2022 winners: Executive categories

01 a. Executive of the Year – Large Companies (1000 and more employees)	Gold	Microsoft Deb Cupp, President of Microsoft North America

	Silver	EY Americas Mitch Berlin, EY Americas Vice Chair of Strategy and Transactions

	Silver	Golden State Foods Mark Wetterau, Chairman and CEO

	Silver	Wind River Kevin Dallas, CEO

	Bronze	Interim HealthCare Inc. and Caring Brands International Jennifer Sheets, President and CEO

	Bronze	SolarWinds Sudhakar Ramakrishna, President and CEO

01 b. Executive of the Year – Medium Companies (100-999 employees)	Gold	Radio Flyer Robert Pasin, CEO

	Silver	Best Version Media Kevin O’Brien, CEO

	Silver	Sonatype Wayne Jackson, CEO

	Bronze	eCapital Marius Silvasan, CEO

	Bronze	Employ Inc. Pete Lamson, CEO

	Bronze	Skyhigh Security Gee Rittenhouse, CEO

01 c. Executive of the Year – Small Companies (1-99 employees)	Gold	Gravy Analytics Jeff White, Founder and CEO

	Silver	Everything Podcasts Jennifer Smith, Founder and CEO

	Silver	Polish Dental Center Dr. Jamison Rand, CEO and owner

	Bronze	Bitcoin IRA Camilo Concha, CEO and Co-Founder

	Bronze	CCOMGROUP Luis Gonzalez Esteves, Founder and Co-Chairman

	Bronze	CCOMGROUP Manuel Machado, Co-Chairman

	Bronze	ParkourSC Mahesh Veerina, President and CEO

02 Entrepreneur / Founder of the Year	Gold	Micro-Ant, LLC Charles McCarrick, Chief Scientist and founder

	Silver	JSMM Valerie Jennings, CEO

	Bronze	Flourish Marketing Aleya Harris, CPCE, founder and owner

03 Business Development Executive of the Year	Silver	Alludo Christa Quarles, CEO

05 Crisis Management Executive of the Year	Silver	REV Capital Angelica Ly-Duarte, Director of Client Relations

07 Finance Executive of the Year	Gold	Sempra Trevor Mihalik, Executive Vice President and CFO

	Silver	BAL Don Addis, CFO

08 HR Executive of the Year	Gold	Hilton Grand Vacations Pablo Brizi, Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer & Corporate Affairs

	Silver	HARMAN John Stacey, Chief Human Resources Officer

	Silver	Thermo Fisher Lisa Britt, Chief Human Resources Officer

10 Marketing Executive of the Year	Gold	Sotheby’s International Realty A. Bradley Nelson, CMO

	Silver	EX.CO Shachar Orren, Co-Founder & CMO

	Silver	Veritone Scott Leatherman, CMO

	Bronze	REV Capital Trishaala Ninan, Marketing Director

	Bronze	SOCi Monica Ho, CMO

11 Operations Executive of the Year	Gold	REV Capital Alex Pilipenka, COO

	Bronze	BAL Leslie C. Rohrbacker, COO and Partner

13 Research and Development Executive of the Year	Silver	Merz Aesthetics Dr. Samantha Kerr, Chief Scientific Officer

	Bronze	Micro-Ant, LLC James Messink, Chief Technology Officer

14 Sales Executive of the Year	Silver	Epicor Andy Coussins, Head of International Sales

16 Technology Executive of the Year	Gold	Upwork Sam Bright, Chief Product and Experience Officer

	Silver	Rockwell Automation Chris Nardecchia, SVP of Information Technology and Chief Information Officer

	Bronze	OptConnect Todd Christiansen, Chief Technology and Innovation Officer

	Bronze	ParkourSC Alok Bhanot, CTO and EVP

19 Innovator of the Year	Gold	First American Financial Corporation Paul Hurst, chief innovation officer

	Silver	Rockwell Automation Chris Nardecchia, SVP of Information Technology and Chief Information Officer

	Bronze	Betacom Johan Bjorklund, CEO

20 Philanthropist of the Year	Bronze	Quility