Marylou Ponzi Kay Honored by Ziggs as Winner of the ZBest Profile Award

Boston, MA (PRWEB) March 31, 2006 –

Ziggs, Inc., the fast-growing business people search and online image management platform, today announced that Marylou Ponzi Kay, a global human resources executive, has been selected as the individual winner of Ziggs’ ZBest Profile Award for March, 2006. Marylou is being honored with a ZBest Profile Award for her outstanding online presence created using Ziggs’ free profile service. Her online profile can be found in the Ziggs Index of Professionals.

Introduced in January 2005 to help set the Internet’s standard for a quality, professional, online profile, the ZBest Profile Award is awarded monthly to both one individual and the one organization that has developed and presented the most professional online profile listed in the Ziggs Index. Enjoying rapid global growth, Ziggs now provides people search and profile services for customers in over fifty countries. As a result, Marylou was selected for this honor from a pool of professional candidates that span the globe.

Marylou’s professional online presence, created with Ziggs Profile Manager™ begins with a compelling photo and comprehensive biography of her extensive human resource leadership roles in top tier Fortune 100 companies, including American Express, J.P. Morgan, Michelin Tire, Duane Reade, Canon and more. She uses her profile to detail the breadth and depth of her human resources expertise across a variety of industries, including financial, advanced technology, consumer goods and more. She completes her professional picture by highlighting her educational accomplishments, her fluency in multiple languages, her professorship at New York Institute of Technology and her board membership at A.C.L.D., a non-profit organization dedicated to serving the needs of the disabled. Marylou believes that “if we aspire to do something and focus our energies on it, it is achievable.”

In addition to her professional photo and biography, Marylou’s online Profile also presents details on her work history and academic background, supplemented by a downloadable resume. She expands her profile with a self-written interview that communicates her passion “for creat[ing] and implement[ing] programs that address challenges, resolve them and improve business and productivity.” Her online interview also gives her the opportunity to share her involvement with important professional and charity organizations including the Society for Human Resources Management, World at Work and Adults and Children with Learning Disabilities – a non-profit organization dedicated to the needs of the disabled.

“As a leader in the human resources field, Marylou understands the power of maintaining a professional online profile for use in her daily interaction with employees around the globe,” said Tim DeMello, founder and chief executive officer, Ziggs. “Marylou’s online profile is a valuable business asset that enables her to achieve a more powerful connection with employees and colleagues across the country.” Marylou was able to quickly and easily create her comprehensive online profile using Ziggs’ insightful profiling template. To see Marylou’s online profile, people search at Ziggs for “Marylou Ponzi Kay.”

Winners are chosen by Ziggs at the close of a monthly review process that includes an assessment of the professionalism, content value, brand value and creativity of all online profiles in the Ziggs Index. The professionalism measure weighs the overall quality of the entire profile, including the photograph. The content value measure rewards profiles that present the most valuable information to a prospect or client reviewing the profile. The brand value measure assesses the profile’s level of success in communicating the company brand and corporate identity within the profile. The creativity measure seeks to reward profiles that are creative in their efforts to communicate all of the above three elements. In combination, these measurements set the standard for the definition of a quality online profile.

Companies and individuals who wish to submit their online profile for consideration for future Ziggs ZBest Profile Awards can e-mail their profile submission to ZBest@Ziggs.com. Entries received by the last date of a given month will be reviewed for consideration for the upcoming month’s award. Winning entries are announced in a press release, presented online at http://www.Ziggs.com, and receive a ZBest Award for display at their place of business. Help Ziggs help the industry raise the standard for professional online profiles, and submit your quality profile for consideration today.

About Ziggs, Inc.

Millions of professionals are searched for online every day. Dedicated to assisting professionals in meeting their business objectives by optimizing the experience of presenting to and connecting with professionals online, Ziggs is the first destination site for businesspeople search and professional profile management. Providing the fastest-growing index of current professional profiles on the Web, Ziggs delivers targeted professional search and easy-to-use profile management tools for companies and individuals that assist in generating new business opportunities by finding and connecting with professionals. Founded in October 2003, Ziggs is headquartered in Boston, MA. For more information, visit http://www.Ziggs.com.

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