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2008 Stevie® Award winners and Finalists are listed by category. Follow the links to view the full-text of Stevie Award-winning entries.

Best Sales Organization/Department
STEVIE AWARD WINNERS:
Heartland Payment Systems, Princeton, NJ
Marriott Vacation Club International, Orlando, FL
FINALISTS:
Bluegreen Corporation, Boca Raton, FL
Dunn Paper, Port Huron, MI
Family Heritage Life Insurance Company of America, Cleveland, OH
Genentech's Gateway Ranger Division, Dallas, TX
HealthMarkets Agency Marketing Group, Hurst, TX
Infinity Info Systems, Inc., New York, NY
Kamble Co. Transportation Services, Inc., Tempe, AZ
Las Vegas Meetings by Harrah's Entertainment, Las Vegas, NV
Omniture, Orem, UT
Richardson, Philadelphia, PA
Total Quality Logistics, Milford, OH
Treeline, Inc., Wakefield, MA
Zions Bank, Salt Lake City, UT

Best Sales Team
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
Las Vegas Meetings by Harrah's Entertainment, Las Vegas, NV
FINALISTS:
Absolute Software, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Best Buy for Business, Minneapolis, MN
Sales Partnerships, Inc., Westminster, CO
Sundance Vacations, Wilkes Barre, PA

Best Sales Executive
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
Chris Harrington, President of Worldwide Sales and Client Services, Omniture, Inc., Orem, UT
FINALISTS:
Ellen Wilsker, VP of Sales, Northern Region, Richardson, Philadelphia, PA
Jordan Clark, Vice President of Sales, Las Vegas Meetings by Harrah's Entertainment, Las Vegas, NV
Julie Thomas, President,ValueSelling Associates, Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Lourdes Fusaro Norton, VP of Sales, Viscom International, Atlanta, GA
Michael D. Rogers, Vice President, North America Alliance, Channel & OEM Sales, Sophos Metatomix, Inc., Dedham, MA
Sean Gordon, Vice President of Sales, InterCall, Chicago, IL

Best Sales Director or Manager
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
Patrick Espinoza, National Sales Manager, Las Vegas Meetings by Harrah's Entertainment, Las Vegas, NV
FINALISTS:
David Dustin, Sales Director, OrangeSoda Inc., Orem, UT
Derek Elder, Account Manager, SGIS, Pasadena, CA
Gary Sherwood, Sales Manager, Ignite Media, A Division of AOL Media Networks, Atlanta, GA
Irina Haydon, Executive Director of Sales, Heartland Payment Systems, Princeton, NJ
Jennifer Abdinoor, Director of Citywide Sales - Las Vegas & Director of Sales Imperial Palace, Las Vegas Meetings by Harrah's Entertainment, Las Vegas, NV
Justin Douglas, Regional Manager, BONUS Building Care, Indianola, OK
Lauren Burmeister, Director of Administrative Services, StormStaff, Orlando, FL
Oscar Pinzon, Sales Manager Viscom International, Atlanta, GA
Todd Gagnon, Director of Sales for the Eastern Region, Las Vegas Meetings by Harrah's Entertainment, Las Vegas, NV
Wendy Bennecke, Director of Sales for the Midwest Region, Las Vegas Meetings by Harrah's Entertainment, Las Vegas, NV

Best Sales Representative
STEVIE AWARD WINNER:
David Chao, Sales Rep, Cisco/WebEx, San Jose, CA
FINALIST:
Patria Rachel, Territory Manager, Genentech's Gateway Ranger Division, Dallas, TX

Best Sales Trainer
STEVIE AWARD WINNERS:
Brian Brown, Executive Director and Senior Vice President, The SkillStorm Family of Companies, San Diego, CA
Bo Lane, JM&A Group, Deerfield Beach, FL
FINALISTS:
Andrew Pickens, Project Training Manager, DHL Express, Plantation, FL
Anthony V. Codianni, Director of Toshiba Education and Development, Toshiba America Business Solutions, Irvine, CA
David Szen, VP of Training & Development Valpak, Largo, FL
Dennis Grieco, VP Training and Development, Richardson, Philadelphia, PA
Howard Kravitz, Senior Training Consultant, Richardson, Philadelphia, PA
Joaquin Jimenez, Sales Trainer, OrangeSoda Inc., Orem, UT
Lilli Barnett, Director of Training & Development, Kimball Hill Homes, Chicago and Houston
Mark Kemsley, Independent Distributor, GoYin, LLC, American Fork, UT
Michael S. Miller, Sales Trainer, Primo Solutions, LLC, Surprise, AZ
Patrick Giordano, Senior Manager of Sales Training, DHL Express, Plantation, FL
Pooja Shambhu, DHL Sales Training Specialist, DHL Express, Plantation, FL
Russ Peterson, Sales Trainer, iSpeak, Inc., Round Rock, TX