United States Postal Service wins at the Annual Interactive Kiosk Excellence Awards

Last night the United States Postal
Service along with a number of prominent companies won excellence awards for
their deployment of interactive self-service applications. Former CNN
Headline News Anchor Bob Losure presented the awards to a jubilant crowd of
over 250 industry professionals. The awards ceremony took place during the
9th annual KioskCom.com Trade Show and Conference, which is being held this
week at the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas.
“We salute the winners and all of the finalists, this was a stellar year
for the industry. The panel of 11 judges had a challenging time deciding on
the winners as all of the projects were strategic, innovative and visionary,”
said Lawrence Dvorchik, KioskCom.com’s COO and the Executive Director for the
awards program. “The awards truly had an international flair with winners
from Norway, Puerto Rico, Latin America and Korea.”
There were 17 categories of winners, and for the first time KioskCom.com
awarded two individuals with outstanding achievement awards. Bradley Walker,
President and CEO of Nanonation was awarded Industry Leader of the Year and
was recognized for his significant contribution to the advancement of kiosk
and self-service technology. Janet Webster, Manager Retail Service Network
and Access Management for the United States Postal Service was named Deployer
Leader of the Year and was recognized for the strategic role she has played in
driving the Postal Services kiosk deployment. The United States Postal
Service won three first place awards for the Automated Postal Center and
Ticketpop won two 1st place awards for its Electronic Ticketing Kiosk.
Following is a list of the winners:

Best Kiosk Deployment in a Retail Environment — Large Deployment
(100+ Kiosks): WINNER United States Postal Service — Automated Postal
Center; 1st Runner Up: BMW X3 Kiosk/BMW of North America