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The Best Places to Work in Los Angeles: A Look at the Winners

he 10th annual “Best Places to Work in Los Ange- les” luncheon and awards celebration was hosted by the Los Angeles Business Journal at the J.W. Mar- T th riott at LA Live on Tuesday, August 16 . The event saluted companies that, according to the people who work for them, are the most successful in business and in nurturing their own. Each company profiled here has its own special methods of elevating morale and team spirit to new heights, but one thing that is common among all of them is a commitment to the concept that employees’ well-being directly impacts a company’s well-being—in the eyes of the public, its business partners, customers and shareholders. This year, the Los Angeles Business Journal once again partnered with Best Companies Group to iden- tify the top 100 companies that were honored. Best Companies Group was also responsible for the survey and analysis process for the Best Places to Work in Los Angeles Program. Their description of “How We Did It,” outlining the analytical process utilized is detailed in this special supplement. Across the pages that follow is a snapshot view of the Best Places to Work in Los Angeles, broken down by size of company – Large (250 or more employees), Medium (50 to 249 employees) and Small (15 to 49 employees). Over 500 people attended to support and celebrate the top 100 Best Places to Work in Los Angeles.

The Best Large Companies to Work for in Los Angeles

1. WEST MONROE PARTNERS Pariveda provides strategic consulting and projects for the advanced technology, environment with flexible working hours and West Monroe is a progressive business and custom application development solutions healthcare, life sciences, higher education and telecommuting options. It also endeavors technology consulting firm that partners with in areas such as mobility, cloud computing, corporate office markets. With the purpose to recognize employee contributions on dynamic organizations to reimagine, build, and data, portals and collaboration, CRM, custom of “building great things” and core values of a consistent basis through a variety of operate their businesses at peak performance. software, enterprise integration and user integrity, enjoyment, uniqueness and ever recognition programs. Employees also The team of more than 650 professionals is experience. forward, DPR is a company of high achievers appreciate the premium health plans at little comprised of an uncommon blend of business Celebrating each other’s achievements with a point of view based on respect for the to no cost for employees and their families, consultants and deep technologists. This is a part of the company culture at Pariveda. individual and a belief that it can change the including same-sex and opposite domestic unique combination of expertise enables the When employees have been with the company world. partners. company to design, develop, implement, and for 10 years, everyone gathers together and At DPR, employees are regularly rewarded run strategic business and technology solutions has a special company dinner together to for their efforts. Each employee can earn 5. TRACE3 that yield a dramatic commercial impact on celebrate their accomplishments. Also, e-mails DPR Points for ideas and accomplishments, Trace3, a pioneer in business transformation our clients’ profitability and performance. for “delivery success” are sent to the entire and use the points to purchase various items solutions, empowers organizations to lead One of the reasons West Monroe was company and each employee who took part from the DPR Store. The company also stages their market space by keeping pace with the placed on the top spot of the Best Companies in making the delivery a success is recognized regular “Phantom Stock Award Appreciation rapid changes in IT innovations ensuring to Work For list this year is that it cares about in the e-mail. And there’s no shortage of fun Dinners” honoring tenured and milestone- relevance to specific business initiatives its employees’ career equity and it’s not just either. Espirit de Fin puts on three events achieving employees. Employees are honored required to maximize revenue generation by lip service. There is a genuine desire from the per month, two smaller events and one large with “Reaching a Milestone” (RAM) Awards leveraging the latest Silicon Valley, cloud, big company to put people on projects they care event. Examples include beach days, bowling for 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25 years of service. The data and data center technologies maximizing about, give people stretch assignments, and outings, happy hours, game nights, Paint N company’s collective desire to be the best organizational health. Employees at Trace3 develop the next generation of leaders. West Sip events, and more. Another event that was drives it ever forward in performance and love the Spiffing Program, a peer recognition Monroe employees actually look forward to popular with employees has been spending the customer satisfaction, and the organization’s program that allows one employee to comp meetings, believe it or not. Specifically the day at Lee Elementary School teaching kids financial success enables each employee another employee for a good job done, as well quarterly all-hands meetings, where everyone that being healthy can be fun! Events with the to work smarter, reward and grow fellow as the Trace3 Secret Sauce Awards – featuring gets to bond with their coworkers, recognize kids included relay races, painting, smoothie employees, and use the latest technologies to the coveted presentation of an actual jar of their successes and plan their future together. making, Pinto Bean-go and more! Employees deliver unparalleled, sustainable results. homemade Trace3 sauce. Always about encouraging a balanced and have been known to be seen enjoying a little fulfilling lifestyle, the company even offers friendly competition racing boats at the park! 4. AMOBEE 6. HKS ARCHITECTS, INC. a Fischer Fellowship program that sponsors Amobee is a leading global marketing HKS Architects, Inc. is a leading architectural employees to go on 3-6 month volunteer 3. DPR CONSTRUCTION technology company with more than 500 design firm. Since 1939, HKS has completed missions. DPR Construction is a unique technical employees across 20 offices worldwide and projects in more than 1,742 cities and builder with a passion for results. Ranked serving over 1,000 advertisers across the 88 countries. The firm operates from 25 2. PARIVEDA SOLUTIONS in the top 50 general contractors in the US, APAC, and EMEA regions. Amobee’s worldwide offices and is consistently ranked Pariveda Solutions, Inc. is a leading country over the last 17 years, DPR is a clients include Lexus, Microsoft, evian among the top firms in volume of architecture. management consulting firm delivering forward thinking organization specializing and FIAT, among others. 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transformational concepts that improve nights a week and lunch on Saturdays during in the field, the company hosts a number of services company in the world. One of the operational effectiveness, facility planning the firm’s distinct busy seasons, as well as a team-building events and activities that keep greatest things about working at Horizon and building construction. HKS staff members bounty of fresh fruit every week. camaraderie strong. Media is company’s particular focus on consistently comment on how they feel valued employee wellness, including extensive at HKS – from its “Beer Friday” employee 11. DUN & BRADSTREET 15. EDMUNDS health and wellness offerings focusing on social activities and hugely successful annual Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp. is the Edmunds.com is a car-shopping website mind/body. Other groups exist for the sole Christmas Party to the innovative employee leading provider of credit building and committed to helping people find the car purpose of creating activities in the spirit of community involvement and wellness credibility solutions for businesses. While that meets their every need. Edmunds.com collaboration, teamwork, exercise and fun. programs and regular company lunches. its ideas are novel and the company is is transforming the car shopping experience The company also provides its employees innovative, its roots are steeped in tradition, and working to make it easier for car shoppers with a robust paid time off policy, encouraging 7. ALSTON & BIRD LLP woven into the fiber of corporate America to buy and for dealers to sell. The company’s employees to disconnect and recharge, Alston & Bird provides legal counsel and and a credit reporting industry dating “Results Only” work environment is always but also to explore, and enhance existing services on a global basis to domestic and back to 1837. To this end, the company the #1 satisfier in its regularly conducted philanthropic partnership events, and multinational clients across a broad range is entrepreneurial in spirit and practice. employee satisfaction surveys. Edmuds.com initiatives and to customize and/or personalize of industries. Its mission is to provide the Employees love the company “Hackweek.” gives employees the flexibility to manage their their own. highest-quality legal advice and responsiveness Hackweek is Dun & Bradstreet’s inner office work and personal time as long as they’re by assembling and nurturing the strongest competition where developers hack away for a achieving their job results. The staff also loves 20. SLALOM array of legal talent and experience. A critical week on group projects. Rewards are given to their unique office environment featuring Slalom designs and builds strategies and component of ensuring that the firm provides the winning projects (ipads, gift certificates, bi-weekly happy hours, free breakfast and systems to help its clients solve some of effective and integrated services is its unique cash) as well as food and entertainment lunch, snacks readily available and freshly their most complex and interesting business culture, which has been repeatedly recognized provided throughout the week. popped popcorn daily, massages, game room, challenges. The Slalom consultants wake up for fostering teamwork among its lawyers and and exciting events all year. each day excited to help bring the big ideas with clients. Among other things, employees 12. MOSS ADAMS, LLP of their clients to life. Every individual who appreciate the opportunity to leverage the Moss Adams LLP provides accounting, tax, 16. EVERBRIDGE joins the company becomes part of its fabric, company concierge: from hugely popular and consulting services to public and private Everbridge is a global provider of enterprise weaving their talents and perspective to the discounted ticket programs to errand running, middle-market enterprises in many different SaaS applications to automate processes for greater whole of who Slalom is. The company this service offers a wide range of direct and industries and high net worth individuals. information exchange to keep people safe and holds an annual retreat for its employees and referral services to save employees time, The employees know their company cares businesses running. During critical situations, their guests. The intention of this weekend energy, and stress. from day one forward. Moss Adams shows over 2,700 enterprise customers rely on the getaway is to provide the team time to this by providing personalized trainings and Everbridge platform to quickly and reliably reconnect and recharge and includes lodging, 8. HARBOR DISTRIBUTING LLC onboarding, to creating a fun and rewarding construct and deliver contextual notifications to meals, and activities. Harbor Distributing is a great example environment featuring all-expenses paid trips millions of people at one time. Company morale of a company committed to growing to Palm Springs, happy hours, Hollywood is high as well, in no small part due to programs 21. OPENX TECHNOLOGIES INC its business and people, exceeding its Bowl trips, and holiday parties. Moss Adams such as Everbridge’s “Make a Difference” OpenX is a global leader in digital and mobile suppliers’ expectations, working smarter also strives to incorporate balance in all of program, which empowers employees to advertising technology. The company creates than its competitors and contributing to its employees’ lives, providing five weeks recognize other employees. Employees also enjoy highly efficient, high quality programmatic the communities in which it operates. of PTO and flexible work arrangements to the every-Thursday happy hours and monthly advertising markets that deliver optimal value Harbor Distributing delivers 21 million accommodate doctor appointments, school “lunch n learn” educational classes. to buyers and sellers and evolve rapidly to cases of beverages to over 5,600 customers plays, and other personal commitments so they support the growth of the digital economy each year. Employees love the engaging do not miss out on life’s precious moments. 17. INSPERITY across screens and formats. OpenX’s unified corporate culture, which includes employee Insperity, a trusted advisor to America’s best monetization platform combines an ad of the month awards every month for each 13. PCL CONSTRUCTION businesses for more than 30 years, provides server and a real-time bidding ad exchange department; “Cheers” cards that anyone can SERVICES, INC. an array of human resources and business to deliver the highest revenue across every give to recognize a employee based upon The PCL Family of Companies are solutions designed to help improve business digitally connected screen. Employees enjoy Harbor’s culture and values; and regular construction leaders in buildings, civil performance. The company’s own performance the ping-pong and FIFA tournaments, free drawings where a couple of employees from infrastructure and heavy industrial markets. is surely enhanced in large part due to the way lunches, 401(k) match program and unlimited each department get to go on a fun trip. They are more than builders. They are it treats its employees. Insperity recognizes its vacations. construction partners who are passionate employees’ outstanding accomplishments, both 9. ROTH STAFFING COMPANIES about what they do and their partners’ success. at work and in the community, with monthly/ 22. BOINGO WIRELESS Roth Staffing Companies makes life better for Employees pride themselves on being solution quarterly/yearly achievement awards. Each Boingo is a market leader in technologies people by creating remarkable experiences. The providers. As construction leaders, PCL staff member also receives 12 hours of paid that fuel today’s connected lifestyle. The company uses the staffing industry as a platform employees demonstrate a commitment to volunteer time per quarter to invest in the company’s Wi-Fi, DAS and cellular networks to do good things for others. Roth Staffing does safety, quality, and sustainability. What binds local communities. The company also offers a reach more than a billion people each year – good things for its employees too – offering people together at PCL, regardless of jobs or generous annual incentive program based on at airports like LAX, JFK, London and Dubai, the only 9/80 flex schedule in the industry. personal characteristics, is a shared set of core corporate, division and individual goals. in stadiums and universities like Soldier Field Employees can choose to work nine longer days values: honesty, integrity, respect, passion, and and the University of Arizona, throughout in two weeks and receive every other Friday off. the development of a dynamic culture where 18. BLACKLINE complexes like the World Trade Center, The Roth “Pride Portal” houses a robust reward everyone can learn, teach, improve, and add BlackLine Systems is the premier provider of and on military bases worldwide. Every day, and recognition program, a health program, value for clients. Also, the employees are part software designed to automate and control the Boingo team is tackling challenges and and a community giving tracker all in one owners of the company! the entire financial close process. BlackLine pioneering solutions that have never been place. Coworkers can accrue reward points and delivers its application over the internet done anywhere else. For employees, the redeem them for fun items in an online store, 14. PROTIVITI through our SSAE 16 Certified and SOC1 company offers a highly collaborative work such as iPads & FitBits. Protiviti is a global consulting firm that BlackLine OnDemand Software as a Service environment with cross company activities helps companies solve problems in finance, (SaaS) offering. This offering is specifically such as hackathons, Women at Boingo events, 10. CBIZ MHM, LLC technology, operations, governance, risk and designed for tracking and completing balance a tennis match against the CFO, and other This tax specializing accounting leader’s internal audit. Protiviti and its independently sheet account reconciliations. As for its fun activities. employees really enjoy the fun events the firm owned Member Firms serve clients through a employees, BlackLine’s Performance Bonus hosts outside the office, such as an annual network of more than 70 locations in over 20 Program and generous 401k matching program 23. HULU summer picnic, happy hours and bowling countries. Employees receive unique perks that are reflections of how staff is celebrated at the Hulu provides online streaming of events. The firm’s management works hard to are relevant to their jobs. For example, the company. BlackLine even offers a work from entertainment content including television provide a variety of events that will appeal to company offers a global innovation program, home options every other Friday to help with programs and movies. It’s also a great place the wide spectrum of interests of the group. which allows and encourages employees to life/work balance. to work, with fully stocked kitchens (snacks, For example, there is a popular company share our ideas, knowing that management beverages, healthy options); multiple game softball team, which has been active for over a is listening. There is also flexible workplace 19. HORIZON MEDIA, INC. rooms (ping-pong, billiards, shuffleboard); decade and has won the league championship and workday options for employees. Also, Horizon Media, Inc. is the largest and frequent team development and/or morale multiple times! 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company also has a strong sense of community estate services to clients seeking increased talent to join the exciting industry EA is a a disciplined and experienced management – both internally and externally. Employees value by owning, occupying and investing in leader in. team and financing structures that minimize are proud to participate in an array of real estate. Employees love the organization’s risk, Brookfield Office Properties is positioned community service and give back events and strong leadership and a company culture that 27. KEENAN well to increase the values of its investments opportunities - both onsite and offsite - tied promotes a collaborative team environment Keenan provides innovative insurance, risk and grow its operating platform over time. to various causes. Good at helping it’s people and an “open door” policy. JLL offers a variety management and administrative services Employees also benefit from summer hours, maintain a balanced life, Hulu even offers of flexible work arrangements to help promote designed to meet the needs of California public seasonal parties, tickets to events at the Kodak onsite cooking and yoga classes. a reasonable work/life balance. Also, the schools, cities, counties and special districts Theatre, and more. company is set up with an open floor plan and health care organizations. Among the 24. CRESA LOS ANGELES which fosters a collaborative work culture perks that employees enjoy is the company’s 29. BERNARDS Unlike traditional commercial real where everyone is generally friendly and volunteer time off policy – which entails two A nationally ranked builder, Bernards estate firms, Cresa exclusively represents available to help, and not too “corporate” or paid days to provide service to non-profit delivers full-service construction services to corporate clients, and provides total process uptight. organizations. Also popular among people educational institutions, government and management, serving as each client’s long- that work at Keenan are the annual company civic organizations, healthcare providers, term real estate advisor. Aside from the 26. ELECTRONIC ARTS / DICE LA picnics, fun wellness challenges year round corporations and developers. Management rewarding work environment and motivating Electronic Arts Inc. is a leading global that feature great prizes, and a new onsite self- projects range in value from $5 million to as atmosphere, employees are fond of the interactive entertainment software company. service healthy food market. Keenan also runs much as $1.1 billion. The company is also company’s commitment to community EA delivers games, content and online an “Impact Day” when every employee takes known for investing back into its employees, service. For example, Cresa has annual services for Internet-connected consoles, part as a group to complete various community providing unique perks such as keeping company-wide community service events personal computers, mobile phones and service projects during the Annual Meeting. employee contributions to health care to a planned before each Spring meeting. The tablets. Employees enjoy the company’s minimum while providing a 401(k) match to corporation picks 3-5 charities per year to dedication to their personal growth. For 28. BROOKFIELD 3%. Showing how it cares about its employees benefit from the Spring Meeting fundraiser. example, EA hosts regular Lunch & Learn Brookfield Office Properties is a global office and their families, the firm even offers CPR The company sponsored bowling and pool programs –- studio wide sessions in which property company that owns, manages, training to every employee and paid time for parties are a big hit too! developers or external speakers share their and develops premier assets in the world’s volunteer services. craft and knowledge with everyone. Another most dynamic and resilient markets. The 25. JLL morale booster is EA’s propensity to give company’s signature properties define the 30. TURNER CONSTRUCTION JLL is a professional services and investment back by evangelizing game development at skylines of dynamic cities around the globe. COMPANY management firm offering specialized real schools and universities, encouraging young With high occupancy levels, long-term leases, Turner is an international construction

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for beingg the reason Harbor Distributingg Gardena is one of the best placesplaces to work Continued from page 26 in Los Angeles. services company and is a leading builder 31. SHAWMUT DESIGN AND in diverse and numerous market segments. CONSTRUCTION The company has earned recognition for Shawmut Design and Construction is a leading undertaking large, complex projects, fostering construction management firm that works with innovation, embracing emerging technologies, the most prominent clients, architects, and and making a difference for their clients, designers in the industry and consistently delivers employees and community. The company on their visions. Employees are excited and provides its employees with the opportunity energized by working with the best of the best to work on high profile, cutting edge, one-of- their industry has to offer. Because Shawmut is a a-kind construction projects throughout the 100% employee owned company, each employee region, and potentially, throughout the world. receives annual contributions (averaging 10% The people that make up Turner Construction of salary) toward retirement above and beyond are not only some of the brightest people the Shawmut 50% matching up to 8% of income in the industry, but also very caring and currently offered. Another perk that Shawmut thoughtful individuals who strive to do the provides each and every employee with is a new right thing. iPhone for his or her business and personal use.

The Best Medium-Sized Companies to Work for in Los Angeles

1. HUGHES MARINO ACT strives for a family atmosphere This year’s #1 Best Company to Work For among its employees and provides regular in the “Medium-Sized” category is Hughes company outings, which include the family – Marino, an award-winning California to ball games or special events such as Cirque commercial real estate company that Du Soleil. Also very popular among ACT exclusively represents business owners and employees are the regular recognitions and corporate real estate decision makers. The firm awards for Driver of the Quarter, Driver of the provides its clients with the most objective, Year, Salesperson of the Quarter, salesperson professional real estate expertise available – all of the Year, and regular Safety Award, not to without the traditional conflict of interest mention the sponsored softball and volleyball others have who represent landlords too. games, spot bonuses and weekly breakfasts. The company’s motivated team of corporate The company even gives out beautiful Rolex real estate experts, project managers, watches to those employees who have worked lease audit specialists, legal and business at ACT for 10 years and the automatic $2500 professionals combine to form one of the most bonus for anyone who works at the company comprehensive teams of real estate advisors for 5 years is impressive too! available. One of the reasons Hughes Marino is 3. ZESTFINANCE such a great place to work is the amazing ZestFinance was founded by a team of some office environment that has a comfortable of the world’s best data scientists (mostly from “living” space, including a living room with Google) who came together with a mission a flat screen TV, a family photo wall, bright – use machine learning and data science to artwork, a fully-stocked kitchen, on-site gym, revolutionize how credit decisions are made, shower facilities, and more. Also popular with in order to provide fair and transparent credit the staff are the regular company retreats to everyone. ZestFinance has built a financial for employees and their spouses/significant technology platform that is helping lenders others, team building seminars, motivational lower default rates and provide better financial speakers, family outings to baseball games, products to consumers. and many other team building events and Employees are treated extremely well, too. company-wide entertainment throughout the Staffers receive catered lunches every day and year. Added bonuses include the company’s the company also maintains a fully stocked dedication to healthy living (including weekly kitchen of snacks, beverages and craft beer grocery deliveries), catered company meetings, on tap. Plus, on Tuesdays and Thursdays, motivational speakers, a beautiful outdoor area all employees have the opportunity to get and more. a manicure, pedicure, or a massage free of charge. Every employee gets unlimited 2. ACT ENVIRONMENTAL vacation time, and ZestFinance offers a unique SERVICES parental leave policy that includes six months ACT Environmental Services is a nationally of paid time off for primary caregivers and recognized environmental and hazardous three months of paid time off for secondary waste management firm, and one of the caregivers. Each month, the company top 100 recyclers in the United States. recognizes one “Zestian” (as ZestFinance ACT has over 500 U.S. clients that range employees are affectionately known) who is an from small businesses to local, state and example of core values in action. This Zestian federal government agencies to well-known, receives fun items related to Hollywood (a multinational Fortune 100 firms. Beyond Hollywood star and an Oscar trophy) as well as helping its clients recycle an average of 87% of a financial award. their waste shipments, ACT offers a full range of environmental management services. ACT 4. CHOWNOW is truly on the cutting edge of environmental ChowNow is the leading online ordering management. platform that specializes in branded mobile

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apps and a suite of marketing services for for premium brand advertising. A fusion of imagined, customized approaches that provide to a positive work-life balance for all of its restaurants. ChowNow’s platform helps creativity, technology and quality, Kargo’s concrete, measurable strategies to drive market people. They also like that Goetzman Group restaurants stay competitive and thrive in an media solutions empower advertisers to and executive leadership. Expertise includes empowers them to have the ability to move increasingly tech-driven world and makes build connections with consumers on the consumer PR and marketing, corporate from one company to the next. The Goetzman it easy for customers to order directly from most important screen today—the phone. communications, technology and digital team of consultants never gets bored being in the restaurant’s website, Facebook page, Through its alliance of elite publisher partners, media, brand innovation, social impact, public the same place for too long. and branded apps. For employees, the work Kargo enables brands and agencies to reach affairs and healthcare. Employees appreciate experience at ChowNow is pretty great as well. eight out of 10 smartphone users in the US that the firm is family-friendly and offers 17. CNM LLP The company runs a “Foodie President’s Club” with memorable, measurable experiences. a winter break where the company closes CNM LLP is an accounting and consulting competition each year, where the winner gets The result: campaigns that elevate brands, between Christmas and New Year with pay; as services firm specializing in accounting a fully paid, fully organized, foodie-oriented empower publishers and engage consumers. well as the firm’s Workout Wednesdays, where services such as Sarbanes Oxley, accounting trip for two to Austin, Texas. Recognition for Employees are empowered too, with perks the company actually provides two paid hours and transactions advisory, and IT advisory outstanding performance is commonplace via such as “Kargo Nights Out,” company retreats, to go to the gym, yoga or choice of exercise. for Fortune 500 to middle market companies. regular spotlight series on ChowNow social unlimited vacation days and in office massages. CNM offers its team members the opportunity media and individual performance awards 13. CALLFIRE to work on projects ranging from advising and granted at Quarterly ChowNow Town Hall 9. GLOBALWIDE MEDIA CallFire, Inc. is a cloud-based telephony collaborating with high growth companies in meetings. GlobalWide Media is a digital marketing company, providing voice and text their initial public offering (IPO) process, to company that specializes in connecting connectivity to over 100,000 businesses. The partnering on project teams to assist with SOX 5. WONGDOODY advertisers with their targeted audience company is dedicated to providing high- compliance and internal audit projects for WONGDOODY was founded in 1993. Its through performance-based marketing and availability systems, intuitive user interfaces, some of the largest entertainment and public 100 employees in Seattle and LA use the related services on a worldwide basis. The furious developer support, and unparalleled companies in Los Angeles. That the firm unexpected to get some pretty remarkable company provides online media services customer care. CallFire rewards its employees provides a variety of bonus programs, a full results for the company’s clients. Along the across all digital media channels including for their efforts by maintaining a positive calendar of social events, and a strong work- way, the company has become one of the most display, mobile, video, email, search and culture and atmosphere. Among the perks are life balance is nice too! awarded independent advertising agencies social utilizing the latest technology to daily 12-minute group meditation sessions at on the West Coast, as well as one of the provide precise geo, behavioral, and lifestyle noon, Friday tequila shots at 2 pm, and even 18. PRODEGE, LLC best places to work. Always an employee- targeting. Employees enjoy a number of staff- a selection of stress-busting Nerf guns dotted Prodege, LLC operates multiple consumer friendly organization, WONGDOODY hosts friendly programs such as “Employee Who’s around the office for spontaneous Nerf gun engagement brands, including Swagbucks.com “Cool Things Friday” - a weekly show and Who,” a program that asks individualistic fights! CallFire also boosts morale with an (consumer rewards community), SodaHead tell of sorts where employees present about questions so that everyone gets to know their annual “Do Good Week,” where employees (consumer polling), nCrave (video discovery interesting things ranging from 3D printing fellow co-workers, from their likes to dislikes, and founders help pick up litter in the area of and audience extension platform), and to life as a twin and everything in between. and funny commentaries that reveal their Santa Monica that CallFire calls home. ProdegeMR (consumer surveys and research WONGDOODY even has paid summer hours personalities. solutions). Headquartered in El Segundo, each year from June to August, closing the 14. WPROMOTE, INC. Prodege’s employees are rewarded by a office at 1pm on Fridays. 10. NEW HORIZONS LEARNING Wpromote is an award-winning online challenging but caring environment where GROUP marketing firm headquartered in El Segundo. the focus is on making sure employees have 6. SIGNATURE ESTATE & New Horizons Computer Learning Centers of Founded in 2001, Wpromote has helped a good work/life balance including unlimited INVESTMENT ADVISORS Southern California offers business-friendly hundreds of clients from Fortune 500 vacation, flexible work schedules and events Signature Estate & Investment Advisors, LLC delivery methods that allow companies companies to small startups grow their where families are invited. Other benefits (SEIA) is a Registered Investment Advisory and individuals to receive the highest businesses online. The company maintains include free, catered lunches (that offer a firm offering wealth management services quality technical, application and business unmatched experience in search marketing variety of options such as Kosher, vegan, tailored to meet the unique needs of affluent skills training available. Annual employee and a strong dedication to its clients’ results. vegetarian, Paleo and gluten free) and a individuals, institutions and corporations. appreciation events, other company events Wpromote also excels in the way it treats fully stocked kitchen with an abundance of SEIA specializes in investment management, at fun locations such as Del Mar Races and its employees. The company provides an beverages and snacks. financial planning, investment consulting Hollywood’s Magic Castle, easily accessible open environment to share and grow ideas retirement planning, legacy planning and upper management communication, health and encourages a fun, energetic culture that 19. CURRENCY CAPITAL philanthropic management. Since 1997, SEIA living challenges, and paid days off to “makes Mondays suck less” and even hosts Currency Capital is a private lender offering has fostered a collaborative work environment volunteer for charity causes are commonplace. “Fine Wine Friday” weekly office happy hours equipment leasing, working capital and SMB where its associates work alongside the owners The company even has a delicious assortment to celebrate with employees and clients. lending. It’s a great place to work for a number and management to make a positive impact of fresh fruit delivered to the office weekly. of reasons, not the least of which are the on the firm, as well as the clients the company 15. CENTERFIELD company vacations, bonuses, additional days is so proud to serve. Even while growing over 11. PARTNERS TRUST REAL Centerfield delivers irreplaceable online off, and in-office massages. Also among the time to be one of the largest independent RIA ESTATE BROKERAGE & customer acquisition programs through its aspects of working at Currency that appeals to firms in the country, SEIA’s uncompromising ACQUISITIONS proprietary network of content rich websites. employees is the company’s remarkable team culture of respect has never waivered. Partners Trust is a Los Angeles-based real The websites deliver premium quality content culture, with its spirit of working together estate brokerage that leverages its global in a comparison-oriented format, which and supporting one another. The company 7. SLICKDEALS network, media savvy and command of the allows the consumer to make an informed also stages a number of fun and engaging Slickdeals is the leading online deal community, market to provide clients with a top level decision prior to making a purchase. The social gatherings outside of work, such as the where more than 9 million users interact to of real estate services. The team members company also strives to make life in the Summer Beach Party, Thanksgiving Potlucks share the most up-to-date information on are proud to be considered part of a select Centerfield family a positive experience and Holiday Parties. online shopping deals and coupons. 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projects and tasks, plus great benefits, which companies that as a whole are the leading to support them, “no matter what.” Owners assistance, tax planning, consulting and include health coverage, financial services California based settlement service experts. are flexible with employees’ needs when it compliance, and tax credit study services. For made available at no cost, and on-site wellness Pango Group employees love the fact that comes to work schedules and needed days employees, Windes offers a unique assortment programs also at no cost. they have a full on site gym that is free to off and a comfortable work environment is of events and activities, such as Christmas all employees – complete with a trainer who provided where the boss is always available cookies for veterans, Ranch Roundup with 21. PHELPS comes every Monday. The corporate office and approachable. Employees also like the line dancing and lassoing, California Cruisin’ Phelps is an award-winning, integrated has a pool table in the company common generous incentive programs based on revenue Street Fair, Roaring 20’s Casino Night, marketing communications agency and the area, and a nicely stocked library. Breakfasts, generated on an individual basis, and a team Come Fly With Us (a night at the Lyons Air West Coast’s largest independent marketing lunches and other incentives are provided for basis. Museum), and fun throwback parties. agency. Phelps strives to do great work for company meetings. Plus, the company hosts deserving clients by creating consistent many annual family events such as Bowling 30. BEACH CITIES HEALTH 34. FASTPAY PARTNERS, LLC emotional connections between brands and night, Oktoberfest, the yearly summer BBQ, DISTRICT Founded in 2009, with offices in Los Angeles, people, built on shared interests, values and and trips to Santa Anita Park and Santa Beach Cities Health District (BCHD) is the New York, San Francisco and London, FastPay beliefs. The company’s unique culture means Monica Pier. largest preventive health agency in the nation, is the leading financial partner to the global no layers of supervision, rules, departments or and has served the communities of Hermosa digital media industry. Through its proprietary physical offices - everyone is treated equally. 26. VINCENT HUANG AND Beach, Manhattan Beach, and Redondo Beach technology platform, FastPay dynamically Everyone pitches in creatively, operationally ASSOCIATES since 1955. It offers an extensive range of assesses the creditworthiness of digital and as colleagues providing honest and Vincent Huang and Associates (VHA) is an dynamic health and wellness programs, with businesses and provides lines of credit, ranging open feedback. Plus, the firm works only authorized master agent to Boost Mobile and innovative services and facilities to promote from $50k to $25M, in 48-hours or less. for clients whose products make the world a serves more than 1,900 prepaid wireless dealers health and prevent diseases in every lifespan- Employees love the company social gatherings better place, so employees know their work is nationwide. The company’s award-winning from pre-natal and children to families and that include a bi-weekly speakers series, happy worthwhile. service is driven by its people, a diverse group older adults. Practicing what it preaches to hours, company outings (like sporting events, of servant leaders with strong core values and its patients, BCHD genuinely promotes and beach days and holiday parties featuring 22. HOFFMAN BROWN COMPANY a performance-driven attitude – all committed supports a healthy work-life balance among FastPay’s own company band), or company Hoffman Brown Company is a full service to growth and success. Employees are provided its employees, providing rich time-off benefits sponsored coffee breaks at a nearby cafe to get agency established in 1961. They are a team of with an on-site gym, lunch that is provided and a flexible work schedule. It also provides to know a co-worker. 56 dedicated people providing companies and four days per week, company sponsored on-site gym membership plus subsidies for individuals with the best possible insurance community events where employees volunteer personal training and discounts for other 35. SNACKNATION programs – offering commercial, personal, life, their time. Perhaps most important to the wellness services. SnackNation is a healthy office snack delivery long-term care, disability and group/individual employees, however is VHA’s companywide service that makes healthy snacking fun, life medical insurance products. For the employees dedication to its strong core values. 31. ONPREM SOLUTION more productive, and workplaces awesome. at Hoffman Brown, the flextime policy is a PARTNERS SnackNation helps companies create awesome huge asset, as it helps them to balance work 27. NORTHSTAR MOVING OnPrem is a Southern California consulting offices by delivering a fun, hassle-free and personal life. They also enjoy the annual CORPORATION and technology innovation startup. Founded snacking experience that produces happier, holiday parties – always featuring great food Founded in 1994, Los Angeles-based in 2013 by four consulting industry leaders, healthier and more productive employees, and entertainment at beautiful venues. NorthStar Moving Company has redefined OnPrem works with some of the most while creating first-time access to the world’s Employees also enjoy the relaxed dress code the moving industry as the first to offer eco- innovative companies in the world including best emerging and innovative snack brands. and walks to the park for barbeques. luxury moving services, elevating basic moving major studios, large broadcasters, and leading The company offers a great atmosphere for and storage services to a new unparalleled technology companies. The organization its own employees as well, with quarterly 23. MURPHY O’BRIEN PUBLIC level of customer service, customized care treats its employees like a family and the staff company off sites that combine team building, RELATIONS and environmental consciousness. NorthStar appreciates work events such as the company brainstorming, and socializing (Big Bear, Murphy O’Brien is a leading independent employees benefit from the company’s flexible retreats to special sites such as Cabo and Malibu, Santa Monica, etc.) public relations firm committed to delivering work schedules. The company also has an Vegas parties. The company offers a trust- high-profile media coverage that makes a on-site gym that is available to all employees based vacation and time off policy and team 36. PATIENTPOP difference to our clients’ reputations and their and, in the spirit of the company’s family building exercises such as mud runs and family PatientPop’s practice growth platform bottom lines. Services range from brand- atmosphere, NorthStar has regular company picnics are also big hits. Most important to leverages the growing number of patients defining media relations and social media parties, birthday celebrations, potlucks and the employees, however, is how the company searching online for a physician. PatientPop’s campaigns to strategic partnerships, influencer other events with family and friends included. repeatedly demonstrates that it cares for each powered web presence is optimized to increase programs and events. The company’s “MO Also, at NorthStar, management positions are person working there. new patient traffic, while a seamless online Flex Program” allows employees flexible work almost always made up of employees that have booking experience increases conversions and hours with core in-office hours, Monday- been promoted from within the organization. 32. M&C SAATCHI LA, INC new appointments. PatientPop also manages Thursday from 10 am to 3 pm, and a work- Founded by Maurice and Charles Saatchi, and automates patient communications in the from-home option on Fridays. The company 28. 180FUSION, LLC M&C Saatchi was the fastest growing form of reminders as well as visit follow-up to even has a Pep Squad that offers monthly gifts 180Fusion helps companies increase sales, start-up in advertising history. Today it is promote positive online patient feedback. All for all team members, including movie tickets, build brand awareness, generate qualified the world’s largest independent marketing online activities are tracked, providing key gift cards and fun items to decorate their desks. leads and expand market share by taking communications group, with 1,800 people insights to what’s working and driving practice full advantage of the Internet. It is the gold who service over 200 clients. The office hosts growth. PatientPop employees love the free 24. BOLTON & COMPANY standard for Search Engine Marketing. It both a Holiday and a Summer party for all lunches, snacks and happy hours throughout Founded in 1931, Bolton & Company employs also sets a high standard when it comes to employees. The Holiday party is traditionally the week. over 145 insurance professionals and places employee relations. Staffers enjoy chair held in an iconic LA venue, and has been over $200 million in annual premiums on massages, luxury car rentals and Helicopter previously held at The Peninsula Hotel in 37. GREEN HASSON JANKS behalf of its clients, placing them among the rides, company trips to Google Silicon Valley, Beverly Hills and Yamashiro in Hollywood. Green Hasson Janks is a CPA firm working largest one percent of all brokers in the United vacations to Ski resorts, Cabo, Palm Springs, Every third Thursday of the month, the office with forward thinking, entrepreneurial States. Employees are treated extremely well and other five star resorts, as well as tickets comes together for a social event organized organizations and individuals in the areas at Bolton, as evidenced by the company’s trips, to sporting events. The day after the Super by the employee-staffed ‘Culture Club’. of assurance, tax, participations, royalty such as last year’s to Hawaii for all employees Bowl is always a 180fusion company holiday Events change each month and have included and consulting. The firm serves a variety of and spouses or guests. The company also as well! yoga classes, movie bingo, pumpkin carving, industries, with a specialized focus in food hosts summer family picnics each year at fun karaoke and bowling. and beverage, entertainment and non-profit locations. Giving back to worthy causes is 29. PLAZA TRAVEL sectors. Employees love that their firm important to the company as well and hosts a Plaza Travel, providing optimum travel 33. WINDES offers no less than twelve paid firm holidays, “Volunteer Day” each year to pay for staffers management services, is designed to Founded in 1926, Windes offers a full range including a paid time off between Christmas to contribute time at a charity or non-profit of handle all its clients’ travel needs as it is of capabilities; audit and assurance, business and New Year’s. The firm also offers chair each employee’s choice. a combination of the two most important valuation, cost segregation, employee benefit massages during the busy seasons and a “GHJ ingredients in providing travel arrangements services, estate and trust planning, executive Charging Station” - a professionally designed 25. PANGO GROUP - service and size. Employees report that recruiting, human resources consulting, room for employees to take a break and Pango Group is comprised of a family of they love that the company is always ready litigation support, merger/acquisition recharge.

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Through Structural Focus is a structural engineering yoga classes, chair massages, alternative desk firm that provides strategy, operations and its award-winning workplace financial wellness consulting company specializing in the design of options and even year-end all-inclusive trips. IT services. T2C serves providers, health programs, over 2.4 million employees have complex and innovative buildings. Partnering The firm also engages in team building trips to plans, and life science companies as well access to its services, and the company works with architects from project conception Disneyland and other spectacular locations. as healthcare technology and service with over 600 companies to provide ongoing, through the reality of occupancy, Structural organizations. One of the key perks that holistic financial wellness benefits that have Focus embraces the collaborative process of 8. 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people that work at EFS have much to look California. The firm works with privately held staff is invited on an all expenses paid trip to tens of millions of users monthly worldwide forward to each year. Plus, there are random companies and their owners, fiduciaries, non- somewhere in the US – with air, hotel, meals and growing, Flipagram is quickly becoming a raffles, Friday lunches, beach days and weight profits and governmental entities. Services etc. included. go-to platform for creators, influencers, artists loss competitions. include bookkeeping, tax, accounting, forensic and anyone who wants to share powerful accounting, auditing and court accounting. 22. MONTAGE INSURANCE short visual stories that transcend language 13. LBW INSURANCE AND Onisko & Scholz prides itself in offering SOLUTIONS and inspire action. Truly a company of the FINANCIAL SERVICES extremely flexible work schedules. Team Montage Insurance Solutions is a full service, modern age, Flipagram offers its employees LBW Insurance and Financial Services members may come and go as they please, mid sized insurance brokerage firm and Third lots of in-office perks and toys, ranging from was founded in 1922. It is a family owned, provided they get their work done. The firm Party Administrator. The firm consults, markets hoverboards to a Ping Pong table to Nerf full-service independent insurance and extends to its team members the ability to work and services all industries in Employee Benefits, Guns. It also offers charity events for local financial services agency based in Valencia. remotely, outfitting them with laptops and any Workers Compensation and Property Casualty. non-profits where employees can get involved, Expert staff provides Property & Casualty, other software/hardware they may need. The firm uses a TEAM approach to its service and a flexible work from home policy. Employee Benefits, Life, Long Term Care and package, which focuses on the Total Employer/ Disability Insurance as well as a complete 18. E-STET Employee Appreciation Management providing 27. PLAYQ INC. range of Financial Services for both businesses E-STET provides law firms and corporations wellness packages, COBRA, ERISA, ACA, PlayQ is a leading mobile/social gaming and individuals. One of the reasons LBW with hardware, software, and experts to My HR and Executive Mgt. Summits teaching company building high quality games for is able to attract such expert staff is the make the process of law more efficient. The legal compliance and employee management iOS, Google Play, Amazon, and Facebook. Its great atmosphere it creates for employees – company specializes in supporting law firms skill sets, loss control and risk management titles have reached over 50 million downloads including an established “work 37.5 hours a and corporations through eDiscovery in the services. Montage prides itself in focusing on its worldwide, with millions of users playing PlayQ week and get paid for 40 policy. The company litigation process. It’s a great company to work employees first and the employees of its clients games every day. The company was founded in also offers great 100% paid medical, dental, for, too – with flexible working hours and to bring forth presentism, wellness and safety 2007 and is backed by the Techstars program. life and disability insurance. work-from-home scheduling options. E-STET first. With the launch of its latest title, Charm King, also provides its staff with health-related the company is growing quicker than ever. 14. SYNCROMATICS benefits like free gym membership, private 23. INVITEMANAGER Employees enjoy staff events such as box seats Ten years ago, Syncromatics was founded group yoga classes, Pilates, boxing, visiting TicketManager is a fast-growing, VC backed, to sporting events, bowling, happy hours and in a college dorm room at the University of masseuses, and healthy snacks provided for free enterprise SaaS startup that makes inviting barbeques. The company also maintains an Southern California by a young engineer who at work. Plus, there are the company retreats to customers to events or outings simple by atmosphere of fun – regularly celebrating off- identified a problem and made it his mission places like Joshua Tree. They make life easier enabling companies to measure the business the-beaten-path “holidays” such as National to build a solution. While the company is with free parking and metro passes as well. impact of sports and entertainment assets and Cookie Day, National Donut Day and National not working out of a dorm room anymore, customer invitations while staying compliant. Popcorn Day. the entire team still comes to work every day 19. DIAL800 Its InviteManager application helps companies with that same determination, eager to solve Dial800 grows marketing campaigns by of all sizes use the tickets, gift cards, and 28. MURPHY RESEARCH the most complex problems in transportation. providing all-inclusive solutions to generate invitations they own, buy the tickets they Murphy Research is a boutique, full service Speaking of transportation, employees love more calls, then track, route and analyze them. need, and stay compliant with all federal, market research firm headquartered in West that Syncromatics pays 100% of all transit costs The company prides itself on its excellent state, and local regulation without adding Los Angeles. It was established out of a to encourage all employees to get out of the car and dedicated people to help customers every another layer of red-tape or confusing software, desire to create a firm that is committed to and use transit to commute to and from work. step of the way. There’s a number of qualities while growing their business with corporate providing the highest quality research in a that keep the team motivated, too – such entertainment. A uniquely positioned business, creative, accessible manner. Murphy works 15. ROSANO PARTNERS as quarterly staff events ranging from rock InviteManager also provides opportunity for with a broad array of clients on strategic At Rosano Partners, the mission is to maximize climbing to seeing a movie together to going fast growth and career opportunities. initiatives at all stages of the business cycle. partnerships on the road to becoming a to a ball game. The office itself is inviting too The firm maintains an enjoyable atmosphere top producing, internationally acclaimed – with ping-pong and pool tables, a dedicated 24. SELECT FUNDING for employees with casual dress, flexible Commercial Real Estate Firm. Rosano “nap room” and breakfast served every Select Funding was started in 2009 by industry summer hours, onsite outdoor events, “3rd Partners maintains a dedicated and agile team Monday morning. professionals with more than 30+ collective Friday” happy hours, “Workout Wednesdays” of associates to ensure every client receives years’ experience in small business finance. on the balcony, and free food. There is also consistent and customized service. The agents 20. STUDYMODE Since then, the growing firm has loaned encouragement of staff blogging and robust bring value through their experience, depth StudyMode is the world’s largest learning more than $75 million dollars to thousands of social media branding. of knowledge and adaptability to changing community for students. The company businesses across the country. The company market conditions. A warm and diverse believes that learning is meant to be provides a rewarding and positive atmosphere 29. JOHN AAROE GROUP environment for employees, the company continuous, collaborative, and fun. fro employees as well, with performance- John Aaroe Group is a leading real estate celebrates everyone’s birthday. They sing happy StudyMode’s platform connects students with based celebrations, such as company trips, or brokerage specializing in high-end property in birthday in English and then someone from a user-generated research documents, course- parties, flexible work hours tailored to family the greater Los Angeles area. The company different cultural background demonstrates says specific content, and local campus-based needs, free Friday breakfasts and a generous has represented some of the region’s most how they celebrate birthdays. (There are more textbook marketplaces. Students can gain bonus structure. The team even celebrated prestigious properties, including the highest than a dozen languages spoken at the office). unlimited access to the content library by beating performance goals recently with an all- priced sale in the history of Beverly Hills. either subscribing for premium membership, employee pool part in Las Vegas. Employees have direct access to company 16. PMBC GROUP or by contributing unique content to the ownership and leadership, and there is a true PMBC is a leading technology PR firm community. Employees thrive in large part 25. KARDENT DESIGN open door policy. Also, food is delivered to based in Los Angeles, servicing clients across due to the autonomy and creative freedom With over 25 years of working together, the offices regularly and the company hosts the globe. The firm acts as an extension of the company provides, as well as the unique the Kardent Design team is inspired by great annual holiday parties. There are great its clients’ teams to develop and execute opportunity to work on a platform with a helping clients make an impact. The firm’s benefits as well. John Aaroe covers 75% of results-driven campaigns designed to elevate global user base and an environment that collaborative approach applies a unique blend the insurance costs and provides a $50,000 life business profiles, attract investment, establish encourages learning and experimentation. of expert individual knowledge, unmatched insurance policy to its employees at no cost. credibility and increase brand awareness. It comprehensive service and proactive client- treats its employees well too, with ongoing 21. MANSOUR TRAVEL COMPANY centric planning to create ultimate project 30. GISH SEIDEN LLP professional development opportunities, Mansour Travel Company has, since 1981, efficiency, dependable accessibility and an gish SEIDEN is a leading local CPA Firm that an abundance of delicious healthy snacks been one of the premier providers of luxury exceptional quality of work. Employees are also has serviced small to mid-size businesses, their and beverages in the office, spontaneous travel arrangements to the entertainment motivated by the number of perks available owners and successful individuals for the past happy hours, pizza lunches and team outings, and business worlds and to the high-end, to staff – including “half-day Fridays,” great 74 years. It is a firm with many specialties frequent karaoke events, and other perks. Also ultra-luxury segment of the traveling public. annual holiday parties, themed office happy including tax, financial, assurance, and loved by the staff is the weekly Friday “bring Clients are drawn from a very select circle of hours, in-office Pilates and wellness classes, and consulting services. Employees are regularly your dog to work” day. influential, often high profile individuals from even an in-office ice cream cart! rewarded for their efforts and the entire firm the entertainment, financial and business enjoys an annual “After Tax Season Party” 17. ONISKO & SCHOLZ, worlds. Mansour offers its employees a great 26. FLIPAGRAM, INC. in Las Vegas. There are monthly gift card CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS, workspace and environment with excellent Launched as a free app in November 2013, drawings at the staff meetings. And during tax LLP health and insurance benefits. The ultimate Flipagram’s mission is to give everyone the season, gish SEIDEN makes sure everyone’s Onisko & Scholz is a full service CPA firm perk, though, is likely to be the company’s power to create and share compelling, visual batteries are fully charged with chair massages located in Long Beach, serving all of Southern special familiarization trips where all the stories that inspire, entertain and inform. With and extra-special events and contests.

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The Best Places to Work in L.A. 2016

LARGE COMPANIES (250 or more employees) Rank Name Local Corporate Web site Company overview Total Average annual salary Average Top executive, Headquarters number of for exempt employees annual title Address employees (including partners salary for in California, if salaried) non-exempt full and employees part time*

1 West Monroe Partners 222 West Adams Street, Floor 11, www.westmonroepartners.com Consulting 11 120385 43682 Ken Siegman, Senior Chicago, IL 60606 Director

2 Pariveda Solutions 2811 McKinney Ave, Suite #220, www.parivedasolutions.com Technology 18 118875 0 Mike Strange, Office Dallas, TX 75007 Managing Vice President

3 DPR Construction 1450 Veterans Boulevard, www.dpr.com Construction 76 116600 61300 David M. Seastrom, Redwood City, CA 94063 Regional Manager

4 Amobee 950 Tower Lane | Suite 2000, www.amobee.com Advertising/Public Relations/Marketing 64 122776 56132 Mark Strecker, CEO Foster City, CA 94404

5 Trace3 7565 Irvine Center Drive, Irvine, http://trace3.com/ Technology 140000 51000 Chad Cardenas, CA 92618 President/CIO

6 HKS Architects, Inc. 350 N. St. Paul, Suite 100, Dallas, www.hksinc.com Architecture 30 95883 45571 Scott Hunter, Principal TX 75201 and Pacific Region Director

7 Alston & Bird LLP 1201 West Peachtree Street, www.alston.com Legal 37 284347 67019 Thomas Wingard, Atlanta, GA 30309 Partner in Charge

8 Harbor Distributing LLC 5901 Bolsa Avenue, Huntington www.harbordistributingllc.com/ Distribution 91 79343 50483 Dominick Johnson, VP Beach, CA 92647 of Sales

9 Roth Staffing Companies 450 N State College Blvd, Orange, www.rothstaffing.com Staffing 46 92914 49527 Adam Roth, CEO CA 92868

10 CBIZ MHM, LLC 6050 Oak Tree Blvd Ste 500, www.cbiz.com Financial Services - Other 44 99055 42622 James R. Parks, Cleveland, OH 44131 Managing Director

11 Dun & Bradstreet 22761 Pacific Coast Highway, www.dnb.com Financial Services - Other 73 115000 50000 Jeff Stibel, Vice Malibu, CA 90265 Chairman

12 Moss Adams, LLP 999 3rd Ave, #3300, Seattle, http://www.mossadams.com Accounting 115 Todd Van der Wel, WA 98104 Managing Partner in Charge

13 PCL Construction Services, 2000 S. Colorado Blvd., Denver, www.pcl.com Construction 52 99711 55797 Jack Sample, Vice Inc. CO 80222 President/District Manager

14 Protiviti 2884 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, www.protiviti.com Consulting Thomas McClune, CA 94025 Managing Director

15 Edmunds 1620 26th Street - Suite 400 www.edmunds.com Technology 276 128846 58679 Avi Steinlauf, CEO South, Santa Monica, CA 90404

16 Everbridge 500 North Brand Boulevard, STE www.everbridge.com Technology 45 102000 55000 Phillip Huff, Vice 1000, Glendale, CA 91203 President/Controller

17 Insperity 19001 Crescent Springs Drive, www.insperity.com Services – Other Tom Gearty, Regional Houston, TX 77339 Vice President

18 BlackLine 21300 Victory Blvd, 12th Floor, Los www.blackline.com Technology 89 128464 67289 Therese Tucker, CEO/ Angeles, CA 91367 Founder

19 Horizon Media, Inc. 75 Varick Street, New York, NY 10013 www.horizonmedia.com Media 162 101000 40000 Serena Duff, EVP/General Manager

20 Slalom 821 2nd Ave, Suite 1900, Seattle, www.slalom.com Consulting 33 137377 0 Rick Rankin, General WA 98104 Manager

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21 OpenX Technologies Inc 888 East Walnut Street, 2nd Floor, www.openx.com Technology 214 131934 60141 Tim Cadogan, CEO Pasadena, CA 91101

22 Boingo Wireless 10960 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 2300, www.boingo.com Technology 81 126000 57500 Dave Hagan, Los Angeles, CA 90024 Chairman/CEO

23 Hulu 2500 Broadway, 2nd Floor, Santa www.hulu.com Entertainment and Technology 613 139767 33716 Mike Hopkins, CEO Monica, CA 90404

24 Cresa Los Angeles www.cresa.com Real Estate 51 417800 62803 Gerald A. Porter, Managing Principal

25 JLL 200 East Randolph Street, Chicago, www.jll.com/losangeles Real Estate 159 87339 54913 Peter Belisle, Market IL 60601 Director

26 Electronic Arts / DICE LA 209 Redwood Shores Parkway, www.ea.com Technology 63 128676 59389 Fredrik Loving, General Redwood City, CA 94065 Manager, DICE LA

27 Keenan 2355 Crenshaw Blvd. Ste 200, www.keenan.com Insurance brokerage and consulting - all lines 168 104646 46293 Sean Smith, President/ Torrance, CA 90501 CEO

28 Brookfield 250 Vesey Street, New York, NY www.brookfield.com Real Estate 40 128410 68367 Bert Dezzutti, EVP 10281

29 Bernards 555 First Street, San Fernando, www.bernards.com Construction 72 115584 53023 Douglas Bernards, CEO CA 91340

30 Turner Construction 375 Hudson Street, New York, NY www.turnerconstruction.com Construction 153 Kevin Dow, VP/General Company 10014 Manager

31 Shawmut Design and 560 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA www.Shawmut.com Construction 16 113000 58000 Vincent Spataro, Construction 02118 Director of Southern California

How We Did It! The Best Places to Work in Los Angeles is an annual celebration of elite employers other cities, states and industries, as well as managing programs in Canada, Morocco who was good enough to make the list and where they ranked. who have proven that they know what it takes to create environments where people and the UK. While the survey process and evaluation was free, many participating companies love to come to work. Identifying and recognizing these outstanding workplaces is a Part one of the assessment (three-quarters of each company’s score) involved a opted to purchase the full BCG Employee Feedback Report which include a compre- joint effort of The LA Business Journal and Best Companies Group. confidential 81 question Employee Engagement & Satisfaction Survey (EESS) which hensive summary of the employee feedback. The report also included the employee The Best Places to Work in Los Angeles program was open to all publicly or was used to evaluate the employees’ workplace experience and company culture. Part written comments and the Los Angeles Benchmark Reports. This report will help each privately held companies with at least 15 employees working in LA County. The work- two of the assessment (one-quarter of each company’s score) consisted of The BCG company understand their workforce better and equip them with the information to place assessment and survey process was managed by Best Companies Group (BCG), Employer Questionnaire (EQ), used to collect information about each company’s ben- make their workplace even better. Harrisburg, PA. BCG, an independent workplace excellence research firm, managed efits, policies, practices and other general information. The two combined sets of data the registration process, conducted the surveys, evaluated the data and ultimately allowed the experts at BCG to conduct an in-depth analysis of the strengths and oppor- Visit www.BestPlacesToWorkLA.com for more information or call Best Companies Group chose the firms good enough to make the list. BCG manages 39 similar programs in tunities that exist in each company. BCG’s workplace assessment experts determined toll free at (877) 455-2159.

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MEDIUM-SIZED COMPANIES (50 to 249 employees) Rank Name Local Corporate Web site Company overview Total Average annual salary Average Top executive, Headquarters number of for exempt employees annual title Address employees (including partners salary for in California, if salaried) non-exempt full and employees part time*

1 Hughes Marino 1450 Front Street, San Diego, CA www.hughesmarino.com Real Estate 9 Jason Hughes, 92101 President/CEO/Owner

2 ACT Environmental Services 127 Admiralty Way, Sunnyvale, www.actenviro.com Environmental Services 10 82016 40539 Pasquale Paduano, CA 94089 Vice President of Operations

3 ZestFinance 6636 Hollywood Boulevard, Los www.zestfinance.com Technology 93 144727 Douglas Merrill, CEO/ Angeles, CA 90028 Founder

4 ChowNow 12181 Bluff Creek Dr. W200, Playa www.chownow.com Technology 44 72100 38460 Chris Webb, CEO Vista, CA 90094

5 WONGDOODY 1011 Western Avenue, Seattle, www.wongdoody.com Advertising/Public Relations/Marketing 16 105769 46865 Ben Wiener, CEO WA 98104

6 Signature Estate & 2121 Avenue of the Stars #1600, www.seia.com Financial Services - Other 19 150000 65000 Brian D. Holmes, Investment Advisors Los Angeles, CA 90067 President/CEO

7 Slickdeals 6255 W. Sunset Blvd., Ste. 1110, www.slickdeals.net Internet Publishing 22 117718 16292 Josh Meyers, CEO Los Angeles, CA 90028

8 KARGO 826 Broadway, 5th Floor, New www.kargo.com Advertising/Public Relations/Marketing 19 Chris Pinel, Sr. Director York, NY 10003 of Sales

9 GlobalWide Media 2945 Townsgate Road #350, www.globalwidemedia.com Digital Marketing 41 111268 36500 Farshad Fardad, CEO Westlake Village, CA 91361

10 New Horizons Learning 1900 S. State College Boulevard, www.nhlearninggroup.com Technology 20 59998 36607 Vic Emurian, COO Group Anaheim, CA 92806

11 Partners Trust Real Estate 11740 San Vicente Boulevard, www.thepartnerstrust.com Real Estate 250 45000 31200 Nick Segal, President Brokerage & Acquisitions Suite 203, Los Angeles, CA 90049

12 Allison+Partners 40 Gold Street, San Francsico, CA www.allisonpr.com Advertising/Public Relations/Marketing 16 0 Scott Pansky, Partner/ 94133 Co-Founder

13 CallFire 1410 2nd St #200, Santa www.callfire.com Telecommunications 36 138000 54000 Michel Veys, CEO Monica, CA 90401

14 Wpromote, Inc. 2100 East Grand Ave., Suite 100, www.wpromote.com Advertising/Public Relations/Marketing 154 62894 38937 Michael Mothner, CEO/ El Segundo, CA 90245 Founder

15 Centerfield 855 N. Douglas Street, El Segundo, www.centerfield.com Technology 31 93000 Jason Cohen & Brett 90278 Cravatt, Co-Presidents

16 Goetzman Group 21700 Oxnard St. Suite 1540, www.goetzmangroup.com Financial Services - Other 8 75000 Greg Goetzman, CEO/ Woodland Hills, CA 91367 Founder

17 CNM LLP 21051 Warner Center Lane #140, www.cnmllp.com Accounting 30 117000 41600 Nathan Matthews, Woodland Hills, CA 91367 Managing Partner

18 Prodege, LLC 100 N. Sepulveda Blvd. #800, El www.prodege.com e-commerce 79 124395 58197 Chuck Davis, CEO Segundo, CA 90245

19 Currency Capital 12100 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite http://currencycap.com/ Financial Services - Other 25 200000 150000 Blake Johnson, 1750, Los Angeles, CA 90025 Chairman/Founder

20 P2S Engineering, Inc. 5000 E. Spring Street, 8th Floor, Long www.p2seng.com Engineering 52 105000 58000 Kevin L. Peterson, CEO Beach, CA 90815

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21 Phelps 12121 Bluff Creek Drive #200, www.phelpsagency.com Advertising/Public Relations/Marketing 39 78000 33000 Joe Phelps, CEO/ Los Angeles, CA 90094 Founder

22 Hoffman Brown Company 5000 Van Nuys Blvd., 6th Floor, www.hoffmanbrown.com Insurance (non-healthcare) 7 Steven M. Brown, CEO Sherman Oaks, CA 91403

23 Murphy O'Brien Public 11444 W. Olympic Blvd. #600, www.murphyobrien.com Advertising/Public Relations/Marketing 45 88800 31200 Karen Murphy O'Brien, Relations Los Angeles, CA 90064 Chairman/CEO

24 Bolton & Company 3475 E. Foothill Blvd. Suite 100, www.boltonco.com Insurance (non-healthcare) 42 266970 61860 Steve Brockmeyer, CEO Pasadena, CA 91107

25 Pango Group 6100 San Fernando Road, www.pangogroup.com Real Estate 63 68500 45500 Scott Akerley, CEO Glendale, CA 91201

26 Vincent Huang and www.vhacorp.com Prepaid Wireless Industry 42 61961 36524 Vincent Huang, Associates President

27 NorthStar Moving 9120 Mason Ave. Chatsworth, CA www.northstarmoving.com Moving & Storage 133 0 36000 Abraham Katalan, Corporation 91311 President/CEO

28 180fusion, LLC 11620 Wilshire Blvd Ste 820, Los www.180fusion.com Advertising/Public Relations/Marketing 9 43000 25000 Scott Cohen, CEO Angeles, CA 90025

29 Plaza Travel 16530 Ventura Blvd. Suite 106, www.plazatravel.com Travel 7 Steven J Orens, Encino, CA 91436 President

30 Beach Cities Health District www.bchd.org Public agency- healthcare district 50 75547 25659 Susan Burden, CEO

31 OnPrem Solution Partners www.onprem.com Consulting 60 115000 114000 Frank Leal, Jon Christian, Christophe Ponsart, Candice Lu, Founding Partners

32 M&C Saatchi LA, Inc 2032 Broadway Street, Santa www.mcsaatchi-la.com Advertising/Public Relations/Marketing 46 85000 0 Huw Griffith, CEO/ Monica, CA 90404 Partner

33 Windes 111 West Ocean Boulevard, 22nd www.windes.com Accounting 42 155000 64000 John L. Di Carlo, Floor, Long Beach, CA 90802 Managing Partner/ President

34 Fast Pay Partners, LLC 8201 Beverly Blvd. Floor 6, Los www.gofastpay.com Financial Services - Other 45 Jed Simon, CEO/ Angeles, CA 90048 Founder

35 SnackNation 4641 Leahy St. Culver City, CA www.snacknation.com Healthy Snack Delivery 49 200000 65000 Sean Kelly, CEO/ 90232 Co-Founder

36 PatientPop 1221 2nd Street, Suite 400, Santa www.patientpop.com Technology 53 66114 41066 Travis Schneider, CEO Monica, CA 90401

37 Green Hasson Janks 10990 Wilshire Blvd., 16th Floor, www.greenhassonjanks.com Accounting 70 110871 60825 Leon Janks, Managing Los Angeles, CA 90024 Partner

38 Innovid 30 Irving Place, 12th Floor, New York, www.innovid.com Advertising/Public Relations/Marketing 16 90543 10000 Scott Clark, VP, Head of NY 10003 Brand Partnerships

39 Primitive Logic Inc 704 Sansome Street, San Francisco, www.primitivelogic.com Consulting Ross Plank, Senior CA 94111 Director

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SMALL COMPANIES (15 to 49 employees) Rank Name Local Corporate Web site Company overview Total Average annual salary Average Top executive, Headquarters number of for exempt employees annual title Address employees (including partners salary for in California, if salaried) non-exempt full and employees part time*

1 AdvicePeriod 2121 Avenue of the Stars #2350, www.adviceperiod.com Financial Services - Other 10 150000 0 Larry Miles, Principal Los Angeles, CA 90067

2 Financial Finesse 221 California Street, El Segundo, www.financialfinesse.com Workplace Financial Education 8 83000 0 Liz Davidson, CEO CA 90245

3 engage:BDR 9000 W Sunset Boulevard, Suite www.engagebdr.com Technology 32 91670 39000 Ted Dhanik, President/ 500, West Hollywood, CA 90069 CEO

4 Structural Focus www.structuralfocus.com Engineering 14 94000 40000 David Cocke, President

5 Vaco Los Angeles, LLC 6701 Center Drive W., Suite 960, www.vaco.com/los-angeles Staffing 26 75000 45000 Frances Moreno, Los Angeles, CA 90045 Managing Partner

6 DataScience Inc 200 Corporate Pointe, Suite www.datascience.com Technology 40 135000 Ian Swanson, CEO/ 200, Los Angeles, CA 90230 Founder

7 Konnect Agency 888 S. Figueroa Street, Suite www.konnect-pr.com Advertising/Public Relations/Marketing 27 70000 35000 Sabina Gault, CEO 1000, Los Angeles, CA 90017

8 Blaze PR 1427 Third Street Promenade, www.BlazePR.com Advertising/Public Relations/Marketing 7 98500 40000 Matt Kovacs, President Suite 201, Santa Monica, CA 90401

9 Northwestern Mutual - westlosangeles.nm.com Financial Services - Other 19 95000 42000 Juan S. Baron, CFP, West Los Angeles CLU, ChFC, Managing Director

10 Roze Room Hospice of San 55 E. Huntington Drive, Suite www. Healthcare - Provider 12 115000 74000 Lena Beker, President Gabriel Valley 238, Arcadia, CA 91006 rozeroomhospiceofsangabrielvalley.org

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11 Top Tier Consulting 21550 Oxnard Street, Woodland www.t2c.com Consulting 9 153000 49000 Brad Armstrong, Hills, CA 91367 President

12 Epic Freight Solutions 15901 Hawthorne Blvd., Lawndale, www.epicfs.com Transportation 9 55000 48000 John Moran, CEO CA 90260

13 LBW Insurance and 28055 Smyth Dr., Valencia, CA www.lbwinsurance.com Insurance (non-healthcare) 4 124212 50791 Mitzi Like, President/ Financial Services 91355 CEO

14 Syncromatics 523 W 6th St, Suite 444, Los www.syncromatics.com Technology 9 108000 0 Chris Welch, COO Angeles, CA 90014

15 Rosano Partners 700 S. Flower St. Ste., 2526, Los www.rosanopartners.com Real Estate 6 64000 44000 Sagiv Rosano, CEO Angeles, CA 90017

16 PMBC Group Margarita LaVerde www.PMBCgroup.com Advertising/Public Relations/Marketing 6 70000 Ola Danilina, CEO/ Founder

17 Onisko & Scholz, Certified 5000 E. Spring St. #200, Long www.oniskoscholz.com Accounting 13 119000 45000 Paul P. Scholz, CPA, Public Accountants, LLP Beach, CA 90815 Managing Partner

18 E-STET 1149 S Hill Street, Suite H-465, www.e-stet.com Technology 13 105000 0 Michael Dunn, Los Angeles, CA 90015 President

19 Dial800 10940 Wilshire Blvd., 17th Floor, www.dial800.com Advertising/Public Relations/Marketing 13 65000 45000 James Diorio, CEO Los Angeles, CA 90024

20 StudyMode 1680 Vine Street, Suite 1200, Los www.StudyMode.com Technology 19 Thomas Swalla, CEO Angeles, CA 90028

21 Mansour Travel Company 345 N Maple Drive, Ste 210, www.mansourtravel.com Travel Management Company (Travel Agency) 2 90200 53550 Virginia Kay Mansour, Beverly Hills, CA 90210 President/CEO

22 Montage Insurance 5550 Topanga Canyon Blvd, Suite www.montageinsurance.com Insurance (non-healthcare) 4 128000 55000 Danone Simpson, Solutions 310, Woodland Hills, CA 91367 President/CEO

23 InviteManager www.invitemanager.com Technology 38 98324 Tony Knopp, CEO

24 Select Funding 6320 Canoga Ave #650, www.selectfunding.com Financial Services - Other 16 32000 48000 Brian Spratt, CEO Woodland Hills, CA 91367

25 Kardent Design 11 Golden Shore, Suite 540, Long www.kardentdesign.com Architecture 4 80000 50000 Richard Dilday, Beach, CA 90802 President

26 Flipagram, Inc. 10351 Santa Monica Blvd, Suite www.flipagram.com Technology 27 127692 Farhad Mohit, CEO 310, Los Angeles, CA 90025

27 PlayQ Inc. 3110 Main St., Suite 400, Santa www.playq.net Gaming 20 0 Joseph Aigboboh, CEO Monica, CA 90405

28 Murphy Research 12100 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 1820, Los www.murphyresearch.com Consulting 21 98583 46433 Chuck Murphy, President Angeles, CA 90025

29 John Aaroe Group 150 S. Rodeo Drive, Suite 100, www.aaroe.com Real Estate 8 full time and 2 John Aaroe, CEO/Founder Beverly Hills, CA 90212 part time

30 gish SEIDEN LLP www.gishseiden.com Accounting 13 86039 46778 Maureen O'Gara-Adford, Managing Partner

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