Congrats to the DAA 2013 Awards for Excellence Winners!!

The other week I had the privilege of attending the DAA 2013 Awards for Excellence along with 180 of some of the brightest minds in the analytics industry. The talent in the room was unparalleled!

A quick recap of the nominees, finalists, and winners:

Digital Analytics Rising Star (individual)

Nominees (** indicates finalist):
Eduardo Cereto Carvalho** (Google)
Chauncy Cay Ford (Dell)
Rachael Gerson (SEER Interactive)
George Lee (AOL)
Abbe Lefkowitz (MaassMedia)
Mathieu Llorens (AT Internet)
Tim Patten (Localytics)
Mike Pedicino (Catherine Plus Sizes)
Krista Seiden (Google)
Himanshu Sharma (SEO Takeaways)
Elizabeth Smalls (Abercrombie & Fitch)**
Pradeep SV (Cognizant)
Jared Vestal** (BrightTag)
Tiffany Zimmermann** (MillerCoors)
Randy Zwitch** (Keystone Solutions)

And the winner is: Liz Smalls (@SmallsMeasures)

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Most Influential Agency/Vendor (group)

Nominees (** indicates finalist):
Adobe**
Cognizant**
Google**
Intellignos
IQ Workforce
MaassMedia
Revolution Analytics
Semphonic**
Visual IQ**

And the winner is: Google (Analytics Premium)!!
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Most Influential Industry Contributor (individual)

Nominees (** indicates finalist):
Brooks Bell (Brooks Bell)
Aseem Chandra (Adobe)
Justin Cutroni** (Google)
Bryan Eisenberg** (Eisenberg Holdings)
Adam Greco** (Web Analytics Demystified)
Stephane Hamel** (Cardinal Path)
Avinash Kaushik** (Google, Market Motive)
Evan LaPointe (Search Dsicovery)
Aaron Maass (MaassMedia)
David McBride (Comcast)
Judah Phillips (Nokia)
David Smith (Revolution Analytics)

And the winner is: Stephane Hamel!
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New Technology of the Year (group)

Nominees (** indicates finalist):
Anametrix
Avidtrak
ClickTale
Google Tag Manager**
Insight Rocket
Localytics
Magestic SEO
ObservePoint**
Optimizely**
Satellite, by Search Discovery
Tealium**
Webtrends**

And the winner is: Webtrends!

Practitioner of the Year (individual)

Nominees (** indicates finalist):
Heather Aeder (TrueAction)
Spencer Altman (Webtrekk GmbH)
Ashish Braganza (Lenovo)
Juan Damia (Intellignos)
Joseph Gordon (U-T San Diego)
Kayden Kelly (Blast Analytics & Marketing)
Michele Kiss** (Web Analytics Demystified)
Nancy Koons** (Vail Resorts)
Aaron Maass (MaassMedia)
Peter McRae** (Symantec)
Pradip Patel** (FedEx)
Barbara Pezzi (Fairmont Raffles Hotels)
Judah Phillips (Nokia)
Balaji Ram** (Walmart.com)
Richard Sussman (IPG-Initiative)
Jack Zigon (Comcast)

And the winner is: Michele Kiss!!!

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I am so very humbled to be among such a talented group of people. Congrats to all who were nominated and especially to the winners!

 

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