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May 7, 2024 Karen Thomas, President, Thomas PR Wins Stevie Awards

Stevie Awards judges state Thomas PR is the “Go-to Choice for High-Profile Tech PR Campaigns.”

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East Northport, NY – Thomas Public Relations, Inc. www.thomaspr.com, leading award-winning technology PR agency, announced today that Karen Thomas, President & CEO of Thomas PR®, has won the prestigious Stevie Award® 2024 for PR Executive of the Year Silver Award in the 22nd Annual American Business Awards®. The American Business Awards are the U.S.A.’s premier business awards program. More than 3,700 nominations from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry were submitted this year for consideration.

A Trailblazer in the Technology PR Industry

The judges stated that Ms. Thomas won the award for her expertise in trade show PR, strategic project management, exceptional organizational skills, diplomacy, awards, and extensive press coverage, which has positioned Thomas PR as the go-to choice for high-profile tech PR campaigns. “Karen Thomas’s nomination for PR Executive of the Year showcases her outstanding leadership and achievements as President & CEO of Thomas PR. With over 20 years of experience, Karen has established herself as a trailblazer in the technology PR industry, spearheading innovative campaigns that garner high-level press recognition, awards, and significant business outcomes for her clients,” the Stevie Award judges concluded.

Karen Thomas is a pioneer in digital imaging and technology public relations. As President of Thomas PR, her team represented Olympus for seven years, launching their digital camera and Magneto-Optical lines, winning hundreds of industry awards, and propelling Olympus to number two in U.S. sales, with public relations being the number one reason customers chose Olympus. Thomas PR has also represented other leaders in digital imaging, technology, and consumer electronics, including Lexar Media, Fotonation, Foveon, Corsair, RoboSense, Mixcder, swisstech, NewerTech, Thermoworks, iCleanse, iDevices, DeRUCCI, OWC, Vivid-Pix, and many more technology companies, bringing them high-level press recognition, TV appearances, awards, booming sales, IPOs, and acquisitions. See Thomas PR clients at: https://www.thomaspr.com/clients.

“I am honored to win the Stevie 2024 Award,” said Karen Thomas, President & CEO, Thomas Public Relations, Inc. “At Thomas PR, we work hard for our clients and this recognition affirms our commitment to to lead the way to great results for our clients.”

“While growth in much of the world economy has recovered slowly from the COVID-19 pandemic, the American economy continues to show remarkable resilience and growth,” said Stevie Awards president Maggie Miller.  “Our 2024 Stevie winners have contributed to that successful recovery through their innovation, persistence, and hard work.  We congratulate all our winners in the 2024 ABAs and look forward to celebrating their achievements during our June 11 awards banquet in New York.” For more information about The American Business Awards, see: www.StevieAwards.com/ABA.    

About Karen Thomas
Karen Thomas is President & CEO of Thomas PR www.thomaspr.com, a leading award-winning technology and consumer electronics public relations agency with an over 20-year history of successful PR campaigns for ground-breaking technology companies. In addition to the Stevie Award 2024 PR Executive of the Year, Ms. Thomas has also won numerous awards, including Onalytica’s Top 100 Influencers, PRPLI 2022 and 2021 PR Campaign of the Year Awards, The Stevie Award 2023 for Achievement in Management Advertising, Marketing & PR, LIBN Excellence in Communication Award for Best PR Campaign, PR News Social Shake-up Movers & Shakers Award,  PRSourceCode Top Tech Communicators Award, and TheBitbag.com’s PR Rep of the Year. Karen Thomas is a judge for the CES Innovation Awards, CES Asia Innovation Awards, Stevie Awards, American Business Awards, Edison Awards, Digital Health Awards, SVUS, CEO Awards, Cyber Security Awards, among others, and has served on the boards of PMDA, IPC, LISTNET and many other technology organizations. Thomas is the creator of the original and longest-running networking list for technology trade shows, The Official KarenNet Party List at: https://www.thomaspr.com/party-list.

About the Stevie Awards
Stevie Awards are conferred in nine programs: the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, the German Stevie Awards, the Middle East & North Africa Stevie Awards, The American Business Awards®, The International Business Awards®, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, the Stevie Awards for Great Employers, the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service, and the new Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence. Stevie Awards competitions receive more than 12,000 entries each year from organizations in more than 70 nations. Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. For more information, see: http://www.StevieAwards.com.

 

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