2014 Digital Accelerator Awards Finalists Announced

SAN JOSE, CA--(Marketwired - Aug 11, 2014) - Apigee®, developer of the leading platform for digital acceleration, today announced the finalists in the 2014 Digital Accelerator Awards, a global awards program recognizing innovative individuals and organizations accelerating and transforming businesses with APIs and data.

"Digital Accelerator Award nominations came in from all over the world and from organizations across industries," said Chet Kapoor, Apigee's chief executive officer. "It shows that digital transformation is happening everywhere, as businesses leverage data and technologies like APIs to streamline IT and fundamentally enhance the value they bring to customers. We congratulate all the Digital Accelerator finalists for their vision and innovation, and for serving as models for digital business in today's fast-paced, connected, mobile world."

The 2014 Digital Accelerator Awards include a range of categories, from individuals taking digital innovation to new levels to businesses that are completely transforming with data and digital technologies. The category winners and the winner of the overall "Top Digital Accelerator" award will be revealed at the "I love APIs" conference, Sept. 8-10 in San Francisco. Following are the finalists in each category.

Top Digital Visionary
This category recognizes a business leader who's had positive change on his or her organization by leading enterprise innovation and transforming digital assets into new value for customers, partners and/or employees using APIs and data. The finalists are:

• John de Keijzer: Head of Enterprise Architecture & Technical Strategy NIT, Swisscom
• Ratnakar Lavu: Executive Vice President, Digital Technology, Kohl's Department Stores
• Madhu Nutakki: Vice President, Digital Presence Technologies, Kaiser Permanente
• Dan Raju: Co-founder and CEO, Tradier
• Allen Rodgers: Director, Developer Network and API Program; and Kendrick McLish, Head of Product Marketing and Strategy, Global Higher Education, Pearson (Joint finalists)

Top API Innovator