I'd like to thank Ed Warner and Everbank Leasing for inviting me to this years event that was held in Florham Park, NJ. Ed and Fred went out of their way to invite me to this special event.
WOW! The Park Savoy in Florham Park, NJ was packed, it was the "sea of sales people". Industry Dealer Owners, Principals, Vendors, Manufacturers and Media all converged at The Park Savoy for The Cannatta Reports 28th Annual Awards & Charity Dinner.
Tonight was a event for the industry to get together to share some awards, and more importantly for our industry to give back to a charitable cause, this years cause was for the Hackensack UMC for cancer research (hope I go that right).
Awards for the evening went to:
Printer Manufacturer of the Year:
Kyocera Document Solutions America, Inc.
MFP Manufacturer of the Year:
Ricoh Company Ltd.
First in Class Manufacturer of the Year:
Muratec America Inc.
Executive of the Year:
Rick Taylor
President & COO
Konica Minolta Business Solutions, U.S.A., Inc
Lifetime Achievement Award:
Katsumi "Kirk" Yoshida
Memorial Presentation:
Presented by Mike Stramaglio
President & CEO, MWAi
Accepted by:
Robert Ingoglia
Charity Presentation:
Presented by Frank G, Cannatta
Accepted by:
Dr. Andre Goy, M.D., M.S.
Chief of Lymphoma and Director
John Thuerer Cancer Center at Hackensack UMC
For those of you who may not be familiar with the event, the presenters get to roast the award winners and the award winners then get to do some roasting of their own. My favorite moment of the night was from Jim D'Emdio (President of Muratec America), he brought the house down. I'm thinking Jim may have missed his calling as a comedian. All in all it was a night for the industry to come together, have some fun, and fund a great charity.
Special thanx to Bill, Gregg, Lou, Jim, Scott, Patti, Kevin, Bill, Leo and many others who spared some time to make it a memorable night. Yes, one more special thanx to Frank Cannatta and his staff for putting together a wonderful event and giving back to a great cause!
-=Good Selling=-
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