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Emkay Honored As Grand Stevie Award Winner in 2013 American Business Awards

Emkay was awarded a Grand Stevie Award in The 11th Annual American Business Awards Monday night with the event focused on the technology and new product awards categories.

by Staff
September 19, 2013
2 min to read


Emkay was awarded a Grand Stevie Award in The 11th Annual American Business Awards Monday night with the event focused on the technology and new product awards categories.

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In this year's two American Business Awards events, Emkay was honored with two Gold, three Silver, and three Bronze Stevies. The culmination of these awards and Emkay’s drive to consistently bring innovative service solutions to our clients daily, led to Emkay being recognized as one of the best in the country as viewed by the ABA independent judges. Emkay recently pumped up their remarketing program by infusing modern technology and Emkay’s service approach to develop the Emkay Select Mobile app - revolutionizing the remarketing industry. In addition, Emkay launched the industry’s first web-based maintenance portal. These innovations along with Emkay’s exemplary customer service earned Emkay top honors and one of only ten Grand Stevies awarded in the entire country.

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The American Business Awards are the nation’s premier business awards program. All organizations operating in the U.S.A. are eligible to submit nominations – public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small. The year, more than 3,200 nominations from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry were submitted for consideration in a wide range of categories. Emkay was honored amongst the elite of the elite group of companies by receiving the American Business Awards Grand Stevie®. Brand new to the Stevie Awards, the Grand Stevie is awarded to the top ten companies of the entire competition.

“So many remarkable stories of success and innovation were told in the nominations submitted to this year’s American Business Awards,” said Michael Gallagher, president and founder of the Stevie Awards. “We congratulate all of this year’s Stevie Award winners, and thank them for the inspiration provided by their achievements.”

“It is a great honor to have been awarded the first ever Grand Stevie Award and named one of the ten best out of the over 3000 entries in the 2013 American Business Awards,” stated Chris Tepas, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for Emkay. “At Emkay we consistently push ourselves to provide the premier service experience in our industry, but don't stop there, as today you also have to provide customers with innovative products and technology. Emkay’s enhancements have made the lives of our customers easier from our initiatives and it means a lot to the people of Emkay that the American Business Awards feels we are performing at top levels with our service and technology."

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