Over thirty companies from Massachusetts have been honored as finalists in the 9th annual 2011 American Business Awards, more fondly known as The Stevies.

Dubbed as the world’s premier business awards, the mission of the Stevie Awards is to “raise the profile of exemplary organizations and individuals among the press, the business community, and the general public.” Starting with The American Business Awards in 2002, The Stevies expanded over the next several years to include The International Business Awards, The Stevie Awards for Women in Business, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Up for grabs in the 9th Annual American Business Awards are The Stevies, each about 16 inches tall, hand-cast and finished in 24-karat gold. The name for the statues and show is taken from the name ‘Stephen,’ which is derived from the Greek word for “crowned.” Judges and advisors determine the winners, and feature many leading innovators and personalities in American business. Award winners from each category will be announced during an awards ceremony held on June 20th in NYC.

Congrats to all thirty finalists from Massachusetts who are in the running to take home Stevies this year — and in particular to twelve companies that were named finalists in multiple categories (with I Love Rewards stealing the most of the show as a finalist in five categories):

Finalists in Multiple Categories

I Love Rewards

  • Executive of the Year – Computer Services (Razor Suleman, CEO and Founder)
  • Best Overall Company of the Year – Computer Services, Electronics, Software or Telecommunications (< 100 Employees)
  • Fastest-Growing Company of the Year (< 100 Employees)
  • Information Technology Department of the Year
  • Customer Service Department of the Year – Computer Hardware & Services

John Hancock

  • Marketing Campaign of the Year – Financial Services (John Hancock’s Retirement Talk® Campaign)
  • Marketing Campaign of the Year – Financial Services (John Hancock Funds: Back-to-School Campaign)
  • Marketing Department of the Year (John Hancock Funds)
  • Best Financial Services Website or Blog (John Hancock Mutual Funds Investor and Financial Profession Web Site)

Grasshopper Group

  • Best Overall Company of the Year – Business Services (< 100 Employees)
  • Best Telecommunications Website or Blog
  • Best Video and Film PR (The New Dork – Entrepreneur State of Mind)

IBM Netezza

  • Customer Service Department of the Year – Computer Software
  • Customer Service Executive of the Year (Patricia Cotter, VP Worldwide Operations)
  • Customer Service Team of the Year – Computer Software

Novell

  • New Product or Service of the Year – Computer Software – New Desktop/End-User Software (Novell Vibe Cloud)
  • New Product or Service of the Year – Computer Software – New Server Software (Novell Cloud Manager)
  • New Product or Service of the Year – Computer Software – New Version (2,500+ Employees) (Novell: Novell Identity Manager 4)

Pegasystems

  • Executive of the Year – Computer Software (Alan Trefler, Founder and CEO)
  • Best Overall Company of the Year – Computer Services & Software (< 2,500 Employees)
  • Fastest-Growing Company of the Year – Computer Software (< 2,500 Employees)

Sun Life Financial Inc.

  • Business-to-Business Marketing Campaign of the Year (The Sun Life Story Campaign)
  • Marketing Campaign of the Year – Insurance (Sun Life Rising Star Awards Program)
  • Best Marketing or Sales Brochure or Kit (CSR Brochure: Get to Know Sun Life: Our Commitment to Making Lives Brighter)

Electric Insurance Company

  • Customer Service Department of the Year – Financial Services & Insurance
  • Customer Service Team of the Year – Financial Services & Insurance

EMC Corporation

  • Best Overall Company of the Year (2,500+ Employees)
  • Product Development/Management Department or Team of the Year (EMC Greenplum Data Computing Appliance Launch Team)

NetScout Systems

  • New Product or Service of the Year – Computer Software – New Server Software (NetScout nGenius Integrated Agent for HP)
  • New Product or Service of the Year – Telecommunications (NetScout nGenius Service Assurance Solution)

Wakefly

  • Best Electronics Website or Blog (Redesign of Smiths Interconnect Website)
  • Best Financial Services Website or Blog (Redesign of Sentinel Benefits Group Website)

uTest

  • Most Innovative Company of the Year – Computer Services, Electronics & Software (< 100 Employees)
  • New Product or Service of the Year – Computer Services (uTest Express for Mobile)

Finalists in 1 Category:

Affinnova: New Product or Service of the Year – Computer Software – Software as a Service (< 2,500 Employees) (Affinnova’s IDDEA2)

Aternity: Best Computer Hardware & Services Website or Blog (Aternity Inc. Launches Industry’s First End User Experience News And Blog Portal)

Cambium Learning Technologies: New Product or Service of the Year – Computer Software – New Version (< 100 Employees) (Kurzweil Educational Systems’ Kurzweil 3000™)

Carbonite: Information Technology Executive of the Year (David Friend, Co-Founder, CEO & Chairman)

Constant Contact: Best Overall Company of the Year – Computer Services & Software (< 2,500 Employees)

Digital Lumens: Best Overall Company of the Year – All Other Industries (< 100 Employees)

eClinicalWorks: Most Innovative Company of the Year – Computer Software (< 2,500 Employees)

EXIT Realty Corp. USA: Executive of the Year – Services (2,500+ Employees) (Tami Bonnell, President)

Harvard Business Publishing: New Product or Service of the Year – Computer Software – New Version (< 2,500 Employees) (Harvard ManageMentor® v11)

Integration Partners: Best Overall Company of the Year – Computer Services, Electronics, Software or Telecommunications (< 100 Employees)

L-com Connectivity Products: Best Computer Hardware & Services Website or Blog (L-com Ecommerce Website)

Merchant Warehouse: Best Training Site (Merchant Warehouse’s Web-Based Resource Center for Sales Agents)

NewLogic Business Loans: New Product or Service of the Year – Financial Services (< 2,500 Employees) (NewLogic Business Loans’ Flexible Loan Product)

PAREXEL International: Best Overall Company of the Year (2,500+ Employees)

Percussion Software: New Product or Service of the Year – Computer Software – New Version (< 2,500 Employees) (Percussion Software’s CM System)

Perceptive Informatics: New Product or Service of the Year – Computer Software – Software as a Service (2,500+ Employees) (Perceptive Informatics’ DataLabs® Electronic Data Capture)

Temperature@lert: New Product or Service of the Year – Computer Hardware (Temperature@lert Cellular Edition)

Teradyne: Fastest-Growing Company of the Year (2,500+ Employees)

Thinking Phone Networks: Best Overall Company of the Year – Computer Services, Electronics, Software or Telecommunications (< 100 Employees)

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