The 2013 Leadership Awards bring forward the leaders and pioneers who have contributed to their organizations’ successes. These practitioners realize that successful business technology efforts requires a team effort guided by leadership, and our awards will bring industry attention to those that have committed their resources to this critical undertaking.

The Ventana Research Leadership Awards cover 25 business and technology categories and are open for organizations across business and IT, technology vendors and consulting firms. Submissions are evaluated based on the stringent guideline set out by awards program criteria. 

Award recipients will receive the awards at the Ventana Research Business Technology Leadership Summit and Leadership Awards Ceremony (ww2.ventanaresearch.com/LeadershipSummit2013). All winners and finalists will be recognized and the award recipients will receive a prestigious award from Ventana Research.

The annual leadership awards are delivered by the Ventana Research team, which through its benchmark research, on-demand advisory and education continues to pioneer new methods for organizations to become efficient and effective in their business. As part of the scoring process and methodology, Ventana Research examined the submissions to evaluate the nominated organization's use of people, processes, information and technology, the best practices it developed, the degree of team involvement and the project's business impact and value.

In addition to the top awards for Overall Business, Operational and IT Leadership, the Leadership Awards are awarded in categories spanning from Big Data and Business Analytics to Operational Intelligence. 

The winners and their associated technology vendor are:

Business Leadership Awards 

Overall Business Leadership: Chris Salles at Guitar Center using Ceridian

Chief Financial Officer: Meghan Maze at Rabobank, N.A. using Tagetik Software

Office of Finance: Chrysler Group using FinanceSeer

Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC): The Fauquier Bank using Datawatch Corporation

Human Capital Management: DENTSPLY using SuccessFactors a SAP Company

Sustainability: Boston University Medical Center (BUMC), Department of Medicine using Actifio

Business Technology Awards 

Big Data: Luminar, an Entravision Company using Hortonworks Inc.

Business Analytics: XO Communications using IBM

Business Collaboration: Pandora Media using Anaplan

Cloud Computing:  Bloomin Brands using Snaplogic

Mobile Technology: Citrix using Peoplefluent

Social Media: TELERX using IBM

Operational Leadership Awards 

Overall Operational Leader: Greg Ammons and David Crews at United Supermarkets using Kronos

Contact Center: Overstock.com using Echopass

Customer Excellence:  KPN using Teradata and Oracle

Marketing Excellence:  International Speedway Corporation using Teradata Aprimo

Sales Excellence: Zuora using Xactly

Service & Supply Chain Excellence:  W.W. Grainger using Stibo Systems

CIO and IT Leadership Awards

Overall IT Leader: Scott Franzel at OFS Brands using Information Builders

Chief Information Officer: UMass Memorial Health Care using Informatica

Analytics: Cisco Systems using Tableau Software

Business Intelligence (BI): Astellas Pharma, U.S. using QlikTech (Qlik Technologies)

Information Optimization:  Phelps County Regional Medical Center using Datawatch Corporation

Information Management: SportScheck GmbH using Heiler Software

Location Intelligence (LI):   Sasktel using Actuate Corporation (The BIRT Company)

Operational Intelligence (OI): Quicken Loans using CallCopy

Read the 2013 Leadership Awards Press Release - Awards Announced: