2017 winners: Executive categories

01 a. Executive of the Year – Large Companies (1000 and more employees)	Gold	Planet Fitness Chris Rondeau, CEO

	Silver	Benefitfocus Shawn Jenkins, CEO

	Silver	Best Western Ron Pohl, SVP and COO

	Bronze	At Home Peter Corsa, COO

	Bronze	Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting Karen Abramson, CEO

01 b. Executive of the Year – Medium Companies (100-999 employees)	Gold	PURE Insurance Ross Buchmueller, president and CEO

	Silver	Ensono Jeff VonDeylen, CEO

	Silver	Kneaders Bakery & Café James Worthington, CEO

	Silver	Netsertive Brendan Morrissey, CEO and co-founder

	Silver	Sheraton Tony Dunn, Chief Sales Officer, Sheraton Denver Downtown

	Bronze	The Money Source Darius Mirshahzadeh, CEO

	Bronze	Zinwave Scott Willis, CEO

01 c. Executive of the Year – Small Companies (1-99 employees)	Gold	Albert Or Shani, CEO and founder

	Silver	InAuth Lisa Stanton, CEO

	Silver	Jelmar Alison Gutterman, President and CEO

	Silver	RizePoint Frank Maylett, CEO

	Bronze	Humacyte Theodore Lithgow, Chief Operations Officer

	Bronze	Quantum 9 Michael Mayes, CEO

	Bronze	Shaw Systems Roy Shaw, President and Chairman

04 Finance Executive of the Year	Gold	AT&T Jennifer Biry, CFO

	Silver	Creative Lodging Solutions Marsha Couch, CFO

	Bronze	Harvest Group Roger H. Ingwersen, Managing Partner and Founder

05 HR Executive of the Year	Gold	GL group Lisa Whealon, Chief People Officer

	Silver	DISYS Laura Smith, VP of Global Human Resources

	Bronze	Ceridian Lisa Sterling, Chief People Officer

06 Legal Executive of the Year	Silver	WorkWave Perry Pappas, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer

07 Marketing Executive of the Year	Gold	Ceridian Kristina Cleary, CMO

	Silver	Autoscribe Corporation Eugene O’Rourke, VP of Marketing

	Silver	Albert Amy Inlow, CMO

08 PR Executive of the Year	Silver	Alorica Ken Muché, Director of Global Public Relations

09 Sales Executive of the Year	Gold	Bloomberg Tax Gregory Amdur, Vice President and Head of Sales, Bloomberg Tax Technology

	Silver	SpotX Sean Buckley, CRO

	Bronze	Creative Lodging Solutions Cindy Rudovich, Chief Sales Officer

	Bronze	Hyland Ed McQuiston, EVP and and Chief Commercial Officer

10 Support Executive of the Year	Gold	Wells Fargo Ron Schmitt, Vice President Site Leader

11 Technology Executive of the Year	Gold	O.C. Tanner Niel Nickolaisen, Chief Technology Officer

	Silver	Align Technology Sreelakshmi Kolli, Vice President of Information Technology

12 Entrepreneur / Founder of the Year	Gold	CAULIPOWER Gail Becker, Founder and CEO

	Silver	ABH Pharma Frank Cantone, President

	Silver	MrOwl Arvind Raichur, Co-Founder and CEO

	Bronze	BHG Group Dato’ Dr. Edmund Goh

14 Innovator of the Year	Gold	Ernst & Young LLP Sharda Cherwoo, Americas Tax – Intelligent Automation/Robotics Process Automation Leader

	Silver	MATRIXX Digital Commerce Dave Labuda, CEO and CTO

	Bronze	Financial Finesse Liz Davidson, CEO and Founder