Here are the best CEOs at 25 small and midsize companies, according to employees
Madison Hoff  Â
- Comparably released its latest ranking, the most highly rated CEOs.
- These CEOs were ranked based on employee feedback on Comparably's site that was collected over 12 months.
25. Alfonso de La Nuez and Dan Fishback (UserZoom)
Location: San Jose, California
Industry: SaaS
Employee quote about the co-CEOs: "Leadership team is seasoned, but still listens to ideas and input from the ground floor. It's amazing to see how much the company and culture has matured over the last few years."
24. Nobuyuki Ashida (MISUMI)
Location: Schaumburg, Illinois
Industry: Manufacturing
Employee quote about the CEO: "Excellent strategic planning and execution ability."
23. Tony Safoian (SADA Systems)
Location: North Hollywood, California
Industry: Software and tech services
Employee quote about the CEO: "Our CEO is very transparent and leads by example."
22. Aaron Johnson (APS Payroll)
Location: Shreveport, Louisiana
Industry: HR software
Employee quote about the CEO: "Our CEO is very approachable. He is very humorous. He participates in company activities. He is a visionary."
21. Terrie Curran (Phathom Pharmaceuticals)
Location: Florham Park, New Jersey
Industry: Biotech and pharmaceuticals
Employee quote about the CEO: "Terrie has vision, courage, integrity, humility and focus along with the ability to plan strategically and catalyze cooperation amongst the MSL team."
20. Donald Brown (LifeOmic)
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Industry: Healthcare tech
Employee quote about the CEO: "Our CEO seems to be perfectly transparent and empowers employees to do what they think is best."
19. Rich Waldron (tray.io)
Location: San Francisco, California
Industry: Tech
Employee quote about the CEO: "Rich is truly approachable, and has an open-door policy."
18. Hunter Madeley (Vena Solutions)
Location: Toronto, Canada
Industry: SaaS/enterprise software
Employee quote about the CEO: "The CEO is very transparent, positive, inclusive, and very good at listening to customers, partners, and employees."
17. Alex Howland (Virbela)
Location: Bellingham, Washington
Industry: E-Learning and virtual world
Employee quote about the CEO: "Transparent and approachable, which has translated into the overall company culture.
16. Steven Bartel (Gem.com)
Location: San Francisco, California
Industry: Tech
Employee quote about the CEO: "Super accessible and transparent about the direction that the company is going."
15. Kip Hollister (The Hollister Group)
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Industry: Staffing and recruiting
Employee quote about the CEO: "Our CEO Kip is arguably the nicest and most caring person I've met. She cares about everyone at the company from our day [ones] to our 20+ year employees."
14. Chuck Ruggiero (Optomi)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Industry: Professional IT services
Employee quote about the CEO: "I appreciate the honesty and transparency that is shown each week during our end-of-week call."
13. John Swigart (Pie Insurance)
Location: Washington, DC
Industry: Tech
Employee quote about the CEO: "I enjoy the weekly all hands as a quick check in, but I really appreciate the Pie-R-Side Chats where John tackles difficult questions with tact and honesty."
12. Sam Bobley (Ocrolus)
Location: New York, New York
Industry: Fintech
Employee quote about the CEO: "Sam is great in maintaining transparency and managing chaos by putting in required structure in a startup."
11. Gene Berdichevsky (Sila Nanotechnologies)
Location: Alameda, California
Industry: Manufacturing and machinery
Employee quote about the CEO: "Deeply relevant past experience in rapidly scaling to world-class manufacturing size, and a great understanding of the market's trajectory and Sila's place in that market."
10. Howard Brown (Revenue.io)
Location: Los Angeles, California
Industry: Tech
Employee quote about the CEO: "Howard is a true visionary in the field, and is leading the company to a genuinely exciting future."
9. Joe Longo (Velosio)
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Industry: IT consulting
Employee quote about the CEO: "An openness to sharing pertinent information and a rational approach to guiding company in the right direction."
8. Joel Hyatt (Globality)
Location: Palo Alto, California
Industry: Tech
Employee quote about the CEO: "Experienced, bold, takes initiative to lead but also strives to work side-by-side (harmoniously) with each and every employee."
7. Melanie Nallicheri (EQRx)
Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Industry: Biotech and pharmaceuticals
Employee quote about the CEO: "Clarity of purpose, unity of focus, ability to execute, ability to motivate, ability to include and elevate all employees."
6. David Grace (Deem)
Location: Oakland, California
Industry: Tech
Employee quote about the CEO: "David keeps us informed about anything and everything that is going on companywide, all the while keeping it fun!"
5. Larry Dunivan (Namely)
Location: New York, New York
Industry: Tech
Employee quote about the CEO: "Larry is so open, honest, and trustworthy. I respect his vision, and he feels like a true leader."
4. Oleg Rogynskyy (People.ai)
Location: San Francisco, California
Industry: Software
Employee quote about the CEO: "Radically transparent with a focus on the importance of employee happiness."
3. William J. Tessar (Civic Financial Services)
Location: Redondo Beach, California
Industry: Banking and financial services
Employee quote about the CEO: "I like that the CEO is always challenging and encouraging us to practice Civic core values inside and outside of work."
2. Ross Wainwright (Alida)
Location: Toronto, Canada
Industry: Computer software
Employee quote about the CEO: "Empathetic, visionary, and trustworthy. Ross has an inspiring vision for the company that he makes each employee feel part of."
1. Alessio Alionco (Pipefy)
Location: San Francisco, California
Industry: Tech
Employee quote about the CEO: "Transparent with company goals, hosts regular all-hands meetings to share results and is invested in sharing how each team contributes to the company overall."
Here's the full list of CEOs for small and midsize companies: (companies with no more than 500 employees)
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