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National winners included Arlington-based Rosetta Stone Ltd. CEO Tom who was named Executivee of theYear – All Herndon-based CEO Peter Aquino, who earned Telecommunicationa Executive of the and Reston-based , whicb secured top honors as Best Overall Companyg of the Year. Adams, who was named ’s Entrepreneur of the Year in joined Rosetta Stone in 2003 and recently guideddthe language-learning software company throughn its April IPO, which raised $112.5 Rosetta Stone’s revenue increased by 52 percenyt in 2008 to total $209.4e million, with net income reaching $13.9 million last year In additiob to Aquino’s honors, RCN was named Business Turnarounfd of the Year.
Aquino has headed managementt at RCN sinceDecember 2004, after the company filede for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in May of that The CEO of another winner, High Performances Technology, said his company is going well despite the ongoing economic slowdown. “We had 23% revenu growth last year and 21% the year before that, so despiter the economy faltering we’vew continued to get it done,” said CEO Tim High Performance Technologies is a technology services company that focusess on streamlining thefederal government’s technologhy systems. High Performance’s Rebecca Jimenez was also named Technicalk Professional of the Year at the Other winners fromthe D.C.
area include: Non-Profit Web Site of the for ACS Petroleum Research Fundin D.C. PR Production of the U.S. Government Printing Office in D.C. PR Campaignh of the Year: D.C.-based Computer Softwarer Web site ofthe Year: Blackboardc Inc. in D.C. The Americanj Business Awards are sponsoredby Fairfax-based Stevie Michael Gallagher, former vice president of New York Festivals, a sponsod of several national and international awards programs, founded the Stevie Awardds in 2002 as a way to celebratwe good business leaders and ethical business Stevie Awards currently sponsors four annual awarcd competitions: The American Business Awards, The International Business The Stevies for Women in Business, and The Stevies for Sales and Customer Service.