Awards ceremony honors Bay Area’s Best and Brightest

The 2019 Best & Brightest Companies to Work For celebration of companies in the San Francisco Bay Area featured a number of “firsts” at its November event.

It was the first time in the ceremony’s six-year history it was held at the San Francisco Airport Marriott Waterfront. And it was also a first for the more than a dozen companies that were honored for the first time.

A good crowd took their seats at the airport hotel, which is centrally located to all of the winners. Participants enjoyed the “Wake Up With the Stars” theme, which included mimosas and pre-show “red carpet” interviews with board member Jessi Greenlee.

With exhibitors and community partners on hand along with the crowd, the event featured a “VIP Access Card” activity and raffle prizes. Organizers pointed out that attendees also “were able to have fun” while taking extra photos at the EFOTOBOX photo booth.

A speaker from Spare the Air provided an overview of the current air quality in the Bay Area, and guest speakers included Kerry Cooper, the COO of Rothy’s, a San Francisco-based direct-to-customer shoe company; Shari Dunn, managing director and National Practice Leader with Gallagher; and Mike Novakoski, president/CEO at Elzinga & Volkers Construction.

Jazmyn Summers of iHeart Radio and Sirius XM, served as the event’s emcee.

Here’s a shoutout to the elite winners, and all of the winners at the San Francisco event:

Elite winners

Best of the Best – Large Company

Associa

Best of the Best – Medium Company

Arco Murray

Best of the Best – Small Company

Saba Software, Inc.

Winners

15Five Inc.

3Degrees Group, Inc.

Ace Hardware Corp

ALDI Inc.

Alter Eco Foods

Amobee

AppleOne Employment Services

ARCO/Murray National Construction

Ascent

Associa

Bevi

BigCommerce

BlackBerry

Blaisdell’s Business Products

Blue449

BVOH

Cakebread Cellars

CBIZ

Codexis, Inc.

DELPHON, Inc.

Digitas

Discover Hope Behavioral Solutions, Inc.

EDG Interior Architecture + Design

Engagio Inc.

Everlaw

GeoVera Holdings Inc.

Harley Ellis Devereaux (HED)

HealthFlex Home Health Service

Healthline

Hotel Nikko San Francisco

IGEL Technology Inc.

IntersectENT, Inc.

iWorkGlobal

Ledson Winery & Vineyard

Memphis Meats Inc.

MONDO

MRC Smart Technology Solutions

PAN Communications

Petaluma Health Center

Phaidon International

Pulsepoint Inc.

Saba Software Inc.

Sage Intacct Corp

Schoenberg Family Law Group, P.C.

Sequoia Equities

Simplus

Soliant Consulting

Squaretrade Inc.

The Logical-R Joint Venture, LLC

ThoughtWorks Inc.

YapStone