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Aron Ain of Kronos Named CEO of the Year

I'm proud to announce that our Chief Executive Officer Aron Ain was named CEO of the Year by the Mass Technology Leadership Council (MassTLC).  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.

Aron has spent the entirety of his 37-year career at Kronos, 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.  Since taking over as CEO in 2005, he has been the driving force in building Kronos into a $1.1 billion global cloud company with more than 30,000 customers in over 100 countries around the world. More than 40 million people use a Kronos solution every day.  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.  Aron was named to Glassdoor's Highest Rated CEO list, ranking as one of the highest-rated CEOs at large organizations in the U.S. - and top 10 in information technology - based solely on employee reviews.

The Boston Business Journal once again named Kronos a Best Place to Work, ranking the company #2 overall - and as the top technology employer - within the extra-large category of companies in Massachusetts.  Kronos won Great Place to Work® Institute honors this year in Australia, Canada, and India and is Certified as a Great Place to Work® in the U.S.

How does Aron manage to balance great business results with the cultural investments required to earn recognition as a great place to work? He never forgets that the people of Kronos drive the results.  When he is praised for the company's track record, he'll immediately flip the focus to the team of 5000 Kronites around the world who are making things happen for our customers every day.  In the photo above, he's serving lunch during our annual Thanksgiving celebration.  I love this picture because it exemplifies Aron's humility.  In a The New York Times Corner Office column titled, “The Incalculable Value of a Good Boss” Aron is quoted as saying "Leading and managing people is a privilege."  And because he really believes that, his employees want to work even harder for him.

If you want to hear more from the man himself, you can listen in on an interview I did with him this year by clicking the link below.  We talk about why Aron considers the Kronos culture to be a strategic weapon.  If you take a few minute to listen, you'll know why I gleefully passed my 10 year anniversary at Kronos recently.  When the CEO walks the talk, it makes all the difference in the world.

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