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Aron Ain of Kronos Named CEO of the Year
Kronos
Incorporated today announced that Chief Executive Officer Aron Ain
was named CEO of the Year by the Mass Technology Leadership Council
(MassTLC). Ain accepted the award, which celebrates the best of the
region's internationally-renowned technology industry, at MassTLC's 19th
annual Leadership Awards Gala held in Boston on Sept. 14.
News Facts
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The MassTLC Technology Leadership Awards program is the Commonwealth's
most prestigious honor for technology companies, innovators, and
leaders. The Awards Gala brought together more than 800 of the
region's top tech innovators to network and celebrate the area's best
leaders, companies, and technologies. Winning companies were selected
from hundreds of nominations and judged by panels of executives,
investors, analysts, media, and thought leaders in 16 categories.
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CEO Aron Ain has spent the entirety of his 37-year career at Kronos (News - Alert),
starting as one of the company's first employees in 1979, working his
way up through the ranks and playing a role in nearly every functional
department at Kronos.
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Since taking over as CEO in 2005, Ain has been the driving force in
building Kronos into a $1.1 billion global cloud software powerhouse
in the workforce solutions market, with more than 30,000 customers in
over 100 countries around the world. More than 40 million people use a
Kronos solution every day.
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Under Ain's leadership, Kronos is on pace to have another exceptional
year following recently
announced financial results and successes for the third quarter of
Fiscal 2016.
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Ain is regarded as a pioneer in workforce management and has been
instrumental in revolutionizing the way organizations manage their
workforces, as Kronos continues to deliver innovative products and
services, including industry-leading cloud,
analytics,
and mobile
technologies.
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The MassTLC 2016 CEO of the Year award closely follows a number of
other accolades Ain and Kronos have received connected to the
company's WorkInspired culture:
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With nearly 5,000 employees worldwide, Kronos is actively hiring with
more than 250
job openings.
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Kronos recently
announced plans to relocate its global headquarters to Lowell,
Mass. in 2017. Kronos will occupy nearly 470,000 sq. ft. of space in
the Cross Point towers where it is investing more than $40 million to
create a modern, high-tech space designed to foster collaboration,
team building, work-life balance, and, above all, innovation.
Supporting Quotes
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Aron Ain, chief executive officer, Kronos
"I'm truly
honored to have been nominated and selected for this award given the
other remarkable CEOs who were considered. And yet this honor is
really a reflection of all the fantastic, passionate, intelligent, and
inspiring Kronites around the world. I believe deeply that managing
people is a privilege and I work toward this belief every single day
as CEO. With innovative products, dedicated services, incredible
customers, and co-workers who make me proud to come to work, there is
nowhere else in the world I would rather work than Kronos."
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Tom Hopcroft, president and chief executive officer, MassTLC
"For
more than 400 years, the Massachusetts innovation legacy has been
characterized by tackling big problems, and each year at the MassTLC
Leadership Awards Gala we recognize the people and organizations that
enrich that proud tradition. In 2016, I'm proud to include Kronos CEO
Aron Ain as among the Tech Leadership Award winners whose
contributions to the state's technology economy help make our region
the envy of the world."
Supporting Resources
About The Mass Technology Leadership Council, Inc.
With more than 550 member companies, the Mass Technology Leadership
Council (MassTLC) is the region's leading technology association and the
premier network for tech executives, entrepreneurs, investors, and
policy leaders. MassTLC's purpose is to accelerate innovation by
connecting people from across the technology landscape, providing access
to industry-leading content and ideas and offering a platform for
visibility for member companies and their interests. More at www.masstlc.org.
About Kronos Incorporated
Kronos is a leading provider of workforce management and human capital
management cloud solutions. Kronos industry-centric workforce
applications are purpose-built for businesses, healthcare providers,
educational institutions, and government agencies of all sizes. Tens of
thousands of organizations - including half of the Fortune 1000®
- and more than 40 million people in over 100 countries use Kronos every
day. Visit www.kronos.com.
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respective owners.
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