Los Angeles – May 29, 2014 – EY has announced that Nick Hedges, CEO & President of Velocify, is a finalist for the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™ 2014 Award in Greater Los Angeles. The awards program recognizes entrepreneurs who demonstrate excellence and extraordinary success in such areas as innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities. Award recipients will be announced at a black-tie awards gala on Tuesday, June 17, 2014 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA. This recognition continues the string of award wins for Hedges and Velocify this year, having been named a 2014 CRM Excellence Award winner, as well as a 2014 SIIA Software CODiE Award Finalist, and a recipient of the CUSTOMER 2014 Product of the Year Award.
”I am thrilled to be nominated as a finalist amongst such a prestigious list of successful entrepreneurs in the Greater Los Angeles area,” said Nick Hedges, CEO & President at Velocify. “This individual recognition is really a reflection of the success of Velocify and the incredible impact our business is having on the sales profession. We are witnessing a once in a lifetime shift in the way that sales is undertaken. Sales professionals today are increasingly engaging with their prospects and clients remotely versus in the field. Velocify’s software is critical for companies making this shift.”
Velocify enables sales teams to meet the demands of today’s faster paced buyer-seller exchange and increase revenue though unique, cloud-based sales automation software. The company is primed for future growth as sales organizations across the globe continue to shift from traditional field sales to inside sales models in order to drive more predictable revenue and improve return on investment.