--- title: Sales Awards | good customer service description: good customer service | The sales awards blog of the Stevie Awards, the world's premier business awards programs. --- [![stevie-awards-full-logo](https://blog.stevieawards.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Stevie%20Awards%20Blog%20Theme%20Files/stevie-awards-full-logo.png?width=347&height=70&name=stevie-awards-full-logo.png "stevie-awards-full-logo")](http://stevieawards.com) Click to View Posts by Stevie® Awards Categories ## [200 Reasons to Attend Monday's Sales & Customer Service Awards Show](https://blog.stevieawards.com/sales-awards/bid/50177/200-Reasons-to-Attend-Monday-s-Sales-Customer-Service-Awards-Show) Posted by [Michael Gallagher](https://blog.stevieawards.com/sales-awards/author/michael-gallagher) on Wed, Feb 16, 2011 @ 12:49 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [Tweet](http://twitter.com/share) ![Eden Roc Lobby](http://www.stevieawards.com//uploads/Image/EdenRoc2.jpg)On Monday, February 21, more than 200 customer service, call center, and sales executives from the U.S.A. and several other countries will gather at the Eden Roc Renaissance Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida for the presentation of the 5th annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service.  [Tickets are still on sale](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/sales/tickets/404_2062_13373.cfm). This is the world's premier [sales awards](http://www.stevieawards.com/sales) and [customer service awards](http://www.stevieawards.com/sales) competition. More than 800 entries were submitted this year, and 35% of them were recognized as Finalists through the scores of more than 50 [preliminary judges](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/sales/awards/426_2277_20878.cfm). This year's [Finalists are listed here](http://www.stevieawards.com/pubs/sales/awards/426_2281_20877.cfm) - *what do do you think of them as a group? * Can't get to Miami on Monday? Look for the announcement of the final results [on the awards' web site](http://www.stevieawards.com/sales) on Tuesday morning. Here are the organizations that have already booked their tickets for Monday's banquet. Accenture BPO Services of BC  Vancouver BC Canada      American Support  Chapel Hill NC Archipelago Learning  Dallas  TX                  Assurant Solutions  Atlanta  GA                 Assurant Solutions, Lawton, OK Bronto Software Durham NC                         Bulldog Solutions, Inc., Austin, TX Capital One Financial Corporation  McLean  VA        Carnival Cruise Lines  Miami  FL                   Catapult Technology  Bethesda  MD                  Ceridian Corporation  Minneapolis  MN                 ChannelAdvisor  Morrisville  NC                CIGNA Government Services  Nashville  TN               Comcast, Philadelphia, PA Competence Call Center AG  Headquarters  Vienna Austria                                Constant Contact, Waltham, MA CustomInk.com  McLean  VA                 Cvent, McLean, VA Daxko, Birmingham, AL DeVry  Inc.  Oakbrook  IL DiCentral Corporation  Houston  TX      DYMO Endicia  Palo Alto  CA eCornell  Ithaca  NY EMKAY, Itasca, IL Epicor Software Corporation, Irvine, CA Everything Everywhere - Customer Operations (T-Mobile and Orange), United Kingdom                Family Heritage Life Insurance Company of America  Cleveland  OH                                Force3, Crofton, MD Gazelle, Boston, MA GlassHouse Technologies, Framingham MA        IHG Salt Lake City UT Infogroup  Omaha NE Informatica Corporation Redwood City CA         Information Builders, New York, NY       iolo technologies  Los Angeles  CA        Kraton Polymers, Houston, TX      L-com Inc.  North Andover  MA Litle & Co, Lowell, MA     LiveOps, Santa Clara, CA LivePerson, New York, NY Marriott International  Bethesda  MD Marriott Vacation Club International  Orlando  FL           Marsh U.S. Consumer, Urbandale, IA Mayo Medical Laboratories  Rochester  MN              MD On-Line, Inc., Parsippany, NJ Merchant Warehouse  Boston  MA                  Métier  Ltd.  Santa Rosa  CA                       Model Metrics, Chicago, IL Mondial Assistance  Richmond  VA                  Oakwood Temporary Housing  Los Angeles  CA            Office Depot  Inc. Boca Raton  FL                  OnStar, Detroit, MI Overstock.com, Salt Lake City, UT PAETEC Holding Corp.  Fairport  NY                  Paycom Payroll LLC, Oklahoma City, OK Paycor  Cincinnati  OH                     Paylocity  Arlington Heights  IL                     PetRays Veterinary Telemedicine Consultants, The Woodlands, TX         PHH Arval  Sparks  MD                       Portugal Telecom, Lisbon, Portugal         Prescription Solutions/UnitedHealth Group, Irvine, CA PSAV Presentation Services  Long Beach  CA           Rosetta Stone, Arlington, VA Safelite Solutions  Columbus OH Sales Management Association  Atlanta GA             SilkRoad technology, Winston-Salem, NC Sundance Vacations  Wilkes Barre  PA               SurePayroll  Glenview  IL                     Tahitian Noni International  Provo  UT               TATA Motors Ltd  India                 Telecom Italia SPA  Rome Italy                Teva Neuroscience  Inc. Kansas City  MO              The Brooks Group, Greensboro, NC Toshiba America Business Solutions Inc., Irvine, CA      TRUMPF Inc.  Farmington  CT             TRX, Inc., Atlanta, GA                US Postal Service Business Alliances, Southeastern, PA                            USANA Health Sciences  Inc . West Valley  UT           ValueSelling Associates, San Diego, CA       Walker Advertising Inc, San Pedro, CA Wheels  Inc.  Des Plaines  IL 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.stevieawards.com/sales-awards/bid/50177/200-Reasons-to-Attend-Monday-s-Sales-Customer-Service-Awards-Show#comments-listing) Topics: [customer service awards](https://blog.stevieawards.com/sales-awards/topic/customer-service-awards), [stevie awards](https://blog.stevieawards.com/sales-awards/topic/stevie-awards), [sales awards](https://blog.stevieawards.com/sales-awards/topic/sales-awards), [good customer service](https://blog.stevieawards.com/sales-awards/topic/good-customer-service), [excellent customer service](https://blog.stevieawards.com/sales-awards/topic/excellent-customer-service) ## [53 Customer Service & Sales Awards Heroes](https://blog.stevieawards.com/sales-awards/bid/48742/53-Customer-Service-Sales-Awards-Heroes) Posted by [Michael Gallagher](https://blog.stevieawards.com/sales-awards/author/michael-gallagher) on Fri, Jan 14, 2011 @ 01:16 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) The following professionals participated in preliminary-round judging of the 5th annual [Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service](http://www.stevieawards.com/sales) from November 2010 to January 2011.  Their average scores determined the Finalists in the [sales awards](http://www.stevieawards.com/sales), [call center awards](http://www.stevieawards.com/sales), and [customer service awards](http://www.stevieawards.com/sales) categories.  We can't thank them enough for their work this year.  Entries were up more than 60% over last year, so they had their work cut out for them!  Special thanks to Frank Powell of PetRays and Shannon Russell of Seattle Pacific Industries, the two judges who scored the most entries and are thus the winners of two free tickets to the February 21 awards banquet in Miami Beach. Cheryl Alaniz, Director, Member Services, Topco Associates LLC, Skokie, IL John D. Allen, President/CEO, Allen Worldwide Solutions Ltd, St. Thomas, ON Canada Jane Blackwell, Community Outreach Manager, High Point Bank & Trust, High, Point, NC Jeffrey Brooks, Senior Manager, Support Services, Peak 10, Charlotte, NC Dawn Collier, Customer Service Manager, Sunco Carriers, Lakeland, FL Patricia Cotter, VP Worldwide Operations, Netezza Corporation, Marlborough, MA Derek Cunningham, VP-Sales, DAXKO, Birmingham, AL Jan Delory, President, Sales Vantage Point, Raleigh, NC James Donovan, VP/General Manager, National Inside Sales, Cbeyond, Atlanta, GA Carolyn K Edwards, Communications Consultant, London, United Kingdom David Figueroa, Adoption Analyst, eSales & Service, AT&T, Bothell, WA Heisha Freeman, VP, Client Development, Quantum Relocation Services, Dallas, TX Michael Gerard, VP, Sales Advisory Practice, IDC, Framingham, MA Steve Gershik, Chief Marketing Officer, The Brand, Art & Technology Studio, Beachwood, OH Jaki Glenn, Regional Senior Sales Representative, Taleo Learn, Taleo, Belton, SC Bob Gooderl, Associate VP - Client Services, Symetra Financial, Bellevue, WA Shane Hallen, Regional Vice President, Sales, PAETEC, Plymouth Meeting, PA Joshua Harris, Senior Director, Program Sales, Direct Alliance Corporation, Tempe, AZ Bill Hicks, Director of Business Development, The Sales Management Association, Atlanta, GA Marie Holliday, EFT-ADV, MAAMET, President, EFT Spain, Murcia, Spain Dustin Johnson, Vice President of Sales Operations, Market Force Information, Norcross, GA Amanda Kendall, VP of Customer Exeprience, Unionbay Sportswear, Kent, WA Patti LaChapelle, Manager, Training and Development, Marriott International, Bethesda, MD Rebecca Lane, President, Epitome Health and Beauty Ltd, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom Seleste Lunsford, Executive Consultant, Sales Performance, AchieveGlobal, Tampa, FL Robyn McNeely, Continuous Improvement Coordinator, CIGNA Government Services, Nashville, TN Sharon Metzung, Publications & Graphics Manager, Lake Metroparks, Concord Township, OH Jay Mitchell, Managing Director, Motum, LLC, Irving, TX Alan Moak, VP & COO, Assurant Solutions, Atlanta, GA Sean Murphy, Executive VP - eCommerce, CustomInk, McLean, VA Reghunath Nair, Training Manager, Oman Insurance Company (PSC), Dubai, United Arab Emirates Adam Patenaude, General Manager, Aloft Hotels, San Antonio, TX Summer Poletti, Director of Client Relations, Payroll Tax Management, Inc., Santa Ana, CA Matt Popinski, Director of Support Services, DAXKO, Birmingham, AL Frank Powell, Marketing Director, PetRays, The Woodlands, TX Bridgette Ridgeway, President & CEO, TaylorField, Brown Deer, WI Peter Rifkind, Director of Client Service, UltraLinq Healthcare Solutions, Inc., New York, NY Shannon Russell, Compliance Manager, Seattle Pacific Industries/Unionbay Sportswear, Kent, WA Scott Sachs, Senior Director, Call Center Operations, Assurant, Wayne, PA Stu Schlackman, Owner, Competitive Excellence, Richardson, TX Kristina Schwende, Owner/Program Developer, Sabre Business Skills, Richmond, BC Canada Ansa Sekharan, Senior VP, Global Customer Support, Informatica Corp., Redwood City, CA Randy Selleck, Senior Director, Call Center Operations, Assurant Solutions, Atlanta, GA Paula Sellergren, Director of Marketing, Mather LifeWays, Evanston, IL Donnovan Simon, Director, Sales Support, SMART Technologies, Calgary, AB Canada Alexsis Stephens, Human Resources Manager, Assurant Solutions, Lawton, OK Ralph Stewart, Marketing Director, Maintenance Connection Inc., Davis, CA David Stuart, Customer Support Manager, Halogen Software, Ottawa, ON Canada Janice Sutherland, Head of UK Sales Contact Centres, Bank of Ireland, Bristol, United Kingdom Christopher Tepas, Chief Marketing Officer, EMKAY, Itasca, IL Linda Varrell, President, Broadreach Public Relations, Yarmouth, ME Sundy Visbal, Director of Digital Strategy, Womenetics, LLC, Decatur, GA Julia Zamorska, VP of Corporate Communications, iolo technologies, Los Angeles, CA 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.stevieawards.com/sales-awards/bid/48742/53-Customer-Service-Sales-Awards-Heroes#comments-listing) Topics: [customer service awards](https://blog.stevieawards.com/sales-awards/topic/customer-service-awards), [sales awards](https://blog.stevieawards.com/sales-awards/topic/sales-awards), [good customer service](https://blog.stevieawards.com/sales-awards/topic/good-customer-service), [excellent customer service](https://blog.stevieawards.com/sales-awards/topic/excellent-customer-service), [contact center awards](https://blog.stevieawards.com/sales-awards/topic/contact-center-awards) ### Request an entry kit for one or more of the stevie awards programs [Remove my information](https://blog.stevieawards.com/sales-awards/topic/good-customer-service#) Entry kit will be sent to you by email. 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