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View the 2006 Optimas Awards

By Staff Report

Apr. 4, 2005

The 2006 reception and ceremony were held at the Michelangelo hotel in New York City on March 23.

This year’s Optimas Awards winners are exceptional business people with big ideas that achieved bottom-line business results. Click here for more information on our winners and the Workforce Management Optimas Awards.



   

The Workforce Management Optimas Awards winners enjoy a casual networking luncheon and extremely popular and valuable executive roundtable discussions where current workforce obstacles and innovative solutions are discussed. The day concludes with a reception and the Optimas Awards ceremony.


   

The Optimas award
   


 (from left to right)
Todd Johnson, Publisher, Workforce Management, Bob Scally, Senior Editor, Online, Workforce Management, John Nicholas, Director of Employee Development at The J. M. Smucker Co.,Dr. Kevin D. Gazzara, Strategy & Design Program Manager at Intel,Bob Dortch, Sales Director & General Manager, Online, Workforce Management
   

(from left to right)
Lauren Kalb, Manager, Institutional
Marketing at MetLife,Elena Wu Casey, Assistant Vice President, Institutional Marketing at MetLife,
Jason Asch, Southeast Sales Manager, Workforce Management
   


 Spending a few minutes with the latest issue of Workforce Management
   

(from left to right)
Carroll Lachnit, Executive Editor, Workforce Management, John Marino, Account Executive, The Marino Organization, Robert Barleta, Vice President, The Marino Organization, John Hollon, Editor,
Workforce Management.
   


 Ceremony attendees proudly displaying the Optimas Awards March 13 issue.
   

Workforce Management publisher, Todd Johnson opens the ceremony with a warm welcome to the Optimas Awards winners and ceremony attendees.
   


 Ben Colvin, Chief Marketing Officer, Institutional Business representing Optimas Awards sponsor MetLife, delivers an inspiring introduction.
   

Paul Seymour, Vice President, Business Development at EmployBridge accepting the award for FINANCIAL IMPACT from Workforce Management editor, John Hollon.
 
   


 Mary Anne McInnis, Senior Training Design Specialist at Randstad North America accepting the award for COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE.
   


John Nicholas, Director of Employee Development at J.M. Smucker Co. accepting the award for
ETHICAL PRACTICE.

 
   

Kent Kirch, Global Recruiting Director for Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu accepting the award for GLOBAL OUTLOOK.


   


Dan Hilbert, Employment Manager at Valero Energy Corp. accepting the award for INNOVATION.

 
   


 Bradley D. Belt, Executive Director at Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. accepting the award for
MANAGING CHANGE.
   

Carroll Lachnit, Executive Editor, Workforce Management accepting the award for PARTNERSHIP on behalf of City of Scottsdale, who could not be in attendance.


   

Richard Lobo, Head of Employee Relations at Infosys Technologies accepting the award for SERVICE.


   

John Hollon accepting the award for VISION on behalf of UnitedHealth Group who could not be in attendance.
   


 Kevin D. Gazzara, Strategy & Design Program Manager at Intel accepting the award for GENERAL EXCELLENCE.
   

(from left to right)
Todd Johnson, Publisher,Carroll Lachnit, Executive Editor,John Hollon, Editor,Bob Scally, Senior Editor, Online, Tonya Adams,
Marketing Manager
It’s an extraordinary day, and the best way to attend is to win! Visit Workforce.com to learn more about the Awards, and how to nominate your company’s achievements!

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