Richardson CEO, David DiStefano Honored with a 2011 'Best in Biz Award'
David DiStefano, President and CEO of Richardson, has been named the silver winner in the Executive of the Year category in Best in Biz Awards, the only national business awards program judged by members of the press and industry analysts.
Richardson, a leading sales
training, consulting, and performance improvement company today
announced that
David DiStefano, President and CEO of Richardson, has been
named the silver winner in the Executive of the Year category in
Best in Biz Awards, the only national business awards program
judged by members of the press and industry analysts.
Mr. DiStefano is a recognized pioneer in the sales training and
sales performance improvement industry, having been recognized
as a Top 20 Influential Training Professional by
TrainingIndustry.com. He is responsible for developing and leading
Richardson's strategic growth efforts and the positioning of
Richardson as one of the premier sales training and consulting
organizations. David's leadership has been instrumental in the
company's rapid growth from a small regional company to a global
organization with a footprint in 63 countries throughout the
world. Under David's guidance, Richardson achieved record growth
and has been instrumental in helping global clients and sales
professionals around the world successfully perform in this more
complex and challenging selling environment.
Best in Biz Awards 2011 were presented in more than 30 categories,
including Best Overall Company of the Year, Most Innovative Company
of the Year, Executive of the Year, and Best New Product of the
Year. More than 150 entries were received in this year's awards
program from an impressive array of public and private companies
from a variety of industries, sectors, and regions. The companies
that won gold, silver and bronze awards in this year's program
represent the best in American business.
"I am so honored to be recognized by the Best in Biz organization
as an Executive of the Year. It is quite impressive to be
acknowledged this way, and simply put I attribute my entire success
to the collective efforts of the Richardson team. I am fortunate to
lead a dedicated, passionate, and very bright team of colleagues on
a singular mission to help our client improve their sales
performance," said David DiStefano.
Winners of Best in Biz Awards 2011 were determined by scores from
a panel of high-caliber judges from top-tier business and
technology publications, as well as analyst firms, including:
Accounting Today, AllBusiness.com, ECT News Network, eWeek Channel
Insider, Financial Times, Fox News, Hartford Business Journal,
Insight Media, Kelsey Group, King Features Syndicate, Lab Reviews,
Network World, PC Magazine, Portfolio, Puget Sound Business
Journal, Tech.Blorge, Tech-Gaming, Techtalk, and Wired. The 20
judges on this year's panel boast more than 470 years of combined
experience and have written for a combined total of more than 180
consumer, business, financial, trade, and technology publications
nationwide. For a full list of gold, silver, and bronze winners in
Best in Biz Awards 2011, visit:
http://www.bestinbizawards.com/2011-winners.
About Best in Biz Awards
Best in Biz Awards recognizes top companies, teams, executives,
and products for their business success as judged by established
members of the press and industry analysts. Best in Biz Awards
honors are conferred in two programs covering the US and EMEA
(Europe, Middle East, and Africa), respectively. Any organization
from any industry in the awards program's region boasting
demonstrated success can enter any of the more than 40 company,
department or team, executive, and product categories. Entries for
Best in Biz Awards 2012 EMEA are currently being accepted from all
companies based in or operating in Europe, Middle East or Africa,
with an early entry deadline of Nov 30, 2011. For more information
about the submission process and categories in both the US and EMEA
programs, please visit: http://www.bestinbizawards.com.