4 TH ANNUAL. International Business Awards. Awards Dinner and Ceremonies. Monday, September 10, 2007 Munich Marriott Hotel Munich, Germany US$10.

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1 US$10.00 International Business Awards 4 TH ANNUAL Awards Dinner and Ceremonies Monday, September 10, 2007 Munich Marriott Hotel Munich, Germany SPONSORS PREMIER SPONSOR MEDIA SPONSORS NATIONAL SPONSOR LOCALIZATION SPONSOR

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3 Welcome Welcome to the fourth annual International Business Awards SM the International Stevie Awards. The Stevie Awards were created to honor and generate public recognition of the accomplishments and positive contributions of companies and business people worldwide. Beginning with The American Business Awards SM in 2002, The International Business Awards SM in 2003, The Stevie Awards for Women Entrepreneurs in 2004, and the Selling Power Sales Excellence Awards in 2006, our mission is to raise the profile of exemplary companies and individuals among the press, the business community, and the general public. You can learn more about our organization and our programs at The 2007 International Business Awards attracted more than 1,000 entries from companies in more than 30 countries, in every industry. Tonight we honor Steve Award winners from 25 different countries. I thank everyone who helped to make it a success, including our sponsors; the members of the Board of Distinguished Judges & Advisors of The International Stevies; and the business professionals worldwide who participated as preliminary judges. Join our IBA mailing list at to stay abreast of developments for Enjoy the evening! Michael Gallagher President The Stevie Awards Program Contents Mistress of Ceremonies 3 Keynote Speaker 3 Board of Distinguished Judges & Advisors 5 Preliminary Judges 7 Honorees Advertising Categories 9 Corporate Literature & Investor Relations Categories 11 Interactive Multimedia Categories 11 Web Site Categories 13 Film & Video Categories 15 Live Event Categories 17 Honorees continued Communications Categories 17 Creative Categories 19 Customer Service Categories 20 Human Resources Categories 20 Marketing Categories 20 MIS & IT Categories 21 Products & Product Management Categories 21 Sales Categories 24 Support Categories 25 Executive Management Categories 25 Company & Office Categories 26 1

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5 Mistress of Ceremonies Tanya Beckett Tanya Beckett started her career as an investment banker and after five years switched to broadcasting. She has worked as an anchor for CNBC, SKY and for the last ten years the BBC. During that time she presented Breakfast News (BBC1), Business Breakfast (BBC1), BBCWorld News and Business News. She returned last year from a two and a half year position in New York corresponding daily for BBC News. Tanya has a Metallurgy degree from Oxford and is married with two children. Erwin Huber Keynote Speaker Erwin Huber is Bavaria s Minister of Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport, and Technology. He came into office on November 29, Prior to this, Mr. Huber served as State Minister for Federal Affairs and Administrative Reform and Head of the Bavarian State Chancellery from 1998 to From 1995 to 1998, he was Bavarian Minister of Finance. He began his career at the Bavarian State Ministry of Finance in In addition, Mr. Huber has held several political offices: He has served as District Chairman of the CSU (Christian Social Union) of Lower Bavaria since 1993 and as a member of the Bavarian state legislature since From 1988 to 1994, he was the Secretary General of the CSU, after serving as Deputy Secretary for a year. Mr. Huber studied Economics and Public Finance at the University of Munich. He is married and has two children. 3

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7 The Board of Distinguished Judges & Advisors of The International Business Awards The participation and counsel of our judges and advisors all of whom are leaders in the business community have helped establish The Stevie Award as the preeminent business award. They and their staffs determined the International Stevie Award winners in the main categories. Professionals recruited from companies worldwide accomplished the preliminary judging. Veni Andrew, Blackpride Marketing (Pty) Ltd, South Africa Kate Antonopoulos, Marketing Promotions Co-ordinator, Living and Loving Magazine, South Africa Vivek Bharati, Advisor, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry, India Liz Bigham, Senior VP of Brand Marketing & Creative Director, Jack Morton Productions Ken Bohlen, Executive VP & Chief Information Officer, Textron Don Campbell, VP-Platform Strategy & Technology, Cognos Inc. Elina Ciptadi, former Group Manager, Corporate & IT Practices, Indo Pacific Edelman, Indonesia Dan Cole, VP-Sales & Business Development, Consumer Electronics Association Lee Davis, Co-founder & CEO, Non-profit Enterprise & Self-sustainability Team (NESsT) Alan Dunlop, Co-founder, Intellectual Property Institute and Owner, Hahn & Hahn, South Africa Mark Felix, Managing Director-North America, Rogen Charles Fombrun, Executive Director, The Reputation Institute Robert Granader, CEO, MarketResearch.com Gerhard Gschwandtner, Publisher, Selling Power Magazine Gary Hamel, Visiting Professor, London Business School; co-author of Competing for the Future and author of Leading the Revolution Dr. Amanda Hamilton-Atwell, Business DNA, South Africa Ha Hang Bong, Korea Advertising Association, South Korea Juan Jose Hernandez, Director of Customer Relationship Management, Intermundo, Mexico David Hoffmann, Chairman & CEO, DHR International Dezsö Horvath, Dean, Schulich School of Business, York University, Canada Cassie Hughes, Co-Founder, Grow Marketing, U.S.A. Kim Hung Ki, President, Korea Business Communicators Association, South Korea Cho Jin Mu, Chief of Promotion Team, Daehong Communications, South Korea Paul Jones, former publisher of Canadian Business magazine and Maclean s, Canada s Weekly Newsmagazine, Canada Park Jong Son, CEO, Bridge Communications, South Korea Annette Kaunitz, Director of Corporate Communications, Swedish Match AB, Sweden Dr. Richard Klimoski, Dean, School of Management, George Mason University, U.S.A. H.S. Kohli, Executive Director, Hazira Manufacturing Division, Reliance Industries Ltd., India Margery Kraus, President & CEO, APCO Worldwide Dolores K. Kruchtel, General Manager & VP Eastman Kodak Company, Eastman Kodak Document Imaging Graphic Communications, U.S.A. Andrew Laurence, Chairman & CEO EMEA, Hill and Knowlton Grahame Maher, CEO, Vodafone Czech Republic Louise Marsland, BizCommunity, South Africa Kim Martin, VP Human Resources, Cybertrust, U.S.A. Barry C. Melancon, President & CEO, AICPA, U.S.A. Michael L. Metter, President/CEO, Business TalkRadio Network Paddy Miller, Professor, IESE Business School, Spain John Lim Kok Min, Chairman, Senoko Power, Singapore Lee Min Sung, CEO, Sung Woo Adcom, South Korea Thomas M. Nies, Founder, President & CEO, Cincom Systems Jim Norman, President & Creative Director, The Norman Agency, Toronto, Canada Gerrit Olivier, CEO, About IT Solutions (Pty) Ltd, South Africa Dr. Ajit Pathak, National President, Public Relations Society of India Don Peppers, Founding Partner, Peppers & Rogers Group Stephen Pollack, CEO, PlateSpin Ltd., Toronto, Canada C.K. Ranganathan, Chairman & Managing Director, Cavinkare Pvt. Ltd., India Paul Raymond, VP Strategy, Telelogic AB, U.S.A. Jean Reiczyk, Senior VP, Oracle Customer Service, Oracle Corporation, United Kingdom Anthony Robbins, Chairman & CEO, The Anthony Robbins Companies Martha Rogers, PhD, Founding Partner, Peppers & Rogers Group Joyce Rogge, Senior VP Marketing, Southwest Airlines Yoo Sang Joon, CEO, CSD, South Korea Dr. William Schulte, Associate Professor, Byrd School of Business, Shenandoah University Steven Shindler, Chairman & CEO, NII Holdings, Inc. Allyson Stewart-Allen, Consultant, International Marketing Partners Brad Sugars, CEO, ActionCOACH, Australia Jim Taylor, President & CEO, Thomas Group, U.S.A. Han Tjan, Vice President, DaimlerChrysler Corporation Mike Tobin, CEO, TelecityRedbus, United Kingdom Donald Trump, Chairman, President & CEO, The Trump Organization Tansu Yegen, General Director, ASTELIT/Life Mobile Services Operation, Ukraine 5

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9 2007 Preliminary Judges The following professionals participated in preliminary judging during April June Their average scores determined the Finalists. We thank them for their time, interest, and insights. Stewart Andrews, Principal, Noodlebox Design, Arlington, VA, U.S.A. Vinod Bahety, Assistant Vice President, Yes Bank, Mumbai, India Ray Benjamin, Owner, Ray Benjamin Productions, New York, NY, U.S.A. Caroline Berger, Public Affairs Manager, American Express, New York, NY, U.S.A. Jock Breitwieser, Senior Manager PR/AR U.S. and EMEA, Callidus Software Inc., San Jose, CA, U.S.A. Jonathan Bruns, Art Director, The Design Channel, Chevy Chase, MD, U.S.A. Lea Caruso, Director of Publishing, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, McLean, VA, U.S.A. Rachel Deutsch, Partner, Biondi LLC, McLean, VA, U.S.A. Marc Foelsch, Senior Art Director, Fraser Wallace Advertising, Dulles, VA, U.S.A. Marchell Gillis, PR Manager, Sage Software, Lawrenceville, GA, U.S.A. Dagogo Hart, External Affairs/Community Relations, Addax Petroleum Development Nigera Ltd., Port Harcourt, Nigeria Susan Hein, Creative Director, Export-Import Bank of the U.S., Washington, DC, U.S.A. Randy Hines, Associate Professor/APR, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA, U.S.A. Joan Hsieh, Creative Consulant, Joan Hsieh Design, Alhambra, CA, U.S.A. Elinor Kinnier, Vice President, Communications Marketing Group, McLean, VA, U.S.A. Sabine Kostevc, Head of Global Internet Coordination, Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Basel, Switzerland Peter Levy, President, Corniche Productions, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A. Sheila Mahovichian, Designer, The Design Channel, Chevy Chase, MD, U.S.A. Connie Maina Nkatha, Corporate Communications, Kenya Wildlife Service, Nairobi, Kenya Elvera Nuriawati Makki, External Communications Assistant Manager, PT Unilever Indonesia, Tbk, Jakarta, Indonesia Steven Marinelis, Critical Accounts Manager, Oracle Corporation, Sydney, Australia Justin McCammon, Quality Assistant, Eastman Kodak Company, Evans, CO, U.S.A. Karina Milani, Communications Manager, Department of Cultural Arts & Tourism, City of Henderson, Henderson, NV, U.S.A. Elisha Moreno, Media Relations Manager, BC Hydro, Vancouver, BC, Canada Steve Morgan, Senior Web Designer, Foxtons, London, United Kingdom David Moritz, Owner, Society Awards, New York, NY, U.S.A. Vanessa Mouner, Associate Producer, CUNY TV, New York, NY, U.S.A. Justin Ng, IT Manager, Ceylinco Consolidated (M) Sdn. Bhd., Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Jeffrey Ory, Senior Communications Strategist, Deveney Communication, New Orleans, LA, U.S.A. Zev Remba, Creative Director, Unconformity, LLC, Alexandria, VA, U.S.A. Avis Richards, CEO, Birds Nest Productions, Purchase, NY, U.S.A. Roberto E. Rojas, Art Director, EFX Media, Arlington, VA, U.S.A. Steffen Rufenach, Associate, Hering Schuppener Consulting, Dusseldorf, Germany Jackie Seibert, Senior Graphic Designer, Long & Foster Companies, Fairfax, VA, U.S.A. Ron Sereg, Associate Professor-Public Relations, Louisiana State University in Shreveport, LA, U.S.A. Sydney Steinhardt, Vice President, Ferrell Communications LLC, New York, NY, U.S.A. David Street, Creative Director, JDG Communications, Falls Church, VA, U.S.A. Tusshar Varangaonkar, Director, GHARRKUL INDUSTRIES PVT. LTD., Amravati, India Vincent Verdi, Art Director, HBO, New York, NY, U.S.A. Lynn Wong, Director, Grupo Eventoplus, Barcelona, Spain 7

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11 ADVERTISING 2007 Honorees BEST CORPORATE IDENTIFY/BRANDING DESIGN Henkel KGaA, Duesseldorf, Germany: Henkel s Corporate Identity Brochure A Brand Like a Friend Henkel KGaA, Duesseldorf, Germany: Henkel s Innovation Calendar LANXESS AG, Leverkusen, Germany: Energizing Chemistry Corporate Design Maserati Spa, Modena, Italy: Maserati World Wide Brand Bible BEST DIRECT RESPONSE/DIRECT MAIL AD Maserati Spa, Modena, Italy: Quattroporte Automatic Direct Mail - test drive invitation BEST MAGAZINE AD OR CAMPAIGN SAS, Cary, NC, U.S.A.: You Can Magazine Advertising Campaign M/C/C, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.: Natural Gas BEST MIXED MEDIA CAMPAIGN SAS, Cary, NC, U.S.A.: You Can Mixed Media Campaign BEST NEWSPAPER AD OR CAMPAIGN LANXESS AG, Leverkusen, Germany: LANXESS moves chemistry image campaign M/C/C, Dallas, Texas, USA: Wasted BEST ONLINE AD D KIMS Communications, Seoul, South Korea: The Sloth Is Not Slothful D KIMS Communications, Seoul, South Korea: C-sol Galaga D KIMS Communications, Seoul, South Korea: The Ant R.I.P. D KIMS Communications, Seoul, South Korea: Wedding Ring BEST ONLINE AD CAMPAIGN Unicast by Viewpoint Corp., New York, NY, U.S.A.: Unicast Rich Media Without Limits Ad Campaign BEST OUTDOOR AD OR CAMPAIGN Thai Life Insurance Co., Ltd., Bangkok, Thailand: Kindness should have no strings attached SAS, Cary, NC, U.S.A.: You Can Outdoor Advertising Campaign BEST RADIO AD Brand Music, Melbourne, Australia: The Finger Food Company BEST SPECIALTY AD CAMPAIGN SUNGWOOADCOM INC, Seoul, South Korea: SUNGWOOADCOM Company s 2006 Press Kit Korea Commercial Film Makers Union, Seoul, South Korea: Korea TV Commercial Annual 2006 Shinhan Group, Seoul, South Korea: Shinhan Group 2007 Calendar 9

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13 CORPORATE LITERATURE & INVESTOR RELATIONS BEST ANNUAL REPORT RTL Group, Luxembourg: RTL Group s 2006 Annual Report How we created value in 2006 Cangene Corporation, Mississauga, ON Canada: 2006 Annual Report Hanaroad.com, Seoul, South Korea: 2006 EBS Yearbook Korea Association of Advertising Agencies, Seoul, South Korea: 2006 Creative Annual of Korea Marquard & Bahls AG, Hamburg, Germany: 2006 Annual Report SUNGWOOADCOM INC, Seoul, South Korea: SEOUL FOUNDATION FOR ARTS & CULTURE Company s 2006 Annual Report The University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom: Global Review 2006 Vorwerk & Co. KG, Wuppertal, Germany: 2005 Annual Report BEST HOUSE ORGAN STEVIE AWARD WINNERS: KOSAD, Seoul, South Korea Model Management AG, Weinfelden, Switzerland: Model Box 2006 Hana Financial Group, Seoul, South Korea: Hanagaduk Lotte Construction, Seoul, South Korea: Lotte Construction House Organ Renault Samsung Motors, Seoul, South Korea: RSM VIP Magazine Sam Chun Dang Pharmaceutical, Seoul, South Korea: Elixir S-Oil Corporation, Seoul, South Korea: K-Water House Organ SUNGWOOADCOM INC., Seoul, South Korea: CULTURAL HERITAGE ADMINISTRATION Company s Quarterly Magazine University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom: Exchange BEST INVESTOR RELATIONS PROGRAM Olam International Limited, Singapore BEST MARKETING OR SALES BROCHURE OR KIT City of Goyang, Goyang, South Korea: Tales of Goyang City 2006 FIJIDAQ, Seoul, South Korea: FIJI TOUR ARTICLE MBC, Seoul, South Korea: MBC International Corporate Brochure S-Oil Corporation, Seoul, South Korea: K-Water Brochure INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA 2007 Honorees continued MARKETING Cisco Systems, San Jose, CA, U.S.A.: Cisco ExecNet 2006 M, London, United Kingdom: Motorola Innovation Centre PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION E-Myth Worldwide, Santa Rosa, CA, U.S.A.: E-Myth Essentials online course 11

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15 WEB SITES 2007 Honorees continued BRAND BUILDING/PROMOTION Starbucks Coffee Company, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.: Planet Green Game Accenture, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.: Accenture Corporate Website Maserati Spa, Modena, Italy: Maserati GranTurismo Web Site Ruder Finn Interactive, New York, NY, U.S.A.: The Novartis Corporate Website CORPORATE INFORMATION Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, New York, NY, U.S.A.: Deloitte TV Arriva, Sunderland, United Kingdom: Arriva corporate website redesign EDS, Plano, TX, U.S.A.: EDS Company Web Site GlaxoSmithKline, London, United Kingdom: GSK s external web site TelecityRedbus, London, United Kingdom: The TelecityRedbus Company Website E-COMMERCE viagogo, London, United Kingdom: viagogo website Sheet Music Plus, Emeryville, CA, U.S.A.: SheetMusicPlus.com HOMEPAGE Fijidaq, Seoul, South Korea: Fijidaq Homepage Accenture, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.: Accenture.com Homepage Ruder Finn Interactive, New York, NY, U.S.A.: Johnson and Johnson s Strength for Caring Website INTERFACE DESIGN Foxtons, London, United Kingdom: Foxtons.co.uk CIBER UK, London, United Kingdom: CIBER UK Web Site INVESTOR RELATIONS Bank of Montreal, Toronto, ON, Canada: BMO Financial Group s Investor Relations Website OVERALL DESIGN Ruder Finn Interactive, New York, NY, U.S.A.: The Kellogg 100th Anniversary Website Accenture, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.: Accenture Corporate Website Arriva, Sunderland, United Kingdom: Arriva corporate website redesign World Business Chicago, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.: World Business Chicago Company Web Site PRESS ROOM Benetton, Ponzano Treviso, Italy: Benetton press area website PRODUCT ADVERTISING LG Telecom, Seoul, South Korea: LG Telecom canu701d Canvas Phone Promotion Web Site LG Telecom, Seoul, South Korea: LG Telecom canu502s Promotion Web Site 13

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17 WEB SITES continued PRODUCT INFORMATION Foxtons, London, United Kingdom: Foxtons.co.uk KMW Agency LLC, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.: The Street Life Series Web Site Ruder Finn Interactive, New York, NY, U.S.A.: The Perdue Consumer Website WEBZINE KoreanAir, Seoul, South Korea: KOREANair webzine MorningCalm INSPOT, Seoul, South Korea: Worldmeridian webzine WRITING/CONTENT Accenture, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.: Accenture Corporate Website FILM & VIDEO 2007 Honorees continued BEST DIRECTION M, London, United Kingdom: Motorola Innovation Centre - Family Life Hole in the Wall Productions, Carmel, CA, U.S.A.: Welcome To Nordhavn BEST EDITING M, London, United Kingdom: Motorola Innovation Centre Saving Life TELUS Communications Inc., Vancouver, Canada: teamvision BEST GRAPHICS TELUS Communications Inc., Vancouver, BC, Canada: teamvision BEST WRITING M, London, United Kingdom: Motorola Innovation Centre Working Life INTERNAL/EMPLOYEE COMMUNICATIONS Nationwide Building Society, Swindon, Wiltshire, United Kingdom: Philip s Challenge Nationwide Building Society, Swindon, Wiltshire, United Kingdom: Cafe TELUS Communications Inc., Vancouver, BC, Canada: teamvision Westpac Banking Corporation, Sydney, Australia: Westpac TV MOTIVATIONAL Enterprise Media, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.: Life is good... and work can be too! 15

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19 FILM & VIDEO continued PUBLIC RELATIONS Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., White Plains, NY, U.S.A.: Westin Brand Film Cheil Communications Inc., Seoul, South Korea: 2006 Creative Intelligence ERICHEN (Shanghai) Ltd., Shanghai, China: Corporate Video for Nexans China LG AD, Seoul, South Korea: Korea, Sparkling MC Ocean, Seoul, South Korea: 2007 Samsung Mobile PR Film SK Corporation, Seoul, South Korea: Wings of Happiness SK Corporation S-Oil Corporation, Seoul, South Korea: K-Water PR film TELUS, Burnaby, BC, Canada: Royal Conservatory of Music: Building National Dreams SALES MC Ocean, Seoul. Korea: 2006 Samsung KBIS Exhibition Film LG AD, Seoul, South Korea: A New Wave of Emotion, LG Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, White Plains, NY, U.S.A.: Sheraton Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, White Plains, NY, U.S.A.: Starwood Spa Collection Video TOURISM/TRAVEL LG AD, Seoul, South Korea: Rekindling the True Self LIVE EVENTS COMPANY OR ASSOCIATION MEETING Accenture, St Charles, IL, U.S.A.: Accenture Core Senior Executive School M, London, United Kingdom: Motorola Financial Analyst Meeting TRADESHOW OR CONVENTION Maserati Spa, Modena, Italy: Maserati Stand Project for Geneva Motorshow SALES MEETING Opus Creative Marketing, London, United Kingdom: The New LS: The Spirit of Lexus COMMUNICATIONS 2007 Honorees continued BEST COMMUNICATIONS CAMPAIGN STEVIE AWARD WINNERS: cpz Ogilvy Public Relations GmbH, Muelheim, Germany: Motorola Own Iconic Design Edelman, Brussels, Belgium: Bunge: Combating Corporate Raiders in Ukraine Crisis and issues management campaign. Edelman, Brussels, Belgium: Women in RA A Union of Voices Communications Campaign Edelman, Brussels, Belgium: European Commission s You Control Climate Change Campaign F & H Porter Novelli, Munich, Germany: Trust Brand Goes Love Brand Hewlett Packard, Grenoble, France: Cannes do! The EMEA launch of HP s The Computer Is Personal Again Campaign PT Unilever Indonesia, Tbk., Jakarta, Indonesia: Bango Preserving Indonesian culinary heritage and enhancing the livelihood of black soybean farmers Software Property Rights Council, Seoul, South Korea: Software Copyright Protection Campaign S-Oil Corporation, Seoul, South Korea: S-Oil 30 Years History Book 17

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21 COMMUNICATIONS continued BEST COMMUNICATIONS EXECUTIVE Christian Have, Founder, Have PR, Copenhagen, Denmark BEST COMMUNICATIONS ORGANIZATION F & H Porter Novelli, Munich, Germany i-flex Solutions Limited, Mumbai, India NII Holdings, Inc. Reston, Virginia, U.S.A. BEST COMMUNICATIONS TEAM STEVIE AWARD WINNERS: GOT-JUNK?, Vancouver, BC, Canada PT Unilever Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia Delaware Investments, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A. F & H Porter Novelli, Munich, Germany Indo Pacific Edelman, Jakarta, Indonesia BEST PUBLIC RELATIONS AGENCY STEVIE AWARD WINNERS: Magna Carta Public Relations, Johannesburg, South Africa Mmd Corporate, Public Affairs & Public Relations Consultants, Nicosia, Cyprus BDR Associates, Bucharest, Romania cpz Ogilvy Public Relations GmbH, Muelheim, Germany Hill & Knowlton China, Beijing Indo Pacific Edelman, Jakarta, Indonesia M3 Communications Group, Sofia, Bulgaria SHIFT Communications, Boston, MA, U.S.A. UNIQUE PLUS, Seoul, South Korea CREATIVE BEST ADVERTISING/EDITORIAL/DESIGN AGENCY CSD, Seoul, South Korea BEST CREATIVE EXECUTIVE Yoo Sang Joon, CEO, CSD, Seoul, South Korea BEST CREATIVE ORGANIZATION Vodafone Czech Republic, Praha, Czech Republic M, London, United Kingdom 2007 Honorees continued 19

22 CUSTOMER SERVICE BEST CUSTOMER SERVICE EXECUTIVE Alejandro Raposo, NII Holdings, Reston, VA, U.S.A. BEST CUSTOMER SERVICE ORGANIZATION Hewlett-Packard Imaging & Printing Group Consumer Operations, EMEA Fone Zone Group Limited, Brisbane, Australia John Hancock Signature Services, Boston, MA, U.S.A. KODAK Service & Support, Rochester, NY, U.S.A. Marriott Vacation Club International, Orlando, FL, U.S.A. NII Holdings, Reston, VA, U.S.A. and Nextel Argentina Vodafone Czech Republic, Prague WellCare Health Plans, Tampa, FL, U.S.A. BEST CUSTOMER SERVICE TEAM IntraLinks, London, United Kingdom ABBOTT, Seoul, South Korea John Hancock Signature Services, Boston, MA, U.S.A. HUMAN RESOURCES BEST HUMAN RESOURCES EXECUTIVE Dr. M. Amr Sadik, Chief Human Resources Officer, Confectionery Development Industrial Co. (KATAKIT), Damascus, Syria Kim Martin, Vice President of Human Resources, Cybertrust, Herndon, VA, U.S.A. MARKETING 2007 Honorees continued BEST MARKETING CAMPAIGN Travelocity Business, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.: Lockheed Martin Corp. Internal Travel Program Launch Materials BEST MARKETING EXECUTIVE Jim Ivers, Senior Vice President of Marketing, Cybertrust, Herndon, VA, U.S.A. Matthew Glanfield, Owner, Glanfield Marketing Solutions, Welland, ON, Canada BEST MARKETING ORGANIZATION PlateSpin Ltd., Toronto, ON, Canada Acopia Networks, Inc., Lowell, MA, U.S.A. Cybertrust, Herndon, VA, U.S.A. BEST MARKETING TEAM Stratcom Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia: Team for Krispy Kreme Donuts 20

23 MIS & IT 2007 Honorees continued BEST MIS & IT EXECUTIVE Matt Bross, Chief Technology Officer, BT, London, United Kingdom Navneet Singh Narula, IT Executive, Accenture, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A. BEST MIS & IT ORGANIZATION EPAM Systems, Lawrenceville, NJ, U.S.A. PRODUCTS & PRODUCT MANAGEMENT BEST NEW PRODUCT OR SERVICE COMPUTER SERVICES MetricStream Inc, Bangalore, India: ComplianceOnline.com online Ecosystem for Compliance Professionals BEST NEW PRODUCT OR SERVICE COMPUTER SOFTWARE TranTech, Inc., Alexandria, VA, U.S.A.: MediaSolv digital evidence management system Skelta Software, Bangalore, India: Skelta BPM.NET Telelogic, Malmo, Sweden: Telelogic System Architect/XT Epicor Software Corporation, Irvine, CA, U.S.a.: Epicor IW i-flex Solutions Limited, Mumbai, India: Reveleus Basel II Solution PlateSpin, Toronto, ON, Canada: PowerConvert 6.5 PlateSpin, Toronto, ON, Canada PowerRecon 2.5 BEST NEW PRODUCT OR SERVICE - FINANCIAL SERVICES Dow Jones, New York, NY, U.S.A.: Dow Jones Wealth Manager Cybertrust, Herndon, VA, U.S.A.: Cybertrust Partner Security Program BEST NEW PRODUCT OR SERVICE MANUFACTURING Petro-Canada Lubricants, Mississauga, ON, Canada: Launch of PURITY FOOD GRADE LUBRICANTS WITH ANTIMICROBIAL EFFICACY Modern Herbal Group, Dhaka, Bangladesh: MHG new product combats Hepatitis-B Tandus, Dalton, GA, U.S.A.: Inunison Virtual Sample Folders BEST NEW PRODUCT OR SERVICE MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT Durrants, London, United Kingdom: Helping Communications Teams Succeed in the All Media World BT Movio, London, United Kingdom: Mobile Entertainment Service viagogo, London, United Kingdom: viagogo BEST NEW PRODUCT OR SERVICE OTHER ClinPhone plc, Nottingham, United Kingdom: ClinPhone s Drug Accountability MIKOH Corporation, Washington, DC, USA: Smart&Secure RFID Tags: EVR 21

24 Call For Entries Winners will be: Celebrated at a December 6 gala event in Las Vegas Honored in an issue of Selling Power magazine Profiled on sellingpower.com Automatically entered in the 2008 American Business or Awards International Business Awards The entry deadline is September 28. Late entries will be accepted through November 1 with a late fee. Get your entry kit & enter at

25 2007 Selling Power Sales Excellence Awards The Selling Power Sales Excellence Awards, presented in association with The Stevie Awards, recognize the world s best sales executives, leaders, representatives, teams, and organizations. More Than 50 Categories Including Global Sales Leader of the Year National Sales Team of the year Highest Sales Growth Rate Sales Training Program of the Year Sales Meeting of the Year Sales Organization of the Year Entry Deadline: September 28 Late entries will be accepted through November Sponsors included

26 PRODUCTS & PRODUCT MANAGEMENT continued BEST NEW PRODUCT OR SERVICE SERVICES Ernst & Young RGRS, Sydney, Australia: Ernst & Young s Revenue Growth & Risk Services Echelon, San Jose, CA, U.S.A.: Echelon s NES Tandus, Dalton, GA, U.S.A.: Inunison Virtual Sample Folder BEST NEW PRODUCT OR SERVICE TELECOMMUNICATIONS paybox solutions AG, Raunheim/Frankfurt, Germany: paybox smobile Wizard AT&T, San Antonio, TX, U.S.A.: AT&T BusinessDirect Mobile BT, London, United Kingdom: BT s Next Generation Wholesale Communications Services Openet, Dublin, Ireland: Openet s Network Edge Rating Solution Telarix Inc., Vienna, VA, U.S.A.: ixlink Service Valista, Wicklow, Ireland: Valista Managed Services BEST PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION INFRASOFT TECHNOLOGIES LTD, Mumbai, India SUNGWOOADCOM INC., Seoul, South Korea BEST PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT TEAM Cognos Incorporated, Ottawa, ON, Canada Petro-Canada Lubricants, Mississauga, ON, Canada Telelogic, Malmo, Sweden SALES 2007 Honorees continued BEST SALES EXECUTIVE Hildegard Betts, Senior Vice President, echannel Services, Harris Bank, Chicago, IL, U.S.A. Bryan Gernert, Senior VP and General Manager, Americas, Cybertrust, Herndon, VA, U.S.A. Ubiratan Valadé, NII Holdings, Reston, VA, U.S.A. BEST SALES ORGANIZATION AT&T, San Antonio, TX, U.S.A. Cybertrust, Herndon, VA, U.S.A. Metasoft Systems Inc., Vancouver, BC, Canada BEST SALES TEAM Marriott International, Washington, DC, U.S.A.: Global Sales Team ClinPhone plc, Nottingham, United Kingdom: Sales Training Team 24

27 SUPPORT BEST SUPPORT ORGANIZATION Bowen & Groves Pty Ltd, Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia Coverall Cleaning Concepts, Boca Raton, FL, U.S.A. John Hancock Signature Services, Boston, MA, U.S.A. KODAK Service & Support, Rochester, NY, U.S.A. BEST SUPPORT TEAM John Hancock Signature Services, Boston, MA, U.S.A.: JHSS Business Resumption Plans Team EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT 2007 Honorees continued BEST CHAIRMAN George Klaus, CEO and Chairman of the Board, Epicor Software, Irvine, CA, U.S.A. Tim Solso, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Cummins Inc., Columbus, IN, U.S.A. Hanuman Tripathi Founder & CEO, Infrasoft Technologies Ltd., Mumbai, India Ho, Lawrence Yau Lung, Chairman & CEO, Melco International Development Limited, Hong Kong BEST EXECUTIVE IN ASIA (CHINA, JAPAN, AND KOREA) Esmond K.L. Quek, Chief Executive, Hill & Knowlton China LEE KYUNG RYUL, CEO, Biocore, Seoul, South Korea MIN-SUNG LEE, President, SUNGWOOADCOM INC., Seoul, South Korea BEST EXECUTIVE IN ASIA (SUBCONTINENT, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND) Wilfred John Blackburn, President, Ayudhya Allianz C.P. Life Public Company Limited, Bangkok, Thailand RAJ N. SHARMA, CEO, G-FORCE ENERGY LTD., Pondicherry, India R. Ravisankar,CEO International Operations, i-flex Solutions Limited, Mumbai, India BEST EXECUTIVE IN EUROPE José Antonio Tazón, President and CEO, Amadeus IT Group SA, Madrid, Spain Gavin Wheeldon, Chief Executive, Applied Language Solutions, Huddersfield, United Kingdom Bernice Maria Paolozzi, Independent Global Business Developer, Bernice Paolozzi Solutions, Dublin, Ireland Aaron McCormack, CEO, BT Conferencing, London, England Tom Bureau, Managing Director, CNET Networks UK, London, United Kingdom Jos Brenkel, Vice President, HP Personal Systems Group, Hewlett Packard, EMEA Mike Tobin, CEO, TelecityRedbus, London, United Kingdom PY Gerbeau, CEO, X-Leisure, London, England 25

28 EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT continued BEST EXECUTIVE IN NORTH AMERICA Pamela H. Patsley, Senior Executive Vice President of First Data and President of First Data International, First Data, Greenwood Village, CO, U.S.A. Deryk King, CEO, Direct Energy, Toronto, ON, Canada Lo Van Gemert, NII Holdings, Reston, VA, U.S.A. Stephen Pollack, Founder and CEO, PlateSpin Ltd., Toronto, ON, Canada Ajit Nair, CEO, ProV International, Tampa, FL, U.S.A. Mark Hatton, President, Sophos, Burlington, MA, U.S.A. Jim Taylor, CEO and President, Thomas Group, Irving, TX, U.S.A. BEST TURNAROUND EXECUTIVE Eric Cador, Senior Vice President, Personal Systems Group EMEA, Hewlett Packard, Grenoble, France Esmond K.L. Quek, Chief Executive, Hill & Knowlton, China Cariti Shim, Founder, Cariti Shim Wedding Boutique, Seoul, South Korea Robert Post, President & CEO, TravelCLICK Inc., Schaumburg, IL, U.S.A. COMPANY & OFFICE AWARDS 2007 Honorees continued BEST CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY PROGRAM IN ASIA (CHINA, JAPAN, AND KOREA) MOBIO, Seoul, South Korea Thai Life Insurance Co., Ltd., Bangkok, Thailand: Pob Mor Siriraj Television Program BEST CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY PROGRAM IN EUROPE DaimlerChrysler AG, Stuttgart, Germany: Mondialogo Intercultural Dialogue and Exchange AstraZeneca Bulgaria, Sofia, Bulgaria BDR Associates, Bucharest, Romania: Procter & Gamble Civic Education Program Learn To Make The Difference! BRODOMERKUR d.d., Split, Croatia: HUMANITARIAN AID FOR THE CANCER CENTRE SPLIT CALLED CENTRE MADE OF LOVE BT, London, England: BT Information & Communications Technology Initiative Lifelines India BEST CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY PROGRAM IN NORTH AMERICA Borgess Health, Kalamazoo, MI, U.S.A. Imperial Tobacco Canada Limited, Montreal, Canada: Let s Talk Initiative BEST CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY PROGRAM IN SOUTH AMERICA Phoenix Park Gas Processors Ltd, Point Lisas, Trinidad & Tobago: Phoenix Park s Commitment to Low Income Families Banco de Crédito del Perú and Grupo APOYO S.A., Lima, Peru: Learning Mathematics on the Internet in Peru 26

29 2007 Honorees continued COMPANY & OFFICE AWARDS continued BEST CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY PROGRAM IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA Novartis, Istanbul, Turkey: NOVARTIS HEALTH WAGON PROJECT, TURKEY Metropolitan Holdings Limited, Cape Town, South Africa: Actuaries on the Move BEST MULTINATIONAL COMPANY IN EUROPE BT Conferencing, London, United Kingdom Applied Language Solutions, Huddersfield, United Kingdom TelecityRedbus, London, United Kingdom The University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom zanox, Berlin, Germany BEST MULTINATIONAL COMPANY IN NORTH AMERICA Direct Energy, Toronto, ON, Canada Epicor Software, Irvine, CA, U.S.A. PlateSpin Ltd., Toronto, ON, Canada BEST NEW COMPANY TelecityRedbus, London, United Kingdom Rebtel, Stockholm, Sweden viagogo, London, United Kingdom BEST OVERALL COMPANY IN ASIA (SUBCONTINENT, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND) Sharkey s Healing Centre, Nerang, QLD, Australia Ingenero, Mumbai, India BEST OVERALL COMPANY IN NORTH AMERICA ActionCOACH, Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A. Omniture, Orem, UT, U.S.A. BEST SATELLITE OFFICE OR FACILITY Spanish Facility of International Armoring Corporation, Ogden, UT, U.S.A. MOST INNOVATIVE COMPANY IN ASIA (CHINA, JAPAN, AND KOREA) SUNGWOOADCOM INC, Seoul, South Korea MOST INNOVATIVE COMPANY IN ASIA (SUBCONTINENT, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND) Imagination International Corporation, Kent Town, South Australia Ayudhya Allianz C.P. Life Public Company Limited, Bangkok, Thailand MetricStream Inc, Bangalore, India 27

30 COMPANY & OFFICE AWARDS continued MOST INNOVATIVE COMPANY IN EUROPE SDL, Maidenhead, United Kingdom MOST INNOVATIVE COMPANY IN NORTH AMERICA Fieldglass, Inc., Chicago, IL, U.S.A. Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Provo, UT, U.S.A. Pharmanex, Provo, UT, U.S.A. Sew What? Inc, Rancho Dominguez, CA, U.S.A. TravelCLICK Inc., Schaumburg, IL, U.S.A Honorees continued 28

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