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 Company: Managed Objects, McLean, Virginia
Entry Submitted By: LEWIS PR
Company Description: Managed Objects is the Business Service Management Company. Companies use our solutions to more effectively monitor, manage, and model their IT enterprise. Our unique service perspective overlays existing management tools so complex IT infrastructures can be managed, not as a set of components, but rather as the set of services that IT delivers to the business.
Nomination Category: Individual Categories
Nomination Sub Category: Best Executive – Non-Services Businesses – up to 2,500 Employees
Nomination Title: Siki Giunta, President and CEO, Managed Objects
Describe for the judges the activities and accomplishments of the nominated executive
during the eligibility period (up to 500 words):
Siki’s truly unique - and not just because she's a female CEO of a technology
company - because of the diverse cultural and professional background that fuels
her unique blend of business savvy and entrepreneurial passion. Born and raised
in Italy, she is fluent in four languages and has held key positions with
international companies in both Europe and the U.S.
Siki Giunta holds the reins at Managed Objects, one of the consistently
fastest-growing privately-owned software companies in the United States. Over
the past several years, she has led the business service management company past
the wilderness of the dot-com bubble, to fast growth and profitability, and now
to near-universal recognition as the industry’s key challenger.
For Managed Objects, Siki has been a leader who with the passion to grow the
company yet also had the business skills of a veteran executive. Having watched
so many technology companies implode in the past, she implemented a
“back-to-basics” approach, one focused on delivering needed solutions and
creating a customer-focused team. Through her leadership, the company has been
able to disrupt a market previously inhabited by industry giants like HP, BMC
and IBM, bringing a better approach that has earned the company blue-chip
customers like AIB, CSC, Credit Suisse, DISA, Fidelity Investments,
JPMorganChase, Progress Energy and Verizon.
During the eligibility period in particular, Siki has shepherded the company to
new heights, highlighted by record revenues, rapid international expansion, a
highly acclaimed product introduction and the company's recognition by trusted
analyst firm Forrester Research as the leader in its niche.
Siki’s direction has also helped garner nearly $50 million in venture capital
funding, attracting bellwethers such as JMI Equity, Lazard, Fidelity, FTVentures
and more recently Intel Capital, paving the way for additional growth.
Other key accomplishments during the eligibility period included:
• Named one of Virginia’s fastest growing technology companies by Deloitte
Technology’s Fast 50 Program five of the last six years
• Recognized as a Laureate by the prestigious an exclusive Computerworld Honors
Program
• Doubled European sales year-over-year in Q2 2007
• Recognized leader by industry analysts, for example named a BSM Leader in The
Forrester Wave™ Vendor Summary, Q1 2007
• Named a Finalist in the Northern Virginia Technology Council’s 2007 Hot Ticket
Awards: Hottest Management Team
List the URLs (web addresses) of any online news stories, press releases, or other documents that you would like the judges to see that support your entry. IMPORTANT: List each URL on a separate line, begin each URL with http://, and enclose each URL in square brackets. For example, [http://www.yourcompany.com/pressrelease.html]:
http://www.cwhonors.org/viewCaseStudy.asp?NominationID=154
http://www.managedobjects.com/company/cnbc.jsp
http://www.managedobjects.com/news/cbr/ManagedObjects_CBR_HI_Res.pdf
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/061207-managed-objects.html
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0%2C1895%2C2144885%2C00.asp
http://www.managedobjects.com/company/individualpressreleases.jsp?id=388
http://www.managedobjects.com/company/individualpressreleases.jsp?id=386
http://www.forrester.com/Research/Document/0,7211,38931,00.html
http://www.intel.com/capital/news/releases/060918.htm
Provide a brief biography of the nominated executive (up to 100 words):
Siki Giunta joined Managed Objects as president and chief executive officer in
1999, having previously held leadership positions within several units at
Computer Associates as well as several other technology companies throughout a
career spanning two decades.
Siki currently sits on the boards of Layer 7 Technologies and BEZ Systems, a
leading provider of strategic performance management solutions for database
applications. She holds degrees in literature and art history from De Vedruna
College in Rome, Italy, along with a degree in French language and civilization
from La Sorbonne in Paris, France.
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