The Frank Award winners for office technology were announced at The Cannata Report’s 40th Anniversary Awards & Charities Gala. Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America and Ricoh USA each took home three Frank Awards.
The Cannata Report’s annual event raised funds for diabetes research at the Inserra Family Diabetes Institute at Hackensack Meridian Hackensack University Medical Center in memory of Mike McGuirk, the founder of ProCopy Office Solutions, a Flex Technology Company. Hytec Dealer Services and TD Synnex were platinum sponsors of the fundraiser. The Gala opened with a comedy performance by Larry Weiss, chairman of Atlantic, Tomorrow’s Office, presented by HP. The event’s gold sponsors were ConnectWise, Distribution Management, First Citizens Bank, and Katun Corporation. Silver sponsors were Nexera and Static Control. The evening’s Official After Party was sponsored by Xerox. BTA Ambassador Bob Goldberg once again served as emcee of the event.
In addition to the Frank Awards, Jerry Blaine (at right, above), president and CEO, and co-founder of LDI Connect, was presented with the Frank G. Cannata (left) Philanthropy Award.
Stew Campbell of Datamax (Arkansas) (above, at right) received The Cannata Report’s 2025Outstanding Veteran Award. Presenting the award is last year’s winner, Luke Oldenburg of Impact Networking, LLC. We thank them, and all of our 2025 Outstanding Veteran Award nominees, for their service to our country and their dedication to assisting fellow veterans in the office technology dealer channel.
The Dealer Channel and Office Technology Industry’s “Frank Awards”
Winners of the Frank Awards are determined by The Cannata Report’s Annual Dealer Survey and reflect the opinions of office technology dealers nationwide. Below is a full list of the nominees for this year’s Frank Awards, with winners indicated in bold:
Best-in-Class: Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America (Winner, pictured above), Ricoh USA, Toshiba America Business Solutions. Sharp’s Dino Pagliarello (center) accepts the Frank Award from Chris and Danielle Wolowitz of Shore Business Solutions. Congrats to Jeff Ashida, president and CEO of Sharp Electronics Corp. (U.S.) and his team!
Best Diversification Partner: Intermedia Cloud Communications (Winner), ConnectWise, Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America, Toshiba America Business Solutions. Accepting the award from Rebecca Blaine of LDI Connect are Intermedia’s Michael Fontanella (left) and Eric Tuttle.
Best Production Print Manufacturer: Ricoh USA (Winner), Canon U.S.A., Xerox. Ricoh USA’s Brian Balow (left) accepts the Frank Award from Richard Van Dyke of Advanced Office. Congratulations to Chief Dealer Officer Jim Coriddi and the entire Ricoh team!
Best Marketing Strategy: Ricoh USA (Winner), Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America, Toshiba America Business Solutions. VP of Channel and SMB Marketing (North America) Jennifer Healy accepts the Frank Award from Anthony DelGrosso Jr. of Milner, Inc. at our 40th Anniversary Awards & Charities Gala on November 13, 2025.
Best IT and Security Services Provider: ConnectWise (Winner), Kaseya, All Covered, a division of Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A. Presented by Patrick Flesch (left) of Gordon Flesch Company, ConnectWise’s Jenna Stramaglio and Phil Joseph accept the Frank Award.
Best Print Management Software Provider: ACDI and PaperCut (Winners), ECI Software Solutions/Printanista, ecoprintQ. Meghan Acciavatti, Ben Crumpton and Chris McPheeters accepted on behalf of ACDI and PaperCut’s Laura Rather and Priyanka Dave. The Frank Award was presented by Systel Business Equipment’s Cara Spencer and Jacqueline Smith.
Best Technical Service Provider: Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America (Winner), Ricoh USA, Toshiba America Business Solutions. Presented by Jennifer Amatucci of Hytec Dealer Services, Inc., Sharp’s Greg Gumpright accepts the 2025 Frank Award on behalf of President/CEO Mike Marusic and the entire Sharp team!
Best ECM/Document Management Software Provider: DocuWare (Winner), ACDI, Square 9 Softworks. The Frank Award, presented by Anthony Cucco (far left) and Mike Lepper (far right) of Impact Networking, LLC, was accepted by DocuWare’s Greg Loftus (next to Cucco) and Rick Bartlett.
Best A4 Manufacturer: Kyocera Document Solutions America (Winner), Ricoh USA, Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America. Jose María Estébanez (left) accepts the Frank Award from our Editor-in-Chief Mark Vruno. Congratulations to President & CEO Oscar Sanchez and the entire Kyocera team!
Best Leasing Company: GreatAmerica Financial Services (Winner), LEAF Commercial Capital, U.S. Bank. The Frank Award was presented by Noah Maphis and Toni Gorveatt of Cobb Technologies (third and second from left) and accepted by GA team members Key Kain (far left), Sarah Burnes, Jennie Fisher, Hannah O’Donnell, Stacey Miller, Nicole Schweizer, Tawnya Stone, and Mitch Leahy.
Excellence in Innovation: Ricoh USA (Winner), Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America, Toshiba America Business Solutions. Ricoh’s Frank Award is presented by Justin Rebhun (far right) of Flex Technology Group/FTG Texas to Brian Balow (from left), Jim Coriddi, and Jennifer Healy.
Best Manufacturer: Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America (Winner), Kyocera Document Solutions America, Ricoh USA. Phil Houser (right) of Document Solutions, Inc. (DSI) presents the Frank Award to Sharp President & CEO Mike Marusic.
Best Female Executive: Laura Blackmer, Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (Winner), Jennie Fisher, GreatAmerica Financial Services; Ginamarie Cairone, Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America. Presenting the Frank Award is Barry Simon of Datamax Inc. (Arkansas).
Best Male Executive: Larry White, Toshiba America Business Solutions (Winner), Jim Coriddi, Ricoh USA; Mike Marusic, Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America. Adam Weiss (right) of Atlantic, Tomorrow’s Office presented the Frank Award.
Winners of the Frank Awards are determined by The Cannata Report’s Annual Dealer Survey and reflect the opinions of office technology dealers nationwide.
“The Frank Awards shine a spotlight on the innovative companies and their products and solutions that are setting new standards of excellence in the industry according to office technology dealers in our annual survey. It’s our honor to pay tribute to the winners at our Gala while marking our own milestone of four decades,” said CJ Cannata, president and CEO. “The spirit of giving that distinguishes this industry has fueled overwhelming support for our Gala every year, and we are thankful for the generous donations to our fundraising initiative for diabetes research in memory of Mike McGuirk.”
The Cannata Report’s 40th Anniversary Awards & Charities Gala was held on November 13, 2025, at The Madison Hotel in Morristown, New Jersey.
The Cannata Report has raised over $1.75 million for Hackensack Meridian Hackensack Medical Center Foundation and more than $3.5 million for various charities nationwide.
