Winners of the 11th Annual 2023 Globee Awards for Leadership
Achievement in Diversity
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
GEHA (Government Employees Health Association, Inc.) | Lee’s Summit, MO, United States | A 400% YOY increase for underrepresented dentistry enrollment at UMKC. |
SILVER GLOBEE® WINNER
HALKBANK | Istanbul, Turkiye | Halkbank supports Women Entrepreneurship |
Achievement in Innovation
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
HALKBANK | Istanbul, Turkiye | Halkbank introduced first wearable credit card form of a ring |
BRONZE GLOBEE® WINNER
CData Software | Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States | CData Connect Cloud makes data easily accessible for all employees. |
Company of the Year | Accounting, Banking, Financial, or Insurance
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNERS
HALKBANK | Istanbul, Turkiye | “The Bank of Productive Turkiye” Halkbank develops products and services |
Yapı Kredi Invest | Istanbul, Turkiye | Equity and derivatives markets transaction volume leader between 2018-2023 period |
Company of the Year | Advertising, Marketing, or Public Relations
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Best Version Media | Brookfield, Wisconsin, United States | Our award-winning culture was recently recognized by Glassdoor and Fortune. |
Company of the Year | Artificial Intelligence
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Skit.ai | New York City, New York, United States | Skit.ai Automates Collection Calls in the ARM Industry | Sourabh Gupta, Founder and CEO; Akshay Deshraj, Co Founder
Company of the Year | Automation or Robotics
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Sarcos Technology and Robotics Corporation | Salt Lake City, Utah, United States | Commercialized and expanded line of teleoperated robotics and software solution |
Company of the Year | Automotive, Transportation, Storage, and Logistics
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Tekion | Pleasanton, California, United States | End-to-end cloud platform modernizes the automotive retail industry |
Company of the Year | Cyber Security Products or Services
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd | San Carlos, California, United States | Inventing Cybersecurity Technologies to Prevent and Protect Companies Against Cyberattacks |
SILVER GLOBEE® WINNER
Forescout | San Jose, California, United States | Proactively innovating and providing security support amidst evolving threat landscapes |
Company of the Year | Information Technology Products or Services
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Ascendion | Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States | Expansion to Latin America and 100M investment in talent market | Karthik Krishnamurthy
Company of the Year | Manufacturing
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Resolute Forest Products | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | Resolute: an environmental supplier and employer of choice |
Company of the Year | Media or Entertainment
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
The Conversation | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | More than 7,000 academic articles were read 379,722,085 times. |
Company of the Year | Technology (all)
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Acellent Technologies, Inc. | Sunnyvale, California, United States | Continue to collaborate with key aviation players and US Government | Irene J. Li, Dr. Eva Chen, Roy Ikegami, Franklin Li, Grant J. Chang
Micro Business of the Year (1 – 10 Employees)
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Wayne Contracting | Maryland Heights, Missouri, United States | Forbes Next 1000 | Brad Burns
BRONZE GLOBEE® WINNER
Saint Verena Hospice Care, Inc. | Fullerton, California, United States | Achieved 300% revenue growth in 2021 & saved COVID patients. | Amparo Wang
Emerging Startups of the Year
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Proprio | Seattle, Washington, United States | MedTech startup creates platform; revolutionizing how surgeons “see” during surgery |
SALUBATA | Los Angeles, California, United States | We now have footprint in 40+ countries |
SILVER GLOBEE® WINNER
1903 Public Relations | Fresno, California, United States | Elevating Black and Brown Founders Who Would Otherwise Be Ignored |
Datamotive | Pune, Maharastra, India | It has completed its series A $3.8-million funding this year |
nSure.ai | Tel Aviv, Israel | Saves 87% of legitimate transactions that would be declined |
BRONZE GLOBEE® WINNER
BluXinga | Croton on Hudson, New York, United States | Developing software to transform HR with real-time feedback, employee empowerment. |
C-Success Academy by Patricia Wagner | Essex, United Kingdom | Winner of the Global Recognition and Woman of Influence Award | Patricia Wagner
ClearEstate | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | We’ve democratized estate administration services by leveraging technology, at scale. | Davide Pisanu, Co-founder and CEO, Alex Gauthier, Co-founder and CRO, Pascal Brisset, Co-founder and CTO
Coeuss | Aurora, Illinois, United States | Orchestrated a digital transformation, streamlining operations and enhancing agility | Latha Thammareddi
JC Legal | Hong Kong | A firm that helps startup and entrepreneurs to succeed |
Latha Thammareddi | Dallas Texas, United States | Nurtured 5 startups to global success, creating jobs and innovation | Latha Thammareddi
Phaiboonnukulkij Group | London, England, United Kingdom | Acquire 3 early stage technology companies and startups internationally. | Kolatat Phaiboonnukulkij
Royal Line Logistics | Cincinnati, Ohio, United States | Fostering a profitable, disciplined culture of safety, service, and trust | Rustamjon Isroilov
Smiling Heart CPR | Brunswick, Ohio, United States | leading by example | Dora Williams
TreeBlock S.r.l. | Milan, Italy | Revolutionizing business sustainability with TreeBlock’s integrated, transparent, and AI-driven platform. | Chief Executive Officer: Stefan Grbovic; Chief Operating Officer: Giuseppe De Bernardo
CEO Achiever | Advocate of the Year
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Starting Point International, LLC | Orlando, Florida, United States | Rapid development of the enterprise and global sales | JING WANG
CEO Achiever | Business Role Model of the Year
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Blue Diamond Property Group | Millers Point, New South Wales, Australia | Closing three high-profile deals valuing $500 million in 12 months. | Raquel Manning
CEO Achiever | Leader of the Year
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
PowerSchool | Folsom, California, United States | PowerSchool empowers 50 million students globally to learn their way. | Hardeep Gulati
SILVER GLOBEE® WINNER
HALKBANK | Istanbul, Turkiye | HALKBANK supports Turkish economy under leadership of Mr. Osman Arslan | Osman Arslan
BRONZE GLOBEE® WINNER
Kennected Inc | Indianapolis Indiana, United States | Leading Corporate Culture With Excellence in The Tech World | Devin Johnson
CEO Achiever | Lifetime Achievement Award
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Golden Hour | Spring, Texas, United States | Recipient of multiple business awards over a 25 year period | Melissa Fields Tugwell
CEO Achiever | Rising Star of the Year
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Partner.Co | Midvale, Utah, United States | Combined historically proven brands into one global, profitable partnership | Darren Zobrist
CEO of the Year | Accounting, Banking, Financial, or Insurance
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Innovation Refunds | Des Moines, Iowa, United States | Returned more than $4 billion to 12,000+ small/mid-sized US-based businesses | Howard Makler
SILVER GLOBEE® WINNER
Hagerty | Traverse City, Michigan, United States | Transformed Hagerty into a full-blown automotive lifestyle brand. | McKeel Hagerty
BRONZE GLOBEE® WINNER
HALKBANK | Istanbul, Turkiye | HALKBANK supports Turkish economy under leadership of Mr. Osman Arslan | Osman Arslan
CEO of the Year | Advertising, Marketing, or Public Relations
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Best Version Media | Brookfield, Wisconsin, United States | Rapid growth and a strong culture through uncertain times. | Kevin O’Brien
CEO of the Year | Business Products or Services
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Sorenson | Salt Lake City, Utah, United States | Revolutionizing how businesses connect with Deaf customers and employees. | Jorge Rodriguez
CEO of the Year | Cloud Computing, SaaS, or Internet
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
PowerSchool | Folsom, California, United States | PowerSchool empowers 50 million students globally to learn their way. | Hardeep Gulati
CEO of the Year | Cyber Security Products or Services
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
iboss | Boston, Massachusetts, United States | Visionary Leader of Zero Trust Security Company Holds 230+ Patents | Paul Martini
CEO of the Year | Food and Beverage
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Liquid I.V. | Los Angeles, California, United States | Under his leadership, the brand has grown 400% | Mike Keech
CEO of the Year | Information Technology Products or Services
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
AvePoint | Jersey City, New Jersey, United States | AvePoint became public after 20 years of TJ’s commitment. | Dr. Tianyi Jiang (TJ)
CEO of the Year | Others (all)
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance | San Diego, California, United States | Led SDZWA to evolve as a premier global conservation organization. | Paul A. Baribault
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
CoStar Group | Washington, D.C., United States | Driving the growth of CoStar Group and its employees | Andy Florance
CEO of the Year | Retail
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
CarParts.com | Torrance, California, United States | Reaching 12 straight quarters of Double-Digit YoY Sales Growth | David Meniane
CEO of the Year Global
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Whatfix | San Jose, California, United States | Khadim led Whatfix’s evolution into a multi-product company. | Khadim Batti
CEO of the Year in Europe, the Middle East or Africa
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
HALKBANK | Istanbul, Turkiye | HALKBANK supports Turkish economy under leadership of Mr. Osman Arslan | Osman Arslan
Entrepreneur of the Year | Advertising, Marketing, or Public Relations
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Conductor | New York City, New York, United States | Building a $75M+ company, working with over 1K brands | Seth Besmertnik
Executive of the Year | Advertising, Marketing, or Public Relations
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Best Version Media | Brookfield, Wisconsin, United States | O’Brien leads an award-winning culture recognized recently recognized by Glassdoor. | Kevin O’Brien
Executive of the Year | Business Products or Services
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Wolters Kluwer ELM Solutions | Houston, Texas, United States | Raja Sengupta elevates ELM Solutions as thought leader and technologist | Raja Sengupta
Executive of the Year | Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech, Health Products & Services
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Innova Solutions | Atlanta, Georgia, United States | Delivered healthcare technology solutions that contributed to treat severe illnesses | Vaibhav Srivastava
Executive of the Year | Technology (all)
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Informatica | Redwood City, Californa, United States | Created teams, delivered Generative AI product to customers within 3-months | Amreth Chandrasehar
Female CEO of the Year | Technology (all)
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Cologix, Inc. | Denver, Colorado, United States | First female CEO in Cologix’s history; oversaw $3.0B equity recapitalization. | Laura Ortman
Most Innovative Person of the Year | Artificial Intelligence
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
SunPower Corporation | Austin, Texas, United States | Transformed SunPower operations with 85% accurate AI forecasting model. | Karan Gupta
Most Innovative Person of the Year | Automation or Robotics
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Kodiak Robotics | Mountain View, California, United States | Development and Safe Deployment, Self Driving Autonomous Vehicles on public roads | Quresh Sutarwala
BRONZE GLOBEE® WINNER
Amazon Web Services | Seattle, Washington, United States | Led automation initiatives for launch management reporting for 300+ services | Sugandha Sahay
Most Innovative Person of the Year | Automotive, Transportation, Storage, and Logistics
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Tesla | Fremont, California, United States | Engineered and Launched Multiple Electric Vehicle programs | Karun Balachandran
BRONZE GLOBEE® WINNER
Individual Contributor | Miamisburg, Ohio, United States | Improves fuel efficiency, Engine longevity, reduction in consumer-cost and air-pollution | Saravanan Karuppiah
Most Innovative Person of the Year | Cloud Computing, SaaS, or Internet
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Individual Contributor | San Ramon, California, United States | Engineering P4 based compiler for NVIDIA’s revolutionizing blue-field DPU. | Sudheer Kandula
BRONZE GLOBEE® WINNER
Toast Inc | Boston, Massachusetts, United States | Spearheaded Cloud data restructuring, unblocking $5M plus in revenue. | Hemavantha Rajesh Varma Mudunuri
Most Innovative Person of the Year | Engineering and Technology
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Walmart Global Tech | Sunnyvale, California, United States | Improved Uber Rides and Eats p50 ETAs error by 15%. | Apurva Kumar
BRONZE GLOBEE® WINNER
Independent Researcher | Pleasanton, California, United States | Awardee of International Eminence Excellence Awards 2023 – Dubai. | Ajay Reddy Yeruva
Most Innovative Person of the Year | Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech, Health Products & Services
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Starkey | Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States | Led development of hearing aids that mimic the human brain. | Achin Bhowmik
BRONZE GLOBEE® WINNERS
compass | Dallas, Texas, United States | Honored by both prestigious Kings and Exclusive World Records. | Shriya Das
Individual Contributor | Miamisburg, Ohio, United States | Use a mobile device safely and reliably as a medical-device. | Saravanan Karuppiah
Most Innovative Person of the Year | Information Technology Products or Services
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Microsoft | Redmond, Washington, United States | Drove massive efficiencies at Microsoft for both customers and company. | Ameya Shastri Pothukuchi
Most Innovative Person of the Year | Media or Entertainment
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Pluto TV | West Hollywood, California, United States | Indian Achiever’s Award | Sandeep Rangineni
Most Innovative Person of the Year Global
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Salesforce | San Francisco, California, United States | Drove profitability through innovative strategy for expansion in the UAE | Tirtha Chavan
Executive Excellence of the Year in Manufacturing
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Starkey | Eden Prairie, Minnnesota, United States | Pioneering ear-brain technology in a groundbreaking hearing aid. | Brandon Sawalich
Executive Excellence of the Year in Others (all)
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Agilysys | Alpharetta, Georgia, United States | Transformed Agilysys, resulting in rapid growth/increase in shareholder value | Ramesh Srinivasan
Executive Excellence of the Year in Public Relations
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Media Minefield | Minnetonka, Minnesota, United States | Disrupting the PR industry to positively impact lives | Kristi Piehl
Executive Excellence of the Year in Sales
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Epicor | Austin, Texas, United States | Significant International SaaS growth despite political, social, and economic challenges | Andy Coussins
SILVER GLOBEE® WINNER
Imperva | San Mateo, California, United States | Rebuilt North America Sales organization in less than 12 months. | Marty Overman
Executive Excellence of the Year in Software and Coding
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Sonar | Vernier, Geneva, Switzerland | Founder of $4.7B Unicorn Solves Issue of Poor Code Quality | Olivier Gaudin
Chief Financial Officer of the Year
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance | San Diego, California, United States | Orchestrated a plan for sustainable finance to support global conservation. | David Franco
Chief Marketing Officer of the Year
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance | San Diego, California, United States | Connects millions with the transformative conservation impact of leading zoos. | David Miller
BRONZE GLOBEE® WINNER
Partner.Co | Midvale, Utah, United States | Led Partner.Co’s branding,mission, vision and values | Mark Patterson
Chief Operating Officer of the Year
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Navvis | St. Louis, Missouri, United States | Led innovative merger creating Surround Care, a first-of-its-kind healthcare company | Courtney Fortner
SILVER GLOBEE® WINNER
eCapital | Miamai, Florida, United States | Created eCapital’s innovative, proprietary systems, expediting its industry ascent. | Charles Sheppard
Chief Revenue Officer of the Year
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Zift Solutions | Cary, North Carolina, United States | Driving over $1B in revenue through channel partner programs | Heather Tenuto
Chief Strategy Officer of the Year
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
UiPath | New York City, New York, United States | Driving UiPath’s growth trajectory and surpassing billion-dollar revenue threshold | Brandon Deer
Chief Technology Officer of the Year
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Forescout | San Jose, California, United States | Led the development of an innovative XDR approach for enterprises. | Justin Foster
Thought Leadership in Digital Transformation and Social Media
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
HALKBANK | Istanbul, Turkiye | first bank branch and the first public bank in Metaverse |
Thought Leadership in Finance and Accounting
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
HALKBANK | Istanbul, Turkiye | “The Bank of Productive Turkiye” Halkbank develops products and services |
Thought Leadership in Healthcare and Wellness
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
International WELL Building Institute | New York City, New York, United States | Developed WELL Equity Rating, strategies to create equitable, people-first places. | Rachel Hodgdon
SILVER GLOBEE® WINNER
SecureKloud Technologies Inc | Pleasanton, California, United States | successfully led and implement telehealth projects and Remote Patient Monitoring | Rakesh Margam
BRONZE GLOBEE® WINNER
Compass | Dallas, Texas, United States | Honored by both prestigious Kings and Exclusive World Records. | Shriya Das
Thought Leadership in Information Technology:
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Asana | San Francisco, California, United States | Experienced tech leader driving innovation, user engagement, and mentorship. | Pratik Daga
BRONZE GLOBEE® WINNERS
Databricks | California, United States | Among Top 50 ProfilesSelected for PassionVistaMagazineCover Most Inspiring Global Indian | Mayur Katariya
Siritek Inc | Rolling Meadows, Illinois, United States | Delivered various IT solutions at various organizations managing many teams | Ravikiran Kandepu
TransUnion LLC | White Plains, New York, United States | Revolutionizing Consumer Wallet Accuracy with Unique Identifiers | Kaushikkumar Patel
Thought Leadership in Operations and Supply Chain
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Individual Contributor | Hollister, California, United States | #1 International Bestseller on Amazon – ‘The Sustainable Entrepreneur’ | Kumar Vijayendra
BRONZE GLOBEE® WINNER
Amazon.com | Austin, Texas, United States | Achieved above 94% instock rate for Amazon Fresh network | Anand Sharma
Top Leadership Team Achievement | Integration and Merging
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Partner.Co | Midvale, Utah, United States | Bringing four legacy brands under one forward-thinking roof | Darren Zobrist, John Wadsworth
Product-Service Leadership of the Year | Cloud Computing, SaaS, or Internet
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Impartner | South Jordan, Utah, United States | |
Product-Service Leadership of the Year | Cybersecurity
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Delinea | San Francisco, California, United States | |
Product-Service Leadership of the Year | Financial Services (Banking, Investment, and Insurance)
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
HALKBANK | Istanbul, Turkiye | |
BRONZE GLOBEE® WINNER
Akbank | Istanbul, Turkiye | |
Product-Service Leadership of the Year | Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Golden Hour | Spring, Texas, United States | |
Product-Service Leadership of the Year | Human Resources Solutions
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Atlas | Chicago, Illinois, United States | |
BRONZE GLOBEE® WINNER
HALKBANK | Istanbul, Turkiye | |
Achievement in Implementing Successful Marketing Campaigns
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Akbank | Istanbul, Turkiye | Pioneered the cultural transformation in terms of rapid penetration. |
Achievement in Website, Blog, or Online
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
The Conversation | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | More than 7,000 academic-articles were read 379,722,085 times |
Business Philanthropist of the Year
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
Oxagile | New York City, New York, United States | Gold Stevie Awards Winner with 450+ mentored people since 2021 | Andrey Maksimchenko
Corporate Social Responsibility Champion
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
HALKBANK | Istanbul, Turkiye | HALKBANK contributes Social Responsibility and Social Contribution Projects |
SILVER GLOBEE® WINNER
Chargebacks911 | Tampa Bay, Florida, United States | Supported hundreds of charities / nonprofits; raised millions for Florida schoolchildren | Monica Eaton
BRONZE GLOBEE® WINNER
Relanto Inc. | Cary, North Carolina, United States | Glory Of India Award in recognition contributions towards nation building | Rishi Kumar
Philanthropic Innovation Award
GOLD GLOBEE® WINNER
HALKBANK | Istanbul, Turkiye | HALKBANK contributes Social Responsibility and Social Contribution Projects |
BRONZE GLOBEE® WINNER
Full Vision AI | United States | AI powered VR headset to detect loss of field vision | Manas Joshi
Individual Contributor | | Incorporated cyber safety into education, empowering scholars for digital future | Pratik Jain
Individual Contributor | Dallas Texas, United States | Transforming Lives Through Education, One Scholar at a Time | Latha Thammareddi