American Business Awards Announce Finalists in 13th Annual Competition

Posted by Maggie Gallagher on Thu, May 07, 2015 @ 12:13 PM

Coveted Stevie® Awards to Be Presented at Ceremonies in Chicago and San Francisco

Finalists were announced today in The 13th Annual American Business Awards. Lists of Finalists by category have been published at http://www.StevieAwards.com/ABA.

The American Business Awards are the U.S.A.’s premier business awards program. All organizations and individuals in the U.S.A. are eligible to submit nominations.

Stevie2015_Logo_S-1-2This year’s Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie® Award winners will be announced at two banquets. The first will take place on June 22 at the Fairmont Millennium Park Hotel in Chicago, Illinois; and the second, with awards in the new product and technology-related categories, will be held on September 11 at the Julia Morgan Ballroom at The Merchants Exchange Building in San Francisco, California. More than 800 executives are expected to attend the events. The ceremonies will be broadcast nationwide by the BizTalk Radio Network.    

Among the organizations with multiple Finalists are Accenture, Actiontec Electronics, AT&T, BMO Capital Markets, C-4 Analytics, Callidus Software, CAN Capital, Capital One Investing, CD2 Learning, Cigna, Cisco Systems, The Control Group, CyraCom International, Dell Inc., DEVENEY, Engility, Farbman Group, Fareportal, George P. Johnson, Guitar Center, Hewlett Packard, Information Builders, Isagenix International, iTalent Corporation, Jasper, Jeunesse Global, Level 3 Communications, LIMU, Makovsky & Co., Marriott Vacations Worldwide, Merkle, MWW, The Navicor Group, ORBCOMM, Pacific Life, Quality Systems, Inc., Relayware, Roth Staffing Companies, SoftPro, TangoMe, Tata Consultancy Services, Thomson Reuters, Toshiba America Business Solutions, TriNet Group, Inc., U.S. Green Building Council, United Credit Consultants, USANA Health Sciences, Vectra Networks, Virtusa Corporation, Walker Sands Communications, and Workplace Answers.

More than 3,300 nominations from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry were submitted this year for consideration in a wide range of categories, including Startup of the Year, Executive of the Year, Best New Product or Service of the Year, Marketing Campaign of the Year, Live Event of the Year, and Human Resources Department of the Year, among others.

Finalists were chosen by scores of business professionals nationwide during first-round judging in April and May. Members of specialized final judging committees will determine Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Award placements from among Finalists in judging that will begin later this month.

Voting will open in early July for the People’s Choice Stevie Awards for Favorite New Products, a component of The American Business Awards that invites the general public to vote for their favorite new products of the year in a number of categories.

For press credentials for the June 22 and September 11 awards banquets or for more information, contact Maggie@StevieAwards.com

Sponsors and partners of The 2015 American Business Awards include Biz Talk Radio, CallidusCloud, Engility, Fareportal, John Hancock, PetRays, and Softpro.