Frontline Technologies Named as Finalist in 2016 Stevie® Awards for Sales & Customer Service

MALVERN, PENNSYLVANIA — January 26, 2016. Frontline Technologies was named a finalist today in the Customer Service Department of the Year category of the 10th annual Stevie^® Awards for Sales & Customer Service, and will ultimately be a Gold, Silver or Bronze Stevie Award winner in the program.

“It is an honor to be recognized in a category with such amazing customer service program nominees,” said Jim Catalino, SVP of Sales and Service for Frontline Technologies. “Providing exceptional service to the education community is a core value of our company that the client services team strives to carry out in every customer interaction.”

Frontline Technologies offers the broadest-reaching set of solutions in the K-12 education market, providing professional growth and human resources software to over 7,000 school districts nationwide. With four acquisitions as well as several product launches and upgrades, Frontline has seen rapid expansion of its products and people in just over a year. Named to Inc. Magazine’s list of America’s Fastest Growing Companies, Frontline has maintained an unwavering commitment to client service and a 97% customer retention rate throughout that time.

The awards are presented by the Stevie Awards, which organizes several of the world’s leading business awards shows including the prestigious International Business Awards and American Business Awards. The final results will be announced during a gala banquet on Friday, March 4, at the Paris Las Vegas Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.  Finalists from the USA and several other nations are expected to attend.

More than 2,100 nominations from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry were evaluated in this year’s competition, an increase of 11% over 2015.  Finalists were determined by the average scores of 115 professionals worldwide, acting as preliminary judges.  Entries were considered in 59 categories for customer service and contact center achievements, including Contact Center of the Year, Award for Innovation in Customer Service, and Customer Service Department of the Year.

“The Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service continues to be the fastest-growing of our international awards programs,” said Michael Gallagher, president and founder of the Stevie Awards.  “The sheer number of nominations is matched by the increasing quality of those nominations.  We congratulate all of this year’s Finalists and wish them well in the next phase of judging.”

More than 60 members of several specialized judging committees will determine the Gold, Silver and Bronze Stevie Award placements from among the Finalists during final judging, to begin January 25.

Details about the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service and the list of Finalists in all categories are available at www.StevieAwards.com/Sales.

About Frontline Technologies 

Frontline Technologies provides cloud-based K-12 software that empowers over 7,000 school districts and millions of educators to positively impact student learning. From recruiting, hiring and absence management, to professional learning and evaluation, Frontline partners with the education community to support the entire educator lifecycle. Built on a foundation of best practices, Frontline gives organizations the tools to focus on data-driven decisions, collaboration, meaningful growth and application to classroom practice. Frontline Technologies corporate headquarters are located in Malvern, Pennsylvania, with offices in San Francisco, New York and Chicago. www.FrontlineK12.com

About The Stevie Awards

The Stevie Awards are conferred in six programs: The American Business Awards, the German Stevie Awards, The International Business Awards, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service, and the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards. 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 www.StevieAwards.com, and follow the Stevie Awards on Twitter @TheStevieAwards.

Sponsors of the 10th annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service include Sales Partnerships and ValueSelling Associates.