Omniture Receives Coveted Stevie(R) Award at 2006 Selling Power Sales Excellence Awards(SM)
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Thursday December 7, 8:00 am ET
OREM, UT--(MARKET WIRE)--Dec 7, 2006 -- Omniture, Inc. (NASDAQ:OMTR), a leading provider of online business optimization software, today announced that Chris Harrington, president, worldwide sales and client services of Omniture, received a Stevie Award as the winner in the 'Global Sales Leader' category at the 2006 Selling Power Sales Excellence Awards. More than 300 entries from companies of all sizes and in virtually every industry were submitted for consideration in more than 40 categories this year. Omniture was also recognized as a finalist in the 'Global Sales Team' category.
The new awards were jointly presented by Selling Power magazine, the leading sales management publication with 145,000 subscribers in 67 countries, and The Stevie® Awards, which have been hailed as "the business world's own Oscars" by the New York Post (April 27, 2005). Nicknamed the Stevies for the Greek word "crowned," winners were announced during a gala banquet at the Westin Casuarina Hotel, Spa & Casino in Las Vegas. More than 230 nominated sales executives from around the world attended.
"I am honored to receive this award and to be recognized for the incredible professionalism of Omniture's global sales team," said Harrington. "The expertise and customer focus exhibited by each member of Omniture's global organization continues to fuel widespread adoption of our online business optimization solution around the world."
Members of the Awards' Board of Distinguished Judges & Advisors and their staffs selected Stevie Award winners from among the Finalists. Finalists were chosen by business professionals worldwide during preliminary judging.
"We congratulate all of the Stevie winners and Finalists in the first annual Selling Power Sales Excellence Awards for their historic accomplishments," said Gerhard Gschwandtner, founder and publisher of Selling Power. "As these awards grow in entries and visibility over the years, these companies will be able to look back with pride and say that they were the first-ever winners of these coveted awards."
A testament to Omniture's record of success, the company has been consistently recognized by the Stevies as a winner and finalist in previous years' awards, including:
-- Winner, Best Sales Organization, 2005
-- Finalist, Best Executive, 2005
-- Finalist, Best Overall Company, 2005
-- Winner, Best Sales Organization, 2004
-- Finalist, Best Executive, 2004
-- Finalist, Best Sales Executive, 2004
-- Finalist, Best Product Development Organization, 2004 |
