PRESIDENT & CEO: MICHAEL ATKINSON PUBLISHER: CHERYL GREEN VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS: AUDREY WEBB RANKING ARIZONA DIRECTOR OF SALES: SHERI KING
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elcome to the 21st annual edition of Ranking Arizona: The Best of Arizona Business. This publication is the result of the largest business opinion poll taken in Arizona. Each business category is selected by the staff of AZ Big Media based upon the business and leisure activities of Arizona’s business community. Determining who is best in any given industry is challenging, so we decided to turn to the residents of Arizona for the answers. Ranking Arizona is based purely on opinion. A company’s revenue and number of employees shouldn’t be the only criteria used to judge the best. Instead, participants who voted based their opinions on the quality of products, services and people. We also wanted to know which companies you would recommend doing business with and pass that information on to our readers. The bulk of voting takes place via our website (AZBigMedia.com). Our userfriendly website includes more than 20,000 businesses in more than 250 different business and leisure subcategories. Readers can go to the website and vote for their favorites in each sub-category. The votes are tallied each August and the results are then assembled and ranked according to their total number of votes. With a year-round visibility, Ranking Arizona is kept and referred to time and time again. We hope you will use this directory as a reference to help guide your businesses and families throughout the year. If you would like your business represented on our Ranking Arizona website for voting, simply log on to our site, scroll to the bottom of any sub-category and type in your nomination. My thanks to the staff of Az Big Media, advertisers and to all those who voted and made Ranking Arizona such an important part of Arizona’s business community. Congratulations to those who made our list. You truly represent “The Best of Arizona Business!” Sincerely,
EDITORIAL EDITOR IN CHIEF: MICHAEL GOSSIE ASSOCIATE EDITOR: DAVID MCGLOTHLIN DATABASE SOLUTIONS MANAGER AMANDA BRUNO DATABASE SOLUTIONS ASSISTANT: DEBRA GANDY ART ART DIRECTOR: MIKE MERTES GRAPHIC DESIGNER: BRUCE ANDERSEN PHOTOGRAPHER: DUANE DARLING DIGITAL MEDIA DIGITAL EDITOR: JESSE MILLARD MARKETING/EVENTS MANAGER: CRISTAL RODRIGUEZ MARKETING DESIGNER: JENNIFER CHILDRES MARKETING SPECIALIST: GLORIA DEL GROSSO OFFICE SPECIAL PROJECTS MANAGER: SARA FREGAPANE EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT: MAYRA RIVERA AZ BUSINESS MAGAZINE SENIOR ACCOUNT MANAGER: DAVID HARKEN ACCOUNT MANAGERS: APRIL RICE ARIZONA COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE DIRECTOR OF SALES: ANN MCSHERRY
Michael Atkinson President and CEO
AZ BUSINESS LEADERS DIRECTOR OF SALES: SHERI BROWN HOME & DESIGN EXPERIENCE ARIZONA/PLAY BALL DIRECTOR OF SALES: DONNA ROBERTS AZ BUSINESS ANGELS DIRECTOR OF SALES: CINDY KURTZE
Ranking Arizona is published annually by AZ BIG Media, 3101 N. Central Ave., Suite 1070, Phoenix, Arizona 85012, (602)277-6045. Single copy price $25. Bulk rates available. Copyright 2018 by AZ BIG Media. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from AZ BIG Media. All information included here was gathered from company sources and editorial content, company background information is from company sources and others deemed reliable. No representation is made as to the accuracy hereof and is printed subject to errors and omissions. Each category requires a sponsor to guarantee the category publishes.
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