FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 14, 2015
CONTACT
Lorenz Capalad
(732) 868-0000 x118
MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ, May 14, 2015: Andrew Zezas, Publisher of CFO Studio magazine and Host of CFO Studio, announced today that 11 CFOs received CFO Innovation Awards at the CFO Innovation Conference and Awards. CFO Studio and Real Estate Strategies Corporation, hosted the inaugural CFO Innovation Conference and Awards.
The CFO Innovation Conference and Awards, an all-day event of panel discussions and presentations, was held at MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey. 400 CFOs and other C-Level Executives attended. The Conference included 17 presentations and panel discussions led by business thinkers and experts from 51 companies. Topics included sports, risk, fraud, biotech, legal spend, healthcare, emotional intelligence, finance, careers, technology, cloud, and more. Early stage companies pitched investors at the Piranha Tank, followed by the CFO Innovation Awards ceremony with dinner on the 50 Yard Line, and an After-Party with music by Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes.
Award recipients include:
David Wyshner, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Avis Budget Group – CFO Innovation Award
Anna DeJesus, Chief Financial Officer, Family & Children’s Service of Monmouth County – CFO Leadership Award
Fran Shammo, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Verizon Communications – CFO Mastery Award
Alison Cornell, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Covance, Inc. – CFO Success Award: Operations
James Lusk, Chief Financial Officer, ABM Industries, Inc. – CFO Success Award: Technology
James Emmerson, Chief Financial Officer, Huntington Learning Center – CFO Success Award: Strategy
Brian Giambagno, Chief Financial Officer, The Action Environmental Group – CFO Success Award: Capital
John Roberts, Chief Financial and Administrative Officer, AdvantEdge Healthcare Solutions – CFO Success Award: Finance Department
Ralf Hermkens, Chief Financial Officer, Festo Didactic, Inc. – CFO as COO Award
Brian Zietsman, President and Chief Financial Officer, Enteris BioPharma – CFO to CEO Evolution Award
Gregg Kam, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Sonnebor – CFO Industry Transformation Award
Inigo – Piranha Tank Company Most Likely to Succeed
Promotional partners and presenting companies at the CFO Innovation Conference and Awards included the New York Jets, WithumSmith+Brown, Yorktel, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Oracle, O’Connor Davies, Russell Investments, YesCFO, Theorem, Trendline, Nicoll Davis & Spinella, Innophos, Alliance Cost Containment, BDO, Reed Smith, Agfa, Robert Half, PricewaterhouseCoopers, The Alliance Group, Sharp Electronics, Berkshire Hathaway, The Medicines Company, Covance a LabCorp company, Enteris BioPharma, I.D. Systems, Alliance Cost Containment, Manufacturing Talk Radio, C12, BioNJ, Arrow Fastener, Easter Seals, Community FoodBank of NJ, Godiva, Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation, Tumi, Lenox, NJMEP, Brooklyn Nets, NBA, Barclays Center, Tim Gearty, Prudential, Strategy&, Jarmel-Kizel, and Real Estate Strategies Corporation.
About CFO Studio
CFO Studio deploys the best of new and traditional media to promote finance executives as business and strategy thought-leaders. CFO Studio has published cover stories on features on CFOs from Agfa, Avis Budget, Vonage, Horizon Blue Cross, Hewlett-Packard Financial Services, Mercedes-Benz, Dun & Bradstreet, PSE&G, New York Jets, Quest Diagnostics, Godiva, Verizon, Subaru, Nat Sherman, Tumi, Panasonic, Atlantic Health, Lenox, Dassault Falcon Jet, INTTRA, Daiichi Sankyo, Cache, and other fine companies. Andrew Zezas is the host of CFO Studio and the Publisher of CFO Studio magazine. Visit www.CFOstudio.com to watch interviews with New Jersey area CFOs, to read CFO Studio magazine articles, or for subscriptions and advertising opportunities.
