SCRA CEO Named Executive Of The Year
June 21, 2012
Bill Mahoney Wins Stevie® American Business Award
CHARLESTON, SC – June 19, 2012 – SCRA CEO Bill Mahoney was named theExecutive of the Year, Non-Profit Organization, earning a Gold Stevie®Award at the 10th Annual American Business Awards this week. Thisnational award, known as The Stevie Award, recognizes the achievementsand contributions of businesses worldwide. Final award announcementswere made at the 10th annual gala banquet in New York.
“I am humbled and grateful to have received this esteemed award,” saidMahoney. “It was a surprise and honor to be nominated, and to receivethis acknowledgement is truly inspirational. Our dedicated employees areintegral to SCRA’s success, and I share this award with them.”
Since joining SCRA as its CEO in 2005, Mahoney has helped build a“Knowledge Economy” in a state that historically has lagged behindothers in resources, intellectual property and capital funds. Named asone of The Greater Columbia Business Monthly’s 50 Most InfluentialPeople,” Mahoney has helped SCRA achieve record revenues throughout histenure, which have more than doubled from $74 million to $195 millionover six years. In keeping with that growth, the company’s economiccontributions in South Carolina have also doubled to over $14 billion inthe time period. Last year the company was recognized by the SouthCarolina Chamber as one of the “Best Places to Work in South Carolina.”Since 2006, SCRA has been continuously recognized for entrepreneurialsupport, innovation and technology-based economic development on local,regional, national and international levels.
For the Stevie Award, more than 3,000 nominations for organizations ofall sizes and in virtually every industry were considered this year in awide range of categories. These included: Most Innovative Company ofthe Year, Management Team of the Year, Best New Product or Service ofthe Year, Corporate Social Responsibility Program of the Year, andExecutive of the Year, among others.
Stevie Award winners were selected by more than 270 executives whoparticipated in the judging process this year. Details about TheAmerican Business Awards and the lists of Stevie Award winners who wereannounced on June 18 are available at www.stevieawards.com/aba.
About SCRA
http://www.scra.org/
SCRA is an applied research corporation with over 29 years of experiencedelivering technology solutions with high returns on investment tofederal and corporate clients. To fulfill our mission, SCRA has threesectors: Our Technology Ventures sector helps early-stage companies tocommercialize innovations and create jobs, our Applied R&D sectormanages over 100 national and international programs worth over $1.5billion in contract value and our R&D Facilities sector builds andmanages research facilities that include wet labs, secure rooms forsensitive work and advanced high-tech manufacturing shops.
Multiple economic impact studies show SCRA’s cumulative impact on South Carolina’s economy to be over $14 billion.
About the Stevie Awards
Stevie Awards are conferred in four programs: The AmericanBusiness Awards, The International Business Awards, the Stevie Awardsfor Women in Business, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & CustomerService. Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the peoplebehind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in theworkplace worldwide. Learn more about The Stevie Awards at www.stevieawards.com.
