Kipu CEO Carina Edwards Receives 2025 Stevie® Award as Top Tech Executive of the Year in 2025 American Business Awards®

Top technology executive honored for customer-centric leadership and driving innovation in behavioral health care

MIAMI, April 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Kipu Health, the leading provider of technology solutions for behavioral health, today announced CEO Carina Edwards as the winner of a 2025 Stevie Award for Top Tech Executive of the Year in the 23^rd Annual American Business Awards®.

Edwards was recognized for her transformational leadership at Kipu, empowering customer organizations to operate more efficiently and effectively, drive stronger business performance, and ultimately deliver better patient outcomes. Her focus on innovation, customer success, and the strategic use of AI and advanced technologies has been instrumental in accelerating Kipu's mission to advance behavioral health care.

The American Business Awards are the U.S.A.'s premier business awards program. All organizations operating in the U.S.A. are eligible to submit nominations – public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small. 

The Stevie Awards for Top Technology Executives recognize the world's best C-level corporate professionals who help to create and drive great business results. Dozens of professionals worldwide served as judges in selecting the 2025 Stevie Award winners.

In naming Edwards as a Top Technology Executive, the Stevies judges lauded Edwards for her "hands-on leadership style," particularly "her dedication to customer success." The judges singled out Edwards for the achievement of "100 percent retention of Kipu's Top 50 revenue-generating clients" as a "powerful testament to the trust and value she has fostered." These and other accomplishments, according to the judges, "demonstrate Edwards' leadership" and her "direct impact on business outcomes."

"Receiving a Stevie award is truly an honor, and I proudly accept it on behalf of the entire Kipu team whose dedication empowers mental health organizations to operate more efficiently, drive stronger business performance, and ultimately deliver better patient outcomes," said Edwards. "I'm very grateful to the ABA judges for recognizing the Kipu team's hard work serving our customers and driving the continued growth of our business. I'm incredibly proud to be recognized as a Top Executive in Technology by the Stevies awards judges."

Nicknamed the Stevies for the Greek word meaning "crowned," the awards will be presented to winners at a gala ceremony at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York on Tuesday, June 10. Tickets are now on sale.

About Kipu Health
Kipu Health is the leader in behavioral health technology with solutions for Electronic Medical Records (EMR), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Revenue Cycle Management (RCM), and Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC). Kipu proudly supports over 3,600 behavioral health facilities, empowering them to manage more than 3.8 million patient episodes. With our comprehensive solutions, Kipu is dedicated to enhancing care and improving outcomes for countless individuals. www.kipuhealth.com

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SOURCE Kipu Health