Listed here are the Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie® Award winners in these sponsored categories in The 2026 American Business Awards®. Those winners in attendance were celebrated on stage during the 24^th annual awards gala on Tuesday, June 9 in New York City. Tickets for the event are on sale now. Learn more about the event here.

AI Automation Leader of the Year
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Medtronic, Reno, Nevada, United States: Rashmi Kumar, CIO
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
Cloudera, Santa Clara, California, United States: Mary Wells, CMO
Google, San Francisco, California, United States: Rayn Veerubothla, VP - Partnerships
TaxSlayer, Augusta, Georgia, United States: Peter Mourfield, CTO
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
Caresource, Mason, Ohio, United States: Satendra Shukla, VP, Intelligent Automation, Facets and Guiding Care Configuration
Zebra, New York, New York, United States: Tilak Kesavapillai, Director of Engg

AI Strategy Vanguard Award
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
IQVIA, Gilbert, Arizona, United States: Sitaram Srivatsavai, Head of Engineering
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
NielsenIQ, Ealing, England, United Kingdom: Daniel Machado, Global Head of Engineering & SVP Technology
SmartBear, Somerville, Massachusetts, United States: Vineeta Puranik, CPTO

Cloud & Data Visionary of the Year
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Seismic, San Francisco, California, United States: Krish Mantripragada, CPO, CTO
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
BCD Travel, Palo Alto, California, United States: Ajay Singh, Head Data & Analytics
IBM, San Jose, California, United States: Martin Oberhofer, VP of Data Core Products & Distinguished Engineer

Software Engineering Trailblazer of the Year
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
ALINE, Atlanta, Georgia, United States: Krishna Venkatesh, SVP Engineering
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
Arrive, Boston, Massachusetts, United States: Sandesh Bhat, Group CTO
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
Google, Atlanta, Georgia, United States: Venu Vanama, Lead-Partner Engineering
Master Brand , New York, New York, United States: Sachin Chaudhary , VP - Apps and Data

Trusted AI Transformation Advisor Award
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
ISG, Parker, Colorado, United States: Steve Hall, Chief AI Officer
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
Hex, New York, New York, United States: Sarthak Brahma, CEO
ISG, Hartsdale, New York, United States: Prashant Kelkar, Partner, Americas Consulting and Chief Strategy Officer
ISG, McKinney, Texas, United States: Jamie Burke, Partner, Healthcare Lead
West Monroe, Chicago, Illinois, United States: Gordon Wong, Senior Partner
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
Efficio, Boston, Massachusetts, United States: Edward MacDonald, Senior Manager | Consulting, Procurement, Technology