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American Business Awards®

American Business Awards®

Celebrating the achievements of US organisations

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The 2027 (25th Annual) American Business Awards® Edition

Scale of Awards

National Awards

Entry Fee

To be confirmed

Prizegiving

Event Ceremony

Entries Close

Usually in February

Organiser

Stevies

About This Award

The American Business Awards® are open to all organisations operating in the U.S.A., and feature a wide variety of categories to recognise achievement in every facet of the workplace.

The Stevie® Awards are the world's premier business awards. They were created in 2002 to honour and generate public recognition of the achievements and positive contributions of organisations and working professionals worldwide. In short order, the Stevie has become one of the world's most coveted prizes.

There are now nine Stevie Awards programs, each with its own focus, list of categories, and schedule. Together they receive more than 12,000 nominations each year.

Stevie Award judges include many of the world's most respected executives, entrepreneurs, innovators, and business educators. More than 1,000 professionals worldwide participate in the Stevie Award judging process each year. All Stevie Awards entrants have access to all judges' comments about their nominations.

Sponsors of Stevie Awards programs include many leading B2B marketers, publishers, and government institutions.

Past Stevie Award winners including Acer Inc., Apple, BASF, BT, Ford Motor Company, ING, Procter & Gamble, Roche Group, and Samsung, among many others.

Awards Profile

Scale of Awards: National Awards
Location of Awards: United States (USA)
Accepting Entries From: United States (USA)
Industries: All Industries
Awards Types: Business, Business Leadership, Coaching, Consultancy, Corporate Social Responsibility CSR, Creative, Customer Service, Employee Experience, Entrepreneur, Events, Growth, Human Resources (HR), Innovation, Leadership, Product Design & Development, Project Management, Public Relations (PR), Retail Technology, Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM), Social Media, Software as a Service (SaaS), Supply Chain, Sustainability, Technology, Training, Transformation, Travel, Website Design & Development

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Entry Timeline

The 2027 (25th Annual) American Business Awards® Edition

Entries Open

Usually in October

Last recorded: Tue 7 Oct 2025

Entries Close

Usually in February

Last recorded: Tue 10 Feb 2026

Finalists Announced

Usually in April

Last recorded: Thu 23 Apr 2026

Winners Announced

Usually in April

Last recorded: Thu 23 Apr 2026

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The 2026 (24th Annual) American Business Awards® Edition

Judges

Srikanth A

Chair, AI, Technology, & Sustainability Awards Judging Committee — Vice President · Vice-President - Healthcare and Emerging Vertical Exafluence · Judge

Dr. Roger Achkar

President, Global Waste Cleaning Network (GWCN), Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, United Kingdom · Judge

Rupen Kumar Anjaria

Software Engineer · Acclaim Systems Inc · Judge

Denise Blasevick

CEO · S3 McMillan · Judge

Vanessa Brooks

Education & Enablement Manager, FedEx, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, United Kingdom · Judge

Siddharth Damle

Senior Manager · Deloitte and Touche LLP · Judge

Manas Das

Director - Analytics and Serialization · Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Inc. · Judge

Shivam Dixit

Chief Technology Officer · Rimba AI · Judge

Alejandra Fehrmann

Internal Comms Director Americas · Nissan Americas · Judge

Manish Kumar Garg

Associate Director · Hikma Pharmaceuticals · Judge

Saurav Ghosh

VP of Enterprise Digital SolutionsGenmab, Plainsboro, New Jersey, United States · Judge

Weitse Hsu

Technical Program Manager, Office of the CTO, Rippling, San Francisco, California, United · Judge

Jaidev Jayakumar

Manager · Deloitte & Touche LLP · Judge

Kunal Kapoor

Senior Product Owner · Softwriters · Judge

Tilak Kesavapillai

Director Engineering · Zebra Technologies Corporation · Judge

Nikhil Killamsetti

Fixed Income Portfolio Manager · Voya · Judge

Tal Kra-Oz

Senior Marketing Strategist, Navina, Ramat Hasharon, Israel · Judge

Arvind Kumar

Advanced ERP Solution Architect/Information Technology Program Manager · Capgemini America · Judge

Athanasios Lolos

Principal Data Scientist · Navy Federal Credit Union · Judge

Dhanabal Mani

Director, Relay Software Development · Megger · Judge

Claire Oatway

CEO | Executive Coach, Business Strategist, Thought Leader, Neon Juno, Plymouth, United Kingdom · Judge

Sunilkumar Patel

Director · Amneal Pharmaceuticals · Judge

Sharat Priya

Senior Manager / Associate Director · Ernst & Young · Judge

Maggie (Ming) Qian

Principal User Experience Researcher · Dell Technologies · Judge

Julie Ragland

Chief Information Officer & SVP (Retired), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States · Judge

Nitin Rakheja

Head, Technical Program Management (Manufacturing), Zoox · Inc. · Judge

Kumari Rashmi

Principal Solution Advisor · SAP America · Judge

Kelly Roark

CoFounder · Stratespheric · Judge

Anilkumar Sriramoju

Principal Engineer · Charter Communications · Judge

Cathy Vasilev

CCO · Red Oak Compliance Software · Judge

Yueqi (Vicky) Zhang

Senior UX Designer · Dell Technologies · Judge

Betül Yücel

Chair, Company/Organization & Achievement Awards Judging Committee — Founding Director, IF Consultancy, Brussels, Belgium · Judge

Richa Awasthi

Vice President · JP Morgan Chase · Judge

Somnath Banerjee

Engineer Lead Senior · Elevance Health · Judge

Noufal Mohamed Basheer

Strategy Director · PepsiCo · Judge

Catherine Campbell-Ferreira

Finance Executive · Amazon · Judge

Siddhartha Deo

Finance · OnePay · Judge

Kena Bharatbhai Desai

Senior Financial Analyst · Amazon.com · Judge

Manikandan Dhanabalan

Software Engineering Senior Director · CRCGroup · Judge

Seda Dogan

Co-Founder, DesBerries LLC, Liège, Belgium · Judge

Sheela Dubey

Quality Engineering IT Technical Lead · Malvern · Judge

Jenna Joseph

Commercial Manager - PCRO Americas · Shell · Judge

Durga Kare

Project Delivery Lead · Deloitte Consulting LLP · Judge

Darren Kilbride

Contract & Procurement Manager · Shell · Judge

Venkata Sai Reddy Kotu

Senior Software Engineer · Docusign Inc · Judge

Purva Krishna

Governance and Compliance Senior Manager · Ernst & Young · Judge

Pirjit Maravapatti Sreedharan

Regional Managing Director · Nefab Packaging Inc · Judge

Ozioma Onyeibor

Vice President, Iroko Capital, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria · Judge

Romina J Oviedo Perez

Accountant Manager · OPC TAXES (OPC AND SONS LLC) · Judge

Soumya Udupi Ramesh

Solutions Architect · Kinsale Insurance · Judge

Werner Van Rossum

Business Venture Manager - Performance Management · ExxonMobil · Judge

Vinh Vo

Senior Member, IEEE.org, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam · Judge

Craig Woodill

Operations Training Superintendent · US Based LNG Facility · Judge

Mary DiMaggio-Finley

Chair, Corporate Communications, Investor Relations, & Public Relations Awards Judging Committee — President & CEO Legato Communications Etc. · Inc. · Judge

Zainab Ansari

Founder & Chairperson, Xenith PR (Pvt.) Ltd, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan · Judge

Amy Brennan

Senior Director, Corporate Communications & Brand · Xperi Inc. · Judge

David Claxton

Founder, Wise Up Public Relations, Boston, United States · Judge

Elizabeth Gensler

Writer/Producer · Mediabridge Productions Inc. · Judge

Barbara Hernandez

President, BCH OnPoint · Inc. · Judge

Micah Laney

Communications Director · Walmart · Judge

Taylor Maurits

Lead Media Strategist · Wise Up PR · Judge

Andrea Vassallo Meyer

Communications Consultant · AVM Communications · Judge

Artem Skoryi

Chair, Customer Service Awards Judging Committee — Vice President of Business Development · Boosteroid · Judge

Francesca Alabede

Operations and Customer Experience Manager, Lingawa, Lagos, Nigeria · Judge

Shruthi Boosey

Managing Partner, Jana Consultants, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Judge

Jay Dalal

Assistant Vice President · Barclays · Judge

Vishal Gudhka

Senior Network Architect · Versa Networks · Judge

Rohan Gupta

Principal · Deloitte Consulting · Judge

Sahaya Joseph

Senior Vice President, Product Management · The Bank of New York (BNY) · Judge

Swapnil Joshi

Head, Strategic Planning · Unilever US Inc · Judge

Karteek Kotamsetty

Customer Engineer · Google Public Sector LLC · Judge

Atul Punj

CEO · IBS Fintech · Judge

Shankar Raj

Principal Systems Analyst (Sr.Manager) · Fidelity Investments · Judge

Hitali Shah

Advanced Analyst · Electronic Arts · Judge

Manas Srivastava

Senior Customer Engineer · Google · Judge

Ekaette Tim

AI Workforce Specialist · American University · Judge

Manjula Kumari V.V

CEO, Senior Consultant for Obesity Management, Varanaa's Health Care, Research and Training Organization LLP, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India · Judge

Stella H. Kim

Chair, Entrepreneur & Thought Leadership Awards Judging Committee — Chief Executive Officer and President HRCap · Inc. - Global HR Intelligence Partner · Judge

Sudhir Ananthuni

Director, Financial Services Oracle Practice, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Frisco, Texas, United · Judge

Srikanth Aravamuthan

Co-Founder and CEO · Ciber Digita Inc. · Judge

Swapnil Awasthi

Lead Analyst · LinQ Global Group · Judge

Sheree Beaumont

CEO + Functional Medicine Practitioner, Sheree Hannah Wellness Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand · Judge

Nick Chandi

CEO & Co-Founder · Forwardly · Judge

Jacob Chizunza

Finance and Strategy · Amazon · Judge

Kim Clark

Principal · Polished Professionals Boston · Judge

Navraj Deol

Advisor/ Director, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada · Judge

Ravindra Gogineni

SAP FP&A Planning Architect · AVANOS Medical · Judge

Barno Goltsman

Creative Educator & Edible Art Specialist, Royal Cakes Boutique LTD, Maple, Ontario, Canada · Judge

Lindsey Guest

Founder, CEO, Interweve · Belvedere · Judge

Anna Honchar

Coach and Expert in Public Speaking · Personal Development & Coaching Business · Judge

Aziz Jafri

Key Account Manager · Vestacy · Judge

Dr. Jo Jolliffe

Chair, Manchester Youth Zone, Board of Directors, Manchester Youth Zone UK, Salford, Lancashire, United Kingdom · Judge

Franklin Kamnang Ngansop

Founder & Business Coach, Vitamin CS Coachin, Douala, Littoral, Cameroun · Judge

Nerses Krunkyan

Founder & CEO | Business Strategy & Operations · Nova Tire Barn Center · Judge

Avinash Mainkar

Associate Professor of Management · George Mason University · Judge

Nirali Maru

Co-Founder · LeafyVeda · Judge

Shikhar Mathur

Customer Success Partner and Enterprise Architect · Persistent Systems Inc · Judge

Darshan Bhavesh Mehta

Product Manager, AT&T Services · Inc. · Judge

Bimal Mohanty

Senior Engineering Manager · Capitalone · Judge

Ankit Pathak

CEO · Consultadd Inc. · Judge

Divya Peddi

Senior Product Manager · Amazon · Judge

Vasant Prabhu

Senior AI Product Manager · Motorola Mobility · Judge

Kishor Ratnani

Senior Project Manager · Worley · Judge

Pranjal Saxena

Principal, Strategy · Google · Judge

Elif Sen

Chief of Staff · Estuary · Judge

Dr. Niti Shah

Global Business Graduate student/ Orthodontist, Thunderbird School of Global Management · Arizona State University · Judge

Ivan Shvaichenko

CEO · Boosteroid · Judge

Shatrunjay Singh

Senior Software Engineer · Bloomberg LP · Judge

Manohar Reddy Sokkula

Senior Solutions Architect · Corpay Inc · Judge

Asia Solnyshkina

Co-Founder · ProSense Digital · Judge

Mark Spool, Ph.D.

President · Management Development Solutions · Judge

Alice Grace L. Bautista

Chief Executive Officer, ONEBPO, Iloilo City, Iloilo, Philippines · Judge

Autumn Carter

AVP, Learning and Organizational Development · Propelus · Judge

Stacey Clark Ohara

Vice President (On sabbatical) · Salesforce · Judge

Elisa Coelho Ball

Senior Director Human Resources - Latin America and Caribbean · Cymbiotika · Judge

Cat Colella-Graham

Internal Communications Consultant · CCG Internal Comms Consulting and Coaching for Communicators · Judge

Tina Delfino

Fashion Designer - Creator of BAD KITTY. Fierce Attire. badkittylove.com.au, New South Wales, Australia · Judge

Jennifer Fernandez

Vice President, Human Resources · Medical Guardian · Judge

Terri Fleener

VP Talent Management · WCG Clinical · Judge

Arunkumar Gopalakrishnan

Director · Publicis Sapient · Judge

Trish Grayauskie

HR Director · Symetra Investment Management · Judge

Dorothea (Dee) Grosso

HR Director · Big Brothers Big Sisters Independence · Judge

Vinamre Gupta

Senior Director, Strategic Engagement & Initiatives · National Audubon Society · Judge

Hilary Horigan

People Operations Manager · Quartile · Judge

Redashnie Hurribans

Chief Operating Officer · Leap Investment Inc · Judge

Akhilesh C Korpe

Operations Supervisor · Ardent Mills LLC · Judge

Ken Krieger

Executive Vice President · The Judge Group · Judge

Alice Lindenauer

Independent Consultant · Alice Lindenauer LLC · Judge

Sambit Panigrahi

Senior HRIT Analyst · Vitas Healthcare · Judge

Julie Staub

Consultant & Coach · Self-Employed · Judge

Zarina Tasheva

HR Director, ALS Central Asia, Tashkent, Uzbekistan · Judge

C. Paschal Eze

Chair, Marketing & Event Awards Judging Committee — Director of Community Engagement City of Westland, Westland, Michigan, United States · Judge

Diana Akchurina

Marketing Communications Expert, Independent Consultant, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain · Judge

Jean Cameron

Head of Field & Channel Marketing · Demandbase · Judge

Saraida De Marchena

President & CEO, Markatel Communications, Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic · Judge

Derek Gerry

Senior Director of Strategic Accounts · C-4 Analytics · Judge

Katherine Goldman

Creative Director/Founder · The Very Thing · Judge

Islam Gouda

Global Brand Ambassador and Member of the Board of Advisors, Revenue Marketing Alliance, Egypt, Al Qahirah, Egypt · Judge

Jacqueline Hetherington

Vice President Sales Effectiveness · Elevance Health · Judge

CarolAnn Hibbard

Vice President of Marketing · Freedom Energy Logistics · Judge

Robert Howells

President · Howells Marketing Consultants · Judge

Luiza Liupova

CEO · EasySound · Judge

Lorri Jones

Principal · LIJ Consulting · Judge

Violetta Korovkina

Expert in Marketing and Growth Strategies · Beyondness LLC · Judge

Tina Liu

Manager, Sales Transformation · Goosehead Insurance · Judge

Sarah Noet

Founder · Be The Change | Global Goals Unity Initiative · Judge

Sakshi Patel

Marketing Operations Manager · Truveta · Judge

Natalia Payton

Chief Marketing Officer · North Texas Marketing & Events · Judge

Susan Saurage-Altenloh, PhD

President & Chief Insights Officer, Saurage Research, Inc, United States · Judge

Erica Schumann

Marketing Manager, Customer Relations and Community Experience · Aras · Judge

Julie Seireg

Director of Marketing · Parkinson's Foundation · Judge

Joel Thomson

Head of Strategy and Brand, Green Hat Marketing, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia · Judge

Mila Tkachuk

Digital Marketing Manager · Burke Interiors · Judge

Valeriya Vinogradova

Founder/CEO Aesthetic Embassy, Burlingame, California, United States · Judge

Wenjun Yang

Account Manager, AI & Data Science Lead · Amazon Ads · Judge

Izane Cloete-Hamilton (CPP APMP)

Chair, Media (Website, Apps, Video, Publications, Social Media & Podcast) & Creative Awards Judging Committee — COO and Chief Inspiration Officer nFold (Pty) Ltd, Three Rivers, Vereeniging, South Africa · Judge

Santanu Baruah

Vice President Goldman Sachs, Bayonne, New Jersey, United States · Judge

Xiao Chen

Product Designer · UXMock · Judge

Jiwon Chong

Visual UX Designer · Amazon · Judge

Thony Da Silva

CEO & Managing Partner, PIZZOLANTE, Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic · Judge

Sai Vineela Ganti

Senior Software Engineer · Target Corporation · Judge

Jessica Guo

Founder & Design Director · Mud Silk Studios · Judge

Eric Hards

Sr. Creative Director · Unity Communications · Judge

Rocio Herraiz Zulueta

Head of Global PR & Brand Communications, Bloxspring, London, United Kingdom · Judge

Priyanka Nishad Kuvalekar

Senior User Experience Researcher Microsoft, Lynnwood, Washington, United States · Judge

Nayree Lane

Managing Director, Sandton, Gauteng, South Africa · Judge

Gen Li

Technical Artist · TEK Systems · Judge

Gabriela Ostrovsky

Senior Consultant and Head of Spain and LATAM, Strategic Proposals, London, United Kingdom · Judge

Maryke Otto

Global Senior Manager, Bid Office, NTT DATA, Gauteng, South Africa · Judge

Jessica Qian

Art Director · Independent · Judge

Itay Rubinstein

Founder · Eye Conic Spot LLC · Judge

Yixuan (Sonia) Song

UX Interaction Designer · Google · Judge

Joe Thoma

Business Consultant · Awareness Campaign Group · Judge

Roman Vynogradnyi

Head of Design · Censia AI · Judge

Inna Zaitseva

Product Manager for Gen AI & AR · Snapchat · Judge

Kewei Zhu

Senior Creative Visual Designer · TikTok Shop · Judge

Vivian Gomes

Chair, New Product & Product Management Awards Judging Committee — Co-Founder & Chief Design Officer SHNORH, San Francisco, California, United States · Judge

Pulkit Aggarwal

Senior Product Manager, Workday · Inc. · Judge

Rishabh Animesh

Senior Manager, Software Development · Cloud and Distributed Computing · Judge

Kameswaran Arunachalam

Principal Engineer, Systems Architecture · T-Mobile · Judge

Esha Bangar Hira

Lead Systems Engineer · Visa Inc · Judge

Kaushik Bhattacharjee

Principal Software Engineer, Sr. Director · Charter Communications Inc · Judge

Sushil Choubey

Principal Supply Chain Manager · Amazon · Judge

Chandrasekar Devaraj

Sourcing Manager · Nefab Packaging South Central LLC · Judge

Zhongqi Fu

Senior Product Designer · Reveleer · Judge

Ananti Gupta

Product Manager Lead · Doordash · Judge

Ashi Aziz Halani

Supply Chain Manager - Demand Planner · Amazon.com · Judge

Alison Higgins-Miller

CEO, SalesonQ Pty Ltd, Dural, New South Wales, Australia · Judge

Narinder Kumar Hira

Broadcom · Research and Development Software Engineer · Judge

Sherone Hubbard

Owner and Principal Consultant, OSH Consulting · LLC · Judge

Akash Jatangi

Senior Staff Product Manager, Intuit · Inc · Judge

Ramprasad Kamisetty

Project Manager · Flowchem · Judge

Rebecca Koniahgari

Technical Lead · Uptrend Motion LLC · Judge

Nick Leonardo

Founder & CEO · Yapp Sailing Course · Judge

Mallesh Miryala

Salesforce Solutions Architect – Business Continuity · ITDR & Emergency Management University of California · Judge

Chiranjive Mittal

Director, Product Management · Amazon · Judge

Nishant Motwani

Global Head, Top Connected TV Partners and Automotive Partnerships · YouTube Google · Judge

Sushrut Naik

Senior Director - Implementation · Machinify Inc · Judge

Fiyinfoluwa Openiyi

Data Analyst · Dare to Care Food Bank · Judge

Thai Bao An Phan

Staff AI Solution Architect · Diligent Corporation · Judge

Sundara Raman Ramachandran

Staff Software Engineer for LLM Inference · LinkedIn · Judge

Akash Rathi

Product Manager, Pixel Phones · Google LLC · Judge

Pabitra Saikia

VP, Senior Change Delivery Lead · Truist Bank · Judge

Sandeep Sambaraju

Product strategy lead Google-LLC, Pleasanton, California, United States · Judge

Anand Sharma

Senior Technical Program Manager · Oracle · Judge

Sharad Sharma

Specialist Leader/Senior Manager · Deloitte Consulting · Judge

Mohnish Singh

Associate Director · ValueLabs · Judge

Vandana Tanu

Pega Lead Business Architect · Skysolutions LLC · Judge

Bharat Thakre

Site Lead · Amazon · Judge

Viswanathan Tiruchindurai Srinivasan

Associate Vice President · Persistent Systems · Judge

Sreeja Vallamulla

Founding Engineer, Obviously AI · Inc · Judge

Narasimha Rao Vanaparthi

Assistant Vice President (AVP) · State Street Financial Corporation · Judge

Shiva Gangarajur

Senior Enterprise Systems Developer · Ping Identity Corporation · Judge

Christen Geiler

B2G Program Manager, GovCon Program Manager · Maximus · Judge

Kiran Kumar Raja Nagaraja

Pharmacy Manager · Sai Bear Creek Pharmacy LLC · Judge

Ravi Shanker

Senior Consultant · Verveba Telecom · Judge

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