13th Annual 2021 Golden Bridge Business and Innovation Awards | Golden Bridge Awards | 12 March 2021 | Virtual

Golden Bridge Awards® celebrate business achievements and innovations.

All organizations private or public, corporations, nonprofits, associations, vendors and government organizations worldwide are eligible to enter. Categories for the 2020 Golden Awards have been updated to reflect the changing roles and responsibilities.

Welcome to Golden Bridge Awards®, world’s premier “Business Awards” program honoring achievements in every industry around the world.

The coveted annual Golden Bridge Awards program recognizes and honors the world’s best in organizational performance, products and services, innovations, executives and management teams, women in business and the professions, case studies and successful deployments, public relations and marketing campaigns, product management, websites, blogs, white-papers, videos, advertisements, creativity, partner programs, and customer satisfaction programs from every major industry in the world.

2020 Winners

Innovator of the Year | 11 – 2,499 Employees:
• RevBits | Mineola, NY USA | Mucteba built RevBits and has been awarded five U.S. Patents. | Mucteba Celik

Innovator of the Year | 2,500 and more Employees:
• PJ Lhuillier, Inc. | Makati, National Capital Region, Philippines | Making Financial Wellness A Reality For All Filipinos | Jean Henri D. Lhuillier

Lifetime Achievement Award | 11 – 2,499 Employees:
• Medical Marijuana, Inc. | San Diego, CA USA | Received historic import permits for CBD products from four governments. | Dr. Stuart Titus

Lifetime Achievement Award | 2,500 and more Employees:
• Steven Plochocki | Centennial, CO USA | Recognized as leading architect of turnarounds in healthcare industry. | Steven T. Plochocki

Maverick of the Year | 11 – 2,499 Employees:
• Kannaway | San Diego, CA USA | Obtained Bulgaria’s first authorization to sell hemp-based products in country. | Blake Schroeder

Maverick of the Year | 2,500 and more Employees:
• UnitedHealth Group (UHG) – Optum | Minnestoa, MO USA | Transformed multimillion dollar performance tracking initiative to ensure client satisfaction | Ben Everhart

Woman of the Year in Business & the Professions | 11 – 2,499 Employees:
• Jeunesse Global | Lake Mary, FL USA | Overseeing a Decade of Operational Success | Wendy Lewis

Entrepreneur of the Year | Business Services:
• Makers Nutrition | Hauppauge, NY USA | Employee satisfaction, highest revenue, reaching ~$30 million, improved corporate culture | Jason Provenzano

Entrepreneur of the Year | Business, Professional Services, & Consulting:
• 7 Stage Advisors | Riverdale, NJ USA | Pro-Bono, COVID-19 mentoring/coaching sessions to entrepreneurs/executives to navigate the pandemic | Carl Gould

Entrepreneur of the Year | Financial:
• UniWill Ventures | Palo Alto, CA USA | The visionary millennial investor who promotes “technology for good”. | Winston Sun

Entrepreneur of the Year | Manufacturing:
• IKIO LED LIGHTING | Indianapolis, IN USA | Achieved over 500% growth in last 3 years. | Ekamdeep Singh

Entrepreneur of the Year | Pharmaceuticals and Biotech:
• HUYA Bioscience International (HUYABIO) | San Diego, CA and Shanghai, China | Completed phase 1 study of HUYABIO’s atrial fibrillation candidate, HBI-3000. | Mireille Gillings, Ph.D., Hon. DSc.

Entrepreneur of the Year | Real Estate and Construction:
• Improovy, Inc. | Chicago, IL USA | Regional 30 Under 40 Award in 2019 | Andre Kazimierski

Entrepreneur of the Year | Security Cloud/SaaS:
• Botkeeper | Boston, MA USA | Disrupting the Accounting industry through automated bookkeeping | Enrico Palmerino

Top Achiever of the Year in Middle-East:
• Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Authority | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Improving 50 indicators from different competitiveness reports in 50 days | Malik AlMadani Hanan Ahli Ohood AlMunthiri ( Project manager) Shahad AlAli Alya AlJarwan Hind AlShamsi

Top Achiever of the Year in United States of America:
• Makers Nutrition | Hauppauge, NY USA | National company exposure, highest revenue of ~$30 million, corporate culture | Jason Provenzano

Executive Achievement of the Year | Advertising, Marketing, & Public Relations:
• Rise Interactive | Chicago, IL USA | Larry Fisher Lays the Foundation for Growth in Record Time | Lawrence Fisher

Executive Achievement of the Year | Artificial Intelligence:
• Cisco Systems, Inc. | San Jose, CA USA | Drove AI initiatives that fueled $500 million in business impact | Sanjiv Patel

Executive Achievement of the Year | Business Services:
• Makers Nutrition | Hauppauge, NY USA | Exceptional company savings, customer care, leading us to ~$30 million | Stephen Finnegan

Executive Achievement of the Year | Consumer Products – Non-Durables:
• Jeunesse Global | Lake Mary, FL USA | Helpled Jeunesse achieve 5th consecutive year of billion dollar sales | Scott Lewis

Executive Achievement of the Year | Energy & Utilities:
• Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower) | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Turned Empower to the World’s Largest District Cooling Service Provider | AHMAD BIN SHAFAR

Executive Achievement of the Year | Information Technology Hardware:
• Poly | Santa Cruz, CA USA | The Rebranding of Plantronics and Polycom into Poly | Amy Barzdukas

Executive Achievement of the Year | Information Technology Software:
• IGEL | San Francisco, CA USA | Ayres disrupts end user computing, catapulting IGEL’s software sales growth | Jed Ayres

Executive Achievement of the Year | Legal:
• Wolters Kluwer’s CT Corporation | New York, NY USA | John’s team helps form companies form maintain compliance globally. | John Weber

Executive Achievement of the Year | Non-Profit or Government Organizations:
• Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Authority | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Propelling the UAE on the global stage through competitiveness | Abdullah Lootah

Lifetime Achievement Award | Consumer Products:
• ARIIX | Bountiful, UT USA | Fred’s international business leadership is shaping the future. | Dr. Fred Cooper

Lifetime Achievement Award | Consumer Services:
• PJ Lhuillier, Inc. | Makati, National Capital Region, Philippines | Making Financial Wellness A Reality For All Filipinos | Jean Henri D. Lhuillier

Tech Innovator of the Year of the Year | Cloud/SaaS:
• iTalent Digital | San Jose, CA USA | Three innovative SaaS solutions launched within 12 months | Renée La Londe

Women of the Year | Business Services:
• PeopleReady | Tacoma, WA USA | Focus and vision drive industry change, connect thousands to work. | Taryn Owen

Women of the Year | Consumer Products:
• ARIIX | Bountiful, UT USA | Deanna educates, inspires, and empowers others across the globe. |

Communications Professional of the Year (non-executive):
• IBM | Dalian, Liao Ning Province, China | Enabling the Best Place to Work with highest employee engagement | Jia Yi ZHU

Customer Service & Support Staffer of the Year (non-executive):
• IBM | Austin, TX US | Jack helped set up 300,000 iPads for students during COVID-19. | Jack Yarborough

International Business Professional of the Year (non-executive):
• IBM | Brno, Czech Republic | Identified $100M exposure and $20M cost avoidance in license compliance. | Ludmila Kantova

Marketing Professional of the Year (non-executive):
• Izaros Consulting | San Jose, CA USA | A whole year of giving back to the community | Tom Flynn

Product Developer of the Year (non-executive):
• Samsung Electronics | Mountain View, CA USA | Launched first of a kind health product saving 10K lives | Anupama Ramakrishnan

Technical CyberSecurity Professional of the Year (non-executive):
• Paypal | Conshohocken, PA USA | Helping organizations achieve automation in security activities | Sandeep Jayashankar

Technical IT Professional of the Year (non-executive):
• IBM | Dalian High Tech Zone, Dalian, Liang Ning Province, P.R. China | Accelerating Digital Transformation of Q2C Operations with Automation and SAP | Xiao Sheng Yang

Application Development Innovation:
• ASG Technologies | Naples, FL USA | ASG-Zenith |

Auditing Innovation:
• Wolters Kluwer | Tampa, FL USA | TeamMate+ |

Authentication (Single, Two or Multi Factor) Innovation:
• Jumio | Palo Alto, CA USA | Jumio Go |

Back-up and Recovery Innovation:
• Semperis | New York, NY USA | Active Directory Forest Recovery |

Business Intelligence Innovation:
• iPipeline | Exton, PA USA | InsureSight® Case Analytics 1 |

Business Transaction Management Innovation:
• Sage Intacct | San Jose, CA USA | Sage Intacct Dynamic Allocations 1 |

Cloud Computing/SaaS Innovation:
• Napatech Inc. | Copenhagen, Denmark | FPGA-based SmartNIC hardware and software |

Cloud Security Innovation:
• Bitglass | Cambell, CA USA | Bitglass Next-Gen CASB N/A |

Collaboration and Web tools Innovation:
• Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting | New York, NY USA | CCH Axcess™ Client Collaboration |

Data Protection Innovation:
• Code42 | Minneapolis, MN USA | Incydr |

Deception Based Security:
• RevBits | Mineola, NY USA | RevBits Deception Technology 1 |

Email Security Innovation:
• KnowBe4 | Clearwater, FL USA | PhishRIP |

Endpoint Security Solution Innovation:
• RevBits | Mineola, NY USA | Endpoint Security with three-phased analysis and thorough EDR module 1 |

Enterprise (Large) Innovation:
• Poly | Santa Cruz, CA USA | Poly Studio X Studio X30 and Studio X50 |

Enterprise (Medium) Innovation:
• Digital.ai | Plano, TX USA | The Digital.ai Value Stream Platform |

Enterprise (Small and SOHO) Innovation:
• Untangle, Inc | San Jose, CA USA | Untangle SD-WAN Router 1 |

Governance, Risk and Compliance Innovation:
• ADP | Roseland, NJ USA | ADP SmartCompliance Wage Garnishment N/A |

Information Leak Prevention Innovation:
• Spirion | St. Petersburg, FL USA | Spirion Data Privacy Manager |

Information Technology (Services) Innovation:
• Dubai Electricity and Water Authority | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Unified Smart Payments (Integrations for Banks/Agencies) 5.5 | Innovation and The Future Team

Information Technology (Software) Innovation:
• Dubai Electricity & Water Authority | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | SAP Portal Revamp | 1. Mushtaq Sayed 2. Mohamed Yusuf 3. Sujith Jacob Mathew 4. Sulaksha Naik

Internet of Things (IoT) Innovation:
• Ordr | Santa Clara, CA USA | Ordr Systems Control Engine 7.2 |

Mobile Security Solution Innovation:
• Lookout | San Francisco, CA USA | Lookout Mobile Endpoint Security |

Monitoring and Testing Innovation:
• SecurityMetrics | Orem, UT USA | Shopping Cart Monitor

Network Management and Intelligence Innovation:
• Forward Networks | Palo Alto, CA USA | Forward Enterprise |

Network Security Solution Innovation:
• iboss | Boston, MA USA | iboss Cloud 9 |

Performance Optimization Innovation:
• Yottaa | Waltham, MA USA | Anomaly AI |

Privileged Access Management Innovation:
• RevBits Cyber Security Solutions | MIneola, NY USA | RevBits Privileged Access Management 1 |

Security Software Innovation:
• BigID | New York, NY USA | Discovery-in-Depth Foundation |

Security Solution for Enterprise (Large) Innovation:
• AppViewX Inc. | New York, NY, USA | Certificate and Key Lifecycle Management and Automation 20.1 |

Training and Education Innovation:
• Brainshark | Waltham, MA USA | Brainshark Readiness Scorecards |

Content Analytics Solution:
• Wolters Kluwer | Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands | OneSumX for Regulatory Change Management |

Crowd Sourced Information Solution:
• Solv by Concentrix | Belfast, Northern Ireland | Solv Gig Platform |

Legal Information Solution:
• Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S. | New York, NY USA | Cheetah for Corporate Counsel No one in particular |

Sales & Marketing Intelligence Solution:
• Impartner | South Jordan, UT USA | Impartner PRM for Microsoft Dynamics 365 1 |

Career and Workforce Readiness Solution:
• MindTickle | San Francisco, CA USA | MindTickle Missions 2 |

Education Cloud-based Solution:
• ManagedMethods | Boulder, CO USA | ManagedMethods |

Game-based Curriculum Solution:
• Advantexe Learning Solutions | Conshohocken, PA USA | Version 2.0 Version 2.0 |

Learning Capacity-Building Solution:
• Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S. | New York, NY USA | Practice Perfect |

Student Assessment Solution:
• Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S. | New York, NY USA | Connected Quizzing |