2015 Digital Accelerator Awards Finalists Announced
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
Global Awards Program Sponsored by Apigee Recognizes Individual Innovators and
Companies Driving the Digital Economy
SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 17, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Apigee®, (NASDAQ:APIC),
developer of an intelligent API platform for digital business, today announced
the finalists in the 2015 Digital Accelerator Awards, a global awards program
recognizing innovative individuals and organizations accelerating and
transforming businesses with APIs.
"We believe that digital has the potential to be the basis of competition and
that APIs unlock the potential of digital business," said Chet Kapoor, Apigee's
CEO. "We salute the 2015 Digital Accelerator Awards finalists from all around
the world and across many industries for creating first-class API programs,
working to build and re-build their businesses around digital and fundamentally
enhancing the value they bring to customers, partners and employees."
The 2015 Digital Accelerator Awards include a range of categories, from
individuals taking digital innovation to new levels, to businesses that are
transforming with data and digital technologies. The category winners and the
winner of the overall "Top Digital Accelerator" award will be revealed at the "I
love APIs" conference, Oct. 12-14 in San Jose, Calif. Following are the
finalists in each category.
Top Digital Visionary
This category recognizes a business leader who had a positive change on his/her
organization by leading enterprise innovation and transforming digital assets
into new value for customers, partners and/or employees using APIs and data. The
finalists are:
* Geraldine Calpin: senior vice president & global head of digital, Hilton
Worldwide
* Chris Hewertson: chief technology officer, glh Hotels
* Matias Klein: vice president of strategic growth & innovation, McKesson
Health Solutions
* Charlotte Yarkoni: president, Telstra
Top Digital Pioneer
This category recognizes a key strategic leader who is pioneering digital
programs to break new ground in his/her respective industry, setting a new bar
for using digital.
* John Calagaz: chief technology officer, CentraLite Systems
* Stewart Collis: chief technology officer; and Jeof Oyster, senior product
manager, aWhere, Inc. (Joint finalists)
* Brad Jaehn: vice president of global digital experience, McDonald's
Corporation
* Brad Maglinger: chief marketing officer, AOL/MapQuest
* Frederico Trajano: chief operations officer, Magazine Luiza
Top API Innovator
This category recognizes a technology leader who has driven the implementation
of his/her company's API program by building an effective team and executing on
the company's digital strategy. The finalists are:
* Steven Engelhardt: head of software architecture, Morningstar, Inc.
* Frank Fitzlaff: head of API program, Swisscom AG
* Paul Friedman: vice president -business technology leadership, Humana Inc.
* Chris Hood: director of web technologies, digital marketing, Fox
Broadcasting Company
* Edgar Kalns: head of products and engineering, 24[7]
* Stephen Kinch: senior product manager, mobile and API, 7-Eleven
Top API Evangelist
This category recognizes a technology trailblazer who has been creating and
managing world-class APIs enabling innovation and driving digital acceleration.
The finalists are:
* Saori Fotenos: senior director of API platform, Thomson Reuters
* Jason Kobus: director fintech integration/ API banking, Silicon Valley Bank
* Kay Lummitsch: technology evangelist for APIs, Swisscom AG
* Matthew Newton: enterprise architect, glh Hotels
* Drew Schweinfurth: developer evangelist, Walgreens
Best API Program
This category recognizes an organization with an outstanding API program that
exemplifies innovation in strategy, design, developer experience and support.
The organization with the winning API program will have a well-defined plan and
business model, a simple, flexible design, and it will have created business
value. The finalists are:
* Cox Automotive
* Hilton Worldwide
* Telstra
* Tradier Inc.
* Thomson Reuters
* Vodafone
Best Data Analytics for Digital Business
This category recognizes an organization that has driven the use of data
analytics in their digital programs to provide new visibility and insight into
their digital ecosystems, customers and/or business. The finalists are:
* Fox Broadcasting Company
* Morningstar, Inc.
Top API for the IoT
The award recognizes an organization demonstrating ground-breaking innovation in
creating a new experience or reinventing an existing experience by digitally
enabling "things" such as wearables and other everyday devices. A successful IoT
entry will use APIs to enable things to use data in new ways to enhance the way
people live, work and play. The finalists are:
* CentraLite Systems
* Everbridge
* Honeywell
Best Developer Experience
This category recognizes an organization with an outstanding developer program.
The winning program will excel at enabling developer success, providing the
right incentives to attract developers and encourage adoption; offering support
and tools; and inviting interaction and feedback. The finalists are:
* AOL/MapQuest
* First Data
Digital Business Excellence- Retail, Finance, Telecom, Healthcare
Winners in this category will be organizations in one of four industry verticals
that demonstrate success towards digital transformation. The winners' stories
will show how a well-implemented digital strategy powered by data and delivered
by APIs may increase business agility, improve time-to-market and enhance
customer interactions. The finalists are:
* 7- Eleven
* L.L.Bean
* Magazine Luiza
* Silicon Valley Bank
* Tradier Inc.
* Humana Inc.
* McKesson Health Solutions
* Walgreens
* NTT Communications Corp.
* Swisscom AG
* Telstra
* Vodafone
About Apigee
Apigee (NASDAQ:APIC) provides an intelligent API platform for digital business.
Many of the world's largest organizations select Apigee to enable their digital
business, including 23 of the Fortune 100, six of the top 10 Global 2000 retail
companies, and five of the top 10 global telecommunications companies. Apigee
customers include global enterprises such as Walgreens, Burberry, Morningstar,
eBay, and First Data. Apigee is headquartered in San Jose, California and has
over 400 employees worldwide.
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Investor Contact:
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kfaulkner(at)apigee.com
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