Brandon Hall Group Announces Winners of 2018 Excellence in Technology Awards

Prestigious awards recognize technology advances in Learning & Development, Talent Management, Talent Acquisition, Workforce Management and Sales Enablement.

Delray Beach, FL – December 6, 2018, Brandon Hall Group, the leading independent Human Capital Management research and analyst firm, announced the recipients of its 2018 Excellence in Technology Awards. Now in its 25th year, the program bestows nearly 220 Gold, Silver and Bronze awards in 51 categories. Entries were evaluated by a panel of veteran, independent senior industry experts, and Brandon Hall Group analysts and executives based upon the design of the solution, solution functionality, usability, innovation and overall measurable benefit to the organization.

Organizations receiving multiple awards this year include Verizon and Promote International with five each; Abilities, IMD, Intrepid by VitalSource and Litmos by SAP with four awards; and Capgemini, CrossKnowledge, Fulcrum Labs, GE, GP Strategies, Healthstream, HT2 Labs, JobVite, LearnUpon, Saba, Talemetry, UpsideLMS and Vector Solutions, each with three awards. A complete list of this year’s honorees is posted at: http://www.brandonhall.com/excellenceawards/past-winners.php

“We’re proud to honor the innovators. As human capital management continues to evolve, the creativity of the award winners is breathtaking. Organizations of all sizes showed that creativity and technology can create new and better work experiences for businesses and their employees,” said Rachel Cooke, Chief Operating Officer of Brandon Hall Group and head of the awards program. “We were blown away,” said Mike Cooke, Chief Executive Officer of Brandon Hall Group. “Our research was confirmed by the entrants’ responsiveness to the needs of employers who seek to align technology to the goals of their businesses. Every entry embodied a win-win proposition for employers and employees.”

Winners of the Technology Awards, along with 2018 Excellence Awards honorees (announced earlier this year) will be celebrated at Brandon Hall Group’s HCM Excellence Conference on Thursday, January 24 in West Palm Beach, Fl. For more details, visit: http://brandonhall.com/excellenceconference.

The 2019 Brandon Hall Group Awards Program for Excellence in Learning & Development, Talent Management, Leadership Development, Talent Acquisition, Workforce Management, Sales Performance and Corporate Initiatives will be open for submissions beginning January 7th. For more information, please contact [email protected].

About Brandon Hall Group (http://www.brandonhall.com)
Brandon Hall Group is an HCM research and advisory services firm that provides insights into key performance areas, including Learning and Development, Talent Management, Leadership Development, Talent Acquisition and HR/Workforce Management.

With more than 10,000 clients globally and 25 years of delivering world-class research and advisory services, Brandon Hall Group is focused on developing research that drives performance in emerging and large organizations and provides strategic insights for executives and practitioners responsible for growth and business results.

At the core of our offerings is a Membership Program that combines research, benchmarking and unlimited access to data and analysts. The Membership Program offers insights and best practices to enable executives and practitioners to make the right decisions about people, processes and systems, coalesced with analyst advisory services which aim to put the research into action in a way that is practical and efficient.

For more information, please contact Mike Cooke: (561) 865-5017 or [email protected]

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Chief Executive Officer of Brandon Hall Group Mike Cooke Prior to joining Brandon Hall Group, Mike Cooke was the Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of AC Growth. Mike held leadership and executive positions for the majority of his career, at which he was responsible for steering sales and marketing teams to drive results and profitability. His background includes more than 15 years of experience in sales, marketing, management, and operations in the research, consulting, software and technology industries. Mike has extensive experience in sales, marketing and management having worked for several early high-growth emerging businesses and has implemented technology systems to support various critical sales, finance, marketing and client service functions. He is especially skilled in organizing the sales and service strategy to fully support a company’s growth strategy. The concept of growth was an absolute to Mike and a motivator in starting AC Growth, in order to help organizations achieve research driven results. Most recently, Mike was the VP and General Manager of Field Operations at Bersin & Associates, a global analyst and consulting services firm focused on all areas of enterprise learning, talent management and talent acquisition. Tasked with leading the company’s global expansion, Mike led all sales operations worldwide. During Mike’s tenure, the company has grown into a multi-national firm, conducting business in over 45 countries with over 4,500 multi-national organizations. Mike started his career at MicroVideo Learning Systems in 1992, eventually holding a senior management position and leading all corporate sales before founding Dynamic Minds. Mike was CEO and Co-Founder of Dynamic Minds, a custom developer of software programs, working with clients like Goldman Sachs, Prentice Hall, McGraw Hill and Merrill Lynch. Also, Mike worked for Oddcast, a leading provider of customer experience and marketing solutions, where he held a senior management position leading the company into new markets across various industries. Mike also serves on the Advisory Board for Carbon Solutions America, an independent sustainability consulting and carbon management firm that specializes in the design and implementation of greenhouse reduction and sustainability plans as well as managing the generation of carbon and renewal energy and energy efficiency credits. Mike attended University of Phoenix, studying Business Administration and Finance. He has also completed executive training at the Chicago Graduate School of Business in Chicago, IL.

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