Awards News
Discover news about award-winning companies, individuals and organizations gaining recognition for innovation and best practices in a variety of industries.
Bashanda A. Peay, CPHT Recognized by Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide Publication
Bashanda A. Peay, CPHT of Chesapeake, Virginia has been included in the Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide Edition for her outstanding contributions and achievements in the field of government healthcare. About Bashanda A. Peay, CPHT Ms. Peay has over 6 years experience in the field of... - December 07, 2012 - Strathmore Worldwide
John F. Robyt, Ph.D. Recognized by Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide Publication
John F. Robyt, Ph.D. of Ames, Iowa has been included in the Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide Edition for his outstanding contributions and achievements in the field of education. About John F. Robyt, PH.D. Dr. Robyt has over 52 years experience in the field of education. He is a... - December 07, 2012 - Strathmore Worldwide
LifeSpan Recognized in Inc. Magazine America's 100 Top Job Creators: Hire Power Awards Announced
LifeSpan Ranks in top 10 of Environmental Services Companies for Job Creation - December 07, 2012 - LifeSpan
Nurse Next Door Among Top 50 Best Small and Medium Employers in Canada
Rapidly growing home care company Nurse Next Door ranks 19 on list of PROFIT Magazines 50 Best Small and Medium Employers in Canada. Nurse Next Door, the only home care organization to make the list, is regularly recognized for their admirable corporate culture. - December 07, 2012 - Nurse Next Door Home Care Services
Toronto Management Consulting Firm Named as One of the Best Small & Medium Employers in Canada
OPTIMUS | SBR, a Toronto-based management consulting firm, is proud to announce that it has been named as one of the 2013 Best Small & Medium Employers in Canada. The study was conducted by Aon Hewitt and the Queen’s School of Business and the announcement comes shortly after OPTIMUS |... - December 07, 2012 - OPTIMUS | SBR
CloudAccess' Nikkhoo Honored with Lifetime Achievement in IT Award
CEO of the Security-as-a-Service leading firm CloudAccess Kevin Nikkhoo was recognized for his paradigm-challenging career accomplishments and personal contributions by Cloud Silver Lining. - December 06, 2012 - CloudAccess
Animal Advocates Honored as 2012 Top-Rated Nonprofit
Animal Advocates announced today that it has been honored with the prestigious 2012 Top-Rated Award by GreatNonprofits, a leading provider of user reviews about nonprofit organizations. - December 06, 2012 - Animal Advocates
PDR Named Top Houston Workplace for Third Straight Year
For the third consecutive year, PDR (Planning Design Research Corp.) was honored as one of Houston’s “Top Workplaces” in a survey conducted by the Houston Chronicle. Notably, PDR is the only architecture firm named among the top ten. PDR also is one of only 39 Houston companies... - December 06, 2012 - Planning Design Research
Fisher Center for Alzheimer’s Research Foundation Receives Coveted 4-Star Rating from Charity Navigator, for the 7th Time
The Fisher Center for Alzheimer’s Research Foundation (ALZinfo.org) today announced it has received the highest 4-star rating for the second consecutive year from Charity Navigator’s, the nation’s premier charity evaluator. Only 17% of the charities rated by Charity Navigator have... - December 06, 2012 - Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Research Foundation
Top-Rated Relationship Self-Help Book Named Award-Winning Finalist in USA Best Book Awards
Changing Behavior: Immediately Transform Your Relationships with Easy to Learn, Proven Communication Skills, by Dr. Georgianna Donadio, receives third book award for 2012. - December 05, 2012 - National Institute of Whole Health
Eos Group Awarded 2012 Sage President’s Circle Top Product Sales Award
Eos Group is the proud recipient of the 2012 President’s Circle Top Product Sales award for Sage CRE and will be honored at the Sage Summit 2013 for their outstanding achievements. - December 04, 2012 - Eos Group
Being Anti-Social Wins Gold Medal for Oscar Wilde
Award-winning author, Leigh K. Cunningham wins gold for her latest title, Being Anti-Social. This is the fifth award for Cunningham. - December 04, 2012 - Association of Independent Authors
Solver Selected as a 2012 Red Herring Top 100 Global
On November 30, 2012 Solver, Inc., a global leader in Business Intelligence for Microsoft Dynamics AX, GP, NAV, SL and other enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, today announced it was selected as a Red Herring Top 100 award in recognition of the leading private companies from North America, Europe, and Asia, celebrating these startups’ innovations and technologies across their respective industries. - December 02, 2012 - Solver
SEPI Engineering & Construction Named One of the Triangle’s Fastest-Growing Companies
Local Engineering Firm Honored at Triangle Business Journal’s 2012 Fast 50 Awards - December 02, 2012 - SEPI Engineering Group
Toronto Management Consulting Firm Named as a Best Employer in Greater Toronto Area
OPTIMUS | SBR, a Toronto-based management consulting firm, is pleased to announce that it has been recognized as one of the Best Employers in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) for 2013. The study was conducted by Aon Hewitt and the Queen’s University School of Business and the results appear in the November 29th edition of the Toronto Star. - December 01, 2012 - OPTIMUS | SBR
Adaptable Business Concepts Selected as One of 2012’s Best and Brightest Places to Work
Adaptable Business Concepts has grown to multiple locations in the last year and expects to continue to excel as a great place to work as it continues to grow. - November 30, 2012 - Adaptable Business Concepts
SteadyRain Honored with International Davey Awards for Tourism Mobile Website Development
SteadyRain announces two award wins within The International Davey Awards. Success is attributed to the mobile website development projects for the Missouri Division of Tourism and Missouri Botanical Garden. - November 30, 2012 - SteadyRain
Midland Information Resources Named Best of the Best Workplace in the Americas for the 12th Consecutive Year
Midland Information Resources, a global provider of media management solutions, has been awarded the Best Workplace in the Americas designation, Best of the Best 2012, for their exemplary human resources practices. - November 30, 2012 - Elanders Americas
Marketing RELEVANCE Honored at the 32nd Annual OBIE Awards
Marketing RELEVANCE recently received three awards at the 32nd Annual OBIE Awards for their work with Rialto Capital. - November 30, 2012 - mRELEVANCE, LLC
The Winner of the Stephanie C. Tardieu Award for Excellence in Pre-Medical Education is Syed F. Haider
Syed F. Haider, a junior student at the City College of the City University of New York (CCNY) was the recipient of The Stephanie C. Tardieu Award for excellence in pre-medical education on November 29th, 2012. - November 29, 2012 - Stephanie C. Tardieu
FiberLight Ranked 259th Fastest Growing Company in North America on Deloitte’s 2012 Technology Fast 500™
Attributes 310 Percent Revenue Growth to Management, Unique Networks, and Fiber Density - November 29, 2012 - FiberLight, LLC
Atlanta Printer Dominates Print Excellence Competition
Trade printer Scott Lithographing swept the Print Excellence Competition at the 2012 Printing & Imaging Association of Georgia (PIAG) Celebration of Print Gala, winning every category they entered. - November 29, 2012 - Scott Lithographing Co. Inc.
FinancialForce.com Wins Software Product of the Year
FinancialForce.com, the cloud applications company, today announced that FinancialForce Accounting was named Software Product of the Year at this year’s British Accountancy Awards. - November 29, 2012 - FinancialForce.com
Practice Velocity® Named to the Inc. 500|5000 List
Practice Velocity Medical Software Company named to the Inc. 500|5000 list amongst the top fastest growing privately held companies across the nation. - November 28, 2012 - Practice Velocity
Ginny Hornby Named 2012 Social Media Marketer of the Year
Ginny Hornby, Qiigo’s Director of Content Strategy, was recognized for her outstanding work in the field of Social Media Marketing at the 2012 Tech Marketing Awards. Presented by the Technology Association of Georgia, the Tech Marketing Awards recognize Georgia’s most innovative... - November 28, 2012 - Qiigo
Rentricity Wins "Best in Renewable Energy" at 2012 Cleantech Open Global Forum
Rentricity Inc., a renewable energy company that generates electricity from untapped pressure in drinking water pipes, was selected as "Best in Renewable Energy" at the 2012 Cleantech Open Global Forum, held in San Jose, California on November 8th and 9th. Additionally, it was selected as... - November 27, 2012 - Rentricity Inc.
Colorado BioScience Association Announces Finalists for "Company of the Year" at Its Annual Awards Celebration, December 6th
The Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) has announced finalists for "Company of the Year" (COY) at its 2012 Awards Dinner Celebration -- Thursday, December 6, at the Hyatt Convention Center, 650 15th Street, Denver. CBSA's COY finalists include: BaI Seal, Colorado Springs; Covidien (Colorado operations), Boulder; and TOLMAR Inc., Fort Collins. - November 26, 2012 - Colorado BioScience Association
Venture X to Host FGCU Eagle Biz Awards
Venture X will be hosting the FGCU Eagle Biz Awards at their membership based community workspace in Mercato. FGCU business and engineer students will be pitching their prototypes and business plans to a planel of judges and angel investors. - November 22, 2012 - Venture X
Five Star Painting Featured in Franchise Time's Next 300 Ranking
Company named among Top 500 brands in the country. - November 22, 2012 - Five Star Painting
Stewart Wins 2012 Excellence in Structural Engineering Award
North Carolina Engineering and Landscape Architecture Firm Recognized Nationally for Buckner Companies Home Office Project - November 22, 2012 - Stewart
Largest Women's Networking Group in Tampa Takes Top "Best in Biz" Spots;Working Women of Tampa Bay Does It Again
or the second consecutive year, Working Women of Tampa Bay has won the Favorite Business Leads Group and Favorite Networking Organization in the second annual Tampa Bay Business Journal Best in the Biz: Readers’ Choice Awards. With nominations spanning a seven-county area, more than sixty... - November 21, 2012 - Working Women of Tampa Bay
Farmers & Merchants Bank Receives Prestigious National Philanthropy Day Award
Community bank recognized as Outstanding Mid-sized Corporation - November 21, 2012 - Farmers & Merchants Bank
Vicki Hopkins, Author - a Winning Finalist in the 2012 USA Best Book Awards
Vicki Hopkins honored as Winning Finalist in the "Fiction: Romance" category of The 2012 USA Best Book Awards. - November 20, 2012 - Holland Legacy Publishing
Dr. Mircea Gabriel Petre Recognized by Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide Publication
Dr. Mircea Gabriel Petre of Ploiesti, Romania has been included in the Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide Edition for his outstanding contributions and achievements in the field of engineering. About Dr. Mircea Gabriel Petre Dr. Petre has over 29 years experience in the field of... - November 20, 2012 - Strathmore Worldwide
First of Sussex Toastmasters Presents Public Speaking Awards
First of Sussex Toastmasters acknowledges members with outstanding public speaking skills. - November 18, 2012 - First of Sussex Toastmasters
WK Dickson’s Innovative Runway Rehabilitation Project Wins Engineering Excellence Award
Thanks to an innovative rehabilitation and reuse engineering approach for the Laurinburg-Maxton Airport runway, the airport is enjoying an increase in air traffic, retention of existing businesses and military aircraft airport use, and the addition of new business and outside investment from the rehabilitation of what was once categorized as the worst runway in the State of North Carolina. The unique engineering solution enabled the project to be completed for less than 25% of the original cost. - November 17, 2012 - WK Dickson & Co., Inc.
WK Dickson’s Innovative Solution to Destructive Flood Events Wins Engineering Excellence Award
WK Dickson has proven its leadership in engineering design and construction services, with not only producing an innovative solution, but also proposing added value benefits to the client and community with its Newland By-Pass Channel Flood Mitigation Project. The final project is an overwhelming success by many measures. In fact, the new by-pass channel has already been activated by two large flood events with no flood water leaving the channel banks in the downtown district. - November 17, 2012 - WK Dickson & Co., Inc.
National Manufacturers Recognize Lion Precision with Award for Community Service
The 2012 Sandy Trowbridge Award for Community Service was awarded to sensor manufacturer Lion Precision by the National Association of Manufacturers. - November 17, 2012 - Lion Precision
Home Staging Professional Receives Industries Top Staging Excellence Award
Sandra Holmes, President of Home Staging Concepts is an Accredited Staging Professional Master® serving all of South Florida area, was recently awarded with the "Staging Excellence of the Year Award" for 2012 along with being featured speaker at the International Association of Home Staging Professionals Educational Conference on Whidbey Island, WA. - November 16, 2012 - Home Staging Concepts
Coinmach Service Corp. Honored with LG Commercial Laundry Best Partnership Award
Coinmach Service Corp. (“CSC”); the industry leader in providing outsourced laundry services to multi-family housing, military housing, college campuses and hospitality industries across the United States; received the prestigious Best Partnership Award from LG Electronics’... - November 16, 2012 - Coinmach Corporation
Cleantech Open Awards Dragonfly Solutions Alumnus of the Year at Global Forum
Cleantech Open Academy Awards recognizes Dragonfly Solutions as the top clean technology innovator with the most significant progress achieved during the year. - November 16, 2012 - Dragonfly
Rose Paving is a Three-Time Winner Among Chicago’s Top Workplaces
Rose Paving Co., a leader in national parking lot management, has been named for the third straight year a Chicago Tribune Top Workplace in the small-sized company category, improving the ranking to #9. One hundred twenty-seven companies, organizations, and agencies were honored at an awards... - November 15, 2012 - Rose Paving Company
XMPro Client Receives Top Awards
Recreational Services, XMPro’s client, is the 2012 Westpac Supreme Business Excellence Award Winner. - November 15, 2012 - XMPro Inc.
Lehigh Valley Business Names Dr. Thomas E. Young a Finalist for Executive of the Year
Thomas E. Young, M.D. has been named a finalist in the Executive of the Year category in the inaugural Lehigh Valley Business, Business of the Year awards program honoring the region’s top businesses and business leaders. The award program, produced by Lehigh Valley Business, the Greater Lehigh Valley’s premiere business news publication, is presented by Highmark Blue Shield and sponsored by Bank of America. - November 15, 2012 - Young Medical Spa®
Inaugural Annual KOSBE Awards eMagazine Launch
The Kingsport Office of Small Business Development & Entrepreneurship (KOSBE) today announced the first-ever release of their 2012 Annual KOSBE Awards eMagazine. The magazine features the event’s sponsors, finalists, past winners, as well pictures and details regarding the event itself. - November 15, 2012 - Kingsport Office of Small Business Development & Entrepreneurship - KOSBE
Working Person’s Store Takes Top Honors in 2012 Interactive Media Awards
Working Person’s Store Named Best in Class - November 15, 2012 - Working Person's Store
Veloney J. Jack Recognized by Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide Publication
Veloney J. Jack of Houston, Texas has been included in the Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide Edition for her outstanding contributions and achievements in the field of business services. About Veloney J. Jack Ms. Jack has over 10 years experience in the field of business services. She... - November 14, 2012 - Strathmore Worldwide
Total Transit Receives 2012 Spirit of Enterprise "Innovation in Entrepreneurship Award"
Announcement of 16th annual award winners made this week by Arizona State University’s W.P. Carey School of Business. - November 14, 2012 - Discount Cab
Colorado BioScience Association Announces Finalists for "Rising Star of the Year" Company at Its Annual Awards Celebration in December
The Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) has announced finalists for the "Rising Star of the Year" company award at its 2012 Awards Dinner Celebration -- Thursday, December 6, at the Hyatt Convention Center, 650 15th Street, Denver. Rising Star finalists include: InDevR, Inc., Boulder; Mosaic Biosciences, Aurora & Boulder; Sophono, Inc., Boulder; and Surefire Medical, Inc., Westminster. - November 14, 2012 - Colorado BioScience Association
Basement Doctor Review: Earns Columbus' Consumer Excellence (ACE) Award Presented by NARI
The Basement Doctor waterproofing, crawl space, foundation, and basement finishing contractor in COlumbus has been recognized as a recipient of the 2012 NARI ACE Award. The ACE Award is presented by the National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI) of Central Ohio. The award recognizes... - November 14, 2012 - The Basement Doctor