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Management Awards

2014 Management Awards Categories Stevie® Award Winners

SF indicates a category that was awarded at the ABA's new product & tech awards ceremony in San Francisco on September 12, 2014. Other categories were awarded at the ABA's traditional banquet in Chicago on June 13.

Management Team of the Year - Business Products Industries
GOLD STEVIE WINNER:
CallidusCloud, Pleasanton, CA: Finance Team
SILVER STEVIE WINNER:
Quality Systems, Inc., Irvine, CA: Quality Systems, Inc.: Automating Healthcare for the Modern Era
BRONZE STEVIE WINNERS:
CallidusCloud, Pleasanton, CA: Alliances Team
Corning, Inc., Corning, NY

Management Team of the Year - Business Services Industries
GOLD STEVIE WINNER:
Kickstarter, Brooklyn, NY
SILVER STEVIE WINNER:
John Hancock Fund Administration (JHFA), Boston, MA: Efficiently Effective
BRONZE STEVIE WINNERS:
Farbman Group, Southfield, MI: Farbman Group Management Team
Quality Systems, Inc., Irvine, CA: Quality Systems, Inc.: Automating Healthcare for the Modern Era

Management Team of the Year - Consumer Products and Consumer Services Industries
GOLD STEVIE WINNER:
Medtech College, Atlanta, GA: Medtech College Management Team
BRONZE STEVIE WINNERS:
Best Doctors, Inc., Boston, MA: Best Doctors - Management Team of the Year
USANA Health Sciences, Salt Lake City, UT: USANA Health Sciences

Executive of the Year - Accounting
GOLD STEVIE WINNER:
Ryan, LLC, Dallas, TX: G. Brint Ryan
BRONZE STEVIE WINNER:
Kessler International, New York, NY: Michael G. Kessler, President & CEO

Executive of the Year - Advertising, Marketing, & Public Relations
GOLD STEVIE WINNER:
Adconion Direct, San Diego, CA: Amanda Currie, Senior Vice President
SILVER STEVIE WINNERS:
Accenture, Chicago, IL: Teresa Poggenpohl, Managing Director, Global Image
Yashi, Toms River, NJ: Jay Gould, CEO
BRONZE STEVIE WINNER:
MWW, East Rutherford, NJ: Michael W. Kempner, President, Founder & CEO

Executive of the Year - Business Services
GOLD STEVIE WINNER:
Roth Staffing Companies, L.P., Orange, CA: Adam Roth, President & COO
SILVER STEVIE WINNERS:
American Express Global Corporate Payments, New York, NY: Susan Sobbott, President, Global Corporate Payments
Answers Corporation, St. Louis, MO: David Karandish, CEO
Corps Solutions, Stafford, VA: Thomas Keogh, Owner/CEO
BRONZE STEVIE WINNER:
DCR Workforce, Inc., Boca Raton, FL: Ammu Warrier, President

Executive of the Year - Computer Hardware and Computer Services SF
GOLD STEVIE WINNER:
Quality Systems, Inc., Irvine, CA: Quality Systems' President/CEO Steven T. Plochocki: Automating Healthcare for the Modern Era
BRONZE STEVIE WINNERS:
Aventis Systems, Inc., Atlanta, GA: Hesam Lamei, President and Founder
Engility, Chantilly, VA: Ron Smits, Director of Readiness and Training Solutions
Good Technology, Sunnyvale, CA: Christy Wyatt, CEO

Executive of the Year - Computer Software - Up to 500 Employees SF
GOLD STEVIE WINNER:
Jasper, Mountain View, CA: Jahangir Mohammed, CEO
SILVER STEVIE WINNER:
IFS North America, Itasca, IL: Cindy Jaudon, President and CEO
BRONZE STEVIE WINNERS:
BlackLine Systems, Los Angeles, CA: BlackLine CEO Therese Tucker Attracts $220M Strategic Growth Investment from Silver Lake
BrightRoll, San Francisco, CA: Tod Sacerdoti, CEO and founder
Decipher, Fresno, CA: Kristin Luck, President and CMO
MyCityWay, New York, NY: Puneet Mehta, Co-Founder and CEO
Squarespace, New York, NY: Christa Collins, VP of Customer Care

Executive of the Year - Computer Software - More Than 500 Employees SF
GOLD STEVIE WINNER:
Responsys, San Bruno, CA: Dan Springer, CEO
SILVER STEVIE WINNERs:
Quality Systems, Inc., Irvine, CA: Quality Systems’ President/CEO Steven T. Plochocki: Automating Healthcare for the Modern Era
Sungard Availability Services, Wayne, PA: Nick Magliato, Chief Operating Officer, Managed Services
TIBCO Software, Inc., Palo Alto, CA: Vivek Ranadivé, CEO and Founder

Executive of the Year - Diversified Service Industries
GOLD STEVIE WINNER:
Medtech College, Atlanta, GA: John L. Hopkins, Chairman, CEO & President
SILVER STEVIE WINNER:
Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, AZ: Brian Mueller, President & CEO
BRONZE STEVIE WINNER:
Novus Global Solutions LLC., North Brunswick, NJ: Sushrut Shrotri, Managing Partner

Executive of the Year - Financial Services and Insurance
GOLD STEVIE WINNER:
Access Health CT, Hartford, CT: Kevin Counihan, Chief Executive Officer
SILVER STEVIE WINNER:
Lending Club, San Francisco, CA: Renaud Laplanche, CEO and founder
BRONZE STEVIE WINNERS:
Blackhawk Network, Pleasanton, CA: Talbott Roche, President
Murray Financial Group Inc., Frederick, MD: Christopher A. Murray, President

Executive of the Year - Food & Beverage and Hospitality & Leisure
GOLD STEVIE WINNER:
Creative Lodging Solutions, Lexington, KY: Michael Tetterton, Founder/CEO
SILVER STEVIE WINNERS:
Checkers and Rally's Restaurants, Inc., Tampa, FL: Rick Silva, President & CEO
Nongshim America, Rancho Cuamonga, CA: Mr. Dong Yeob Shin, President

Executive of the Year - Health Products & Services
GOLD STEVIE WINNER:
Vemma Nutrition Company, Tempe, AZ: BK Boreyko, Founder and CEO
SILVER STEVIE WINNERS:
Nutricap Labs, Farmingdale, NY: Jonathan Greenhut, CEO
Premier, Inc., Charlotte, NC: Susan DeVore, President and CEO
Quality Systems, Inc., Irvine, CA: Quality Systems’ President/CEO Steven T. Plochocki: Automating Healthcare for the Modern Era
BRONZE STEVIE WINNERS:
Best Doctors, Inc., Boston, MA: David Seligman, Chairman and CEO
Isagenix International, Chandler, AZ: Kathy Coover, Executive Vice President
MOSAIC Rehabilitation, Inc., Bellevue, WA: Andrea Duffield, President
Sirona Dental Systems, Inc., Long Island City, NY: Jeffrey Slovin, President and Chief Executive Officer
USANA Health Sciences, Salt Lake City, UT: Jim Bramble, Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel

Executive of the Year - Internet/New Media and Telecommunications SF
GOLD STEVIE WINNER:
Vimeo, New York, NY: Kerry Trainor, CEO
BRONZE STEVIE WINNERS:
Altitude Digital, Denver, CO: Jeremy Ostermiller, CEO
Verne Global, Falls Church, VA: Tate Cantrell, CTO

Executive of the Year - Non-Profit or Government Organizations
GOLD STEVIE WINNER:
SCRA, Charleston, SC: Julia Martin, CFO
BRONZE STEVIE WINNERS:
Enterprise Community Loan Fund, Columbia, MD: Lori Chatman, President
The Institutes, Malvern, PA: Peter L. Miller, CPCU, President and CEO
New Heights Educational Group, Defiance, OH: Pamela Clark, Founder/Director
Police Attache Office, UAE Embassy, Washington, DC: Captain Abdulazziz Alshareef, Police Attache

Executive of the Year - Real Estate
GOLD STEVIE WINNER:
Renters Warehouse, Minnetonka, MN: Brenton Hayden, CEO and Founder
BRONZE STEVIE WINNER:
Theresa Bradley-Banta Real Estate Consultancy, Denver, CO: Theresa Bradley-Banta, Founder and CEO

Executive of the Year – All Other Industries
GOLD STEVIE WINNER:
Hager Fox Heating & Air Conditioning Co., Lansing, MI: Rich Rau, Owner
SILVER STEVIE WINNER:
Pepco Holdings, Inc.; Washington, DC: Leading Through a Reputational Turnaround
BRONZE STEVIE WINNERS:
Oxford City Football Club, Inc., Deerfield Beach, FL: Thomas Anthony Guerriero, CEO
Perry's Fine, Antique and Estate Jewelry, Charlotte, NC: Ernest Perry, Founder and President

Maverick of the Year - Business Products and Business Services Industries
GOLD STEVIE WINNER:
BDS Marketing, Inc., Irvine, CA: Breaking the Mold: How Sean Wargo, Senior Director of Business Intelligence, Innovated Reporting and Analytics for BDSmktg
BRONZE STEVIE WINNERS:
CallidusCloud, Pleasanton, CA: Leslie Stretch, CEO
mBlox, Sunnyvale, CA: Tom Cotney, CEO: Three Decisions that Redefined a Business

Maverick of the Year - Consumer Products and Consumer Services Industries
GOLD STEVIE WINNER:
Hager Fox Heating & Air Conditioning Co., Lansing, MI: Matthew D. Anderson, Sales & Marketing Manager
BRONZE STEVIE WINNER:
Be Wealthy & Smart, Inc., Bellevue, WA: Linda P. Jones, CEO

Tech Innovator of the Year SF
GOLD STEVIE WINNER:
Unity Technologies, San Francisco, CA: David Helgason, CEO and Co-founder
SILVER STEVIE WINNERs:
Dealer.com, Burlington, VT: Dave Winslow, Chief Digital Strategist
MakerBot, Brooklyn, NY: Bre Pettis, CEO
UberMedia, Pasadena, CA: Bill Gross, CEO
BRONZE STEVIE WINNER:
AT&T Inc., Dallas, TX: Marian Croak, Senior Vice President of Domain 2.0 Architecture and Advanced Services Development
hybris, Chicago, IL: Brian Walker, Chief Strategy Officer

Upstart of the Year
GOLD STEVIE WINNER:
Designated Editor, Newport, RI: Suzanne McDonald, Founder