Management Awards Category Winners
Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie® Award winners in the 20th annual IBAs are listed by category, arranged in the following groups of categories. Winners were determined through more than two months of judging by the average scores of more than 230 professionals worldwide. Winners were celebrated during a gala event in Rome, Italy on Friday, 13 October.
Executive of the Year - Advertising, Marketing & Public Relations
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER:
BBSA, Dover, Delaware, United States: Anna Stella, Founder
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER:
HANAROADCOM, Seoul, South Korea: Son Jeong-Hie, CEO
PAGEONE, Makati, Philippines: Ron Jabal, CEO
Executive of the Year - Business or Professional Services
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER:
Helpware, Lexington, Kentucky, United States: Dana Sides-Mahoney, Sr. Vice President of Global Operations
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER:
Everise, Plantation, Florida, United States: Sudhir Agarwal, Founder and CEO
SOOHYUN Inc., Seoul, South Korea: Joong-Soo Kyung, CEO
Wipro, East Brunswick, New Jersey, United States: Ramendra Rout, Director, M&A
Executive of the Year - Computer Services
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER:
Incedo Inc., Florham Park, New Jersey, United States: Nitin Seth, Co-Founder and CEO
Executive of the Year - Consumer Products - Non-Durables
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER:
MONAT Global Corp, Dallas, Texas, United States: Jen Usher, Vice President & Managing Director - Australia & New Zealand
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER:
Philip Morris International, Lausanne, Switzerland: Waynn Wu, Chief Strategy Officer
Executive of the Year - Diversified Services
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER:
Abu Dhabi Ports Group, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: Capt. Saif Al Mehairi, Managing Director
Executive of the Year - Financial Services
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER:
PJ Lhuillier, Inc., Makati City, National Capital Region, Philippines: Jean Henri Lhuillier, President and CEO
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER:
Natal Joint Municipal Pension Funds (NJMPF), Durban, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa: Bongi Mkhize, Financial Manager
Executive of the Year - Internet/New Media
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER:
Amazon, Seattle, Washington, United States: Ashlesha Kadam, Product Head, Amazon Music
Executive of the Year - Materials & Construction
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER:
Cree-Con Construction Inc, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada: Karma Hunter, COO
Executive of the Year - Real Estate
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER:
CoStar Group, Washington, District Of Columbia, United States: Andy Florance, Founder & CEO
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER:
Filinvest Land Inc, Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila, Philippines: Tristan Las Marias, President & CEO
Executive of the Year - Retail
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER:
A.S. Watson Group, Hong Kong, Hong Kong: Malina Ngai, CEO
Executive of the Year - Telecommunications
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER:
TIM Brasil, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil: Olimpio Fernandes, formerly AI Cognitive Experience Director
Executive of the Year - Transportation
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER:
PT Angkasa Pura Logistik, Jakarta, Dki Jakarta, Indonesia: Danny P. Thaharsyah, CEO
Innovator of the Year
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER:
CVS Health, Chicago, Illinois, United States: Shashank Agarwal, Senior Decision Scientist
Inspire Realty, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia: Colin Lee, Founder & CEO
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER:
Pulp+Wire, Portland, Maine, United States: Taja Dockendorf, Founder/CEO
Lifetime Achievement Award - Business Services Industries
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER:
Golden Hour, Spring, Texas, United States: Melissa Fields-Tugwell, Co-Founder
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER:
PIZZOLANTE Estrategia + Comunicación, Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic: Thony Da Silva Romero, Managing Partner - CEO
Lifetime Achievement Award - Consumer Services Industries
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER:
JazzRadio Berlin, Berlin, Germany: Julian Allitt, CEO
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER:
PJ Lhuillier, Inc., Makati City, National Capital Region, Philippines: Jean Henri Lhuillier, President and CEO
Management Team of the Year
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER:
Red Education, North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia: Leading Cybersecurity Education
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER:
Abu Dhabi Ports Group, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: Ports Cluster Management Team
mindit.io, Bucharest, Romania: We put people first. We grow together. We're mindit.io.
PuroClean, Tamarac, Florida, United States: Management Team of the Year (A40) – Executive Leadership Team
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER:
CARBO, Houston, Texas, United States: Driving Excellence: CARBO's Management Team of the Year
Innova Solutions, Duluth, Georgia, United States: Innova Solutions | Talent Solutions Management Team
Veeam, Dingwall, Ross-Shire, United Kingdom: Veeam: Sales Acceleration Leadership Team
Maverick of the Year
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER:
Rural Policy Group, Pluckley, Kent, United Kingdom: Mark Lumsdon-Taylor, Founder and Chair
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER:
Ethical Property Investments, Preston, Victoria, Australia: Goro Gupta, CEO
Judge India Solutions Private Limited, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India: Abhishek Agarwal, President - JI - Global Delivery
PJ Lhuillier, Inc., Makati City, National Capital Region, Philippines: Jean Henri Lhuillier, President and CEO
Synoptek, Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Rohan Roger, CTO/SMB CIO
Warrior Academy, Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Sebastian Bates
Woman of the Year
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER:
Keegor, Johannesburg, South Africa: Michelle Austin, Financial Director
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER:
Code Breaker Technologies, Laguna Beach, California, United States: Cheri Tree, Founder
LK Architecture, Wichita, Kansas, United States: Lisa A. Haude, Sr Vice President, Director of Interiors
Sleepm Global Inc., Markham, Ontario, Canada: Emma He, CEO
TCL, Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Sunny Yang, General Manager
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER:
Align Technology, Inc., Morrisville, North Carolina, United States: Jennifer Olson, Executive Vice President, Customer Success
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Seattle, Washington, United States: Sugandha Sahay, Technical Strategy and Program Management Leader
DHL Express Mexico, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico: Janette Lopez, Customer Care Director
Experient, Lidcombe, New South Wales, Australia: Rachel Bohr, Finance & Business Manager
PuroClean, Tamarac, Florida, United States: Chrissy VanderWyde, Vice President of Franchise Relations
Resideo Technologies, Inc., Warszawa, Poland: Natalia Długosz, Marketing and Communications Manager Eastern Europe & EMEA