Winners of the 11th Annual 2023 Globee Awards for Leadership
The Grand Globee winners in the 2023 Globee Awards for Leadership in alphabetical order
Best Version Media
Golden Hour
HALKBANK
PowerSchool
San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance
2023 Globee Awards for Leadership Winners
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
JC Legal | Hong Kong | A firm that helps startup and entrepreneurs to succeed |
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 Hospitality
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