SSON's Awards Winners 2016 Set the Bar High

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The 2016 Shared Services and Outsourcing Excellence Awards for North America were hosted by SSON as part of the 20th annual SSO Week in Orlando, this month. Sponsored by our long-term partners ISG, these Awards once again set the bar for the rest of the year.

Scott Furlong, Partner at ISG (below), presided over the Awards announcement.

Judges:

Michael Garvey, VP & Director, Business Integration Services and Solutions, Leidos

Lisa Miller, VP and Controller, PepsiCo (retired)

Edward Hansen, Partner, Morgan Lewis

Debbie Vander Bogart, Head, Global Shared Services, Levis

And the winners are...

"EXCELLENCE IN VALUE CREATION"

Winner: Unisys

Karen Hahn, and Angela Arntz, Unisys

Runner-up: Mastercard

Tim Westendorf, Andrea Forster, Jennifer Berry, Misty Thorpe, Kimberley Dawson, Anne Cisler (left to right)

"EXCELLENCE IN PROCESS IMPROVEMENT"

Winner: EMC

Mathew LaFlash, Andrea List, Mark Simon, Lori Hurley, Joseph Cotnoir (left to right)

Runner-up: Ontario Power Generation

Charanjit Singh, Ontario Power Generation

"EXCELLENCE IN INNOVATION"

Winner: EMC

Mathew LaFlash, Andrea List, Mark Simon, Lori Hurley, Joseph Cotnoir (left to right)

Runner-up: University of California San Diego (UCSD)

Kelly Aranaz, Project Manager, UCSD

"EXCELLENCE IN CULTURE"

Winner: Citi

Donna Linthicum and Craig McKenney, Citi

Runner-up: AT&T

Dhruval Shah, Director, AT&T

And...the SSON North American 2016 Practitioner of the Year is….

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CRAIG MCKENNEY

Managing Director

Head of Operations, Enterprise Supply Chain

CITI

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