Since 2006, Stevie-winner OfficePartners360 (OP360) has operated on the belief that simplicity is golden. This means engaging in 24/7 business process outsourcing services to help clients streamline work and focus on their core business.

OP360 has invested in resources and programs that nurture their people's potential and, thereby, support clients' success. They want to add more meaning to work by implementing strategic and impactful community extension projects.

While their business is primarily concerned with advanced technologies, they feel the human aspect makes their culture unique. Central to this simplicity is a dynamic of relationships and interactions built on shared values of engagement, credibility, transformation, empowerment, and service. Below are OP360’s recent achievements:

Credibility
They optimized the company’s intranet and social media presence (Facebook engagement grew from <200 to ∼4,800 annually) to communicate events and policy developments to employees.

Transformation
OP360 joined the Philippine Financial and Inter-Industry Pride to further strengthen equality initiatives and uplift the LGBTQIA+ workforce. In addition, they expanded HMO coverage to include common-law and same-sex partners as applicable dependents.

Growing from within, with 50% of new hires being referrals, OP360 joined the Information Technology & Business Process Association of the Philippines, which opens doors to collaborative events and upskilling & reskilling opportunities for employees. 

Service
OP360 launched the Donate-a-Day Program, allowing employees to donate a day of their basic earnings toward supporting underserved communities in Cebu. OP360 matched every donation and distributed grocery baskets, face masks, and vitamins to beneficiaries.

Empowerment
Since the pandemic began, OP360 has supported employees and their dependents by providing flexible work arrangements with a corporate telecommunication package. Paid time off and care packages were offered to employees who tested positive for COVID-19. 

Resources were mobilized to facilitate recovery and relief efforts for employees and their families impacted by Super Typhoon Odette (Rai), specifically by:

• Opening sites as temporary shelters, where packed meals and drinking water were available for free to employees and their families
• Launching the Heroes Program, which extended a one-time financial bonus to employees who resumed onsite work immediately after landfall
• Releasing a premium to all Visayas-Mindanao employees who worked during and after the landfall and additional early pay to help ease financial difficulties
• Granting 100 employees a one-time financial grant as part of the #TogetherWeRise Financial Assistance Program, which saw OP360 executives matching every dollar donated by generous clients

Engagement
OP360 has launched “common ground,” allowing employees the chance to chat with the top leadership about topics like company direction and personal hobbies. They also have initiated counseling sessions with HR and marked Wednesdays as Safety and Health Day, during which they share mental health tips.

There are organized virtual programs with professionals to foster an inclusive and safe space for a diverse workforce. They also recognize select employees for referring talented people through an all-expense-paid shopping spree.

This culture has been critical to their low annual attrition rate of 3% for all business lines combined. Additionally, their most recent employee evaluation gave them an overall score of 4.5 out of 5, which indicates that 94% of their people are satisfied with their roles, and 93% are having fun at work.

Team OP360 is fueled by recent achievements to continue doing right by employees, clients, and local communities.

OP360 won a Silver Stevie Award for Employer of the Year in Other Industries in the 2022 Stevie® Awards for Great Employers.

Interested in entering the 2023 Stevie® Awards for Great Employers?

 

The Stevie® Awards, organizer of the world’s premier business awards programs, has issued the call for entries for its 2023 (20th annual) Stevie Awards for Women in Business®. Entry kits and complete details on the competition are available at http://www.StevieAwards.com/Women.

The awards are produced by the creators of the prestigious American Business Awards® and International Business Awards®.

The Stevie Awards for Women in Business honor the achievements of working women in more than 100 categories, including Entrepreneur of the Year, Executive of the Year, Mentor or Coach of the Year, Lifetime Achievement Award, Achievement in Equal Pay, Women Helping Women, Employee of the Year, Woman-Owned or -Run Company of the Year, and Innovator of the Year. All female entrepreneurs, executives, employees, and the organizations they run, worldwide, are eligible to be nominated.

The early-bird entry deadline is June 27, the final entry deadline is July 26, and late entries will be accepted through August 23 with payment of a late fee. Winners will be announced on September 21, and the Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie winners will be honored at an awards ceremony on November 10 in New York City.

There are two new Achievement categories for 2023: Achievement in Environment, Social, and Governance and Achievement in Technology Innovation.

The 2022 Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Award winners reflect a diverse group of large and small organizations around the globe. Winners in the 2022 program include, among others:

• Jill Osur, President & CEO, Teneral Cellars, Somerset, CA USA
  Aleka Sansom, Executive Creative Director, Vanguard's Internal Advertising Agency, Vanguard, Malvern, PA USA
• Beena Ammanath, Global Deloitte AI Institute & AI Ethics/Tech Ethics Leader, Deloitte, Pleasanton, CA USA
• Fatima Sultan Al-Kuwari, Group Chief Human Resources Officer, Ooredoo, Qatar
• Gehad Hamdy, Founder, Speak Up, Giza, Egypt
• Lauren Oakes, CEO, Megaphone, Melbourne, Australia
• Sara Ganz, Senior Director of Marketing, Capital Rx, New York, NY USA
• Tracy Nolan, Senior Vice President, Branded Retail, T-Mobile, Bellevue, WA USA
• Victoria Usher, CEO & Founder, GingerMay, Kent, UK
• Anheuser-Busch InBev, New York, NY USA
• Forbes, Jersey City, NJ USA
• GingerMay, Kent, UK
• Halkbank, Istanbul, Turkey
• Hatch Inc., Palo Alto, CA USA
• IBM Manufacturing Solutions Pte Ltd, Singapore
• mindit.io, Bucharest, Romania
• The Roundtable, Toronto, Canada
• United Way of the National Capital Area, Washington, DC USA

The 2023 Stevie Awards for Women in Business will be judged by more than 200 leading professionals around the world, and nominees will have access to all the judges’ comments and suggestions about their nominations.

Nominations will now be accepted through 13 July

The Stevie® Awards, organizer of The International Business Awards®, announced today that the final entry deadline for the 2023 (20th annual) edition of the awards has been extended through 13 July. The original final entry deadline was 14 June.

The International Business Awards are widely considered to be the world's premier business awards competition. In 2022 the competition attracted more than 3,700 nominations from organizations in more than 70 nations.

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 http://www.stevieawards.com/IBA.

“By popular request, we decided to extend the entry period to allow organizations more time to prepare and submit nominations,” said Stevie Awards President Maggie Miller. No additional late fees will be assessed for nominations submitted after the original final deadline.

Juries featuring more than 200 executives will determine the Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie-winning nominations that will be announced on 14 August.

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

• Management Awards 
• Sustainability Awards
• Entrepreneur of the Year Awards
• Company of the Year Awards
• Customer Service Awards 
• Human Resources Awards 
• Technology Awards
• Marketing Awards 
• New Product Awards 
• Public Relations Awards 
• Web Site, App, Event, Video, and other media awards
• Social Media Awards
• Thought Leadership Awards

There are many new and revised features of The International Business Awards for 2023:

• There's an entirely new group of five categories to recognize achievement in Sustainability.  Each of the five categories is split into six geographic sub-categories.
• There are new categories sprinkled throughout many of the category groups, especially in the categories for Achievement, Events, Marketing, Mobile Site & App, New Products & Services, Public Relations, , and Websites.
• The category group formerly known as Information Technology has been renamed Technology to better reflect that all types of technology-related achievements are welcome to be nominated in these categories.

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Gold Stevie^® Award-winner Management Dynamics Global (Management Dynamics) are leadership and team development experts, renowned for their ability to catalyze performance through teams, people, and servicing top global brands.

Management Dynamics routinely works with international businesses across a diverse range of industries and scales, building strong partnerships to inspire lasting growth, transform company cultures, and create differentiated performance.

With 25+ years of corporate human resources experience, Management Dynamics focuses on helping businesses adapt, survive, and thrive in a world of constant change by equipping teams and leaders to step up and stand out through their unique and unrivaled research-based blueprint for success. 

In the blueprint, they detail how the greatest leaders, teams, and organizations think, act, and communicate. It includes innovative and interactive in-person or virtual learning experiences that shift mindsets, differentiate performance, and fulfill potential. They leverage cutting-edge tools, methodologies, and their vast experience to build bespoke solutions across four key areas: leadership, teams, coaching, and talent management.

Management Dynamics Blueprint in Action
In 2020 a global leader in consulting and engineering commissioned Management Dynamics to attract, develop, and retain a pipeline of future-ready leaders to overcome the impact of COVID-19, a declining industry, and rising attrition rates.

Using the results of a Korn Ferry Assessment of Leadership Potential, their team designed a custom Leadership Excellence Programme to elevate the client’s business, power their progress, and pioneer their long-term success. 

They tailored the program to meet the client’s strategic needs and “Future Fit” vision of an empowered community culture, including 40% women leaders by 2030, with participants able to embrace bold ideas, new ways of working, and skills for the future. 

Management Dynamics’ approach to leadership development exceeded their client’s expectations by applying the following approach:

Employing pioneering methodology. Using the language of data, analytics, and science to prove skill gaps and associated risks to the business, they converted very technical thinkers to the value of building self-awareness, big-picture thinking, and experimentation into their leadership mindsets. As one participant commented: “The focus on self-awareness and self-management is what most businesses miss.”

Unlocking exceptional value. Where previous “cookie-cutter” in-person courses cost the client £300k+, this virtual offering unleashed 160+ Korn Ferry assessments, 365 hours of workshops, and 6,000+ hours of learning for 149 participants across 23 countries—all within 12 months and a budget of £30k. A 645% increase in participation exposed a rich global pipeline of future talent to accelerate and reinforce succession plans at all levels. 

Addressing diversity and inclusion. Virtual delivery lifted barriers to advanced leadership development for a much wider global cohort of the client’s employees. With 100% online and 90% co-facilitation, the client saved £300k+ in consultancy, travel, and accommodation; supported their 2030 goal of 40% carbon reduction; and connected a diversity of current and future leaders, including 36% women.

Inspiring long-term loyalty. Embedding pioneering, scalable talent development into a 160-year-old business highlighted that the client’s company remains an exciting place to work within an evolving industry. Engaged and empowered participants rated the program 4.7/5, surpassing the average of 4.4.

Looking toward the future, Management Dynamics noted that its rapidly growing reputation for transforming people, cultures, and organizations has catalyzed its own business performance. They are forecasting an exponential growth target for the next 5 years. 

Management Dynamics Global won a Gold Stevie Award for Leadership or Skills Development Solution Provider of the Year in the 2022 Stevie Awards for Great Employers.

Interested in entering the 2023 Stevie Awards for Great Employers? 

 

The 21st Annual American Business Awards® will be presented on Tuesday, June 13 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in the heart of Times Square in New York City.  More than 530 executives from across the USA will attend to celebrate the presentation of Stevie® Awards to winners of the 2023 ABAs.  

Tuesday's presentations will be livestreamed beginning at 7:00 pm ET.

The following organizations have confirmed their representation at Tuesday's event:

2MamaBees, Pompano Beach, FL
8X8, Campbell, CA
AAITP, South Windsor, CT
Advanced Drainage Systems, Columbus, OH
Aetna Better Health of Kansas, Overland Park, KS
Align Technology , Tempe, AZ
AlignOrg Solutions, Kaysville, UT
All It Takes, Simi Valley, CA (sponsored table)
Anaptyss, Alpharetta, GA
Argano, Plano, TX
AscellaHealth, Berwyn, PA
Ashfield Event Experiences, Fort Washington, PA
AT&T Automation Team, Dallas, TX
AT&T, Dallas, TX
Avidity Biosciences, Inc., San Diego, CA
Bank of America, Charlotte, NC
Barclays, Henderson, NV
BenefitMall, Dallas, TX
Big Deal Media, Barrington, IL
Biohaven, New Haven, CT (sponsored table)
Boomerang Water, Davidson, NC
Boost Payment Solutions, New York, NY (sponsored table)
Brandless, Lindon, UT
Calix, San Jose, CA
Carestream NDT, Rochester, NY
Caster Communications, Newport, RI
CB/I Digital, New York, NY (sponsored table)
Christiana Care Health System, Wilmington, DE
Cigniti Technologies, Dallas, TX
Cisco Systems, San Jose, CA
Cisco, San Jose, CA
City of Sanger, TX, Municipality
ClearGov, Inc, Maynard, MA
Clutch, Folsom, CA
Coastal Middle and High School, Lake Park, FL
Critical Mass, New York, NY
CruxOCM; Calgary, AB Canada
CURE Auto Insurance, Princeton, NJ
Cushman & Wakefield, Chicago, IL
Deloitte Consulting, Bayshore, NY
DHL, Westerville, OH
Digit7, Dallas, TX
Discover Financial Services, Riverwoods, IL (sponsored table)
DuraScience, New York, NY
EBizCharge, Irvine CA
EM Key Solutions, Inc., St. Petersburg, FL
Emory Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, GA
EngageSmart, Boston, MA
Ernst & Young, Columbus, OH (sponsored table)
Exxat, Warren, NJ
EY, Columbus, OH
EY GS LLP, London, United Kingdom
FG|PG, Huntington, CA
Fusion Connect, Atlanta, GA
GEHA (Government Employees Health Association, Inc.), Lee's Summit, MO
Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, OH
Greater Prairie Business Consulting, Inc., Irving, TX
Greencastle Consulting, Malvern, PA
GS Lab | GAVS, Princeton, NJ
GTE Financial, Tampa, FL
HCLTech, Sunnyvale, CA
Hearts & Science, New York, NY
Hexaware Technologies, Iselin, NJ
Hinduja Global Solutions, Austin, TX
History Factory, Washington, DC
Hive Group, Ashburn, VA
Hooked on Code, LLC, Dallas, TX
IBM, Armonk, NY
Iconex, Duluth, GA
Infosys Ltd, Bangalore, India
INOVUES, Houston, TX
Integrity Marketing Group, Dallas TX
Interim HealthCare Inc., Sunrise, FL
Intuitive, Sunnyvale, CA
ISN Software Corporation, Dallas, TX
Jacobik Enterprises, LLC, Naples FL
Jade Global, San Jose, CA
Jefferson County CO
Jenzabar, Boston, MA
Kestra Financial, Austin, TX
Kodak, Rochester, NY (sponsored table)
Leap, Los Altos, CA
Lendmark Financial Services, Lawrenceville, GA
Liberty Bankers Insurance Group, Dallas, TX
LifeVantage, Lehi, UT
Lockheed Martin, Bethesda, MD
Logical Position, Lake Oswego, OR
Manufacturing Technology Deployment Group, Inc, Clearwater, FL
Mattress Firm, Houston, TX
Memorial Hermann Health System, Houston, TX
MetLife Legal Plans, Cleveland, OH
Micro Merchant Systems, Syosset, NY
Microverse Studios, Ponte Vedra, FL
Mizuho Americas, New York, NY
Modular Plant Solutions, Friendswood, TX
Nasdaq Private Market, New York, NY
Nearsure, Wilmington, DE
NEXTpectations®, Claremont, CA
Oncor, Dallas, TX
Onyx Technology LLC, Elkridge, MD
OrthoNu, Brooklyn, NY
Outreach Strategists, LLC, Houston, TX
Parallax Advanced Research, Beavercreek, OH
Personiv, Austin, TX
Philadelphia International Airport, PA
Planful Inc, Scottsdale, AZ
PPM, New York, NY
Praxis AI, Clemson, SC
Prudential Financial, Inc., Newark, NJ
Radicle Science, San Diego, CA
Relevé Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Resolution Think, LLC, Newport News, VA
Retention.com, Austin, TX
Revolve Solutions LLC, Alexandria, VA
Rewards Network, Chicago IL
Savage Brands, Houston, TX
ServiceNow, Santa Clara, CA
Shawarma Press, Irving, TX
Showdown Displays, Brooklyn Center, MN
Social Investor Magazine, Seattle, WA
Sorenson, Salt Lake City, UT
Sourcepass, Inc., East Nortport, NY
SpartanNash, Grand Rapids, MI
SPS North America, New York, NY
Stericycle, Bannockburn, IL
SW Safety Solutions Inc., Union City, CA
T-CETRA, LLC, Dublin, OH
The Financial Times, New York, NY
The Flora May Foundation, San Clemente, CA
The Home Depot Backyard, Atlanta, GA
Thrivent, Minneapolis, MN
Top Score Writing, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Top Tier Solar Solutions, Charlotte, NC
Tracey Consulting, LLC, Harvard, MA
TriNet, Dublin, CA
United Educators, Bethesda, MD
UPMC for Life, Pittsburgh, PA
Valasys Media, Jersey City, NJ
Valor, Dallas, TX
Vatom, Los Angeles, CA
Wells Fargo, San Francisco, CA
West Point Association of Graduates, West Point, NY
Yobi, Los Gatos, CA

Entries for the 2024 edition of The American Business Awards will open this October.  Join the mailing list for the entry kit.

Established in 2006, Stevie-winner SmartOSC is a premium, full-service e-commerce agency, offering simple yet effective solutions, from consulting, website development, UX/UI design to managed services.

Over the past 16 years, SmartOSC has built its reputation through a focus on e-commerce and cost-effectiveness for famous brands and e-tailers around the world, such as LG, Paypal, and Nestle. With a “people-centric” strategy, they always strive to enable employees to grow sustainably in the industry and pursue their passion with a clear career path.

Despite the difficulties of the pandemic, SmartOSC still broke records in employee relations through the implementation of its people-centric philosophy and 5 core values: Sharing, Modesty, Action, Respect, and Transparency. 

With Internal Communication, all of the employees are communicated with continuously, clearly and transparently through diverse channels, especially during the pandemic. The Emergency Response Team (ERT) was formed quickly to monitor and make sure all employees are updated with the pandemic news. Over 20 e-newsletters/month & daily announcements about the pandemic.

During the pandemic, SmartOSC was one of a few IT companies that ensured employees’ jobs and financial status. Additionally, they implemented “work-from-home” only a few weeks in early 2020, ensuring business continuity and employees’ ability to work.

By Q4 2021, SmartOSC attracted both technology and non-tech specialists, increasing the number of employees to nearly 1000 across offices in Vietnam, the USA, the UK, Australia, Singapore, Japan, and Thailand. The company’s digital presence increased in reach and talent database. Over 1 year, their LinkedIn followers increased by 30%, and the fan page SmartOSC Careers (recruitment page) followers increased by 350%.

Their online training system, “Smart Academy,” has more than 1,000 online training courses stored, with over 30,000 hours of training and 40 internal seminars. Using this available training resource, more than 30% of trainees have passed international certificates, such as PMP, ISTQB, PMI-ACP. The company provides a transparent career roadmap with clear mobility opportunities to all employees.

One of the most important things that SmartOSC feels makes them unique from other companies is their “O-S-C” culture: “Open, Self-disciplined and Continuously growing.” Employees are free to speak to the CEO or Chairman about anything, including business or personal issues. More than that, employees are enabled to set their own pace and strategy without being forced to follow a common standard. 

Their philosophy encourages employees to have freedom and autonomy, with a flexible work time policy that allows employees to be more independent, productive, and creative by fully controlling their 8 hours.

They aim to incorporate employee engagement throughout every aspect of work life, not only in the company’s diverse activities every month, such as Family Day and Summer vacation. In 2020, they launched a CSR project called: “SMART GREEN FOREST” that planted more than 6,600 trees to reforest the barren hills at Xuan Son National Park.

SmartOSC won a Bronze Stevie Award for Employer of the Year in Computer Services in the 2022 Stevie® Awards for Great Employers.

Interested in entering the 2023 Stevie® Awards for Great Employers?

Registration is now open for the 6th annual Women|Future Conference, to be held virtually from August 1-2. Attending the 2023 conference is free, but attendees must register in advance to access the virtual platform and sessions.

The Women|Future Conference is a professional development, learning, and networking event that brings together a community of small business owners, executives, entrepreneurs, and women who are interested in starting a business.

In 2018, the Women Future Conference was created in conjunction with the highly successful Stevie® Awards for Women in Business program to give high-achieving women professionals, thought leaders, and entrepreneurs a place to come together, share ideas, and network.

Today, we have accomplished this and more, expanding our conference to many ambitious, forward-thinking professionals across industries and career stages. Attendees are a mix of CEOs, founders, small business owners, entrepreneurs, executives, directors, and managers, as well as women between jobs or starting a career transition who are seeking mentorship.

Reputed Stevie Award Winners Give Tips on Award Submissions
The 2023 conference agenda features two days of panels, workshops, and breakout sessions hosted by over 30 world-class speakers including CEOs, founders, entrepreneurs, thought leaders, and small business consultants.

A new feature in the 2023 edition of the program includes a workshop on “How to Write a Winning Stevie Award Nomination,” led by Denise O’Leary, MBE. Denise is a 21x Stevie Award winner and will share her experience on how to construct a winning Stevie Award entry. Denise will share insights from her years of experience in Stevie applications and provide hints on what judges really want to see.

Many 2023 speakers are actually past and current Stevie Award winners who have earned recognition in one (or many) of our eight Stevie Awards programs. Speakers this year who are also past winners in the Stevie Awards for Women in Business include:

• Viola Palescandolo, Founder & CEO, Black Platinum Gold B.V.
• Marnie LeFevre, Founder & CEO, Fempire
• Etosha Thurman, Chief Marketing and Solutions Officer, SAP
• Mez Gallifuoco, Founder & CEO, The Mad Ones
• Kathleen Mitford, Corporate Vice President of Global Industry - Marketing, Microsoft
• Jennifer Harris-Kroll, Director of Growth, Anthill
• Bridgett McGowen, Speaker/Author/Publisher, Press 49, a part of BMH Companies
• Valeria Jennings, CEO, Jennings Social Media & MarTech 
• Jennifer Cloer, Founder & CEO, Story Changes Culture
• Lauren Clemett, Managing Director, The Audacious Agency
• Annette Densham, Creative Director, Audacious Agency

Speakers who have won a Stevie Award in one of our other seven awards programs include: 

• Safiya Johnson, Leadership Strategist & CEO, Safiya Group
• Ciara Ungar, Founder & CEO, The Why Group, Inc.
• Alycia Huston, Founder & CEO, The Culture Cru
• Brenda Jimenez, CEO, MENTOR New York
• Christina Helena, Public Speaking & Communications Coach, Mental Health Speaker, My Scar is Sexy

Women from cities across the United States, Canada, Australia, Asia, and Europe attend the conference year after year to be inspired, build resilience, and share insights into changes that impact their industries, their careers, and their lives. 

Below are a few of the upcoming 2023 Women|Future Conference sessions:

• From Wages to Wealth: Making the Shift from Employee to Entrepreneur
• Taking the Leap: How to Transfer Your Skills from One Role to the Next
• Funding Female Futures: Navigating the Investment Landscape and Bootstrapping Success
• Unveiling the Unspoken: Candid Conversation on Workplace Inclusivity Issues for Women in Business
• From Idea to Empire - Lessons in Branding
• The Must-Have Money-Marketing Marketing Tool…That Few Businesses Have but that Every Single One of Them Needs

To learn more about the Women|Future Conference speakers and view the full agenda, visit www.womenfutureconference.com. 

Free Registration
In order to attend the conference and access the virtual event platform, all attendees must register in advance. 

For partnership, press, and media inquiries, contact Nina@stevieawards.com.

Winners to be Recognized at Awards Ceremony on June 13

Planet DDS received the most votes in the 2023 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 are now in their 21st year.

The worldwide public vote was conducted in April and May, with the highest number of votes deciding the winners in a variety of product categories. More than 41,000 votes were cast. To win, a category’s leading vote-getter had to have received at least 100 votes.

The winners of the crystal People’s Choice Stevie Awards will be recognized during the ABA’s awards ceremony on June 13, along with the winners of the Grand, Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevies announced this Spring.

All new products and services nominated in the new product awards categories of this year’s American Business Awards were eligible to be included in voting for the people’s choice awards.

The winners of the 2023 People’s Choice Stevie Awards for Favorite New Products are:

• AI/ Machine Learning Solution: Evisort's Generative AI for Contracts
• Cloud Application/Service: Ernst & Young's Global Tax Platform
• Cloud Infrastructure: Anjuna
• Cloud Platform: Synchronoss Personal Cloud
• Compliance Solution: CoreStack's SecOps
• Computer Hardware & Peripherals: Webex Events, Webex Events Onsite Check-in and Badge Printing
• Consumer Products & Services: LifeVantage's TrueScience Liquid Collagen
• Content Management Solution: Quark Software's Quark Publishing Platform (QPP) NextGen
• Content Products & Services: First American Data and Analytics' CovenantGuard
• Corp. Learning/Workforce Development Solution: Startek's Agent AI Platform
• Customer Data Platform: BlueConic's Customer Data Platform
• DevOps Solution: BairesDev
• Digital Process Automation Solution: Align Technology's iTero Proposal Builder
• Education Products/Services – Other: PowerSchool's Unified K-12 Solutions
• Electronic Commerce Solution: Newfold Digital's Web.com Online Store Builder
• Emerging Technology: Unite Us Social Connector
• Event Management Solution: Webex Events
• Financial Management Solution: EBizCharge
• Financial Services: Liberty Bankers Insurance Group's On-the-Spot (OTS) 2
• FinTech Solution: EBizCharge
• Health & Pharmaceutical Product: Radicle Science's Proof-as-a-Service
• Healthcare Technology Solution: Planet DDS
• Legal Solution: Evisort's Generative AI for Legal
• Mathematics Instructional Solution: Savvas Learning Company's enVision K-12 series © 2024
• Mobile On-Demand Application: London Computer Systems rmResident
• Network Security Solution: Windstream Enterprise's SASE
• No Code/Low Code Platform: Cigniti Technologies iNSta
• Payments Solution: EBizCharge
• Platform as a Service: Plivo's 10DLC
• Professional Learning Solution for Education: Stride Inc's Promising Practices
• Service Management Solution: Ernst & Young's Tax Smart Delivery
• Solution for Special Needs Students: CentralReach's LiftEd
• Supply Chain Management Solution: Ware2Go
• Transportation: Soapy Joe's Car Wash's Magic Joe
• Use of Artificial Intelligence in EdTech: Praxis AI's Augmented Intelligence (A/I) Mentor Pria
• Virtual Learning Solution: MedCerts Intro to Human Anatomy Course App

Sponsors of The 2023 American Business Awards include HCLTech, Melissa Sones Consulting, and SoftPro.

Multiple Stevie® Award-winner mindit.io is a global company that creates enterprise applications, business intelligence solutions, and integration solutions across many industries, with proven expertise in retail, banking, fintech, and healthcare.

Their mission is to continuously mind customers’ business through outstanding services. They help clients establish roadmaps for their technological path or products and provide comprehensive implementation resources in terms of solutions and people.

Their dedicated engineers are proficient in delivering end-to-end software services with a focus on business analysis, architecture, development, integration, maintenance, and support. mindit.io has created a sustainable intrapreneurial environment where people can expand both their professional and personal perspectives.

The Women Leading Change and Growth
In the 2022 Stevie® Awards for Women in Business, mindit.io took home a Silver Stevie Award for Fastest Growing Company of the Year. When asked what winning the award meant to her, Chief Executive Officer Lucia Stoicescu commented:

“Software is what we know how to build. But ultimately, we wanted to foster an environment in which people can become the best version of themselves. The moment you choose to compromise regarding the best version of yourself, you give away the power. And we want to empower people.

This award is motivation to continue, dream bigger, work harder to build upon the trust our people put in our community, and deliver upon that trust. In a fast-growing company, you need a systematic approach to growth that involves a transformation mindset and team growth.”

With decades of experience working in the technology sector (mainly retail, fintech, telecom, and MedTech), Lucia’s expertise is in driving and managing business growth, technology transformation, sourcing, operations, finance, HR, and regulatory compliance for international customers.

Two additional women on the mindit.io team were recognized in the 2022 awards program: Mona Hristachi, Co-Chief Operating Officer, won a Silver Stevie for Woman of the Year in Business Services; and Roxana Staneiu, Chief People Officer, won a Silver Stevie for Female Employee of the Year in Business.

Woman of the Year in Business Services, Mona Hristachi
Before she was Co-COO of mindit.io, Mona started her journey in 2014 working in background screening, then gained experience in various business roles like sales representative, analyst, key account manager, and project manager:

“There are many skills that I had the chance to develop in time. Still, one of the skills I got the context to explore more evolved around identifying and understanding needs. How do you ask the right questions to understand the real need to be able to provide support, and where is the case to come up with the right solutions?

Through servant leadership, you can better understand how you can help a colleague or a partner, and that’s something that I resonate with.”

Mona remarked that she was already happy to be nominated for the award and was pleasantly surprised at winning:

“For the past 8 years, my professional journey has been within the mindit.io team, exploring different roles and having a continuous learning experience. Receiving the award means that the excellent work we are doing at mindit.io is recognized.

It’s important to continue to create a community where each one contributes with their expertise and skills and learns from others while building software engineering platforms and products."

Female Employee of the Year in Business, Roxana Staneiu
Certified as a NeuroMindfulness Coach Practitioner, Roxana is a people-oriented leader whose mission is to inspire, coach, and lead teams to drive innovation and create added value.

Specifically, she helps people nourish their potential in dynamic and challenging environments, facilitates authentic experiences, and provides clear vision in fast-paced situations. “People are the epicenter of everything I do,” she explained, “be it organizational culture or key account management, my role is deeply influenced by the passion I have for building authentic connections.”

When asked if it was challenging being a woman in a predominantly male-dominated industry like software development, Roxana commented:

“Over the last decade, women constantly prove that they can code, they can come up with innovative solutions, can be in top management positions, can run businesses, they can be visionary leaders.

I feel we don’t need to prove ourselves anymore and it’s high time to be recognized for the value we all can bring. I’m aware there are still some old socially desirable standards that are imposed on women, but I feel we came a long way, and every time we put our focus on results, passion, hard work, ideas, and innovations, not on gender or stereotypes, we all make another step towards a better society.” 

Since Winning Their Stevie Awards
mindit.io has since been recognized in Romania for its unique benefit called minditNomad. Through minditNomad, they have their own minditNomad homes located throughout Romania, in the mountains and at the seaside, where employees can work from or have a vacation with their friends and family without having to worry about accommodation costs, not having Internet, or not having the right equipment. They believe in working from anywhere and that a change of scenery is essential from time to time. 

Irina Arsene, mindit.io Founder, was also awarded the first-ever "Inspiring Woman of the Year" Award at the 2023 EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™ Gala!

In addition to these achievements, mindit.io has also been officially certified as a Great Place to Work® with 97% of their employees answering "yes" when asked, "Taking everything into account, do you consider mindit.io a great place to work?"

mindit.io has also managed to continue with 40% year-over-year growth in 2022 and more than 250 employees. They plan to reach the 1000-people milestone by the end of 2025.

mindit.io won a Silver Stevie Award for Fastest-Growing Company of the Year. Mona Hristachi, Co-COO, won a Silver Stevie for Woman of the Year in Business Services; and Roxana Staneiu, Chief People Officer, won a Silver Stevie Award for Female Employee of the Year in Business in the 2022 Stevie Awards for Women in Business. 

Interesting in entering the 2023 Stevie Awards for Women in Business? 

 

Auch in der Baubranche wird die Digitalisierung im Projektmanagement immer wichtiger. Als einer der führenden Anbieter einer passenden All-In-One-Lösung hat sich die XBuild GmbH aus dem österreichischen Innsbruck an die Spitze dieser Entwicklung gestellt, die sich übergreifend für Bauherren, Planer, Architekten, aber auch allen anderen in der Baubranche tätigen Unternehmer eignet. Deswegen wurde das Team um die beiden Gründer David Abfalterer und Tobias Rieser dieses Jahr aus einem starken Bewerberfeld mit ihrer Immobilien- oder Baumanagement-Lösung  für den Grand Stevie Award für die am höchsten bewertete Nominierung ausgewählt.

Statt auf viele kleine Insellösungen zu setzen, wie sie von Mitbewerbern im Bereich der Bauplanungssoftware angeboten werden, bündelt XBuild alle Bereiche in einer übersichtlichen, effizienten und zeitsparenden Oberfläche. Dabei zielt XBuild auf den tatsächlichen Workflow sämtlicher, im Bereich Bauwesen agierender Unternehmensgruppen ab. Statt teurer und ineffizienter Einzellösungen, die durch ihre Preisgestaltung zudem in keinem zufriedenstellenden Kosten-Nutzen-Verhältnis stehen, erhält der Bauherr eine ausgereifte und günstige Komplettlösung. Darüber hinaus ist für die Benutzung der Anwendung keinerlei Installation nötig - es kann sofort mit der Planung eines neuen Projektes begonnen werden. 

Von Anfang an wurden bei der Entwicklung des Systems die Überlegungen zum Thema Digitalisierung im Workflow verschiedenster Baufirmen berücksichtigt. Das Ergebnis dieser Bemühungen ermöglicht eine Dokumentation des kompletten Projekts, das sich so problemlos in seiner Gesamtheit abbilden lässt. 

Das Ergebnis ist: Seit im Jahr 2021 die erste Pilotversion von XBuild gestartet wurde, hat sie sich am Markt nicht nur durchgesetzt, sondern konnte einen geradezu explosionsartige Verbreitung erreichen. Über 2.000 Nutzer vertrauen mittlerweile in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz auf den in diesem Bereich einzigartigen Funktionsumfang, den XBuild bietet. Denn egal ob es um administrative Aufgaben wie die Verwaltung von Rechten und externen Zugängen oder um die tatsächliche Ausführung der Bauprojekten von der Skizze bis zur Schlüsselübergabe geht: Mit seinem präzisen Tracking von Aktivitäten durch Verläufe, Berichte sowie einem integrierten Ticket-System steht bei XBuild immer das passende Tool zur Verfügung. Innerhalb der Software können so automatisiert Protokolle erstellt, Tickets verteilt und Arbeitsaufträge koordiniert werden. Dadurch kann jedes Projekt von Anfang bis Ende in einer einheitlichen, zentral zugänglichen Umgebung verwaltet und durchgeführt werden. Dabei ist sowohl eine firmenübergreifende Vernetzung und Cloud-Integration vorhanden, als auch eine individuelle Anpassbarkeit an die eigenen Bedürfnisse gegeben: Alle Projektbeteiligten sind über die Anwendung miteinander verbunden, und zwar firmenübergreifend. Dies reduziert die Fehleranfälligkeit durch Misskommunikation auf ein Minimum, die verschiedenen Subprozesse, wie sie in der Baubranche üblich sind, können effektiv koordiniert werden.

Es ist also kaum verwunderlich, dass jede Woche neue Nutzer dieses Multiprojekt-Managementtool hinzukommen, welches sämtliche Subprozesse mit den dazugehörigen Abhängigkeit koordinieren kann und so auch Projektbeteiligte zusammenführt, die außerhalb der verschiedenen Teilaspekte nicht zusammen arbeiten. Diese geben durchweg ein positives Feedback zu Usability und den erreichten Ergebnissen.

 

Mit dem in XBuild integrierten außergewöhnlichen Funktionsumfang ist es dem jungen Start-Up gelungen, die am besten bewertete von über 400 Nominierungen zu erreichen und somit bei den German Stevie® Awards 2023 nicht nur einen Gold Stevie® in der Kategorie Business Technology Solution – Immobilien- oder Baumanagement-Lösungen, sondern auch den begehrten Grand Stevie Award für die am höchsten bewertete Nominierung zu gewinnen, eine der höchsten Auszeichnungen, die die German Stevie Awards zu bieten haben. 

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