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PayPal’s Chief Technology Officer James Barrese was recognized with the Gold Stevie® Award for “Tech Innovator of the Year” at the American Business Awards New Product and Tech banquet in San Francisco last Friday night. James beat out seven other contenders to win the coveted award for the extraordinary technology transformation work he’s led at the company. 

 

Under James’s leadership, PayPal unlocked the power of its technology platform and accelerated innovation to enhance our customers’ core product experience, creating technology that helps drive innovative shopping experiences in an evolving retail environment. From fingerprint authentication to replacing wallets with pay-anywhere capabilities, James worked to completely modernize PayPal’s platform and enable developers to innovate, drive disruption and help lead global expansion.

 

Here’s a sampling of what some of the judges had to say:

 

Since 2002, the Stevie Awards have been presented for achievement in business to organizations and individuals in more than 60 nations. This year, awards were presented at two awards events: the first was in June in Chicago, where Stevie Awards were announced for excellence in customer service, human resources, marketing, websites, publications, videos, management, and other disciplines. The second was Friday night in San Francisco, where winners were announced in the new product and technology-related categories, tech-related management, and select company/organization categories.

 

More than 3,300 entries were submitted to The 2015 American Business Awards and more than 200 executives nationwide participated in judging to determine this year’s Gold, Silver and Bronze Stevie Award winners.

 

Details about The American Business Awards and the full list of Stevie winners who were announced on September 11 are available at www.StevieAwards.com/ABA.