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These are industry awards. So if you play any role in the business world, you may apply today to be a preliminary judge for the Golden Bridge Awards program. If you qualify, you'll be assigned categories based on your experience and industry.

Most of the reviews and ratings are done through online collaboration. As a preliminary judge you will get exposure to other companies and indviduals and what makes them successful.

All qualified preliminary and final judges will have a chance to win 2 free tickets to the awards dinner in San Francisco.

IMPORTANT DATE - early-bird deadline ends June 21, 2013 - Begin your entry submission now by clicking on the blue "Enter Online" button on this page.

Frequently Asked Questions

Question 1: Who is eligible to apply to become a preliminary-round judge?
Answer: Executives, PR and Corporate Marketing professionals, Industry Analysts and Experts, consumers, end-users, Editors and more.

Question 2: How long would it take for me to judge the applications?
Answer: Depending upon how many applications have been allocated to you, it could take anywhere from 10 minutes of online judging to an hour. However you may stop at anytime and resume later or stop all together. All your scoring will be stored. Your inputs will be kept confidential.

Question 3: If our company will also be nominating for these awards, can someone from our company still apply to be a judge?
Answer:
Yes. However the judges will not be able to judge their own company's nominations.

Question 4: How will the finalists be judged?
Answer:
Most categories will be judged via the Internet using special online collaboration access giving you the ability to review and rate at your convenience anytime of the day.

Question 5: We are a vendor, can we request our clients to apply to be a judge?
Answer:
Yes, please request them to visit this page and ask them to apply online directly to become preliminary-round judges.

Question 6: I work with a PR agency, can I apply to be a preliminary-round judge?
Answer:
Yes, however you will be able to review and rate most nominations other than the nominations received from your agency or directly from your clients.

Question 7: Where will the award dinners be held?
Answer:
The award dinners will be held in New York. All qualified preliminary and final judges will have a chance to win 2 free tickets to the awards dinner in San Francisco. These tickets are non-transferable.

Question 8: Do I have to be working in USA to apply to be a judge for these awards? Or can people from outside USA apply too?
Answer:
These are international awards and nominations are received from all over the world. You could be living any where in the world and still apply to be a preliminary-round judge for these awards. If you qualify, you'll be assigned categories based on your experience and industry. As a preliminary judge you will have the opportunity to learn how other individuals and their companies are achieving greater success.

Current and Previous Year's Preliminary and Final Round Judges

Eva Bunker, Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Co-Founder at Critical Watch, U.S.A.

Lorraine FrostVice President/Chief Information Officer (CIO), IRT at California State University, San Bernardino, U.S.A.

Sabrina Sanchez, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Ventana Public Relations, U.S.A.

Caroline Vanderlip, CEO at SharedBook, U.S.A.

George Lin, Award-Winning Chief Information Officer (CIO), IT Industry Thought Leader, Executive Coach, past Chief Information Officer at Dolby Laboratories, Inc, Chief Information Officer at Advent Software, Inc., U.S.A.

Joyce Flory, Principal at KNB Communications, U.S.A.

Lois Whitman, President and Founder at HWH PR

Jan Samzelius, CEO at ByteShield, Inc., U.S.A.

Astrid Baez, Senior Manager, Americas Field Marketing, Latin America at Autodesk Inc.

Rake Narang, Editor-in-Chief at Network Products Guide, U.S.A.

Seth Kaplan, Principal at KAPR, U.S.A.

Ben White, Digital Strategist at Bite Communications, U.S.A.

Ashley Girard, Marketing Manager, Rue Local at Rue La La

Tom Chalk, Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing at Secure64 Software

Noe Sacoco Jr, Client Executive at LMGPR, U.S.A.

Tony Welz, Principal at Welz & Weisel Communications, U.S.A.

Dan Chmielewski, Principal, Public Relations, Marketing Communications, and Social Media Strategist, Madison Alexander PR, Inc., U.S.A.

Rise Birnbaum, Founder & Chief Executive Officer (CEO), zcomm, U.S.A.

Thor Harris, President at Percepture, Inc., U.S.A.

Bob Ackerman, Managing Director at Allegis Capital, U.S.A.

Ashish Sharma, Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), General Manager of Products at FreeWave Technologies, U.S.A.

Stephen Pieraldi, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) & SEIR at 2bClear, U.S.A.

Javier Torner, Information Security Officer at California State University, San Bernardino, U.S.A.

Tanya Candia, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Candia Communications LLC, U.S.A.

Maxine Bingham, B2B marcom strategist & lead gen, PR, AR, events, social media and online marketer for global high tech companies, Marketing Communications, External Relations & "Smart Online Marketing" at IBM, U.S.A.

Allyn McGillicuddy, President at eXaléra Corporation, Principal at The Office of the CIO and Chief Information Officer (CIO) at Golden Gate University, Technology Director at Prudential Real Estate, U.S.A.

Russell Sarder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at NetCom Learning. Author, Angel Investor, Entrepreneur, Speaker, U.S.A.

Christopher Biddle, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at IdealNet, Inc., President & CEO at BCGAlpha, llc, and Managing Partner at Senary, U.S.A.

Nathapong Limpdaengskul, Chief Cyber Forensics Expert and Digital Forensics Consultant at Central Institute of Forensic Science (CIFS) Thailand

Beth Trier, Managing Director at Trier and Company

David A. Rosen, President & CEO at Acrelic, U.S.A.

Michael Mande, Director, Recruiting at Select Group, Inc., National Recruiting & Placement at R&T Associates, past includes Director of Marketmaker program at Software and Information Industry Association, U.S.A.

TaTanisha Baker, Tech Support Engineer at South River Technologies

Alan Amman, Executive VP, Chief Operating Officer (COO) at MPRM Communications

Suzanne Bowen, Vice President Communications at Super Technologies, Inc.

Curtis Breville, Advisory Technology Consultant at EMC

Paula Brici, Public Relations Consultant at Agencies and Companies in Technology, Professional Services, U.S.A.

Daniel Nocella, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Swiss Medical Group

Tim Giehll, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Bond Talent US & Bond eEmpACT

Petra Franklin, Managing Principal at Vault Capital, U.S.A.

David Borish, Founder & CEO of BP Wiz & Editor of Purposely Real Blog

Categories may be revised without any notice
Submit Your Nominations for the following categories

People, Women in Business and the Professions:

Products, Services, and Innovations:

PR and Marketing:

Organizations and Performance:

Information Technology Executives, Projects and Departments from all over the world:

International Business:

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