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2011 Preliminary Judges

The following professionals participated in preliminary judging of The 8th Annual International Business Awards in May-July 2011. Their average scores determined the entries that were eligible to be considered in final judging. We thank them for their time, interest, and insights.

Ravi Agarwal, Chief Electrical Engineer, Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation Ltd, Mumbai, India
Ahmad Alhai, BRM Analyst, ADCO, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Jeff Allen, VP Marketing, AtTask, Inc., Orem, UT
Johnny Anderson, Vice President, Bulldog Solutions, Austin, TX USA
Ann Badmus, President, Badmus Law Firm, Dallas, TX USA
Vinod Bahety, Assistant Vice President, Yes Bank Ltd, Mumbai, India
Ahmed bin Ali, Group Senior VP - Corporate Communications, Etisalat, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Israel Bonequi, Creative Director, Birds Nest Foundatio,n Montreal, PQ Canada
Kathleen Boylan, Senior Vice President, Public Communications, Inc., Chicago, IL USA
Scott Breeden, Owner, Aztech Graphics, Oak Hill, VA USA
Jane Bryant, Director, Spire Communications, Fredericksburg, VA USA
Heena Bulchandani, Specialist - Training & Development, Dubai Electricity &,Water Authority, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Ozge Bulut Marasli, Head of Investor Relations and Corporate Affairs, Dogan Sirketler Grubu Holding A.S., Istanbul, Turkey
Fred Cannizzaro, Creative Director, nVision, New York, NY USA
George Cauttero, Producer, The Cauttero Group, Bronx, NY USA
Chick Ciccarelli, CEO, Chick Ciccarelli, Inc / WebWizards, Valley Village, CA USA
Pedro Colaco, CEO, Guestcentric, Fairfield, NJ USA
Rachel Deutsch, President/Creative Director, Biondi LLC, McLean, VA USA
Demet Deveci Erkol, Service Quality Group Manager, Turk Telekom, Istanbul, Turkey
Arkadiy Dobkin, Chairman & CEO, EPAM Systems, Inc., Newtown, PA USA
Eve Dumovich, CEO, Snowline Publishing, Ashford, WA USA
Rochelle Ekanayake, Managing Director, MrPierce Studios International, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Timur Erten, Specialist, Turk Telekom, Istanbul, Turkey
Michelle Esso, Marketing & PR Manager, Hyatt Legal Plans, a MetLife Company, Cleveland, OH USA
Elijah Ezendu, Senior Partner, Shevach Consulting, Lagos, Nigeria
Rachel Farris, Director, PR & New Media, PetRelocation.com,Austin, TX USA
Marc Foelsch, Senior Art Director, Fraser Wallace Advertising, Montgomery Village, MD USA
Julia Forsyth, Senior Global Marketing Manager, GSMA, Atlanta, GA USA
Steve Gallagher, Independent Video Producer, Bronx, NY USA
Steve Gershik, Marketing Director, 28Marketing, San Mateo, CA USA
Lauren Gertzman, Owner, Inside Minds, LLC, Washington, DC USA
Alan Gilleo, Chief Creative + Experience Officer, LeapFrog Interactive, Louisville, KY USA
Lisa Gregovich, Vice President - Customer Service, ePlan Services, Inc., Denver, CO USA
Mustafa Gümüs, Performance Reporting Manager, Turk Telekom, Istanbul, Turkey
Deanna Hart, Operations Manager, IHG - InterContinental Hotels Group, Salt Lake City, UT USA
James Hart, Founder, The European Marketing Agency (TEMA) Ltd, Bradford, United Kingdom
Naoto Hashizume, Manage, IFNet,Inc., Tokyo, Japan
Susan Hein, Creative Director, Export-Import Bank of the U.S., Washington, DC USA
Dr. K. Darcy Hohenthal, Founder, The Birthday Club, Manchester, CT USA
Jamie K. Holt, MBA, President/CEO, JMK Notary & Services, Miami, FL USA
Sangmin (Eddy) Hong, CEO, Nextrans Inc., Seoul, South Korea
Susan Hudgins, Director of Events, StarChefs.com, Brooklyn, NY USA
Leo Indarwahono, Public Health & Educational Executive, Unilever Indonesia Tbk., Jakarta, Indonesia
Beverly Jensen, Ph.D., President, www.WomensMedicineBowl.com, Greeley, CO USA
Allen Jernigan, CEO, My Marketing Department, Inc., Seminole, FL USA
Sunil John, CEO, ASDA'A Burson Marsteller, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Michael Johnson, Senior Manager, Global TAM Services, Dell, Round Rock, TX USA
JP Jones, Owner, Paige1Media, Lawerenceburg, TN USA
Paul Jones, President, TK Advisors Inc., Toronto, ON Canada
Anila Kalleshi, President, Kalleshi Center, Tirane, Albania
Norbert Kilen, Strategy Director, Think Kong, Warszawa, Poland
Hirotaka Kinoshita, Manager, IFNet,Inc., Tokyo, Japan
Ron Klingensmith, Chief Creative Officer, Slack and Company, Chicago, IL USA
Slade Kobran, Chief Marketing Officer, Infogroup, Princeton, NJ USA
Rafal Kucharski, Advertising Manager, Wytwornia Mebli, Swarzedz, Poland
Vishnu Kumar, Vice President, Everonn Education Limited, Chennai, India
Vivek Kumar, Head Servicing: Technology & Services, Communications Adfactors PR, Mumbai, India
Wayne Kurie, Creative Consultant, Washington, DC USA
Peter Levy, President, Corniche Productions, Brooklyn, NY USA
Maheshkumar Mathilakath, Head of Quality, Commercial Bank of Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Colin McKillop, Chief Executive Officer, Butcher Enterprises Engineering Ltd., Windsor, ON Canada
Farhad Meher-Homji, Director, Brightlabs, Brisbane, QLD Australia
Sharon Metzung, Publications & Graphics Manager, Lake Metroparks, Concord Township, OH USA
Eliza Misiecka, Founder & CEO, GENESIS PR Poland, Warsaw, Poland
Simona Mollova, CEO, Investment JSPK credit consult - jsk, Sofia, Bulgaria
Tamara Nall, President & CEO, The Leading Niche, New York, NY USA
Debra Naylor, President, Naylor Design, Washington, DC USA
Kum Ng, Founder, International Frameworkcooking Foundation, Madison, WI USA
Angela Nielsen, President, One Lily Creative Agency, Apple Valley, CA USA
Yuji Okumura, Director, llluslon inc, Fukuoka, Japan
Jason Pasch, Web Designer, JasonPasch.com, Washington, DC USA
Supon Phornirunlit, Creative Director, Supon Creative, Washington, DC USA
Katharine Ramsden, Managing Editor, Thomson Reuters, Stamford, CT USA
Emma Real, Specialist, Corporate Communications, AECOM, Chicago, IL USA
Dennis Reno, Vice President, Customer Experience, Oracle Corporation, San Francisco, CA USA
Avis Richards, CEO, Birds Nest Productions, New York, NY USA
Jennifer Rotner, Owner, Elite Editing, New York, NY USA
Francisco Ruiz, Executive VP, International Armoring Corporation, Ogden, UT USA
Gauri Sankar, Senior Manager - Retired, Canara Bank, Bangalore, India
Hande Sarantopoulos, Corporate Communications Manager, Coca-Cola Icecek, Istanbul, Turkey
Aysegul Seferoglu, External Communications Coordinator, Effect PR, Istanbul, Turkey
Juliet Shavit, President and CEO, SmartMark Communications, LLC, Newtown, PA USA
Carol Sheldon, Senior VP Customs, DHL Global Forwarding, West Columbia, SC USA
Garrick Sheldon, Assistant Project Manager, Rising Tide Interactive, Washington, DC USA
Ishrat Shums, Head Design (elearning Solutions), Tata Interactive Systems, Mumbai, India
Nicole Silva, Vice President, Edelman, Chicago, IL USA
Bo Simmons, President, Cool Blue Interactive, Atlanta, GA USA
Seema Singh, Engineer, Al Faraa Group, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Thurston Smith, Owner, SPK Productions, Greenwich, CT USA
Caroline Storey-Sabetti, Executive Director, Business Solutions & Marketing, Staff Management | SMX, Chicago, IL USA
Shoab Syed, Principal, Consultant, Sovnex, Brampton, ON Canada
Joe Thoma, President/CEO, Primary Source Press Inc., Oviedo, FL USA
Abby Trexler, Senior PR Manager, Jack Morton Worldwide, New York, NY USA
Anyck Turgeon, CEO, CoreClean Group, Austin, TX USA
Tusshar Varangaonkar, Director, Gharrkul Industries Pvt. Ltd, Amravati, India
Atilla Yerlikaya, Corporate Affairs, Coca-Cola Icecek, Istanbul, Turkey
Julia Zamorska, VP of Corporate Communications, iolo technologies, Los Angeles, CA USA
Rebecca Zhao, Director/Designer, zstudioca.com, Hong Kong, China
Joseph Zitzelberger, Director of Manufacturing Development, PACCAR Inc, Chillicothe, OH USA
Chris Zoloth, Director, Global Customer Care, IHG, Salt Lake City, UT USA