SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 24, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Tech in Motion San Francisco has chosen Kintone as a finalist for this year's Best Tech Work Culture category as it prepares for the fourth Annual Timmy Awards, which recognizes the top workplaces for tech professionals in the San Francisco area. Kintone joins nine other companies on an elite list of this year's finalists, chosen from more than 200 submissions. The public can vote for their favorites to determine the winner until October 3.
Kintone provides a no-code application development platform that supports the company's commitment to promoting technical creativity with a longstanding mission to "Make Teamwork Better Globally" by enabling anyone in an organization to build, deploy, and iterate custom applications with workflow management, powerful collaboration tools and real-time analytics.
Kintone is democratizing problem solving by giving the power to build software to business users and those who know their organizations and operations best. Kintone is part of Cybozu, a public company in Japan that provides the country's number one collaboration platform. Cybozu executives and team members have been thought leaders of initiatives dedicated to transforming Japan's business cultures for more than a decade. Both companies have been designated Great Places to Work, with Cybozu named Japan's number one in the Great Places to Work for Women category in 2017.
"Cybozu has worked very hard to create a work culture that applauds diversity and provides a flexible environment that encourages work-life balance, innovation and creativity and we've followed their lead here at Kintone in San Francisco," said Dave Landa, CEO, Kintone. "The benefits of committing to an employee-centric work culture are immeasurable. We have less turnover and our open and accommodating workplace encourages and celebrates the input from every single employee, no matter how much seniority they have."
Voting will be open until October 3. Winners will be chosen 50 percent by local community voting (individuals can vote up to once daily) and 50 percent by a panel of expert judges. To vote for Kintone, please go to this page, create an account, vote and then share via social media buttons.
"It is an honor to celebrate the companies who are striving to better the lives and workplaces of their tech teams," says Mandy Walker, Director of Marketing at Tech in Motion. "As the event series grows each year, we are excited to celebrate the diversity, innovation and growth in the community – which we recognize is represented by these finalists whether or not they walk home with an award."
San Francisco's local community has a chance to get involved by voting online now through October 3 to help determine which company will be crowned the best in tech. Winners will be chosen by a panel of expert judges and communal votes. The complete list of 2018 Timmy Awards finalists can be found here. The four award categories include: Best Tech Startup, Best Tech Manager, Best Tech Work Culture and Best Tech Workplace for Diversity.
San Francisco's 2018 Timmy Awards will be held on October 24, at COVO, at 981 Mission Street, 6-9pm. This free event is open to the public and will consist of tech demos, entertainment and networking. The ceremony will also feature presentations from San Francisco top tech leaders. If you are interested in learning more or attending Tech in Motion's biggest event of the year, visit the Timmy Awards or RSVP here.
About Tech in Motion Events
Tech in Motion is an international events series that brings local tech community professionals together to connect, learn, and innovate. What started as a collaborative project in 2011 between IT recruiting firms Jobspring Partners and Workbridge Associates, part of the Motion Recruitment network, grew into an organization of over 100,000 members across 12 chapters in North America including Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, New York, Philadelphia, DC, Chicago, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, LA, Orange County and Toronto. Please visit techinmotionevents.com for more information about notable speakers, sponsors and events.
About Kintone Corporation
San Francisco-based Kintone is making teamwork better with its low-code application platform that provides organizations with a customizable workspace that integrates multiple data sources for deeper insight into business processes. Kintone eliminates the cost and maintenance requirements of traditional off-the-shelf applications while dramatically increasing team and workflow efficiency. Custom applications built with Kintone range from CRM, project management, asset management, SCM, and much more. More than 9,000 companies have built, deployed and use over 500,000 applications on Kintone. Kintone is provided by Cybozu Inc, a Tokyo-based public company founded in 1997. For more information, please visit https://www.kintone.com/
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