Parago and CEO Juli Spottiswood Named Finalists in 6th Annual Stevie(R) Awards
for Women in Business
LEWISVILLE, Texas, Nov. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Parago (www.parago.com) and its
President and CEO Juli Spottiswood were named Finalists in the Best Overall
Company of the Year (Service Businesses) up to 2,500 Employees and Best
Entrepreneur (Service Businesses) up to 2,500 Employees categories
respectively in the 6th annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business.
The Stevie Awards for Women in Business honor women executives, entrepreneurs,
and the companies they run - worldwide. The Stevie Awards have been hailed as
the world's premier business awards.
The award period marked an era of invigoration, excitement and exponential
growth for Parago with Spottiswood firmly at the helm. In this time,
company-wide advancements included tremendous success with new product
introduction, exemplary innovations in technology and process and a new sales
approach.
"Since its entry into the incentives space, Parago has introduced significant
paradigm shifts and radically improved the participant experience and client
results," said Spottiswood. "Parago's comprehensive incentive capabilities and
continual innovation have resulted in a leadership position in the industry.
Most importantly, amidst a dismal economy Parago has achieved remarkable
growth. We are honored to be recognized for these achievements by the Stevie
Awards. "
This professional award caps off a successful year of business recognition for
Spottiswood and Parago. Spottiswood received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of
The Year® 2009 Award in the business services category in Southwest Area-
North. Additionally, Parago was this year selected as one of the Dallas
Business Journal's Best Places to Work in Dallas, received an A+ rating from
the Dallas Better Business Bureau, ranked on PROMO magazine's 2009 PROMO 100
list of the top U.S. promotion agencies and saw CFO Mae Reeves selected as
Dallas' CFO of the Year in the Midsized Private Companies category.
Spottiswood's and Parago's respective selections as finalists were
specifically recognizing individual women entrepreneurs and businesses owned
or run by women for their accomplishments during the eligibility period.
Finalists were chosen by business professionals worldwide during preliminary
judging. Members of the Awards' Board of Distinguished Judges & Advisors and
their staffs will select Stevie Award winners from among the Finalists during
final judging.
"Being named a Finalist in The Stevie Awards for Women in Business is an
important achievement," said Michael Gallagher, president of the Stevie
Awards. "It means that independent business executives have agreed that the
nominee is worthy of recognition. We congratulate all of the Finalists on
their achievement and wish them well in the competition."
Nicknamed the Stevies( )for the Greek word "crowned," winners will be
announced during a gala event at the Marriott Marquis hotel in New York on
Friday, November 13. Nominated women executives and entrepreneurs from the
U.S.A and several other countries are expected to attend. The presentations
will be broadcast live on radio in the U.S.A. by the Business TalkRadio
Network.
Details about The Stevie Awards for Women in Business and the list of
Finalists in all categories are available at www.stevieawards.com/women.
About Parago
Parago is the innovative provider of rewards-based incentive solutions that
deploy technology to drive better results from consumers, employees and sales
channels. Parago provides a full range of corporate and consumer incentive
programs to Fortune 500 companies. Its offerings include incentive solutions
targeted at customer acquisition and retention, employee performance
improvement and recognition programs and sales and channel incentives
solutions. Parago has distinguished itself in the rewards-based incentives
field for more than ten years by consistent reinvention of legacy approaches,
introducing 27 industry firsts and receiving three patents. For more
information visit www.parago.com.
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 organizations 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.
Sponsors of the 6th annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business (as of October
9) include the Business TalkRadio Network, Covario, Inc., and KeyBank.
Localization partner of the 2009 Stevie Awards is Lionbridge.
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Juli Spottiswood
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SOURCE Parago
Erin Dolin, +1-303-204-4819, erin@fletchergroupllc.com, or Jennifer
Tramontana, +1-303-929-9636, jennifer@fletchergroupllc.com, both for Parago
