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Management Categories - 2009 Honorees

The following have been selected as honorees in The 2009 (7th annual) American Business Awards.

Executive of the Year - Computer Services
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
Gail Goodman, CEO, Constant Contact, Waltham, MA
FINALISTS:
Devender Aerrabolu, CEO & President, American Unit Inc, Schaumburg, IL
Robb Allen, CEO, Datapipe, Jersey City, NJ
Frank Russell, President & CEO, GeoLearning, West Des Moines, IA
Janine Popick, CEO, VerticalResponse, VerticalResponse, San Francisco, CA

Executive of the Year - Computer Software
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
Alan Trefler, Founder and CEO of Pegasystems, Inc., Cambridge, MA
FINALISTS:
Mayank Bawa, CEO and Co-founder, Aster Data Systems, Redwood City, CA
Ken Horner, BakBone Software, San Diego, CA
Anyck Turgeon, Chief of Marketing Strategy and Security, Crossroads Systems, Austin, TX
Jay Deakins, President, Deacom, Inc., Wayne, PA
Jonathan Ord, Co-Founder and CEO, DealerSocket, San Clemente, CA
Noah Rowles, CEO, iolo technologies, Los Angeles, CA
Ted C. Mesa, Founder, President & CEO, Pointandship Software, Inc., Walnut Creek, CA
Peter Stewart, President & CEO, TraceSecurity Inc., Baton Rouge, LA
Kevin Sproles, Founder and CEO, Volusion, Austin, TX

Executive of the Year - Financial Services
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
Tom Holcom, President, Pioneer Financial Services, Kansas City, MO
FINALISTS:
Glenn Goldman, CEO, AdvanceMe, Inc. Atlanta, GA
Don Kingsborough, Blackhawk Network, Pleasanton, CA
Michael Rozbruch, Founder and CEO, Tax Resolution Services, Co., Encino, CA
Dominick Crea, Founder/CEO, The PSP Group, Mamaroneck, NY

Executive of the Year - Media & Entertainment
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
Jessica Rovello, President and Co-Founder, Arkadium, New York, NY
FINALISTS:
Suranga Chandratillake, Founder and CEO, blinkx, San Francisco, CA
Joe Apprendi, CEO, Collective Media, New York, NY
Marcie Allen, President, MAC Presents, Nashville, TN
Mark Portu, President and CEO, The FeedRoom, New York, NY

Executive of the Year - Business Services
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
Saskia Strick, CEO and President, International Checkout Inc, Santa Monica, CA
FINALISTS:
Phara E. McLachlan, President and CEO, Animus Solutions, Inc., Tampa, FL
Ben Roth, Founder & CEO, Roth Staffing Companies, L.P., Orange, CA
Peter Smith, Senior VP Operations, SDL, Superior, CO
David DiStefano, President and CEO, The Richardson Company, Philadelphia, PA

Executive of the Year - Services
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
Gary Rappeport, CEO, Donlen Corporation, Northbrook, IL
FINALISTS:
Anya Verkhovskaya, Senior Executive VP and COO, A.B. Data, Ltd., Milwaukee, WI
Mark Shirman, CEO & President, GlassHouse Technologies, Inc., Framingham, MA
John Arnold, Co-Founder & EVP of Business Development, Intelius Inc., Bellevue, WA
Todd Davis, CEO, LifeLock, Tempe, AZ
Michael W. Kempner, CEO, MWW Group, East Rutherford, NJ
Susan, DeVore, incoming President and CEO, Premier Healthcare Alliance, Charlotte, NC
Chris Mittelstaedt, Founder and CEO, The FruitGuys, South San Francisco, CA

Executive of the Year - Telecommunications
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
Peter D. Aquino, President & CEO, RCN Corporation, Herndon, VA
FINALIST:
John Wise, CEO, Viscom International, Atlanta, GA

Executive of the Year - All Other Industries
STEVIE AWARD WINNERS:
Tom Adams, CEO, Rosetta Stone, Ltd., Arlington, VA
Christoph Westphal, M.D., Ph.D., CEO, Sirtris, a GSK Company, Cambridge, MA
FINALISTS:
Maria Bradley, President, Benefit Express, Arlington Heights, IL
Patrick McKenna, CEO, DMi Partners, Philadelphia, PA
Randy Dearth, President and CEO, LANXESS Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA
Greg Lucier, CEO and Chairman, Life Technologies, Carlsbad, CA
Todd Davis, CEO, LifeLock, Tempe, AZ
Jeffrey Tinsley, CEO and Founder, MyLife, Los Angeles, CA
Dan Madsen, CEO, One Eighty, Seattle, WA
Brigitte Peleman-Vantieghem, CEO, Peleman Industries, Inc., Alpharetta, GA
James Saccacio, CEO, RealtyTrac, Irvine CA
John Dowd, President, Sundance Vacations, Wilkes Barre, PA

Chairman of the Year
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
Sheldon Razin, Chairman, Quality Systems, Inc., Irvine, CA
FINALISTS:
Brad Sugars, Chairman, ActionCOACH, Las Vegas, NV
James G. Carlson, Chairman, President and CEO, AMERIGROUP Corporation, Virginia Beach, VA
Sohaib Abbasi, Chairman and CEO, Informatica Corporation, Redwood City, CA
Blake Roney, Chairman, Nu Skin Enterprises, Provo, UT
Guido Peleman, Chairman, Peleman Industries, Inc., Alpharetta, GA

Turnaround Executive of the Year
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
Cynthia A. Tidwell, President/CEO, Royal Neighbors of America, Rock Island, IL
FINALISTS:
Michael Dominguez, Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, Department of Defense, Washington, DC
Shanon Larimer, Executive Director, Florida Film Festival, Orlando, FL
Amy Rees Anderson, CEO, MediConnect Global Inc, Salt Lake City, UT
Brigitte Peleman-Vantieghem, CEO, Peleman Industries, Inc., Alpharetta, GA
Peter D. Aquino, CEO, RCN Corporation, Herndon, VA

Finance Executive of the Year
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
Earl Fry, Executive Vice President and CFO, Informatica Corporation, Redwood City, CA
FINALISTS:
Marc Klein, Director of Finance, High Performance Technologies, Inc., Reston, VA
William Milligan, CFO, High Performance Technologies, Inc., Reston, VA
Laura Stack, CFO, Pioneer Financial Services, Kansas City, MO

Management Team of the Year
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
DealerSocket, San Clemente, CA
FINALISTS:
Adaptivity, Inc., Charlotte, NC
Epic Advertising, New York, NY
John Hancock Signature Services, Inc. Boston, MA
John Hancock, Portsmouth, NH
Pioneer Financial Services, Kansas City, MO
The Hartford, Simsbury, CT
USANA Health Sciences, Salt Lake City, UT