DENVER, May 02, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SpotX CRO Sean Buckley was named the winner of a Gold Stevie® Award for Management in The 15th Annual American Business Awards today, selected from over 3,600 nominees across an array of categories.
The American Business Awards are the nation’s premier business awards program. All organizations operating in the U.S.A. are eligible to submit nominations – public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small. The annual Maverick of the Year award is presented to the innovative executive who’s driven the most positive change within their company and industry over the last year.
Buckley has been with SpotX since 2013 and was appointed as the company’s first Chief Revenue Officer and fourth C-level executive in January of this year, at the age of 29.
"Our industry is fast-moving and highly competitive,” said Mike Shehan, CEO and Co-Founder, SpotX. “Sean's ability to respond to sudden and complex challenges strategically has been immensely valuable to our team as a whole."
Under Buckley’s leadership in 2016, SpotX launched collaborations with seventeen Fortune 500 brands and added more than 300 clients including Microsoft Entertainment, E.W. Scripps, Newsy and MLB Advanced Media. Overall, he was instrumental in driving total business through the SpotX video ad serving platform well into nine figures, representing a 33% YoY increase.
More than 190 professionals worldwide participated in the judging process to select this year’s Stevie Award winners. “[Buckley is] clearly an assertive, agile and enterprising executive,” remarked one judge upon review of his accomplishments. “[It is] inspiring to see such leadership at this early age.”
Nicknamed “the Stevies" for the Greek word meaning “crowned,” the awards will be presented to winners at a gala ceremony at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York on Tuesday, June 20. Tickets are now on sale.
Further details about The American Business Awards and the full list of 2017 Stevie winners are available at www.StevieAwards.com/ABA.
About SpotX
SpotX is a video ad serving platform providing media owners with monetization tools for desktop, mobile and connected devices. The platform features modern ad serving and programmatic infrastructure, and other monetization tools, like solutions for OTT and outstream video ad units. SpotX gives publishers the control, transparency and actionable insights needed to understand buyer behavior, manage access and pricing, and maximize revenue. The company is headquartered in Denver, Colorado, and has offices in New York, San Francisco, London, Sydney, Amsterdam, Stockholm, Hamburg, Belfast, and Singapore. In July 2014, RTL Group, a leader across broadcast, content and digital, acquired a 65% stake in SpotX. For updates, follow SpotX on Twitter and LinkedIn.
About the Stevie Awards
Stevie Awards are conferred in seven programs: the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, the German Stevie Awards, The American Business Awards, The International Business Awards, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, the Stevie Awards for Great Employers, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Stevie Awards competitions receive more than 10,000 entries each year from organizations in more than 60 nations. Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about the Stevie Awards at http://www.StevieAwards.com.