- Informatica Corporation (NASDAQ: INFA), the world’s number one independent leader in data integration software, today announced that top Informatica executives have been recognized as Stevie Award winners in the 11th Annual American Business Awards on June 20th. Stevie Awards recognize the leadership achievements and positive contributions of individuals and companies worldwide.
- Chris Boorman, chief marketing officer and senior vice president of Education and Enablement won the Stevie Award for Marketing Executive of the Year. Mr. Boorman has instituted pioneering programs that have more closely bound Informatica Marketing to Sales, the Informatica website to CRM and Informatica to its customers via online communities and social media marketing.
- Stephanie Wakefield, vice president, Investor Relations won the Stevie Award for Communications, Investor Relations or PR Executive of the Year. Ms. Wakefield has helped translate Informatica’s corporate performance into a premium valuation and has been a key driver in Informatica maintaining its high corporate governance ratings as well as retaining and motivating its professional workforce.
- Additionally, Tony Young, chief information officer, was recognized as a Finalist in the category of Information Technology Executive of the Year. Mr. Young runs a global IT organization that has equipped Informatica with numerous innovative and competitively differentiating business capabilities, including harnessing social media data to round out 360 degree customer views.
- Stevie Awards were presented in over 40 categories including Best Overall Company of the Year, Executive of the Year, and Best New Product of the Year. More than 2,800 entries from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry were submitted for consideration.
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Past Stevie award winners from Informatica include:
- Sohaib Abbasi, chief executive officer and chairman for Chairman of the Year in the 2010 American Business Awards.
- Earl Fry, executive vice president and chief financial officer for Finance Executive of the Year in the 2009 American Business Awards, as well as Finance Executive of the Year in the 2009 International Business Awards.
- Paul Hoffman, president, Worldwide Field Operations for Global Sales Leader of the Year in the 2010 Sales & Customer Service Awards.
- Informatica Global Customer Sales Support for Best Use of Technology in Customer Service in the 2009 Sales & Customer Service Awards.
- Details about The American Business Awards and the lists of honorees in all categories are available at www.stevieawards.com/aba.
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- "These awards recognize the extraordinary contributions by Chris, Stephanie and Tony to help establish Informatica as the number one leader in data integration," said Sohaib Abbasi, chairman and chief executive officer, Informatica. "Their leadership was instrumental for Informatica to attain our sustained record financial performance."
About The Stevie Awards
Stevie Awards are conferred in four programs: The American Business Awards, The International Business Awards, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Honoring companies of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about The Stevie Awards at www.stevieawards.com.
About Informatica
Informatica Corporation (NASDAQ: INFA) is the world’s number one independent provider of data integration software. Organizations around the world turn to Informatica to gain a competitive advantage in today’s global information economy with timely, relevant and trustworthy data for their top business imperatives. Worldwide, over 4,350 enterprises rely on Informatica for data integration and data quality solutions to access, integrate and trust their information assets held in the traditional enterprise, off premise and in the Cloud. For more information, call +1 650-385-5000 (1-800-653-3871 in the U.S.), or visit www.informatica.com. Connect with Informatica at http://www.facebook.com/InformaticaCorporation, http://www.linkedin.com/company/informatica and http://twitter.com/InformaticaCorp.
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