood City, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Security Software)
Securonix (Los Angeles, CA USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Security Services)

New Products and Services from all over the world

Accounting, Banking, Financial, and Insurance
Gold Winner
WalletHub (Washington, DC USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Accounting, Banking, Financial, and Insurance) for WalletHub
Silver Winner
Goldenway Investments Holdings Limited (Hong Kong, China – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Accounting, Banking, Financial, and Insurance) for GTS2 trading platform v2.0

Business Products and Services
Gold Winner
American Express Global Business Travel (New York, NY USA – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Business Products and Services) for Proactive Traveler Care
Silver Winner
Seismic (Boston, MA USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Business Products and Services) for Seismic for Outlook

Cloud Computing/SaaS/Internet – 11 – 99 Employees
Gold Winner
Evergage (Somerville, MA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS/Internet) for Evergage Recommend
Silver Winner
Allego (Needham, MA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS/Internet) for Allego v3.4
Bronze Winners
Forter (San Francisco, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS/Internet) for Forter: Decision as a Service Fraud Prevention
Impartner (South Jordan, CT USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS/Internet) for Impartner PRM

Cloud Computing/SaaS/Internet – 100 – 499 Employees
Gold Winner
Stratoscale (Herzliya Pituach, Israel – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS/Internet/Internet) for Stratoscale Symphony Version 2
Silver Winner
Intacct (San Jose, CA USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS/Internet) for Intacct Digital Board Book for SaaS Metrics v1
Bronze Winners
Brainshark (Waltham, MA USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS/Internet) for Brainshark for Coaching
Liaison Technologies (Alpharetta, CA USA – 100 – 499 Employees – industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS/Internet/Internet) for Liaison ALLOY Platform

Cloud Computing/SaaS/Internet – 500 – 2,499 Employees
Gold Winner
inContact (Salt Lake City, UT USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS/Internet) for inContact My Agent eXperience™ – MAX
Silver Winner
EtQ, Inc. (Farmingdale, NY USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS/Internet) for Traqpath v1.11
Bronze Winner
Apttus (San Mateo, CA USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS/Internet) for Apttus Intelligent Cloud

Consumer Products and Services
Gold Winner
Epson America, Inc. (Long Beach, CA USA – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Consumer Products and Services) for Epson WorkForce Pro WF-R4640 EcoTank All-in-One Printer
Silver Winners
Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. (Provo, UT USA – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Consumer Products and Services) for ageLOC Youth v1
Zija International (Lehi, UT USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Consumer Products and Services) for Améo Gene Expression Science & Products version 2

Education and Training
Gold Winner
MediaPro Holdings, LLC (Bothell, WA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Education and Training) for Adaptive Awareness Portal v1.0

Energy & Utilities
Gold Winner
Renogy (Ontario, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Energy & Utilities) for The Lycan Powerbox v1.0

Engineering and Technology
Gold Winner
Nextivity (San Diego, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Engineering and Technology) for Cel-Fi DUO+ Smart Signal Booster

Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech, Health Products & Services
Gold Winner
Quest Diagnostics and Inovalon (Madison, NJ USA – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech, Health Products & Services) for Data Diagnostics v1
Silver Winner
Cepheid (Sunnyvale, CA USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech, Health Products & Services) for Xpert® Carba-R
Bronze Winner
TASC (Total Administrative Services Corporation) (Madison, WI USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech, Health Products & Services) for ACA Employer Reporting

Human Resources
Gold Winner
Navera Inc. (San Francisco, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Human Resources) for Navera Employee Communications App v1

Information Technology Hardware
Gold Winner
DDN Storage (Chatsworth, CA USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Hardware) for Flashscale™ All Flash Array

Information Technology Services
Gold Winner
Wipro Technologies (Bengaluru, Karnataka, India – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Information Technology Services) for Wipro Identity Cloud Version 1.55
Silver Winner
SensorInsight (Houston, TX USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Services) for SensorInsight®
Bronze Winners
Azul Systems (Sunnyvale, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Services) for Zulu® Embedded
Wipro Technologies (Bengaluru, Karnataka, India – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Information Technology Services) for Security Intelligence As a Service

Information Technology Software – 11 – 99 Employees
Gold Winner
QUEsocial (Chicago, IL USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Software) for Pathway v1.0
Silver Winner
ONTRAPORT (Santa Barbara, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Software) for ONTRApages

Information Technology Software – 100 – 499 Employees
Gold Winner
Fonality (Plano, TX USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Software) for Heads Up Display (HUD) Web v1.4
Silver Winner
CollabNet (San Francisco, CA USA 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Software) for TeamForge v16.3

Information Technology Software – 500 – 2,499 Employees
Gold Winner
Progress (Bedford, MA USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Software) for Progress® DataDirect® (version vQ2 2015)

Information Technology Software – 2,500 or more Employees
Gold Winner
Bloomberg BNA (Arlington, VA USA – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Information Technology Software) for BNA State Tax Analyzer v2

Legal
Gold Winner
Wolters Kluwer’s CT Corporation (New York, NY USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Legal) for CT Assurance

Security Services
Gold Winner
Ixia (Calabasas, CA USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Security Services) for Vision ONE
Silver Winner
KoolSpan (Bethesda, MD USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Security Services) for TrustCall Global Service v4.0
Bronze Winners
Arbor Networks (Burlington, MA USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Security Services) for Arbor Networks Spectrum v1.0
Ixia (Calabasas, CA USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Security Services) for ThreatARMOR

Security Software
Gold Winner
Evident.io (Dublin, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Security Software) for Evident Security Platform (ESP) v1
Silver Winner
Easy Solutions (Doral, FL USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Security Software) for DetectID with Biometric Authentication version 1.15
Bronze Winner
Cryptzone (Waltham, MA USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Security Software) for AppGate XDP 2.0

Telecommunications
Gold Winner
Vonage Holdings Corp. (Holmdel, NJ USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Telecommunications) for Vonage® SmartWAN powered by VeloCloud Cloud-Delivered SD-WAN
Silver Winner
FreeWave Technologies (Boulder, CO USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Telecommunications) for ZumLink 900 Series
Bronze Winner
ADTRAN, Inc. (Huntsville, AL USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Telecommunications) for ProCloud Subscription Services

Others
Gold Winner
Sennheiser (Old Lyme, CT USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Others – Audio for Telecommunications) for Presence headset version Enhanced PRESENCE Mobile Series
Silver Winner
Ceridian (Minneapolis, MN USA – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Others… Human Capital Management) for Dayforce Performance Management with TeamRelate

Technology (All) Innovations – Best Product or Service of the Year

Technology (All) Innovations – Advertising, Marketing, & Public Relations
Gold Winner
VertaMedia LLC (New York, NY USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Advertising, Marketing, & Public Relations) for VertaMedia Video Supply Side Platform v1

Technology (All) Innovations – Business Products and Services
Gold Winner
ClearSlide, Inc. (San Francisco, CA USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Business Products and Services) for ClearSlide v2.5.1

Technology (All) Innovations – Cloud Computing/SaaS/Internet
Gold Winner
Avangate (Atlanta, GA USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS/Internet) for Avangate Digital Commerce Solution
Silver Winner
inContact (Salt Lake City, UT USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS) for inContact My Agent eXperience™ – MAX
Bronze Winner
Forter (San Francisco, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS/Internet) for Forter: Decision as a Service Fraud Prevention

Technology (All) Innovations – Consumer Products and Services
Gold Winner
Fasetto (Superior, WI USA – 1 – 10 Employees – Industry: Consumer Products and Services) for Link by Fasetto

Technology (All) Innovations – Education and Training
Gold Winner
MediaPro Holdings, LLC (Bothell, WA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Education and Training) for Adaptive Awareness Portal v1.0

Technology (All) Innovations – Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech, Health Products & Services
Gold Winner
Quest Diagnostics and Inovalon (Madison, NJ USA – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech, Health Products & Services) for Data Diagnostics v1

Technology (All) Innovations – Human Resources
Gold Winner
CareerArc (Burbank, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Human Resources) for CareerArc Candidate Care v1.0
Silver Winner
RiseSmart (San Jose, CA USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Human Resources) for RiseSmart Spotlight v2.3

Technology (All) Innovations – Information Technology Software
Gold Winner
Robin Systems (San Jose, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Software) for Application-Defined Data Center software v2x
Silver Winner
FocusVision (Fresno, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Software) for Q+Q Research Technology Solutions by FocusVision

Technology (All) Innovations – Security Software
Gold Winner
Evident.io (Dublin, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Security Software) for Evident Security Platform (ESP) v1
Silver Winner
Thycotic (Washington, DC USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Security Software) for Thycotic Secret Server 9.0

Information Technology and Security Innovations – Best Product or Service of the Year

API (Application Programming Interface) Management and Solutions – Innovations
Gold Winner
OpenMarket (Seattle, WA USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Telecommunications) for OpenMarket’s Global SMS API

Access Compliance and Risk Management – Innovations
Gold Winner
Globalscape (San Antonio, TX USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Software) for Enhanced File Transfer (EFT) v7.2

Application Development – Innovations
Gold Winner
CollabNet (San Francisco, CA USA 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Software) for TeamForge v16.3

Authentication (Two-Factor) – Innovations
Gold Winner
iovation (Portland, OR USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Security Services) for Device-Based Authentication v1

Business Process Management – Innovations
Gold Winner
Thomson Reuters (Dexter, MI, USA – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Accounting, Banking, and Financial Services) for Onvio Cloud Platform for Tax & Accountants

Cloud Authentication Innovations
Gold Winner
Thales e-Security (Plantation, FL USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Hardware) for Thales e-Security Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) using nShield Hardware Security Module Solution 

Cloud Computing/SaaS – Innovations
Gold Winner
Liaison Technologies (Alpharetta, CA USA – 100 – 499 Employees – industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS/Internet) for Liaison ALLOY Platform
Silver Winner
ConnectLeader (Salem, NH USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Software) for ConnectLeader Sales Acceleration Platform with CRM Integration

Cloud Security – Innovations
Gold Winner
Sonus Networks (Westford, MA USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Telecommunications) for Sonus Session Border Controller Software edition (SBC SWe)

Collaboration and Web 2.0 tools – Innovations
Gold Winner
Globalscape (San Antonio, TX USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Software) for WAFS v5

Deception Based Security
Gold Winner
TrapX Security (San Mateo, CA USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Security Software) for DeceptionGrid v5.1

Encryption Key Management – Innovations
Gold Winner
SSH Communications Security (Helsinki, Finland – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Security Hardware) for Universal SSH Key Manager v1.7

Endpoint Security Solution – Innovations
Gold Winner
Carbon Black (Southborough, MA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Security Software) for Converged Endpoint Platform v6
Silver Winner
Code42 (Minneapolis, MN USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Software) for Code42 CrashPlan v5.0
Bronze Winners
Adaptiva (Bellevue, WA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Software) for OneSite 5.6
Tripwire (Portland, OR USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Software) for Tripwire Enterprise version TE 8.4.2

Enterprise (Global Business and Offices) Innovations
Gold Winner
8×8, Inc (San Jose, CA USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Telecommunications) for 8×8 Virtual Contact Center v9

Government Compliance
Gold Winner
Attendance on Demand (Livonia, MI USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Human Resources) for VisualACA v1.0

Green IT
Gold Winner
Smart Utility Systems (Irvine, CA USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS/Internet) for Smart Customer Mobile v6.5

Information Security and Risk Management – Innovations
Gold Winner
RiskSense, Inc (Sunnyvale, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Security Software) for RiskSense Platform v5.1

Information Technology (Hardware)
Gold Winner
Eaton (Dublin, Ireland – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Manufacturing) for Eaton Power Xpert™ 9395 high performance uninterruptible power system (UPS)

Information Technology (Services) – Innovations
Gold Winner
Forter (San Francisco, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS/Internet) for Forter: Decision as a Service Fraud Prevention
Silver Winner
Infinite Computer Solutions (Rockville, MD USA – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Business Products and Services) for Zyter v1
Bronze Winner
Wipro Limited (Bangalore, Karnataka, India – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Information Technology Services) for Treasury DNA Decisions and Analytics

Information Technology (Software) – Innovations
Gold Winner
BDNA (Mountain View, CA USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Software) for BDNA Data Platform 5.0
Silver Winner
Teradata Corporation (Dayton, OH USA – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Information Technology Software) for Teradata® QueryGrid™
Bronze Winners
Eaton (Dublin, Ireland – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Manufacturing) for Intelligent Power Manager™ software version 1.52
Wipro Limited (Bangalore, Karnataka, India – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Information Technology Services) for Treasury DNA Decisions and Analytics

Integrated Security (Services) – Innovations
Gold Winner
Lastline, Inc (Redwood City, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Security Software) for Lastline Enterprise v7.11 

Integrated Security (Software) – Innovations
Gold Winner
Infinite Computer Solutions (Rockville, MD USA – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Business Products and Services) for Zyter v1
Silver Winner
Lastline, Inc (Redwood City, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Security Software) for Lastline Enterprise v7.11 

Internet of Things (IoT)
Gold Winner
Geotab Inc. (Oakville, Ontario, Canada – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Automotive, Transportation, Storage, and Logistics) for GO TALK v1
Silver Winner
Digi International (Minnetonka, MN USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Engineering and Technology) for Digi Connect® Sensor

Managed File Transfer – Innovations
Gold Winner
Globalscape (San Antonio, TX USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Software) for EFT Cloud Services (2015 version of the cloud service)

Mobile Innovative Products or Services – Innovations
Gold Winner
Forter (San Francisco, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS/Internet) for Forter: Decision as a Service Fraud Prevention

Mobile Security Solution – Innovations
Gold Winner
Zimperium (San Francisco, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Security Software) for Mobile Threat Protection v3.0

Network Management and Intelligence – Innovations
Gold Winner
Savvius, Inc. (Walnut Creek, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Hardware) for Savvius Insight 2.0

Privileged Access Management – Innovations
Gold Winner
Thycotic (Washington, DC USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Security Software) for Thycotic Secret Server 9.0
Silver Winner
SSH Communications Security (Helsinki, Finland – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Security Hardware) for CryptoAuditor v1.5

Remote Access Solution – Innovations
Gold Winner
Glance Networks (Arlington, MA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS) for Glance Panorama v3.0
Silver Winner
HOB GmbH & Co. KG (Cadolzburg, Bavaria, Germany – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Security Software) for HOB RD VPN v2.2

Risk Management Solution
Gold Winner
Forter (San Francisco, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS/Internet) for Forter: Decision as a Service Fraud Prevention
Silver Winner
RiskSense, Inc (Sunnyvale, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Security Software) for RiskSense Platform v5.1
Bronze Winner
RiskVision Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Security Software) for RiskVision Threat and Vulnerability Management v8.0

Security Software (New or Upgrade version) – Innovations
Gold Winner
SignalSense, Inc. (Seattle, WA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Software) for SignalSense Active Breach Detection Platform v1
Silver Winner
HOB GmbH & Co. KG (Cadolzburg, Bavaria, Germany – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Security Software) for HOB RD VPN v2.2
Bronze Winners
Carbon Black (Southborough, MA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Security Software) for Converged Endpoint Platform v6
Lastline, Inc (Redwood City, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Security Software) for Lastline Enterprise v7.11 

Security Solution for Enterprise (Large) – Innovations
Gold Winner
Securonix (Los Angeles, CA USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Security Services) for SNYPR™, Security Analytics for Hadoop v1
Silver Winner
Lastline, Inc (Redwood City, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Security Software) for Lastline Enterprise v7.11 

Security Solution for Enterprise (Medium) – Innovations
Gold Winner
Lastline, Inc (Redwood City, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Security Software) for Lastline Enterprise v7.11 

Storage Software – Innovations
Gold Winner
ioFABRIC Inc. (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Software) for ioFABRIC Vicinity v1.1
Silver Winner
Securonix (Los Angeles, CA USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Security Services) for SNYPR™, Security Analytics for Hadoop v1

Training and Education
Gold Winner
Popcorn Training (Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Education and Training) for Popcorn Training Cloud “Cyber Heroes” v1
Silver Winner
Wombat Security Technologies (Pittsburgh, PA USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Security Software) for CyberStrength Knowledge Assessment v3.0
Bronze Winners
Cisco Systems, Inc. (San Jose, CA USA – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Information Technology Services) for Cisco Training on Demand: IWAN Partner Enablement v1.0
futurethink (New York, NY USA – 1 – 10 Employees – Industry: Others – Business Training and Innovation) for The Innovation Portal
MediaPro Holdings, LLC (Bothell, WA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Education and Training) for Adaptive Awareness Portal v1.0

User Behavior Analytics (UBA) – Innovations
Gold Winner
Balabit (Budapest, Hungary – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Security Software) for Blindspotter v1
Silver Winner
Niara, Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Security Software) for Niara
Bronze Winners
Fortscale (San Mateo, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Others – Enterprise Security) for Fortscale 2.5
Securonix (Los Angeles, CA USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Security Services) for SNYPR™, Security Analytics for Hadoop v1

Virtual Office Technology – Innovations
Gold Winner
8×8, Inc (San Jose, CA USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Telecommunications) for 8×8 Virtual Office Meetings v2.x

VPN/IPSec/SSL – Innovations
Gold Winner
HOB GmbH & Co. KG (Cadolzburg, Bavaria, Germany – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Security Software) for HOB RD VPN v2.2

Vulnerability Assessment and Remediation – Innovations
Gold Winner
Code Dx, Inc. (Northport, NY USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Security Software) for Code Dx v2.2
Silver Winner
RiskSense, Inc (Sunnyvale, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Security Software) for RiskSense Platform v5.1

Human Resources

Human Resources Executive of the Year
Gold Winner
Jackie Ellis, VP of Human Resources – Creative Lodging Solutions (Lexington, KY USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Hospitality, Travel, Recreation, and Leisure)

Human Resources Team of the Year
Gold Winner
Jonathan Swain, Chief Administrative Officer & Senior Vice President, External Relations – FedBid, Inc. (Vienna, VA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Others… Acquisition Services) Members of the Team include: Kate Hinger, Linh Chu and Cally Stone

Human Resources Department of the Year
Gold Winner
Kimberly Krenzler, Vice President Human Resources – RevenueWire Inc. (Victoria, BC Canada – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Internet/Cloud Computing)

Innovation of the Year in Industries from all over the World

Best Product or Service of the Year
Gold Winner
American Express Global Business Travel (New York, NY USA – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Hospitality, Travel, Recreation, and Leisure) for Proactive Traveler Care
Silver Winner
Corero Network Security (Hudson, MA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Security Hardware) for SmartWall Threat Defense System v8.13
Bronze Winners
Arbor Networks (Burlington, MA USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Security Services) for Arbor Networks DDoS Protection Portfolio v8.0
Seceon (Westford, MA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Security Software) for Open Threat Management Platform v2.2

Energy Industry Innovations

Best Product or Service of the Year – 11 – 99 Employees
Gold Winner
Envision Solar International, Inc. (San Diego, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Business Products and Services) for The First Fully Transportable Solar Powered EV Charging Station
Silver Winner
Preferred Sands (Radnor, PA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Energy & Utilities) for Preferred Polymeric Proppants – Chrome
Bronze Winner
Renogy (Ontario, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Energy & Utilities) for The Lycan Powerbox v1.0

Best Product or Service of the Year – 100 – 499 Employees
Gold Winner
Tripwire (Portland, OR USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Software) for NERC Solution Suite: Energy and Utilities Cyber Threat Detection
Silver Winner
Love Energy Savings (Bolton, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Energy & Utilities) for Track My Switch

Best Product or Service of the Year – 500 – 2,499 Employees
Gold Winner
EnerNOC, Inc. (Boston, MA USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Software) for Energy Intelligence Software (EIS) for Enterprises

Marketing Awards

Marketing Executive of the Year
Gold Winner
Tom Flynn, Chief Marketing Officer – Lavante (San Jose, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS)
Silver Winner
Peter Isaacson, Chief Marketing Officer – Demandbase (San Francisco, CA USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Others – Marketing Technology)
Bronze Winner
Satveer Chatha, Marketing Specialist – BDNA (Mountain View, CA USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Software) 

Marketing Team of the Year
Gold Winner
Bruce Stewart, Chief Marketing Officer – Constellation (Baltimore, MD USA – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Energy & Utilities) Members of the Team include: Kristina Gregory, Abby Zaniel, Greg Fox, Leann Emmart, David Kington, David Leone
Silver Winner
Terri Merte, Senior Vice President – Marketing – Thomson Reuters (Dexter, MI, USA – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Accounting, Banking, and Financial Services) Members of the Team include: Matt Jagst, Dana Greenstein, Cindy Wood, Sean Turner, Christina Wiseman, Wendy Hains, Vincent Piscopo, Christine Pompa
Bronze Winners
Jody Applebaum, Director of Customer Acquisition and Business – Cisco Systems, Inc. (San Jose, CA USA – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Information Technology Services) Members of the Team include: Venita Valencia, Sonia Chavez, Lilian Lu, Kuniko Oka, Angela Mendoza, Andy Mello, Marilou Tani, Phil Devera, Laura Freeman, Nicole Sanchez, Nicole Kimmick, Yvette Rodriguez, Gary Pfitzer
Lisa Baergen, Director of Marketing – NuData Security (Vancouver, BC Canada – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Security Software) Members of the Team include: Karen Taylor, Stephanie Charette

Marketing Achievement of the Year
Gold Winner
Chris Arrendale, CEO & Principal Deliverability Consultant – Inbox Pros (Atlanta, GA USA – 1 – 10 Employees – Industry: Consulting) for Email Deliverability Monitoring to Increase Client Revenue

Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

CEO of the Year -1 – 10 Employees
Gold Winner
Coy Christmas, CEO & Co-Founder – Fasetto (Superior, WI USA – 1 – 10 Employees – Industry: Consumer Products and Services)
Silver Winner
Ali Omoomy, Founder & CEO – MyHopscotch (Novato, CA USA – 1 – 10 Employees – Industry: Consumer Products and Services) 

CEO of the Year – 11 – 99 Employees
Gold Winner
Debbie Madden, CEO – Stride (New York, NY USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Business Products and Services)

CEO of the Year – 100 – 499 Employees
Gold Winner
Peter Loewy, Chairman & CEO – Teles Properties (Beverly Hills, CA USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Real Estate & Construction) 
Silver Winner
Michael Tetterton, CEO/Founder – Creative Lodging Solutions (Lexington, KY USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Hospitality, Travel, Recreation, and Leisure)
Bronze Winner
Laura O’Shaughnessy, Founder and CEO – SocialCode (New York, NY USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Business Products and Services)

CEO of the Year – 500 – 2,499 Employees
Gold Winner
Kirk Krappe, Founder and CEO – Apttus (San Mateo, CA USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS) 

Executives

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

Executive of the Year – Automotive, Transportation, Storage, and Logistics
Gold Winner
Jose R. Costa, Group President – Driven Brands (Charlotte, NC USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Automotive, Transportation, Storage, and Logistics)

Executive of the Year – Business Products and Services
Gold Winner
Daniel Gold, Chief Operating Officer and CEO – Future Energy Solutions (Fort Lauderdale, FL USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Business Products and Services)
Silver Winner
Kawthar Makahlah, Founder/CEO – BCI Group of Investment Companies (Dubai, United Arab Emirates – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Business Products and Services)
Bronze Winners
Debbie Madden, CEO – Stride (New York, NY USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Business Products and Services)
Laura O’Shaughnessy, Founder and CEO – SocialCode (New York, NY USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Business Products and Services)

Executive of the Year – Consumer Products and Services
Gold Winner
Ali Omoomy, Founder & CEO – MyHopscotch (Novato, CA USA – 1 – 10 Employees – Industry: Consumer Products and Services)  
Silver Winner
Coy Christmas, CEO & Co-Founder – Fasetto (Superior, WI USA – 1 – 10 Employees – Industry: Consumer Products and Services)

Executive of the Year – Cloud Computing/SaaS/Internet
Gold Winner
Tim Armandpour, Senior Vice President of Product Development – PagerDuty (San Francisco, CA, USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS/Internet)
Silver Winner
Craig Malloy, CEO – Lifesize (Austin, TX USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS/Internet)
Bronze Winners
Dave Kellogg, CEO – Host Analytics, Inc. (Redwood City, CA USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS/Internet)
Govindraj Muthyalu, CEO – Cashpundit Inc. (Valley Cottage, NY USA – 1 – 10 Employees – Industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS/Internet)
Kirk Krappe, Founder and CEO – Apttus (San Mateo, CA USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS) 

Executive of the Year – Information Technology Services
Gold Winner
Sushrut Shrotri, Managing Partner – Novus Global Solutions (North Brunswick, NJ USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Services)

Executive of the Year – Information Technology Software
Gold Winner
Flint Brenton, CEO – CollabNet (San Francisco, CA USA 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Software)

Executive of the Year – Security Services
Gold Winner
Tanuj Gulati, Co-founder & CTO – Securonix (Los Angeles, CA USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Security Services)

Executive of the Year – Security Software
Gold Winner
Stuart McClure, CEO and Co-founder – Cylance (Irvine, CA USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Security Software)

Executive of the Year – Telecommunications
Gold Winner
Richard D. Calder, Jr., President and CEO – GTT Communications, Inc. (McLean, VA USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Telecommunications)

Chief Operations Officer (COO) of the Year
Gold Winner
Shelley Predmore, COO/CIO – Creative Lodging Solutions (Lexington, KY USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Hospitality, Travel, Recreation, and Leisure)

Entrepreneur-Founder Of The Year
Gold Winner
Michael Tetterton, CEO/Founder – Creative Lodging Solutions (Lexington, KY USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Hospitality, Travel, Recreation, and Leisure)

Management Team of the Year
Gold Winner
Stephen Finnegan, General Manager – Makers Nutrition (Hauppauge, NY USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Wholesale & Distribution) Members of the Team include: Chris Zecha
Silver Winner
Keith Menin, Principal – Menin Hospitality (Miami Beach, FL USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Hospitality, Travel, Recreation, and Leisure) Members of the Team include: Jared Galbut
Bronze Winner
Bethany Mayer, President and CEO – Ixia (Calabasas, CA USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Hardware) Members of the Team include: Alex Pepe, Brent Novak, Chris Williams, Dennis Cox, Marie Hattar, Errol Ginsberg, Hans-Peter Klaey, Walker Colston, Matt Alexander

Women in Business and the Professions

Gold Winner
Best Entrepreneur or Founder (Woman) of the Year
Lina Ramos, Chief Business Officer, Executive Vice President – Source Intelligence (Carlsbad, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Software) 
Silver Winner
Heidi Burkhart, Founder and President – Dane Real Estate (New York, NY USA – 1 – 10 Employees – Industry: Real Estate & Construction)
Bronze Winners
Neslihan Hidirligil, Presdient – N&F Global Corp (Hauppauge, NY USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Retail)
Yi Li, Founder & CEO – Renogy (Ontario, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Energy & Utilities)

Best Product or Program Professional (Woman) of the Year
Gold Winner
Jean Rakich, Director, Training, Consulting and Implementation Services- Thomson Reuters (Dexter, MI, USA – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Accounting, Banking, and Financial Services)
Silver Winner
Christine Jacobs, Director, Certifications and Delivery – Cisco Systems, Inc. (San Jose, CA USA – Others… Infotech Services, Software and Hardware)

Best Sales Women of the Year
Gold Winner
Cindy Rudovich, Chief Sales Officer – Creative Lodging Solutions (Lexington, KY USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Hospitality, Travel, Recreation, and Leisure)

Best Women Professional of the Year
Gold Winner
Michelle Fleury, Chief Data Protection Officer – Cisco Systems, Inc. (San Jose, CA USA – Information Technology Services)
Silver Winner
Edna M. Conway, Chief Security Officer, Global Value Chain – Cisco Systems, Inc. (Merrimack, NH US – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Others… Information and Communications Technology)
Bronze Winner
Bhavna Ahuja, Sr. Director, Finance & Operations – Novus Global Solutions (North Brunswick, NJ USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Services)

Executive of the Year (Woman) – Accounting, Banking, Financial, and Insurance
Gold Winner
Bobbi Leach, CEO – FuturePay (Victoria, British Columbia, Canada – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Accounting, Banking, Financial, and Insurance)

Executive of the Year (Woman) – Advertising, Marketing, & Public Relations
Gold Winner
Kate Talbot, Communications Manager – Klick Communications (Santa Monica, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Advertising, Marketing, & Public Relations) 

Executive of the Year (Woman) – Business Products and Services
Gold Winner
Laura O’Shaughnessy, Founder and CEO – SocialCode (New York, NY USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Business Products and Services)

Executive of the Year (Woman) – Cloud Computing/SaaS/Internet
Gold Winner
Tara Haas, Senior Vice President, Chief of Staff – LogMeIn, Inc. (Boston, MA USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS/Internet) 

Executive of the Year (Woman) – Engineering and Technology
Gold Winner
Maya Strelar-Migotti, Interim Co-Chief Executive Officer and Executive Vice President, Smart Networked Devices and Solutions (SNDS) Business Group – Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA USA – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Engineering and Technology) 

Executive of the Year (Woman) – Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech, Health Products & Services
Gold Winner
Pam Reynolds, Chief Development Officer – TASC (Total Administrative Services Corporation) (Madison, WI USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech, Health Products & Services)

Executive of the Year (Woman) – Hospitality, Travel, Recreation, and Leisure
Gold Winner
Carolyn Hundley, Chief Culture and Development Officer – Creative Lodging Solutions (Lexington, KY USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Hospitality, Travel, Recreation, and Leisure)

Executive of the Year (Woman) – Information Technology Services
Gold Winner
Michelle Dennedy, Vice President and Chief Privacy Officer – Cisco Systems, Inc. (San Jose, CA USA – Information Technology Services)

Executive of the Year (Woman) – Information Technology Software
Gold Winner
Melissa Puls, Chef Marketing Officer (CMO) – Progress (Bedford, MA USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Software)

Executive of the Year (Woman) – Others
Gold Winner
Edna M. Conway, Chief Security Officer, Global Value Chain – Cisco Systems, Inc. (Merrimack, NH US – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Others… Information and Communications Technology)

Mentor of the Year (Woman)
Gold Winner
Lisa Calkins, CEO – Amadeus Consulting (Boulder, CO USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Consulting) 

Most Innovative Executive

Most Innovative Executive of the Year
Gold Winner
Jonathan Price, CEO – Virtual Incentives (Fishkill, NY USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Business Products and Services) for Pioneer in the incentive and reward industry
Silver Winner
Tanuj Gulati, Co-founder & CTO – Securonix (Los Angeles, CA USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Security Services) for Innovation on the leading edge of security analytics
Bronze Winner
Matt Thorn, Chief Operating Officer and co-founder – Source Intelligence (Carlsbad, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Software) for Entrepreneurial Architect Helps the World Become a Better Place

Best Deployments from all over the world

Best Deployment of the Year in Canada
Gold Winner
Cybera (Franklin, TN USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Services) for Cybera Protects Hundereds of Locations in Record Time
Silver Winner
Consolidated Gypsum and Roofing Supply (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Materials & Construction) for Consolidated Gypsum and Roofing Supply Launches Epicor BisTrack – Nominated by Epicor Software Corporation

Best Deployment of the Year in Latin America
Gold Winner
Comestibles Aldor SAS (Cali, Valle de Cauca, Colombia – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Manufacturing) for Epicor ERP successfully deployed in three locations of Grupo Aldor

Best Deployment of the Year in U.S.A.
Gold Winner
Netsertive (Morrisville, NC USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Others – Digital Marketing) for Serta’s Holiday Digital Marketing Campaign Bumps Local Partners by 20%
Silver Winner
Bastille (Atlanta, GA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Services) for Bastille discovered a security vulnerability affecting billions of devices/networks

Public Relations (In-house or External Agency)

Public Relations Executive of the Year
Gold Winner
Ilissa Miller, Founder and CEO – iMiller Public Relations (Mamaroneck, NY USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Telecommunications) 
Silver Winner
Kate Talbot, Communications Manager – Klick Communications (Santa Monica, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Advertising, Marketing, & Public Relations)

Public Relations Innovation of the Year
Gold Winner
Credit Sesame Inc. (Mountain View, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Financial Services and Banking) for Super Credit Tuesday

Public Relations Achievement of the Year – Accounting, Banking, and Financial Services
Gold Winner
Thomson Reuters (Dexter, MI, USA – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Accounting, Banking, and Financial Services) for Thomson Reuters Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) Integrated Product Launch Campaign – Business-to-Business Campaign 
Silver Winner
Thomson Reuters (Dexter, MI, USA – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Accounting, Banking, and Financial Services) for Onvio Rollout Campaign – Product Brand Development Campaign

Public Relations Achievement of the Year – Advertising, Marketing, & Public Relations
Gold Winner
Scott Public Relations (Canoga Park, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Advertising, Marketing, & Public Relations) for Better Together: High Tech and High Touch – The Patient-Physician Relationship in the New Millennium – Healthcare Campaign
Silver Winner
Blaze PR (Los Angeles, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Advertising, Marketing, & Public Relations) for The Outlets at Orange Go Mission Pink – Nonprofit Campaign

Public Relations Achievement of the Year – Business Products and Services
Gold Winner
CV-Library (Fleet, Hampshire, United Kingdom – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Business Products and Services) for CV-Library’s Media Launch – Media Coverage Campaign

Public Relations Achievement of the Year – Non-Profit or Government Organizations
Gold Winner
Luwian Studies (Zurich, Switzerland – 1 – 10 Employees – Industry: Non-Profit or Government Organizations) for World War Zero – Agency: science communications GmbH

Corporate Communications

Corporate Communications Team of the Year
Gold Winner
Joie Healy, Corporate Social Media Lead – Cisco Systems, Inc. (San Jose, CA USA – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Information Technology Services) Members of the Team include: Brittany Coletti, Kirsten Chiala, Mary Bradburne, Niranajana Rengarajan, Sophia Lin, Stephanie Chan, Hau Nguyen, Rommel Bermudez
Silver Winner
Jared Tipton, Exec Director Corporate Communications – Cepheid (Sunnyvale, CA USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech, Health Products & Services) Members of the Team include Darwa Peterson, Bijal Patel, Barbara Colletta, Rene Varro, Juanita Westover, Katie Coleman, Nicki Santoya, Delphine Dejonckheere, Marianne Daouben, Sophie Aumonier

Apps, Live Events, Publications, Videos, Websites, and White Papers

Best Apps of the Year
Gold Winner
WPS Office Software (Palo Alto, CA USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS/Internet) for WPS Office
Silver Winner
j2 Cloud Services (Los Angeles, CA USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Services) for eFax Fax App – Send & Receive Faxes – Creative and Production credits – Marketing: JR Batas, Marc Sobul; Product Managers: Helen Phung, Reno Picconi; Project Managers: Jim Belden, Cecily Fong; UX: Michael Frazier; Engineers: Kirk Freeman, John Kalstrom, Scott Lee, Shuki Lehavi, Jose Hernandez, Min Yang; QA Team: Arthur Lopez, Jesse Thomburg

Best Blog of the Year
Gold Winner
Masergy Communications, Inc. (Plano, TX USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Services) for Masergy Blog: Transforming Enterprise IT

Collateral or Publication of the Year – Best Annual Report – Online/Digital
Gold Winner
Cepheid (Sunnyvale, CA USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech, Health Products & Services) for 2014 Annual Report – Creative and Production: Jared Tipton Exec Director Corporate Communications, Kristin Bialaszewski Designer, John Harrison Photographer, Kent Clemenco Photographer, Daniel Peak Photographer, Philippe Lee Photographer

Collateral or Publication of the Year – Best Marketing or Sales Brochure or Kit – Online/Digital
Gold Winner
Alignment Healthcare (Orange, CA, USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech, Health Products & Services) for Changing Healthcare One Patient at a Time

Collateral or Publication of the Year – Best Newsletter or Magazine – Online/Digital
Gold Winner
Alignment Healthcare (Orange, CA, USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech, Health Products & Services) for Alignment Newsletter

Best Live Event – Brand Experience Event
Gold Winner
Globoforce (Southborough, MA USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Human Resources) for Globoforce’s WorkHuman 2016 Conference

Best Live Event – Corporate Image Event
Gold Winner
Globoforce (Southborough, MA USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Human Resources) for Globoforce’s WorkHuman 2016 Conference

Best Live Event – Exhibition Display, Stand or Feature
Gold Winner
Globoforce (Southborough, MA USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Human Resources) for Globoforce’s 2015 SHRM Conference Candy Booth (October 2015)

Best Live Event – Internal Company Event
Gold Winner
Envolve (Clayton, MO USA – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech, Health Products & Services) for Envolve Internal Brand Launch

Video of the Year – Brand Awareness or Entertainment
Gold Winner
Verne Global (Falls Church, VA USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Others: Data Center) for Verne Global Data Center Fly-Through Tour
Silver Winner
Kebony (Oslo, Norway – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Envrionmental Products and Services) for Kebony Technology
Bronze Winner
Alignment Healthcare (Orange, CA, USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech, Health Products & Services) for Changing Health Care One Person at a Time

Video of the Year – Motivational
Gold Winner
Copart (Dallas, TX USA – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Automotive, Transportation, Storage, and Logistics) for Texas Catastrophe Response

Video of the Year – Sales: Product or Service
Gold Winner
Wipro Limited (Bangalore, Karnataka, India – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Information Technology Services) for Treasury DNA Decisions and Analytics

Video of the Year – Thought Leadership
Gold Winner
Securonix (Los Angeles, CA USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Security Services) for Cyber Security Visionaries
Silver Winner
Thomson Reuters (Dexter, MI, USA – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Accounting, Banking, and Financial Services) for Thomson Reuters Tax Talk Video Series: Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS)

Website of the Year – Best Interface Design
Gold Winner
Dun & Bradstreet (Short Hills, NJ USA – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Information Technology Services)
Silver Winner
Constellation (Baltimore, MD USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Energy & Utilities)

Website of the Year – Best Overall Web Design
Gold Winner
Dun & Bradstreet (Short Hills, NJ USA – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Information Technology Services)

Website of the Year – Best Product/Service Site
Gold Winner
SignUpGenius (Charlotte, NC USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Services)
Silver Winner
Makers Nutrition (Hauppauge, NY USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Wholesale & Distribution) 
Bronze Winner
Wipro Limited (Bangalore, Karnataka, India – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Information Technology Services) 

Website of the Year – Best Web Writing/Content
Gold Winner
Go To Court Lawyers (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Legal)
Silver Winner
Dun & Bradstreet (Short Hills, NJ USA – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Information Technology Services)
Bronze Winner
SignUpGenius (Charlotte, NC USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Services)

White Paper or Research Report of the Year
Gold Winner
ARIIX, LLC (Bountiful UT USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Consumer Products and Services) for Jouvé Dark Spot Corrector and Brightening Cream
Silver Winner
Brandify (Anaheim, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Software) for Small Data, Big Deal
Bronze Winners
Verne Global (Falls Church, VA USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Others: Data Center) for Energy Availability and the Disconnect with Data
Wipro Limited (Bangalore, Karnataka, India – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Information Technology Services) for Approaching technology decisions in the treasury function

Company/Organization and Startup

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

Company of the Year – Advertising, Marketing, & Public Relations
Gold Winner
Remove Names (Baltimore, MD USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Advertising, Marketing, & Public Relations)
Silver Winners
Blaze PR (Los Angeles, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Advertising, Marketing, & Public Relations)
Scott Public Relations (Canoga Park, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Advertising, Marketing, & Public Relations)

Company of the Year – Business Products and Services
Gold Winner
Future Energy Solutions (Fort Lauderdale, FL USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Business Products and Services)
Silver Winner
Stride (New York, NY USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Business Products and Services)
Bronze Winner
SocialCode (New York, NY USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Business Products and Services)

Company of the Year – Cloud Computing/SaaS/Internet
Gold Winner
Host Analytics, Inc. (Redwood City, CA USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS/Internet)
Silver Winner
Zyme Solutions (Redwood Shores, CA USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS)
Bronze Winner
Avangate (Atlanta, GA USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS/Internet) 

Company of the Year – Consumer Products and Services
Gold Winner
Jeunesse Global (Lake Mary, FL USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Consumer Products and Services) 

Company of the Year – Hospitality, Travel, Recreation, and Leisure
Gold Winner
Creative Lodging Solutions (Lexington, KY USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Hospitality, Travel, Recreation, and Leisure)

Company of the Year – Human Resources
Gold Winner
RiseSmart (San Jose, CA USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Human Resources) 

Company of the Year – Information Technology Services
Gold Winner
Cybera (Franklin, TN USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Services)
Silver Winner
Novus Global Solutions (North Brunswick, NJ USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Services)

Company of the Year – Information Technology Software
Gold Winner
Centage Corporation (Natick, MA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Software)
Silver Winner
Source Intelligence (Carlsbad, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Software) 

Company of the Year – Legal
Gold Winner
Wolters Kluwer’s BizFilings (Madison, WI USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Legal)

Company of the Year – Security Services
Gold Winner
Arbor Networks (Burlington, MA USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Security Services) 

Company of the Year – Security Software
Gold Winner
Kount (Boise, ID USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Security Software)

Business Expansion of the Year (e.g. new markets, new partners, new regions, etc.)
Gold Winner
PJ Lhuillier Group of Companies (Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Accounting, Banking, Financial, and Insurance)

Company Growth of the Year (e.g. new products, new offices, new employees, etc.)
Gold Winner
Renogy (Ontario, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Energy & Utilities) 
Silver Winner
ARIIX, LLC (Bountiful UT USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Consumer Products and Services)
Bronze Winner
Forter (San Francisco, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS/Internet) 

Corporate Social Responsibility Program of the Year
Gold Winner
Advance Financial (Nashville, TN USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Accounting, Banking, Financial, and Insurance)
Silver Winner
OptumRx (Irvine, CA USA – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech, Health Products & Services) 
Bronze Winner
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 Winner
Novus Global Solutions (North Brunswick, NJ USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Services)

Fastest Growing Company of the Year (sales revenue percentage wise growth)
Gold Winner
Inneractive (Tel Aviv, Israel – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Advertising, Marketing, & Public Relations) 
Silver Winner
iWorkGlobal (San Francisco, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Human Resources)
Bronze Winners
GTT Communications, Inc. (McLean, VA USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Telecommunications)
Motive Interactive (San Diego, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Advertising, Marketing, & Public Relations)
VertaMedia LLC (New York, NY USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Advertising, Marketing, & Public Relations) 

Innovative Company of the Year
Gold Winner
RES (Radnorm PA USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Software)
Silver Winner
RiseSmart (San Jose, CA USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Human Resources)  
Bronze Winners
Forter (San Francisco, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS/Internet)  
Future Energy Solutions (Fort Lauderdale, FL USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Business Products and Services)
Lastline, Inc (Redwood City, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Security Software)
VertaMedia LLC (New York, NY USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Advertising, Marketing, & Public Relations) 

Startup of the Year – Accounting, Banking, Financial, and Insurance
Gold Winner
FuturePay (Salt Lake City, UT USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Accounting, Banking, Financial, and Insurance) June 2013

Startup of the Year – Advertising, Marketing, & Public Relations
Gold Winner
Drawbridge (San Mateo, CA USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Advertising, Marketing, & Public Relations) January 2011

Startup of the Year – Business Products and Services
Gold Winner
Stride (New York, NY USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Business Products and Services) April 2014
Silver Winner
Resume-Library (Boston, MA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Business Products and Services) July 2014

Startup of the Year – Cloud Computing/ SaaS/ Internet
Gold Winner
Cashpundit Inc. (Valley Cottage, NY USA – 1 – 10 Employees – Industry: Cloud Computing/ SaaS/ Internet) August 2012
Silver Winner
Allbound (Phoenix, AZ USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS/Internet) August 2014
Bronze Winner
Enplug (Culver City, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS/Internet) October 2012

Startup of the Year – Consulting
Gold Winner
Inbox Pros (Atlanta, GA USA – 1 – 10 Employees – Industry: Consulting) November 2014

Startup of the Year – Consumer Products and Services
Gold Winner
Allegiance, Inc (San Diego, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Consumer Products and Services) March 2014
Silver Winner
MyHopscotch (Novato, CA USA – 1 – 10 Employees – Industry: Consumer Products and Services) February 2015
Bronze Winner
Thegreenglovedryer (Portage, MI USA – 1 – 10 Employees – Industry: Consumer Products and Services) July 2014

Startup of the Year – Food & Beverage
Gold Winner
Grainful (Ithaca, NY USA – 1 – 10 Employees – Industry: Food & Beverage) January 2012

Startup of the Year – Human Resources
Gold Winner
Tasytt (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada – 1 – 10 Employees – Industry: Human Resources) January 2015

Startup of the Year – Information Technology Services
Gold Winner
IPVanish (Winter Park, FL USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Services) February 2012

Startup of the Year – Information Technology Software
Gold Winner
RippleNami (San Diego, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Software) February 2015 
Silver Winner
AppFormix (San Jose, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Software) September 2013
Bronze Winners
ioFABRIC Inc. (Toronto, Ontario, Canada – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Software) March 2015
Ostendio (Arlington, VA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Software) August 2013
SignalSense, Inc. (Seattle, WA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Software) April 2013

Startup of the Year – Retail
Gold Winner
Always Christmas in New York, Inc. (New York, NY USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Retail) June 2013

Startup of the Year – Security Hardware
Gold Winner
Datablink (McLean, VA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Security Hardware) November 2014

Startup of the Year – Security Software
Gold Winner
Seceon (Westford, MA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Security Software) January 2015
Silver Winner
SafeLogic (Palo Alto, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Security Software) July 2012
Bronze Winners
Carbon Black acquired Confer Technologies, Inc. (Southborough, MA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Security Software) January 2013
Deep Instinct (Tel Aviv, Israel – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Security Software) December 2014

Startup of the Year – Hospitality, Travel, Recreation, and Leisure
Gold Winner
LodgIQ (New York, NY USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Hospitality, Travel, Recreation, and Leisure) February 2016

Startup of the Year – Others
Gold Winner
Cybrary (Greenbelt, MD USA – 1 – 10 Employees – Industry: Others – Cybersecurity) January 2015

Product Management/ Development

Product Management/ Development Team of the Year
Gold Winner
Chris Ciapala, CEO and Lead Developer – Attendance on Demand (Livonia, MI USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Human Resources) Full Names of other Members of the Team: Chuck Deeds, Josh Ely, Joe Thompson, Beth Baerman, Rong Lu

International Business

International Business Executive of the Year
Gold Winner
Elite Bldg. Cont. Co. LLC (Dubai, UAE – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Real Estate and Construction) 

International Business Team of the Year
Gold Winner
Sal Pearce, Senior IT Manager – Cisco Systems, Inc. (San Jose, CA USA – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Information Technology Services) Members of the Team include: Gavin Singh Khaira, Pavan Sistla, Resmi Kuruppath, Maziyar Zarrabianfard, Francis-Virg David, Vanessa Panchal, Rashida Scott, Nicole Martinez, Lucy Roberts, Sharon Denchie, Cheryl Padula

International Business Achievement of the Year
Gold Winner
Jame Pu, Product Development Manager – Shenzhen Gateway Technology Co. Ltd (Guangdong, Shenzhen, China – Industry: Accounting, Banking, Financial, and Insurance) for Cloud GTS trading plaform benefit the end user (Goldenway Investments Holdings Limited)

Finance and Investor Relations

Finance or Investor Relations Executive of the Year
Gold Winner
Steve Cable, CFO – TASC (Total Administrative Services Corporation) (Madison, WI USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech, Health Products & Services)

Support

Support Team of the Year
Gold Winner
Susan Tukel, President – LECMPA (Southfield, MI USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Insurance) Members of the Team include: Christine Brayanis, Melissa Davis, Ryan Partyka, Carol Dudas, Pamela Heidel, Andrew Benoit, Theresa Shari, Mishia Hunwick

Support Department of the Year
Gold Winner
Nancy Haase, SVP of Quality Management – OptumRx (Irvine, CA USA – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech, Health Products & Services) 

Information Technology

Information Technology Executive of the Year
Gold Winner
Niel Nickolaisen, Senior Vice President and CTO – O.C. Tanner (Salt Lake City, UT USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Business Products and Services)

Information Technology Project/Team of the Year
Gold Winner
Manisha Patel, Director IT – Cisco Systems, Inc. (San Jose, CA USA – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Engineering and Technology) Members of the Team include: Senthil Kumar D, S Venky, Hari Shankar, Hemendra Madnawat, Aravind Kamath, Shen Chen, Deepa Kodanda,Beny T, Nayeem K
Silver Winner
Sal Pearce, Senior IT Manager – Cisco Systems, Inc. (San Jose, CA USA – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Information Technology Services) Members of the Team include: Gavin Singh Khaira, Pavan Sistla, Resmi Kuruppath, Maziyar Zarrabianfard, Francis-Virg David, Vanessa Panchal, Rashida Scott, Nicole Martinez, Lucy Roberts, Sharon Denchie, Cheryl Padula

Information Technology Department of the Year
Gold Winner
Kenneth M. Goldenberg, Director, Information Technology and Infrastructure, IT – Concert Pharmaceuticals (Lexington, MA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Pharmaceuticals) Key people in this Department include: Mike Manfredi, Seth Simmons

Information Technology Achievement of the Year
Gold Winner
SYSPRO (Costa Mesa, CA USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Software) for Fulfilling the Needs of Customers

Customer Service

Customer Service Team of the Year
Gold Winner
Chris French, Vice President of Customer Success for Globoforce – Globoforce (Southborough, MA USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Human Resources) Members of the Team include: Alice Ferguson, Amy Martin, Chris DePietro, Meghan Honan

Customer Service Department of the Year
Gold Winner
George Larribas, Treasury Management Head of Client Service – Wells Fargo (San Francisco, CA USA – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Financial Services and Banking)
Silver Winner
Cat Allday, Vice President, MyCase Customer Experience – MyCase (Goleta, CA USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS) 
Bronze Winners
Brian Slepko, SVP, Global Service Delivery – Rimini Street, Inc. (Las Vegas, NV USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Services) 
Jessy Hou, Customer Services Manager – Goldenway Investments Holdings Limited (Hong Kong, China – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Accounting, Banking, Financial, and Insurance)  
Manisha Patel, Director IT – Cisco Systems, Inc. (San Jose, CA USA – 2,500 or more Employees – Industry: Engineering and Technology) Members of the Team include: Senthil Kumar D, S Venky, Hari Shankar, Hemendra Madnawat, Aravind Kamath, Shen Chen, Deepa Kodanda,Beny T, Nayeem K

Customer Service Department of the Year
Gold Winner
Alicia Grissom, Westar Energy Customer Experience Representative – Westar Energy (Topeka, KS USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Utilities)
Silver Winner
Bob Harland, Vice President Oracle Global Support Services – Spinnaker Support (Greenwood Village, CO USA – 100 – 499 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Services) 
Bronze Winner
Jason Nierwienski, Customer Service Manager – CARCHEX (Hunt Valley, MD USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Automotive & Related Equipment)

Customer Service Achievement of the Year
Gold Winner
Brian Slepko, SVP, Global Service Delivery – Rimini Street, Inc. (Las Vegas, NV USA – 500 – 2,499 Employees – Industry: Information Technology Services) for Rimini Street’s Siebel Support Celebrates 10 Years of Incredible Performance

Milestone

Milestone of the Year 
Renogy (Ontario, CA USA – 11 – 99 Employees – Industry: Energy & Utilities) for New Corporate Location