Past Award Winners

Global Innovation Award

Year	Recipient
2017	Cash Cube Diebold Nixdorf

Outstanding Service Award

Awards criteria:

Long-term positive influence on improving the industry
Excellence in technology or levels of service
Leader in applying best practice
Specific and measurable achievements producing tangible results

Year	Recipient
2023	Optconnect Customer Care Team Aravinda Korala, KAL, BitAML Dave Rundquist, Rundash Cash ATMs Todd McEwan, New England ATM LLC.
2022	Sam Kandah, President, NationalLink, Inc. Tim Wildash, Chief Executive Officer, Next Payments Paul Nicholls, Business Development, Oberthur Cash Protection Bart Kohler, CRO, Paynuity
2021	Wes Dunn, Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Genmega Samantha Guthrie, President, Cypress Advantage ATM
2019	Donna Embry, SVP Global Payment Strategy, Evolve Bank & Trust Leland Englebardt, Practice Leader, Upshot Advisors Alicia Blanda, Chief Marketing Officer, Blanda Marketing
2018	Daryl Cornell, Triton Systems Debbi Haacke, TransNational ATM Corp Jack Milford Ford, JM Ford Law The MetaBank Team
2017	Donna Embry, Payment Alliance Intl. Steve Gernes, Elan Financial Services Greg Sahrmann, Payment Alliance Intl.
2016	Raymond Ching, NationalLink Inc LeRoy Huntimer, MetaBank Roger Myers, Switch Commerce
2015	Elizabeth Bohlen, Pueblo Bank & Trust Jack Milford Ford, Attorney at Law
2014	Peter Kulik, Citibank Dr. Aravinda Korala, KAL
2013	Susan Matt - ThoughtKey, Inc. Terry Dooley, ITS, Inc. (Shazam)
2012	John Del Giudice, Bank of America Jeff Matthews, eGlobal EFTA Cardtronics

Global Next-Gen ATM Award

Year	Recipient
2022	NCR for Self-Service Software Leland Englebardt, Upshot Advisors, LLC.
2021	KLEAR Technologies, Inc for SecurPair
2020	Best Next Gen Security Solution 2020 Winner – BVK Technology Next Gen ATM Thought Leadership Winner – Marcel Ficken, Result XL Next Gen Best ATM-APP – Customer Experience Winner: CR2 Best Next Gen ATM Early Innovator Winner – Renovite Technologies, Inc, Reno-Cloud ATM Channel Solution
2018	NCR

Exceptional Achievement Award

Year	Recipient
2022	Eric Cross – ATMIA
2017	Aravinda Korala – KAL Peter Kulik – Citibank Peggy Olson, Strategic Marketing

Mike Lee Lifetime Achievement Award

Award winners are selected by the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors to worthy individuals with at least 10 years’ service to the ATM industry and who have upheld the good name of the industry and made exceptional contributions to its long-term welfare.

Year	Recipient
2023	Jorge Fernandez, BitcoinATM.com
2022	John C. Campbell, IV, Diebold Nixdorf Daryl Cornell, Triton Systems
2021	Sharon M. Lane, Global Director, Finance & Member Services, ATMIA Sandra Hartfield-Papie, Chairwoman Emeritus of ATMIA Jeff Matthews, CEO, Grant Victor Chris Chandler, President & CEO, Perativ David Tente, Executive Director, USA, Canada & Americas, ATMIA
2020	Tom Harper, CEO, Networld Media Group Dana Benson, Director of Conferences & Sponsorships, ATMIA Brenda Pino, VP, Physical Channels, Operations, BMO Financial Group
2017	Bill Nuti, NCR
2010 & Prior	Mark Levenick, Tidel Engineering Michael Hudson, Tidel Revolution Bill Jackson, Triton Systems John Shepherd-Barron, ATM Inventor

International Consultant of the Year

Award chosen from among ATMIA endorsed consultants by the Executive Committee of the ATMIA Consulting practice.

Year	Recipient
2020	Marcel Ficken, Technical Advisor, Next Gen ATMs, from RXL2020
2019	Marcel Ficken, Technical Advisor, Next Gen ATMs, from RXL2020
2018	Leland Englebardt, Upshot Advisors
2017	Douglas Russell, DFR Risk Management
2016	Eric de Putter, Payment Redesign
2015	Eric de Putter, Payment Redesign
2014	Francesco Burelli
2012	Andrew Jamieso, UL Transaction Security

Security Awards

Excellence In	2017
Physical Security	Safe & Vault Co.
Cash Security	Oberthur
Cyber Security	S21Sec
Security Innovation	Cardtronics
Next Generation Security	ThetaRay

ATMmys International ATM Industry Marketing Awards

Category	1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place
Content	Triton Systems	BFC Enterprises	ATM USA, LLC.
Digital	Diebold Nixdorf	Cash Depot	Paramount Management Group
Video	Secure Innovation	Diebold Nixdorf	Star Financial Service, Inc.
Cash Promotion	Fexco	Cash Depot	Auriga

Past Award Winners

2021 Winners:

CONTENT category 1st Place Winner - Paramount Management Group- "Exit Strategies in Today’s ATM Climate”
DIGITAL category 1st Place Winner - PAI – “Introducing the New PAI"
VIDEO category 1st Place Winner - Cardtronics - “Valley Strong Credit Union”
CASH PROMOTION category 1st Place Winner - Paramount Management Group - “Cash Promotion for Social Media”
CONTENT category 2nd Place Winner - ATM USA - "Top 5 Reasons to Switch to ATM Outsourcing"
DIGITAL category 2nd Place Winner - ATM USA – “5 Reasons to Switch to ATM Outsourcing”
VIDEO category 2nd Place Winner - Diebold Nixdorf – “DN AllConnect Services”
CONTENT category 3rd Place Winner - Diebold Nixdorf - "Self-Service Channel Management"
DIGITAL category 3rd Place Winner - MVP Financial Equipment - “How COVID Changed Consumer Banking Behavior”
VIDEO category 3rd Place Winner - ATM USA – “ATM Outsourcing: A Better Way to Manage Your ATMs”

2020 Winners:

CONTENT category 1st Place Winner – DigitalMint for “5 Things ATM Operators Should Consider Before Buying Into BitCoin”
DIGITAL category 1st Place Winner – CashEssentials for the ‘Live Free. Pay Cash” Digital Campaign.
VIDEO category 1st Place Winner – Payment Alliance International for “Introducing our Cash Ecosystem Solution!”
CASH PROMOTION category 1st Place Winner – Paramount Management Group for the “Cash is Safe” Social Media Campaign.
CONTENT category 2nd Place Winner – Paramount Management Group for “Exit Strategies in Today’s ATM Industry Climate”
DIGITAL category 2nd Place Winner – Hyosung America for the “Recycling ATMs” Marketing Campaign.
VIDEO category 2nd Place Winner – Hyosung America for the video “Hyosung America, The World’s Greatest ATM”
CASH PROMOTION category 2nd Place Winner – CashEssentials for the YouTube video entitled “The Cash Cycle in Disasters”
CONTENT category 3rd Place Winner – Star Financial for “COVID-19 Cash Handling ATM Management Guidelines”
DIGITAL category 3rd Place Winner – CIMA Cash Handling America for the “Reimagine the Retail Payment Experience” Digital Campaign
VIDEO category 3rd Place Winner – CIMA Cash Handling America for the video “CIMA AST9000”
CASH PROMOTION category 3rd Place Winner – Paramount Management Group for the white paper entitled “The perils of a cashless society on the poor, minorities, and its negative effects on cultural practice”.

2019 Winners:

CONTENT category 1st Place Winner – Cardtronics for their 2018 “Health of Cash” study.
DIGITAL category 1st Place Winner – Payment Alliance International for the updated PAI website design.
VIDEO category 1st Place Winner – Star Financial Services for their “MD DC Credit Union Trade Show” overview.
CONTENT category 2nd Place Winner – Paramount Management Group for “The (Not So) Secret Solution to Your Windows 10 Woes” white paper.
DIGITAL category 2nd Place Winner – Tellerex for their brand awareness and partnership micro-campaign program.
VIDEO category 2nd Place Winner – MTech Distributors for their TECHataCLICK service-on-demand application introduction.
CONTENT category 3rd Place Winner – Star Financial Services & Triton Systems for their white paper, “Avoid ATM Upgrade Fatigue”.
DIGITAL category 3rd Place Winner – TechPro for their newly launched website.
VIDEO category 3rd Place Winner – MVP Financial Services for their piece on the ATM refurbishment process.

2018 Winners:

CONTENT category 1st Place Winner – MVP Financial for their white paper, “Unveiling the Myth of Windows 10”
DIGITAL category 1st Place Winner – Cardtronics for their website and campaign, “What is Cash?”
VIDEO category 1st Place Winner – Penki Kontinentai Group for their piece, “Technologies of Tomorrow Today”.
CONTENT category 2nd Place Winner – TransNational for their paper, “ATM Operations in Today’s New EMV World”.
DIGITAL category 2nd Place Winner – Zem Media for their website and “Summer Promotions” landing page.
VIDEO category 2nd Place Winner – FCTI, Inc. for their video, “Goldilocks Financial and the ‘Just Right’ ATM Solution”.
CONTENT category 3rd Place Winner – FCTI, Inc. for their paper, “Communicating Through the ATM: Using Advanced Technologies to Reach Your Cardholders”.
DIGITAL category 3rd Place Winner – NCR for their presentation, “Virtual Branch”.
VIDEO category 3rd Place Winner – Cardtronics for their video, Champions of Cash”.

Peter Kulik Innovation Award

Awards criteria:

Effectiveness: Addresses an important industry problem with the potential to deliver measurable results
Reach: Works for many ATMs, benefits multiple stakeholders, and is usable in various markets. Inspires further innovation across a range of potential applications
Visibility: Enhances the role of ATMs for consumers in payments and banking

Year	Recipient
2023	DPL - Hercules AI Paycorp - Cash Express Smart ATM
2022	EPS - QR Code Transactions
2021	Auriga - WinWebServer (WWS) product

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