Star2Star's John McGovern Recognized As CFO Of The Year Honoree For Second Consecutive Year


SARASOTA, Fla., May 10, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Star2Star, provider of the World’s Most Complete Full Spectrum Communications Solution, congratulates Chief Financial Officer, John McGovern, for his second nomination for the Tampa Bay Business Journal’s (TBBJ) CFO of the Year award.

Twenty CFOs from the Tampa Bay area were selected amongst nominees by a panel of independent judges. These finalists are being recognized for their contributions to the financial health and prosperity of their organizations. Among the twenty honorees, judges will also reveal  a single category winner for large company, medium company, small company, and government and non-profit organizations at the CFO of the Year luncheon on May 10. This TBBJ event is being hosted at the Hilton Downtown Tampa.

“We are very proud of our CFO and thrilled that he is receiving recognition for his hard work at Star2Star for the second year in a row,” said Michelle Accardi, President and Chief Revenue Officer at Star2Star. “We wish you the best of luck, John--you exemplify the work ethic and dedication that Star2Star is all about.”

“I am honored to be nominated and selected as a finalist for the 2018 CFO of the Year Award,” John McGovern said upon hearing of his selection as an honoree. “It is humbling to be recognized in this peer group of incredibly talented CFO honorees and I feel privileged to be part of our exceptional Star2Star team. Many thanks to the Tampa Bay Business Journal for this opportunity.”

About Star2Star Communications
Founded in 2006 in Sarasota, Florida, Star2Star Communications empowers global business success with a Full Spectrum Communications Solution. With options ranging from Hosted to Hybrid, Star2Star offers unparalleled value, reliability, quality, and scalability. Star2Star unifies business communications including voice, video, fax, mobile, chat, and presence management. Merged with Blueface, the leading pan-European UCaaS provider, Star2Star possesses a global influence and customer base. Blueface's proprietary cloud voice platform supports businesses of all sizes, ranging from small-to-medium to large enterprises and strategic wholesale customers.

Star2Star's award-winning, patented Constellation™ Network overcomes the reliability and quality limitations of other communications technologies and enables companies to choose the deployment methodology that aligns best with their needs. For businesses who require high-quality voice, redundant networks for continuity, and ultra-reliable communications, Star2Star's Hybrid architecture offers the highest guaranteed SLAs in the industry at an affordable price. Businesses with less complexity, who seek the best communications capabilities for their employees and customers, can consider Star2Star's Hosted solution the optimal choice.

With a customer retention rate of 99.85%, Star2Star has been recognized by a multitude of leading analysts. In the past seven years, Star2Star was named to the Forbes Most Promising Companies list, the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 five times, and the Inc. 500|5000 seven times. The company was also named by IHS as a Top 10 Hosted Business VoIP/UC Provider and has been in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for UCaaS, Worldwide for the last four years.

Casey O’Loughlin
coloughlin@star2star.com