Management 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 will be celebrated at the 22nd ABA awards banquet in New York on Tuesday, June 11. Learn more.
Achievement in Management - Automotive & Transport Equipment
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER:
HEART Certified Auto Care, Evanston, Illinois, United States: Brian Moak - Excellence in Management of Automotive Repair Business
Achievement in Management - Business & Professional Services
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER:
Fidello, Inc, Canandaigua, New York, United States: Christopher Bjorling, President
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER:
Occams Advisory, Sarasota, Florida, United States: The Trailblazing Journey of Occams Advisory's Management
Achievement in Management - Aerospace & Defense
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER:
Hilton Software, Coral Springs, Florida, United States: Hilton Goldstein Management Team delivers over a decade of mobile system success
Achievement in Management - Energy
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER:
Sempra, San Diego, California, United States: Trevor Mihalik, Executive Vice President & Group President
Achievement in Management - Financial Services
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER:
Teachers Federal Credit Union, New York, New York, United States: Brad Calhoun, President and CEO
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER:
Park Avenue Securities, New York, New York, United States: Carly Maher, Head of Wealth Management Strategy and Business Operations
Achievement in Management - Food & Beverage
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER:
Sharebite, New York, New York, United States: William Pang, VP of Finance
Achievement in Management - Insurance
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER:
Alight Retiree Health Solutions, Lincolnshire, Illinois, United States: Alight - Employer Access Leadership Team Excels
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER:
Delta Dental of Kansas, Wichita, Kansas, United States: Management Team
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER:
PURE Insurance, White Plains, New York, United States: Kristen Viccino, Head of Service
VUMI® Group, Miami, Florida, United States: David Rendall - CEO & President
Achievement in Management - Non-Profit or Government Organizations
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER:
Change and Innovation Agency (C!A), Wardsville, Missouri, United States: Missouri Child Welfare Saint Louis Project
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER:
Live the Life, Tallahassee, Florida, United States: Richard Albertson, Founding President
Achievement in Management - Pharmaceuticals
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER:
Purdue Pharma, Stamford, Connecticut, United States: Dr. Craig Landau, Visionary Pharmaceutical Leader
Lifetime Achievement Award
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER:
Praxis AI, Clemson, South Carolina, United States: David James Clarke IV - EdTech Pioneer and AI Trailblazer
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER:
Arbor Scientia Group, Carlsbad, California, United States: Richard L Davis, President, Chief Executive Officer, and Co-Founder
Eye Centers of Tennessee (ECOTN), Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States: Ray Mays, CEO
Options For All, San Diego, California, United States: Lori Menzies
Options For All, San Diego, California, United States: Cuqui Cabrales
Maverick of the Year - Business Products Industries
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER:
The Stories and Wisdom Company, Seattle, Washington, United States: Pradeep U.N., Founder CEO
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER:
Tracer, New York City, New York, United States: Jeffrey Nicholson, Co-Founder & CEO
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER:
Synopsys Inc., Dublin, California, United States: Debrup Ghosh, Senior Staff Product Manager
Elevance Health, Dallas, Texas, United States: Kulbir Singh, Founder
EY, Detroit, Michigan, United States: Justin Leibow, Platform Operations Lead
MetaRouter, Denver, Colorado, United States: Tim Brunk, CEO and co-founder
Octane, New York, New York, United States: Geetika Chawla, Vice President
Praxis AI, Sacramento, California, United States: Dr. Damian Clarke, Chief Science Officer
Maverick of the Year - Business Services Industries
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER:
Delta Dental of Kansas, Wichita, Kansas, United States: Dean Newton, President & CEO
Abstrakt Marketing Group, St. Louis, Missouri, United States: Eric Watkins, President
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER:
BBSA LLC, Dover, Delaware, United States: Anna Stella, Founder of BBSA,
Helm Creative Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States: Ashlee Hollis, President
Palo Alto Networks, Santa Clara, California, United States: Priyanka Neelakrishnan, Product Line Manager
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER:
Marquet Media, LLC, Scarsdale, New York, United States: Kristin Marquet, Founder
Otter PR, St. Petersburg, Florida, United States: Mark Kaley, PR Manager
Maverick of the Year - Consumer Products & Services
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER:
Vivid-Pix, Alpharetta, Georgia, United States: Rick Voight, CEO
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER:
Big Bass Lake Community Association, Inc., Gouldsboro, Pennsylvania, United States: Neil Bresnahan, General Manager & Chief Operating Officer
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER:
Kasselot Evanesse (Pty) Ltd, Sandton, Gauteng, South Africa: Lee-Anne Kassel, Owner
Tech Innovator of the Year - Hardware/Peripherals
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER:
ZM Communications, San Diego, California, United States: Enovix: Raj Talluri, CEO & President
Tech Innovator of the Year - Services
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER:
Melospeech Inc, Temecula, California, United States: Melospeech Inc
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER:
Delta Dental of Kansas, Wichita, Kansas, United States: Dean Newton, President & CEO
Tech Innovator of the Year - Software
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER:
Microsoft, Redmond, Washington, United States: Prerak Garg, Product Strategy and Innovation Leader
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER:
Confluent, Mountain View, California, United States: Sudhakar Jukanti, Director Business System
Tracer, New York City, New York, United States: Leighton Welch, Co-Founder & CTO
Woman of the Year - Business Products & Services Industries
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER:
Nearsure, Wilmington, Delaware, United States: Giuliana Corbo, CEO
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER:
Cornerstone, Santa Monica, California, United States: Toya Del Valle, Chief Customer Officer
Delta Dental of Kansas, Wichita, Kansas, United States: Sarah Patterson, Chief Innovation and Marketing Officer
N-able, Burlington, Massachusetts, United States: Kathleen Pai, Chief People Officer
Tracer, New York City, New York, United States: Obele Brown-West, President
Worldpay Cincinnati OH, Symmes Twp, Ohio, United States: Dawn Stuhr - SVP, Global Operations
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER:
neuro42, San Francisco, California, United States: Parul Batra, Head of Program Management
Woman of the Year - Consumer Products & Services
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER:
Beyond Finance, Chicago, Illinois, United States: Yolanda Schufford, Chief Communications & Public Affairs Officer
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER:
Princess Polly, West Hollywood, California, United States: Alexandria Collis, Sr Director Of Operations
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER:
Nature's Sunshine, Lehi, Utah, United States: Stephanie O’Farrell, Vice President of Marketing (N.A.)