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US$10.00 10th Annual American Business AwardsSM New Products & Tech Awards Presentations Awards Dinner and Ceremonies Monday, September 17, 2012 Julia Morgan Ballroom at the Merchants Exchange, San Francisco 2012 PARTNERS AND SPONSORS • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Welcome to The 10th Annual American Business Awards. It is hard to believe that it is 10 years since we staged the first ABAs, which were attended by 440 executives. I remember our first emcee, Charles Osgood of CBS News, announcing the very first Stevie® Award winner — it was Domino’s Pizza. The ABAs have grown every year. We have successfully started and grown three other Stevie Awards competitions — The International Business Awards, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. And I’m hopeful that we will soon be able to announce the very first edition of a national Stevie Awards program in another nation. To celebrate our 10th anniversary we introduced many new aspects to our programs this year. Chief among them are the introduction of Silver and Bronze Stevie Award trophies, our new Best of the ABA prizes, and America Means Business, a three-day celebration of entrepreneurship offering education about how to start and grow a business, which we staged in New York City on June 13 –15. The aspect of our awards programs of which I am most proud is our judging system and the number and quality of judges we work with each year. This year’s American Business Awards were adjudicated by more than 270 professionals nationwide, all of whom are recognized in this program. Thank you for your participation and support of the Stevie Awards, and for your attendance this evening. Enjoy the show! Michael Gallagher President The Stevie Awards Program Contents Welcome 1 8:00 pm Ceremony 25 Apps 25 Final Judging Committees 3 Information Technology 26 Preliminary Judges 13 Marketing 27 FINALISTS 17 Management 27 Company/Organization 28 5:15 pm Ceremony 17 People’s Choice Stevie® Awards 31 Web Sites 17 New Products & Product Management 32 1 3 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 2012 Final Judging Committees The following professionals participated on the 10 2012 COMPANY/ORGANIZATION CATEGORIES final judging committees of The 2012 (10th Annual) FINAL JUDGING COMMITTEE American Business Awards. Their average scores determined the 2012 Gold, Silver and Bronze Stevie® CHAIR: Award placements from among the Finalists. We thank Doron Reuveni, them for their time, insights, and support. CEO and co-founder, uTest, Southborough, MA, USA Learn more about the 2012 Final Judges. COMMITTEE: 2012 MANAGEMENT CATEGORIES Deirdre Breakenridge, Chief Executive Officer, FINAL JUDGING COMMITTEE Pure Performance Communications, Marlboro, NJ, USA CHAIR: Travis Connors, Partner, Egan-Managed Capital, Boston, MA, USA Therese Tucker, CEO, BlackLine Systems, Sharon Erde, Director of Marketing Communications, Los Angeles, CA, USA Pitango Venture Capital, Herzliya, Israel Yaniv Golan, Managing Partner, Lool Ventures, Tel Aviv, Israel COMMITTEE: Erik Hogan, VP of Product, Attributor, San Mateo, CA, USA Charles Best, CFO, BlackLine Systems, Matt Johnston, CMO, uTest, Southborough, MA, USA Los Angeles, CA, USA David Kaufer, Chief Dynamic Officer, Twelve23, Chris Blake, President, Pacific Western Bank, Brea, CA, USA Seattle, WA, USA Carlo Brignardello, Principal, CresaPartners, Brittany Lincoln, Social Media Director, Crowdsortium, Los Angeles, CA, USA Denver, CO, USA Peter Cyffka, Former CFO, O’Melveny & Meyers, Ayelet Noff, Co-CEO and Founder, Blonde 2.0, Tel Aviv, Israel Calabasas, CA, USA Neil Robertson, CEO, Trada, Boulder, CO, USA Dan Dougherty, CFO, Nexus, Valencia, CA, USA Erik Robinson, Managing Director, eBusiness, AAA, Leo Fang, President & CEO, Easyconnex, San Mateo, CA, USA St Louis, MO, USA Anthony Ferguson, Partner, BDO, Los Angeles, CA, USA Michael Ruby, Creative Director, Stein & Partners Brand Josette Ferrer, Owner, Clarient Advisors, Belmont, CA, USA Activation, New York, NY, USA Jack Fitzpatrick, CFO, Skylight Healthcare Systems, Doug Shattuck, CFO, OwnerIQ, Boston, MA, USA San Diego, CA, USA Narinder Singh, Co-Founder, Chief Strategy Officer, Appirio, Bill Hall, Partner, KPMG LLP, Woodland Hills, CA, USA Cambridge, MA, USA Stephen Hughes, SVP, Silicon Valley Bank, Savaneet Singh, Founder, Gold Bullion International, Sherman Oaks, CA, USA New York, NY, USA Jason Lawson, Partner, Moss Adams LLP, Erica Smith, Principal, Social Combustion Promotions Los Angeles, CA, USA Bill Southard, Founder/President, Southard Communications, Bob Pearlman, Partner, BDO, Atlanta, GA, USA New York, NY, USA Kami Rafa, Business Assurance Senior Manager, Eric Tilenius, Executive-in-Residence, Scale Venture Partners, Moss Adams LLP, Irvine, CA, USA Foster City, CA, USA Lonnie Schnell, CEO, Talon International, Inc., Sharon Wrenbar, Managing Director, Scale Venture Partners, Woodland Hills, CA, USA Foster City, CA, USA David Schofield, Former CEO, Skylight Healthcare Systems, San Diego, CA, USA Gene Spies, CFO, Nexsan.com, Thousand Oaks, CA, USA Rod Vesling, President, Softpro NA, Westlake Village, CA, USA 3 7 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 2012 Final Judging Committees Continued 2012 MARKETING CATEGORIES 2012 SUPPORT CATEGORIES FINAL JUDGING FINAL JUDGING COMMITTEE COMMITTEE CHAIR: CHAIR: Charles Kirby Wadsworth, Jerry Weinberger, Vice President of Global Marketing, F5 Networks, Sr. Director, Customer Service and Retention, Seattle, WA, USA Webs, Inc., Silver Spring, MD, USA COMMITTEE: Dawn Byrd, Project Manager-Services Delivery, BT Americas, COMMITTEE: Silver Spring, MD, USA Bart Bartlett, VP, Marketing, Acunu, Raleigh, NC, USA Faye Cooley-Healy, Sales & Customer Service Specialist, Lynn Cannavan,* Marketing Manager, IBM Corporation, Cedar Rapid, IA, USA Dedham, MA, USA Linda Olsan, Director, Operations & Customer, 3iCorp.com, Lee Caswell, Founder & Chief Strategy Officer, Pivot3, Inc., Irvine, CA, USA Palo Alto, CA, USA Lori R Stone, Managing Partner/CEO, Laurie Cole, Founder/CEO, DSI Marketing, Integrity Informatics, LLC, Germantown, MD, USA Chelmsford, MA, USA Cory T. Taylor, Manager, Product and Premium Support, Alyssa Dver, Founder/CEO, Mint Green Marketing, Webs.com, Silver Spring, MD, USA Westborough, MA, USA Dianna Eastty, VP Marketing, Enterprise Strategy Group, 2012 CREATIVE CATEGORIES Milford, MA, USA FINAL JUDGING COMMITTEE H. David Hennessey, Professor of Marketing, Babson College, CHAIR: Charlestown, MA, USA Stafford Kendall, Eric Herzog, SVP, EMC, Hopkinton, MA, USA Principal, Covalent Logic, Bill Hobbib, VP of Marketing, ExaGrid Systems, Inc., Baton Rouge, LA, USA Westborough, MA, USA James Johnson, Chairman, The Standish Group COMMITTEE: International, Inc., Boston, MA, USA John Forrest Ales, Senior Director – Global Brand, Michael J. Katz, Chief Penguin, Blue Penguin Hilton Hotels & Resorts, McLean, VA, USA Development, Inc, Hopkinton, MA, USA Suraya Bliss, Senior Director, Digital Communications, Walmart, Sharon McGowan-Spinelli, Director, Corporate Bentonville, AL, USA Communications, Avid, Burlington, MA, USA Rob Davis, CEO & Founder, Akavit, Denver, CO, USA Anne O’Donnel,* Global Marketing Manager, IBM Global Richard J. Dixon, Advertising Director, Dallas Business News, Alliances, Walpole, MA, USA Keller, TX, USA Rob Peglar, CTO Americas, EMC Isilon, Wildwood, MO, USA Scott Hoffman, COO, Sociocast, New York, NY, USA Barbara Riordan, Sr. Director Market Solutions, Avid, Ross Kimbarovsky, CoFounder, crowdSPRING, Burlington, MA, USA Chicago, IL, USA Allyson Stewart-Allen, Chief Executive, International Janice Lamy, VP, Marketing & Development, Marketing Partners Ltd., London, United Kingdom HCA North Florida Division, Tallahassee, FL, USA Edward Weisberg, Senior VP of Marketing and Rob Leggat, Senior Vice President, Goddard Global, Business Development, GXT Green, Billerica, MA, USA Brussels, Belgium Susan Saurage-Altenloh, President, Saurage Research, Inc, Houston, TX, USA Manuel F. Valencia, Founder, 300seats, Baton Rouge, LA, USA *Statements and decisions by Judges are not made on behalf of IBM and Emily Wilson, Managing Director, NJF PR, do not reflect any representations or endorsements by the IBM company. New York, NY, USA Nancy J Friedman, CEO, NJF PR, New York, NY, USA Lucy Zepp, Senior Vice President, Murphy O’Brien, Santa Monica, CA, USA 5 9 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 2012 Final Judging Committees Continued 2012 CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS, INVESTOR 2012 HUMAN RESOURCES CATEGORIES RELATIONS, & PUBLIC RELATIONS CATEGORIES FINAL JUDGING COMMITTEE FINAL JUDGING COMMITTEE CHAIR: CHAIR: John Hovnanian, Senior VP of Human Alison Graves, Resources & Chief Talent Officer, WW Influencer Relations, Printing, Williams Lea Americas, Hewlett-Packard Company, New York, NY, USA Escondido, CA, USA COMMITTEE: COMMITTEE: Thomas Connolly, SVP-HR, MF Global, New York, NY, USA Ray Aldrich, Director, Development, Marketing & Drew Dippolito, VP, HR Field Operations– North America, Communications, University of Michigan Health System, DHL Global Forwarding, Jamaica, NY, USA Ann Arbor, MI, USA Michael Elliott, Vice President, Crew Relations, JetBlue, Patricia Beitler, President, Velocitas, Miami, FL, USA Long Island City, NY, USA Andy Blankenburg, Associate

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