Thought Leadership Awards
These are the Gold, Silver, and Bronze, Stevie® Award-winning nominations in The 2024 American Business Awards®. The winners were determined by the average scores of more than 300 professionals worldwide in the three-month judging process. Learn about the judging and awards process here.
Winners were celebrated at the 22nd ABA awards banquet in New York on Tuesday, June 11. Learn more.
Achievement in Thought Leadership
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER:
Nasdaq, New York, New York, United States: Nasdaq Center for Board Excellence
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER:
Cushman & Wakefield, Chicago, Illinois, United States: Obsolescence Equals Opportunity
Enlyte, San Diego, California, United States: Enlyte Achievement in Thought Leadership in First Two Years as a New Brand
IBM Institute for Business Value, Armonk, New York, United States: IBM Institute for Business Value
Matson Money, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States: Matson Money
VMware (Broadcom), Palo Alto, California, United States: VMware 3-Year Global Partner Success Study
Wheels, Bannockburn, Illinois, United States: Wheels Thought Leadership in the Fleet Industry
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER:
Businessolver, West Des Moines, Iowa, United States: Businessolver
ESFM, Wayne, Pennsylvania, United States: ESFM – Elevating thought leadership in integrated facilities management
Fiduciary Trust Company, Boston, Massachusetts, United States: Fiduciary Trust Company
Parsec Automation, Anaheim, California, United States: Parsec Thought Leadership
Radformation, New York, New York, United States: Elevating Insights and Advancing Clinical Conversations: Radformation's Commitment to Improving Cancer Care
Thought Leader of The Year - Business Products
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER:
WorkForce Software, Livonia, Michigan, United States: Sandra Moran, Chief Marketing Officer
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER:
Apple, Bothell, Washington, United States: Mragank Kumar Yadav, Senior Software Engineer
Apple/VMware, San Jose, California, United States: Deepika Peringanji, Software Engineer
Broadcom, Flower Mound, Texas, United States: Jayaram Nori, Sr Solution Architect
Meta, Bellevue, Washington, United States: Vatesh Pasrija, Engineering Lead
Thought Leader of The Year - Business Services
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER:
Incedo Inc., Florham Park, New Jersey, United States: Nitin Seth - Co-Founder and CEO
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER:
Creditfy, New York, New York, United States: Arsen Drach, Co-Founder
Delta Dental of Kansas, Wichita, Kansas, United States: Dean Newton, President & CEO
Ensight Partners, LLC, Los Angeles, California, United States: Daniel Stover, M.A., Founder & CEO
Kelly Roach International, Delray Beach, Florida, United States: Kelly Roach, CEO + Founder
Luxury Atelier Maison Happiness, Miami, Florida, United States: Deepak Ohri, Founder & CEO
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER:
Salesforce.com, San Francisco, California, United States: Nakul Pandey
Third Road Management LLC, Glen Ellyn, Illinois, United States: John Frank, Founder, President & CEO
Thought Leader of The Year - Consumer Products
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER:
Liquid I.V., Los Angeles, California, United States: Mike Keech, CEO
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER:
Nobel Biocare, Mahwah, New Jersey, United States: Nirali Shah, Sr. Technical Project Manager
Reckitt, Parsippany, New Jersey, United States: Aziz Jafri, Trade Marketing Manager, Vitamins Minerals and Supplements - Airborne
Thought Leader of The Year - Consumer Services
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER:
Epler Health, Inc., Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States: Dr. Gary Epler, CEO
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER:
Journey To Licensure, LLC, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States: Shara Ruffin, Podcaster
OnlineVisas, Visas.AI and Velie Global Law Firm, Norman, Oklahoma, United States: Jon Velie, CEO and Immigration Attorney
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER:
Ketamine Clinics Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States: Sam Mandel, CEO
Thought Leader of The Year - Government or Non-Profit
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER:
Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility(Responsibility.org), Washington, District of Columbia, United States: Leslie Kimball, President & CEO
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER:
Buy From A Black Woman, Atlanta, Georgia, United States: Nikki Porcher, Founder
Collaborative Support Programs of New Jersey, Freehold, New Jersey, United States: Anne Smullen, COO
Corn Refiners Association, Washington, District of Columbia, United States: John W. Bode, President & CEO
Thresholds, Chicago, Illinois, United States: Mark Ishaug, Thresholds CEO
Foundation for Chiropractic Progress, San Jose, California, United States: Sherry McAllister, President
Natural Cure Labs, St. Petersburg, Florida, United States: Damon Sununtnasuk, Founder
Peak Performers, Austin, Texas, United States: James Lucier, Chief Growth Officer
The Financial Literacy Youth Initiative, Cranston, Rhode Island, United States: Marcy Reyes, Director, Strategy and Planning
TLEEM, Round Rock, Texas, United States: Arjun Sharda, Executive Director
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER:
ServiceNow, Pune, India: The Digital Alchemist: Pratik Jain
Sneha Mandala, Sparks, Nevada, United States: Sneha Mandala
The Association for the Protection of Asian Women in America, Manhattan, New York, United States: Miao Fang, President
Stonewall National Museum, Archives & Library, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States: Robert Kesten, Executive Director
Thought Leadership Campaign of the Year - Business Products
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER:
VMware (Broadcom), Palo Alto, California, United States: VMware 3-Year Global Partner Success Study
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER:
Wolters Kluwer's ELM Solutions, Houston, Texas, United States: Wolters Kluwer ELM Solutions demystifies legal spend
Thought Leadership Campaign of the Year - Business Services
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER:
IBM, Armonk, New York, United States: Reshaping Business Continuity Management for an Insight-driven Intelligent Enterprise
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER:
Delta Dental of Kansas, Wichita, Kansas, United States: Visit a Dentist
Mowery & Schoenfeld, Lincolnshire, Illinois, United States: International Tax Services
Thought Leadership Campaign of the Year - Government or Non-Profit
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER:
The Flora May Foundation, San Clemente, California, United States: Working Women Winning (WWW)