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Final Entry Deadline Extended to July 9 in Second Annual Stevie® Awards for Technology Excellence

Posted by Maggie Gallagher on Mon, Jun 16, 2025 @ 09:00 AM

The Stevie® Awards, organizers of the world’s premier business awards, have announced a final deadline extension in the newest Stevie Awards program, the Stevie® Awards for Technology Excellence. 

The original final entry deadline was June 13, but entries will now be accepted through July 9. Entries through the extended final entry deadline will not be penalized in any way. Entry details are available at www.StevieAwards.com/tech.

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This new Stevie Awards program celebrates the remarkable accomplishments of individuals, teams, and organizations shaping the future of technology across all industry sectors.

Individuals and organizations worldwide are eligible to enter - public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small. The program will recognize the world’s best technology professionals, organizations, achievements, products, and services since the beginning of 2023. 

Michael Gallagher, Founder and Executive Chairman of the Stevie Awards, shared his enthusiasm for the latest Stevie Awards competition and the extended entry timeline:

"Due to popular demand, we’ve extended the final entry deadline to July 9, giving individuals and organizations additional time to craft their nominations. We look forward to honoring the groundbreaking work of technology innovators in the 2025 awards."

The program features more than 250 categories across 20 technology-industry groupings, with a broader set of categories for Information Technology. Category groupings include:

Each year, Stevie Awards competitions receive more than 12,000 nominations from organizations of all types and sizes in more than 70 nations. Past Stevie Award winners include Cisco Systems, Inc., DP DHL, EY Global Services Limited, HCLTech, IBM Corporation, LLYC, Procter & Gamble, Samsung, Toyota, Verizon, Viettel Group, and many others.

Juries featuring more than 100 executives worldwide will determine the Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Award winners. Winners will be publicly announced on July 24 and celebrated at a joint awards gala with the tenth annual Stevie® Awards for Great Employers on September 16 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel, New York City.

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The Stevie® Awards for Great Employers Final Entry Deadline Extended to July 2

Posted by Maggie Gallagher on Thu, Jun 12, 2025 @ 09:15 AM

Tenth Annual Awards Honoring World's Best Workplaces and HR Professionals Continues to Accept Nominations

The Stevie® Awards, organizer of the Stevie® Awards for Great Employers, announced today that the final entry deadline for the tenth annual competition has been extended to Wednesday, July 2. The Stevie Awards for Great Employers honor the world's best companies to work for and the HR teams and professionals, HR achievements, new products and services, and suppliers that help to create and drive great workplaces.

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"After many requests for individual deadline extensions, we have decided to extend the deadline for everyone," said Stevie Awards President Maggie Miller. The original final deadline was June 11. Miller emphasizes that no additional late fees will be charged for entries submitted through July 2, and late entries will not be penalized in the judging process.

All organizations now have two more weeks to prepare and submit their entries. All individuals and organizations worldwide - public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small - may submit nominations to the Stevie Awards for Great Employers. The 2025 awards will honor achievements since the beginning of 2023. Entry details are available at http://www.StevieAwards.com/HR.

There are a variety of new categories in the 2025 competition. These include three new Achievement categories: Achievement in Developing and Preparing for the Future of Work, Achievement in Upskilling/Reskilling Employees, and Best Training and Development Program for Supporting Business Strategy.

There are also four new HR Individual categories: Outstanding Individual Contribution to HR, Culture Transformation Leader of the Year, Human Resources Influencer of the Year, and Human Resources Tech Innovator of the Year.

In addition, a new HR Team category has been introduced: HR Tech Innovation Team of the Year.

Six new categories have also been added for solutions, implementations, training programs, and media:

Digital Recruitment Solution – New or New-Version

Digital Recruitment Solution – Implementation

Employee Upskill/Reskill Training

Expertise or Professional Development Training

Training for Social Impact

Wellbeing and Engagement Training

17 of the 20 HR Individual categories do not require payment of entry fees, including Human Resources Executive of the Year, HR Rising Star of the Year, Employee Relations Professional of the Year, Onboarding Professional of the Year, Recruiting or Talent Acquisition Professional of the Year, and others.

Winners in the 31 industry-specific Employer of the Year categories will be determined by a unique blending of public votes and professional ratings. Public voting will take place from June 28 to July 25.

The Stevie Awards for Great Employers recognize achievement in many facets of the workplace. Categories include:

More than 100 professionals worldwide, working on several juries, will determine the Stevie Award winners. Winners in the 2025 Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Awards will be announced on July 17 and celebrated during a gala banquet in conjunction with the Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence ceremony on September 16 in New York City.

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Final Entry Deadline Extended in The 22nd Annual International Business Awards®

Posted by Maggie Gallagher on Thu, Jun 12, 2025 @ 09:00 AM

Stevie Winners to be Celebrated 10 October at Lisbon Ceremony

The Stevie® Awards, organizers of The International Business Awards®, announced today that the final entry deadline for the 2025 (22nd annual) edition of the awards has been extended through 24 July by popular demand. The original final entry deadline was 11 June.

The International Business Awards are widely recognized as the world's premier business awards competition, attracting nominations from organizations in over 70 nations and territories each year.

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All individuals and organizations worldwide—public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small—may submit nominations to The International Business Awards. Entry details are available at www.StevieAwards.com/IBA

“The extended entry period will give organizations additional time to prepare and submit their nominations," said Stevie Awards President Maggie Miller. 

Juries featuring more than 300 executives worldwide will determine the Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Award winners. Winners will be announced on 13 August and celebrated at a gala banquet in Lisbon, Portugal, at the Corinthia Hotel on Friday, 10 October. Grand, Gold, Silver, Bronze, and People's Choice Stevie Award trophies and medallions will be given to winners in Lisbon. Tickets for the awards banquet will be available starting 13 August, when the winners are announced.

“We are thrilled to announce that this year’s International Business Awards banquet will be held in Lisbon, Portugal, added Miller. We anticipate over 300 executives from more than 20 nations to attend the awards ceremony.”

The International Business Awards recognize achievement in every facet of the workplace. Categories include:

There are many new and revised features of The International Business Awards for 2025:

  • There are two entirely new category groups
  • There are many new categories in existing category groups including Achievement in Global Collaboration, Achievement in Health and Safety Excellence, Best Mobile App for Social Good, Best Mobile-First E-Commerce Experience, Most Innovative Use of Mobile Technology, Best Crisis Response in Customer Service, Best Innovation in Management Practices, Emerging Leader of the Year, Excellence in Diversity Management, and many more.

Stevie Award winners in the 2024 IBAs included Halkbank, Istanbul, Türkiye, Tata Consultancy, worldwide, Viettel, Hanoi, Vietnam, Akbank, Istanbul, Türkiye, DP DHL, worldwide, Miral, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, IBM, worldwide, Cathay United, Taipei, Taiwan, Data Dynamics, Upper Saddle River, NJ, USA, PLDT and Smart, Makati City, Philippines, Abu Dhabi Customs, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Cathay Financial Holding Co. Ltd. Taipei, Taiwan, China Resources Land Limited, Shenzhen, China, Lounge Group, Budapest, Hungary, and Manila Electric Company, Metro Manila, Philippines.

Topics: International business awards

Seventeen Outstanding Tech Executives Named Finalists for the 2025 HCLTech Supercharging Progress Awards

Posted by Maggie Gallagher on Thu, May 29, 2025 @ 03:14 PM

Seventeen outstanding technology executives from across the United States have been named Finalists in four HCLTech Supercharging Progress categories in The 23rd Annual American Business Awards®, the top honors for achievement in the workplace in the USA.

A jury of technology professionals from around the world will determine the Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie® Award placements from among the Finalists. The placements will be revealed during The American Business Awards’ banquet at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City on Tuesday, June 10.

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The Finalists are:

Adaptive Leadership in Technology
Finalists:
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island: Joe Friedrichsen, Chief Technology Officer
Corteva Agriscience: Larry Brandmeyer, Global Infrastructure, Operations, Cloud & Service Management Leader
Gallagher: Mark H. Bloom, Global Chief Information Officer Leader
GE Healthcare: Vipin Arora, Global Vice President - IT Operations
InterContinental Hotels Group: Scott Hughes, Vice President, Security Operations & Fusion Center

Digital Strategy Excellence
Finalists:
Biogen: Kumar Venugopal, VP, Enterprise Applications (Data, Digital, AI, Global Platforms)
Kroll: Sharon Dhall, Chief Information Officer
MRC Global: George Turanchik, Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Universal Destinations & Experiences, a division of NBCUniversal: Dang Ly, Senior VP and Chief Technology Officer

Excellence in Emerging Technology
Finalists:
CommonSpirit Health: Jason Richeson, Senior VP and CTO
InterContinental Hotels Group: Matthew Mason, Head of Service Desk & Workplace Experience
Quest Diagnostics Inc.: Ravi Nekkalapu, Chief Enterprise Architect, Head of Enterprise Technology
T-Mobile US, Inc.: Aravind Manchireddy, Senior Vice President, Tech Ops

Excellence in Transforming Business
Finalists:
Eaton Corporation: Balaji Ganesan, Vice President of IT and CTO
Experian: Kathy Tira, Global Senior VP, Digital Workplace & Corporate Systems
Kenvue Inc.: BK Shepard, Chief Technology Officer
Smurfit Westrock: Joseph Hinkle, Chief Information Security Officer

HCLTech is a long-time sponsor of The American Business Awards. HCLTech is a global technology company, home to more than 225,900 people across 60 countries, delivering industry-leading capabilities centered around digital, engineering and cloud, powered by a broad portfolio of technology services and products. They work with clients across all major verticals, providing industry solutions for Financial Services, Manufacturing, Life Sciences and Healthcare, Technology and Services, Telecom and Media, Retail and CPG, and Public Services. Visit hcltech.com to learn more.

Stevie Awards President Maggie Miller commented on the Finalists: “We’re privileged to have HCLTech continue as a sponsor of the ABAs and to have so many accomplished technology executives as Finalists for Stevie Awards. All of them will be recognized as Gold, Silver, or Bronze Stevie winners, and we look forward to welcoming them on stage to receive their due recognition on June 10.”

The American Business Awards recognize achievement in every facet of the workplace, from customer service and marketing to management, new product development, and technology. The Gold, Silver, and Bronze winners in other categories in the ABAs were announced in April. The full list of those winners is featured at www.StevieAwards.com/ABA.

Sponsors of The 2025 American Business Awards include HCLTech, Melissa Sones Consulting, and SoftPro.

Topics: American business awards

Winners Announced in 2025 People’s Choice Stevie® Awards for Favorite New Products

Posted by Maggie Gallagher on Wed, May 28, 2025 @ 09:15 AM

Winners to be Recognized June 10 at an Awards Ceremony in NYC 

Winners have been announced in the 2025 People's Choice Stevie® Awards for Favorite New Products, an annual feature of The American Business Awards®, the U.S.A.’s top business awards program, which is now in its 23rd year.

The worldwide public vote was conducted in April and May, with the highest number of votes determining the winners in more than 50 product and service categories. More than 11,000 votes were cast. To win, a category’s leading vote-getter had to have received at least 100 votes.

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The winners of the crystal People’s Choice Stevie Awards will be recognized during the ABA’s awards ceremony on June 10 in New York City, along with the winners of the Grand, Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie winners announced in April and May.

All new products and services nominated in the new product awards categories of this year’s ABAs were eligible to be included in voting for the People’s Choice Stevie Awards.

The winners of the 2025 People’s Choice Stevie Awards for Favorite New Products are:

AI - Financial: Wolters Kluwer's CCH Tagetik Intelligent Platform
AI - Other: SuccessKPI's Invisible GenAI
Cloud Storage & Backup Solution: N-able Inc's Cove Data Protection
Computer Hardware: Solidigm D5-P5336
Consumer Products & Services: MYND360 Night Time
Cybersecurity Solution: AT&T Dynamic Defense
DevOps Solution: Elevance Health's Health Data Streaming from Wearables and Processing
Digital Process Automation Solution: Ispirer Toolkit 10
Education Technology Solution: Savvas Learning Company's PathMaker
Financial Management Solution: EBizCharge
Financial Services: The Q4 Platform
FinTech Solution: EBizCharge
Payments Solution: EBizCharge
Supply Chain Management Solution: TrueCommerce's ReplenishAI
Work Management Platform: IBM's Productivity Assessment Tool
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Sponsors of The 2025 American Business Awards include HCLTech, Melissa Sones Consulting, and SoftPro.

 

Topics: American business awards

Winners Announced in 2025 People’s Choice Stevie® Awards for Favorite Companies in 12th Annual Asia-Pacific Stevie® Awards

Posted by Maggie Gallagher on Mon, May 12, 2025 @ 11:36 AM

Eight winners of a public vote for favorite organizations honored with crystal People’s Choice Stevie Award trophies.

The Stevie® Awards, organizer of the world’s premier business awards programs, announced winners of eight People’s Choice Stevie® Award trophies in the 12th annual Asia-Pacific Stevie® Awards, the only awards program to recognize innovation in the workplace throughout the Asia-Pacific region.

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The People’s Choice Stevie Awards for Favorite Companies, a long-time feature of several Stevie Awards programs, was introduced to the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards in 2023. All winning organizations and nominees in the Company/Organization categories in the 2025 competition were automatically included in voting for the People’s Choice Awards. Voting was conducted from 3 April through 2 May, with the highest number of votes determining the winners in several industry categories. More than 37,000 votes were cast this year by members of the general public worldwide.

Each People’s Choice winner received at least 100 votes, the minimum number required to be eligible to win.

The winners of the 2025 People’s Choice Stevie Awards for Favorite Companies are:

  • Business Product & Service Industries: ExtendMax Vietnam Company Limited, Hanoi, Vietnam
  • Consumer Product & Service Industries: Dream Culture, Sydney, NSW, Australia
  • Financial Industries: Palawan Group of Companies, Muntinlupa, Metro Manila, Philippines
  • Government: Social Security System, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines
  • Health Care Industries: Staying Independent Pty Ltd, Zetland, NSW, Australia
  • Non-Profit Organizations or NGOs: Megaworld Foundation, Inc., Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines
  • Social Impact Companies: Social Security System, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines
  • Startup: Eminence Finance Group, Wollert, VIC, Australia

These honorees will receive crystal People’s Choice Stevie Award trophies.

The 2025 Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards have recognized organizations in 23 markets including
Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, mainland China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Macao, Malaysia, Maldives, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Republic of Korea, São Tomé and Príncipe, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Türkiye, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Vietnam. More than 1,000 nominations about innovative achievements were considered by the judges this year.

Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Award winners in various categories were announced on 3 April. Those awards were determined by the average scores of more than 120 executives worldwide acting as judges. Five Grand (“best of show”) Stevie Award winners were announced on 16 April.

Winners in the 2025 Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards will be celebrated during an awards banquet on 13 May at the Lotte Hotel in Seoul, Republic of Korea.

The 2026 Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards will begin accepting nominations this October. Sign up to get the entry kit at https://Asia.StevieAwards.com.

PR Newswire Asia is the official news release distribution partner of the 2025 Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards.

adobo magazine is the official Creative Media Partner of the 2025 Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards.

 

Topics: Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards

Grand Stevie® Award Winners Announced in 2025 American Business Awards®

Posted by Maggie Gallagher on Thu, May 01, 2025 @ 09:00 AM

AT&T Wins Organization of the Year for the Third Time

The Stevie® Awards announced today the Grand Stevie Award winners in The 23rd Annual American Business Awards® competition. Winners will be honored during the ABA awards banquet on June 10, 2025 in New York City. Registration for the event is now open.

All organizations operating in the U.S.A. - large and small, public and private, for-profit and non-profit - are eligible to submit nominations to the ABAs in a wide range of categories, honoring achievement in every aspect of work life, from customer service and management to public relations and product development.

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This year more than 3,600 nominations were considered in the judging process by more than 250 professionals on 12 juries.  Their average ratings determined the Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Award winners announced earlier this month. For complete lists of those Stevie Award winners, visit http://www.StevieAwards.com/ABA.

The Grand Stevie Awards are best-of-competition prizes awarded to the organizations that submit the best body of work to the competition, in their own name or in the names of one or more clients. Grand Stevie Awards cannot be applied for directly.

2025 Grand Stevie winners in The American Business Awards are as follows:

Organization of the Year

AT&T, the multinational telecommunications company headquartered in Dallas, Texas is the most honored organization in the 23rd ABAs. The firm earned 33 award points through six Gold, three Silver, and six Bronze Stevie wins by its AT&T Business and AT&T Multimedia Services units. This is the seventh Grand Stevie won by the firm in the ABAs, including Organization of the Year wins in 2022 and 2023. 

Highest-rated New Product or Service of the Year:

With an average score from the judges of 9.14 out of a possible 10, EBizCharge, Irvine, California wins for its eponymous solution, Gold Stevie winner for Best New Payments Solution. 

Highest-rated Nomination of the Year:

There is a tie this year for this honor, both nominations having received final average scores of 9.67 / 10.  The winners are the nomination of the human resources department at Everise, Plantation, Florida, winner of a Gold Stevie for Human Resources Department of the Year, and the customer service department at One Step GPS, San Fernando, California, winner of a Gold Stevie for Customer Service Department of the Year. 

Most Honored Marketing Agency of the Year

Three Rings Inc. of Boston, Massachusetts is this year’s most honored marketing agency in the ABAs, with 23 award points earned on behalf of nominations submitted for clients BillingPlatform, Boost Payment Solutions, Constructor, CYPHER Learning, Q4 Inc., and TrueCommerce. This is the first Grand Stevie win for the agency, which focuses on integrated marketing and communications for B2B tech companies.

Most Honored Public Relations Agency of the Year:  

MikeWorldWide, New York, New York wins the honor this year with 24.5 award points earned on behalf of itself and clients Nikon, Red Lobster, and the 150th Kentucky Derby.  MikeWorldWide is among the world’s leading independent, integrated PR agencies with five offices across the United States, Latin America, and the United Kingdom.  Formerly known as MWW, the agency won Grand Stevies in the ABAs in 2013-2016.

The 2026 edition of The American Business Awards will begin accepting nominations this October.  Learn more and get the entry kit at www.StevieAwards.com/ABA

Sponsors of The 2025 American Business Awards include HCLTech, Melissa Sones Consulting, and SoftPro.

 

Topics: American business awards

Stevie Award Winners Announced in The 23rd Annual American Business Awards®

Posted by Maggie Gallagher on Thu, Apr 24, 2025 @ 09:00 AM

The Stevie® Awards, organizers of the world's premier business awards programs, today announced the Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie winners in The 23rd American Business Awards®.

All organizations operating in the USA - large and small, public and private, for-profit and non-profit - are eligible to submit nominations to the ABAs in a wide range of categories, honoring achievement in every aspect of work life, from customer service and management to public relations and product development.

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More than 3,600 nominations were considered in the judging process this year by more than 250 professionals worldwide, whose average scores determined the winners.

Winners of three or more Gold Stevie Awards include:

ADP, Roseland, NJ (3), AT&T, Dallas, TX (6), Applied Systems, Chicago, IL (3), Athena, San Juan, PR (3), C-Strategies Inc., Chicago, IL (3), Comcast Business, Philadelphia, PA (3), DHL, Westerville, OH (3), Delta Dental of Kansas, Wichita, KS (4), Gov2Biz Inc., San Antonio, TX (4), IBM, Armonk, New York, NY (4), ISN Software Corporation, Dallas, TX (5), MikeWorldWide, New York, NY (6), Netcracker Technology, Waltham, MA (3), Partner.Co, Midvale, UT (3), Russell Harris Event Group, North Hollywood, CA (3), Soapy Joes Car Wash, Santee, CA (3), Southwest Airlines, Dallas, TX (3), Sparks, Philadelphia, PA (3), State Farm, Bloomington, IL (3), The Home Depot Backyard, Atlanta, GA (3),  and Thomson Reuters, New York, NY (4).

For a complete list of the Stevie Award winners announced today, visit http://www.StevieAwards.com/ABA.

Winners of five best-of-show prizes will be awarded Grand Stevie Award trophies, to be announced the week of April 28.

2025 Stevie winners will be celebrated during an awards banquet on Tuesday, June 10 at the Marriott Marquis in New York City. Tickets for the event are now on sale.

The categories that recognize outstanding new products and services introduced in the USA are among the most heavily subscribed in the ABAs. Every new product or service nominated in The 2025 American Business Awards is included in voting for the People's Choice Stevie Awards for Favorite New Products, an annual feature of the ABAs in which the general public votes for their favorite new products. Voting opens on April 25 at http://peopleschoice.stevieawards.com and will conclude on May 23. People's Choice Stevie winners will be announced the week of May 26 and will be honored during the June 10 awards presentations.

"We’re proud to recognize the impressive breadth of American organizations honored in The 2025 American Business Awards," said Michael Gallagher, founder and Executive Chairman of the Stevie Awards. "This year brought a notable increase in nominations for categories for podcasts and AI-related technologies and achievements - highlighting the growing impact of emerging industries in our economy. We look forward to celebrating the accomplishments of the 2025 Stevie winners on June 10 in New York City."

Sponsors of The 2025 American Business Awards include HCLTech, Melissa Sones Consulting, and SoftPro.

Topics: American business awards

Winners Announced in 2025 People’s Choice Stevie® Awards for Favorite Customer Service

Posted by Maggie Gallagher on Thu, Apr 03, 2025 @ 09:15 AM

Winners of the 2025 People's Choice Stevie® Awards for Favorite Customer Service, a worldwide public vote, were announced today. Voting was conducted from March 7 through March 31, with the highest number of votes deciding the winners in eight industry categories. More than 34,000 votes were cast this year.

All organizations honored in the Customer Service Department of the Year categories of this year’s Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service were eligible to be included in voting for the People’s Choice awards. The Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service, now in their 19th year, are the world’s top honors for customer service, contact center, business development, and sales professionals.

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More than 2,100 nominations from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry, in 45 nations and territories, were evaluated in this year’s competition. Winners were determined by the average scores of more than 170 professionals worldwide on seven specialized juries.

Entries were considered in more than 60 categories for customer service and contact center achievements, including Contact Center of the Year, Award for Innovation in Customer Service, and Customer Service Department of the Year; 60 categories for sales and business development achievements, ranging from Senior Sales Executive of the Year to Sales Training or Business Development Executive of the Year to Sales Department of the Year; and categories to recognize new products and services and solution providers, among others.

Winners in all categories were announced on March 6. Stevie winners will be recognized at an award ceremony on April 10 in New York City. More than 300 Stevie Award winners and their guests from around the world are expected to attend.

This year’s People’s Choice winners, who will each receive the coveted crystal People’s Choice Stevie Award, are:

  • Airlines & Transportation: DHL Express Worldwide (BD) Pvt. Ltd., Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • All Other Industries: UnitedHealthcare Provider Service Operations, Minneapolis, MN, USA
  • Computer Hardware & Services: ScalePad, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • Consumer Products & Services: Blueair, Chicago, IL, USA
  • Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals: Golden Hour, Spring, TX, USA
  • Public Service & Education: Curriculum Associates, Billerica, MA, USA
  • Software – 100 or more Employees: Intuit Mailchimp, Atlanta, GA, USA
  • Telecommunications: AireSpring, Clearwater, FL, USA

Nicknamed the Stevie®, derived from the Greek word “crowned,” the Stevie Award trophy is one of the world's most coveted prizes. Since 2002, the Gold Stevie Award has been conferred for achievement in the workplace to organizations and individuals in more than 70 nations and territories.

Sponsors of the 2025 Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service include The Brooks Group, Sales Partnerships, Support Services Group, and ValueSelling Associates.

 

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Winners in the 2025 Asia-Pacific Stevie® Awards Announced

Posted by Maggie Gallagher on Wed, Apr 02, 2025 @ 09:00 PM

Winners in Twelfth Annual Competition to Be Celebrated at 13 May Award Ceremony in Seoul

 

Winners have been announced in the twelfth annual Asia-Pacific Stevie® Awards, the only awards program to recognize innovation in the workplace throughout the entire Asia-Pacific region. The list of Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Award winners is available at http://Asia.StevieAwards.com.

The Stevie® Awards are widely considered to be the world's premier business awards, conferring recognition for achievement over the past 23 years in programs such as The International Business Awards® and The American Business Awards®. The name Stevie is derived from the Greek word for “crowned.”

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The 2025 Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards have recognized organizations in 23 markets, including Australia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, mainland China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Macao, Malaysia, Maldives, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, São Tomé and Príncipe, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Türkiye, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Vietnam.

More than 1,000 nominations about innovative achievements from the 29 markets of the APAC region were considered by the judges this year in categories such as Award for Excellence in Innovation in Products & Services, Award for Innovative Management, and Award for Innovation in Corporate Websites, among many others.

Among the top overall winners in the 2025 Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards are SM subsidiaries including SM Retail, SM China, SM Supermalls, SM Limited Company, and SM Foundation with 16 Stevie wins from their offices in China and the Philippines. They won in categories including Innovative Achievement in Corporate Social Responsibility, Award for Innovation in Consumer Events, Climate Protection and Sustainability Campaign of the Year, Award for Innovation in Community Relations or Public Service Communications. IntouchCX won 11 Stevie Awards in categories including Innovative Achievement in Thought Leadership, Innovative Achievement in International Expansion, and Most Innovative Customer Service Executive of the Year. Manila Electric Company also won 11 Stevies in categories including Climate Protection and Sustainability Campaign of the Year, Reuse and Recycle, and Climate Hero of the Year.

Other winners of five or more Stevie Awards include

Watsons (11), IBM (10), Tata Consultancy Services (10), Singtel (8), DigiPlus Interactive Corp (7), PLDT and Smart (7), , Ayala (6), Bank of the Philippine Islands (6), Cisco Systems (6), Megaworld Lifestyle Malls (6), Newport World Resorts (6), Ngong Ping 360 (6), Palawan Group of Companies (6), Athena (5), FPT IS Company Limited (5), Globe Telecom, Inc (5), UpLift AI Group (5), and Yell Bangkok (5).

Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Award winners were determined by the average scores of more than 120 executives around the world acting as judges in February and March.

The 2025 Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards also includes the People’s Choice Stevie Awards for Favorite Companies, a worldwide public vote for all nominees in the competition’s Company/Organization categories. Voting will be ongoing through 2 May 2025. Winners in these categories will receive a crystal People’s Choice Stevie Award.

“The submissions in the twelfth edition of the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards were outstanding,” said Stevie Awards President, Maggie Miller. “The judges remarked that the innovation and perseverance demonstrated in the nominations was inspiring. We applaud all the Stevie Award winners this year and look forward to celebrating them on 13 May in Seoul, South Korea.”

For details about the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, the 13 May awards ceremony in Seoul, and the list of Stevie Award winners, visit http://Asia.Stevieawards.com.

 

Topics: Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards