Awards & Recognition

BlackLine was honored by G2, a leading online software marketplace and peer review platform, as one of the ‘Best Accounting & Finance Products of 2023’. 

This marks the fourth consecutive year G2 has recognized BlackLine’s leadership position helping midsize and enterprise companies automate their finance and accounting processes.

BlackLine has been named to Built In LA’s 2023 Best Places to Work list, an annual ranking of the best tech companies to work for in Los Angeles.  BlackLine took the No. 17 spot on the list for large companies, which recognizes companies that offer the best total rewards programs and compensation packages among their peers. This is the second year in a row BlackLine has been recognized by Built In LA as a Best Place to Work.

BlackLine, Inc. has been named to the inaugural ‘Best Software’ list from TrustRadius, a leading software peer review platform providing unbiased recognition of technology products based entirely on customer feedback.

The TrustRadius Best Software list recognizes “the best software products based on customer satisfaction, performance via reviews and market size fit.”  BlackLine earned accolades in the ‘Best Overall’, ‘Best for Enterprise’ and ‘Best for Mid-Sized’ categories.

BlackLine has won a 2022 Tech Cares Award from TrustRadius, a leading B2B software peer review platform.  The annual award celebrates companies that have gone above and beyond to provide impactful corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs for their employees and surrounding communities. This marks the third consecutive year BlackLine has been recognized for fostering an environment of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) among its employees, support for remote employees and for giving back to the communities in which it operates.

BlackLine has been named to the 2022 Top 100 Most Loved Workplaces® list, an annual ranking presented by Newsweek in collaboration with the Best Practice Institute (BPI), a leadership development and benchmark research company.

BlackLine took the No. 56 spot, alongside such notable names as Dell and SAP America, recognized for a variety of factors that BPI has identified as most important to employee satisfaction, including “Is collaboration and teamwork important?”  “Are there opportunities for advancement?”  “Is the company a good citizen?”

BlackLine has been named a Top 100 Software company for the second year in a row by The Software Report, a leading source for market research and insights, corporate activity, executive news and business happenings related to the software and SaaS (software-as-a-service) sectors.  BlackLine is one of only two companies named in the Finance & Accounting category and the only provider of financial operations management solutions, taking a top 50 spot on the 2022 list alongside such global industry leaders as Adobe, Dropbox, Microsoft, Slack, Twilio and Zscaler.

BlackLine has been recognized as a leader once again, earning ‘Top Rated 2022’ awards in the Accounting, Financial Close and Accounts Receivable (AR) categories from TrustRadius, a leading software peer review platform that has become a B2B industry standard, providing unbiased recognition of technology products based entirely on customer feedback.

BlackLine has been awarded the Controllers Council Seal of Approval for Financial Operations Management based on ratings from a community of more than 90,000 controllers, CFOs and other corporate finance professionals. BlackLine’s accounting automation platform received high marks for its solutions that manage and automate financial close, accounts receivable and intercompany accounting processes.

The Seal of Approval program leverages the community of the Controllers Council to identify and rate services, solutions and products used in Finance, Accounting and organization-wide. Selection includes an application process and screening algorithm along with anonymous surveys of community end users and subject matter experts.

BlackLine, Inc. took the No. 1 spot for financial close software on G2’s list of the ‘Best Accounting & Finance Products of 2022’. Recognized for ‘Market Presence’ and ‘Satisfaction’, BlackLine ranked first in both the mid-market and enterprise segments.

G2 operates a software marketplace used by more than 60 million software buyers each year. The annual G2 Best Software List ranks the “world’s best software companies and products” based on authentic, timely reviews from real users.

BlackLine won SAP® Partner Excellence 2022 awards for SAP Solution Extensions in Asia Pacific Japan (APJ) and for Best Cloud Performance in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) North.  Awards were presented by SAP to the top-performing partners in each region that have made outstanding contributions to driving digital transformation for businesses that use SAP solutions.

BlackLine was recognized in the second annual ‘Best of Finance Software Awards’ presented by TrustRadius, a leading B2B software peer reviews platform. BlackLine took first place in the first-ever ‘Best Relationship Award’, which highlights companies that provide their customers with accurate implementation expectations, solid follow-through on sales and marketing promises, and provide enough ROI to warrant purchasing the software again. 

Additionally, BlackLine took first place in the ‘Best Feature Set” category in the second annual ‘Best of Finance Software Awards’ presented by TrustRadius. The ‘Best Feature Set’ award recognizes companies with outstanding solution feature sets and functionality that have gone above and beyond to delight their users. TrustRadius awards provide unbiased recognition of B2B technology products based entirely on customer feedback. 

Leading the way once again in accounting and finance automation, BlackLine has achieved ISO/IEC 27018:2019 and ISO/IEC 27701:2019 certifications, demonstrating the company’s enthusiastic and voluntary embrace of the most advanced internationally recognized standards for cloud security and data privacy.

BlackLine’s newest certifications confirm the company adheres to the latest industry standards across its internal cloud services and also maintains and enforces robust and effective policies and procedures to ensure the security and privacy of the data managed by both its financial close and accounts receivable (AR) automation platforms.

BlackLine was granted a 2021 Tech Cares Award from TrustRadius, a leading B2B software peer reviews platform. The 2021 Tech Cares Awards celebrate companies that have gone above and beyond to provide strong Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). BlackLine was recognized for fostering an environment of diversity, equity and inclusion among its employees and for giving back to the community.

BlackLine has been named to Inc. Magazine’s 2021 list of the Best Workplaces. The list is the result of a wide-ranging and comprehensive measurement of American companies that have created exceptional workplaces and company culture whether teams are operating in person or remotely.

The SAP Pinnacle Awards is SAP's premier global partner recognition and award program, and BlackLine is among a very elite group of only 21 partners worldwide to achieve winner status for this year. This award showcases BlackLine's excellence in driving SAP business and co-innovation, helping BlackLine and SAP’s mutual customers succeed.

BlackLine was named a Top 100 Software Company for 2021 by The Software Report, a leading source for market research and insights, corporate activity, executive news and business happenings related to the software and SaaS (software-as-a-service) sectors. BlackLine took the No. 20 spot on the 2021 list alongside such powerhouses as Microsoft, Salesforce, ServiceNow and Workday.

BlackLine Marketing won 'Buyer-focused content' in the 2021 Killer Content Awards. Congrats to our Marketing Team!

BlackLine is the recipient of an SAP® EMEA North Award for Partner Excellence 2021 for Solution Extensions – Growth. Awards were presented by SAP to the top-performing partners in the region that have made outstanding contributions to driving customers’ digital transformations. Recipients of this year’s awards have been – in partnership with SAP – helping customers adopt innovation easily, gain results rapidly, grow sustainably and run more simply with SAP solutions.

Leading online peer reviews platform G2 announced BlackLine, Inc. (Nasdaq: BL) took the No. 1 spot for Financial Close software in the Enterprise category on G2’s list of the ‘Best Finance Products of 2021’. Recognized for ‘Market Presence’ and ‘Satisfaction’, BlackLine also ranked No. 15 on the overall list – the only company in G2’s Financial Close category to make the top 15, ahead of such industry giants as NetSuite, Oracle and Workday.

G2’s Best Software Awards and Lists rank the world’s best software companies and products based on authentic, timely reviews from real users.As of Feb. 11, BlackLine customers had posted 545 reviews at G2.com.

BlackLine customer, Red Wing Shoe Company, Inc., a midsize American footwear company, was named a winner in the 2020 Nucleus Research ROI Awards. Red Wing Shoe Company achieved 379% ROI automating processes with BlackLine’s cloud-based modern accounting platform, according to a study by global technology research and advisory services firm Nucleus Research.

Nucleus found that after deploying BlackLine’s Tasks, Reconciliation, Journal Entry and Transaction Matching solutions to streamline its finance and accounting processes, Red Wing Shoe Company’s corporate finance, retail finance and accounting teams achieved significant gains, with payback in just 4.8 months and savings valued at over $1.2M a year coming from increased productivity from reduced workloads, time savings from streamlined tasks and improved organizational visibility.

BlackLine took first place in all financial close categories (Customer Support, Usability and Feature Set) in the ‘Best of Finance Software 2021 Awards’ presented by TrustRadius, a leading B2B software peer reviews platform.

TrustRadius awards provide unbiased recognition of B2B technology products based entirely on customer feedback. BlackLine was the only company recognized in the financial close space, having received strong acclaim from the BlackLine user community for the functionality and usability of its cloud platform, as well as the company’s industry leading customer support.

BlackLine has been recognized by The Stevie International Business Awards and the CEO World Awards for the company’s commitment to helping ensure business continuity and fostering wellbeing for both customers and employees in response to and throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Stevie International Business Awards (IBAs) recognized BlackLine in two categories: ‘Most Valuable Corporate Response’ and ‘Most Valuable Technical Innovation’. Known as ‘The International Stevies’, the IBAs are open to all organizations worldwide – large and small, public and private, for-profit and non-profit. The 2020 competition attracted more than 3,800 nominations from organizations in 63 nations. The newly added COVID-19 response categories recognize “outstanding efforts by organizations and individuals to keep us busy, healthy, informed and safe during the pandemic.”

The CEO World Awards honored BlackLine in the category of ‘Company Work-From-Home Implementation of the Year’. CEO World Awards celebrate the achievements of “leading companies and their management teams behind the year’s most outstanding initiatives…setting industry benchmarks for excellence.” All organizations private or public, corporations, non-profits, associations, vendors and government organizations worldwide were eligible to enter.

Therese Tucker, founder and CEO of BlackLine, has been named a Top Woman Leader in SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) by The Software Report, a media outlet covering the software and SaaS markets.No. 3 on the 2020 list, Ms. Tucker is recognized for building BlackLine from the ground up into the market leader it is today.

BlackLine was recognized with a 2020 Tech Cares Award from TrustRadius, a leading B2B software peer reviews platform. The 2020 Tech Cares Awards celebrate companies that have gone above and beyond, demonstrating service, consideration and compassion to their communities, and that have exemplified one of TrustRadius’ core values – being human in the face of the global crisis.

BlackLine was recognized for its quick response to the COVID-19 pandemic, realizing that Finance and Accounting (F&A) organizations would face unprecedented challenges closing their books and conducting audits with the global lockdown forcing entire teams to work entirely from home for the first time.

BlackLine has been awarded the highest distinction in G2’s 2020 Financial Close Software Grid. As the only recognized Leader, BlackLine received the highest scores for customer Satisfaction and Market Presence among all other competitors in the Financial Close Grid. With over 450 reviews and 96% four or five star ratings, BlackLine is the most trusted and validated financial close vendor in the market.

BlackLine won a 2020 ‘Top Rated Award’ in the Financial Close category from TrustRadius, a leading B2B software peer reviews platform. BlackLine was the only company recognized in the financial close space, having received strong acclaim from the BlackLine user community for the functionality and performance of its cloud platform, as well as the company’s industry leading customer support.

BlackLine was named by the Los Angeles Business Journal as one of the ‘2020 Best Places to Work in Los Angeles.’ The accounting automation software leader is the only enterprise software provider based in LA on the list of large companies (over 250 employees) in the region and was recognized for leadership and culture.

BlackLine has been recognized by Software Magazine in the 2020 Annual List of the world's largest software companies with the leading financial automation software provider ranking the largest amongst those listing SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) as their primary business sector, a testament to the growing demand in the marketplace for the company’s cloud platform for financial controls and automation. The 2020 listing marks the ninth year in a row BlackLine has made the prestigious ranking of the largest software and services providers in the world.

Leading online peer reviews platform G2 announced that BlackLine took the No. 9 spot on its 2020 list of the ‘Best Products for Finance’ – the only financial close software provider to make the top 10 and ahead of such industry giants as IBM, Oracle and Workday. BlackLine also rated highest for ‘Market Presence’ and ‘Satisfaction’ in the enterprise financial close category.

BlackLine was named a 2020 Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for Cloud Financial Close Solutions as reported in Gartner’s newly released Gartner Peer Insights ‘Voice of the Customer’: Cloud Financial Close Solutions.

Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice is based on feedback and ratings from end users who have purchased, implemented and/or used BlackLine’s cloud platform and recognizes “the vendors that are the most highly rated by their customers.” BlackLine customers posted 149 reviews on Gartner Peer Insights in the past 12 months ending March 16th, 2020 – more than twice that of any other company in the category. 22% of the reviews provided for BlackLine came from very large enterprises over $10 billion in annual revenues; 32% from companies in the $1-10 billion range; and 34% from midsize businesses ($50 million to $1 billion).Leading online peer reviews platform G2 announced that BlackLine took the No. 9 spot on its 2020 list of the ‘Best Products for Finance’ – the only financial close software provider to make the top 10 and ahead of such industry giants as IBM, Oracle and Workday. BlackLine also rated highest for ‘Market Presence’ and ‘Satisfaction’ in the enterprise financial close category.

BlackLine was the recipient of an SAP® North America Award for Partner Excellence for SAP Solution Extension Growth — Cloud. Awards were presented by SAP to the top-performing SAP partners in the North America region that have made outstanding contributions to driving customers’ digital transformations. Recipients of this year’s awards have been – in partnership with SAP – helping customers adopt innovation easily, gain results rapidly, grow sustainably and run more simply with SAP solutions.

BlackLine was honored as ‘Change Enablement Champion’ by Kapost (a leading B2B content marketing solution provider)at its 2019 Kapost Customer Awards.In being named 2019 Change Enablement Champion, BlackLine was recognized for its commitment to change as the company successfully implemented a new content marketing and operations strategy in the past year designed to better enable Sales by more efficiently and effectively producing and distributing content across company departments internally, as well as via external channels to prospects and customers.

Therese Tucker was named ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ at the 16th Annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business.

Ms. Tucker was recognized for building BlackLine into a market leader and becoming one of the first female tech company founders to take her company public – with nearly 2,900 global customers and almost 245,000 Finance & Accounting professionals around the world now relying on BlackLine to streamline and automate their financial close and other key accounting processes.

BlackLine has been listed on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500 for the past ten years - 2010 - 2019. Each year companies “innovate, overcome obstacles and systematically defy the odds.” The Deloitte Technology Fast 500™ program recognizes these efforts in its annual ranking of the 500 fastest-growing technology companies in North America. The program includes both public and private companies and is based on percentage revenue growth over a 4-year period.

BlackLine won in the Integrated Communications campaign category at the 2019 Platinum PR Awards for its global 2018-2019 marketing and communications campaign, ‘Mistrust in the Numbers’.The prestigious Platinum PR Awards, put on annually by PR News, recognize outstanding achievements in communications and marketing and attract submissions from some of the world’s biggest and mostwell-known brands. Taking the top prize in its category, BlackLine’s ‘Mistrust in the Numbers’ campaign shone a light on the potential scale of financial data inaccuracies that lie undetected in Finance & Accounting departments worldwide.

BlackLine’s Finance Controls and Automation Platform was named ‘Accounting Automation Platform of the Year 2019’ at this year’s Corporate Excellence Awards.Hosted byCorporate Vision Magazine, the annual global awards program recognizes “the very best in business – those that are succeeding in their endeavors, innovating, growing and improving.”The honorees were chosen byCorporate Vision’s internal editorial team based on analysis of both qualitative and quantitative research conducted during the previous 12 months. BlackLine wasacknowledged for helping companies increase business efficiencies and improve accuracy in their financials and also for its extensive list of positive customer testimonials and product reviews.

BlackLine has been recognized as a ‘Great Employer’, winning a Gold Stevie Award at the 2019 Stevie Awards for Great Employers. More than 600 nominations from organizations across 24 countries were evaluated this year, with winners determined by the average scores of the 60 Human Resources and other professionals worldwide who acted as judges. BlackLine was recognized for building a best-in-class organization that focuses on employee engagement and satisfaction.

Therese Tucker was named to the 2018 list of Accounting Today’s “Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting.” Said the publication, “Closing the books is a recurring nightmare for businesses and their accountants, but Tucker’s efforts to streamline the process through software are paying off, leading more and more firms to partner with her company to benefit their clients.”

Chief Financial Officer Mark Partin was named ‘CFO of the Year’ with Patrick Villanova, corporate controller and principal accounting officer, honored as ‘Rising Star of the Year’ at the 2018 Chief Financial Officer and Human Resources Awards presented by the San Fernando Valley Business Journal. BlackLine’s top-two finance executives have been recognized for their leadership during the financial automation software company’s first full year as a public company.

BlackLine and Therese Tucker were honored at Shelter Partnership’s 29th Annual Dinner for the company’s contributions to the homeless of Los Angeles County. During the 2017 holiday season, BlackLine and Therese led a drive to provide each homeless person in Los Angeles with new clothing. BlackLine worked closely with Shelter Partnership to oversee distribution of nearly 200,000 essential items to hundreds of non-profit agencies that serve veterans, domestic violence victims, families living in poverty and disabled individuals throughout the region.

For the second consecutive year, BlackLine has earned a place among the country’s ‘Best Workplaces in Technology,’ an annual ranking by consulting firm Great Place to Work® and Fortune magazine. BlackLine took the No. 6 spot on the 2018 list of ‘Small and Medium-Sized Companies’ (fewer than 1,000 employees) in the United States, and took the #15 spot in 2017.

Therese Tucker was recognized as an ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’, winning a Gold Stevie during the 2017 ceremony for The Stevie Awards for Women in Business. Ms. Tucker was recognized for being one of the few female founder/CEOs in the technology industry who has led her company to an IPO. Tucker also was acknowledged for having built BlackLine based on a culture of service, fostering an environment of teamwork, collaboration and respect for both clients and employees.

BlackLine received IR Magazine’s U.S. 2018 award for ‘Best Investor Relations for an Initial Public Offering’. Award nominees were identified through in-depth research and hundreds of analysts and investors giving their opinions on which companies do the best IR in the US..

BlackLine was named a 2017 ‘Market Leader in Financial Close Management’ by FeaturedCustomers.com. The annual list is based on data from FeaturedCustomers.com’s customer success content platform, user generated reviews, as well as additional data aggregated from online sources and social media properties.

‘Market Leaders’ are chosen based on the size of customer base and market share. ‘Leaders’ have the highest ration of customer success content, content quality score, and social media presence relative to the size of the company.

Therese Tucker was named the ‘Top Woman Leader in SaaS’ by The Saas Report. Ms. Tucker was honored with the No. 1 spot on the 2017 list after making history in 2016 as the “first female founder/CEO to lead a VC (private equity)-backed Los Angeles start-up to its IPO,” according to the Los Angeles Times.

BlackLine made BuiltinLA’s annual list of the Top 100 Tech Companies in L.A for the second year in a row, taking the No. 39 spot. The annual list ranks Los Angeles and Orange County’s top digital tech employers based on local, full-time employee count.

BlackLine was honored by The M&A Advisor for the company’s 2016 acquisition of Runbook, with the transaction named the ‘Europe Deal of the Year’ at the 9th Annual International M&A Awards gala in New York City.

BlackLine’s acquisition of Runbook, a Europe-based provider of financial close and automation solutions to the SAP® market, extends the company’s Continuous Accounting platform, merging financial quality assurance with financial automation and accelerating BlackLine’s innovative strategy for transforming Finance & Accounting.

Mark Partin was named ‘CFO of the Year’ by the San Fernando Valley Business Journal (SFVBJ). The 2017 SFVBJ awards recognize the achievements of leading finance professionals in the region. Mr. Partin was acknowledged for his leadership preparing BlackLine for the company’s October 2016 debut on the Nasdaq Global Select Market and for building a “best-in-class” finance organization that has consistently driven growth and leveraged efficiencies.

BlackLine was honored by the Los Angeles Chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG LA) with the ‘IPO of the Year’ award, following the company’s October 2016 debut on the Nasdaq Global Select Market. Each year, ACG LA recognizes “exceptional companies” in the Los Angeles region that have “demonstrated outstanding performance and leadership,” choosing from a pool of hundreds of deserving nominations. Other award recipients included Dollar Shave Club, LA Rams and Stamps.com.

Therese Tucker was honored with the ‘CEO of the Year’ award at the 16th Annual Women in Business Awards presented by the San Fernando Valley Business Journal. The Women in Business Awards recognize the outstanding achievements by women business leaders, as selected by the reporters and editors of the SFVBJ.

Ventana Research has selected Dun & Bradstreet’s implementation of the cloud-based BlackLine Finance Controls and Automation Platform for a 2016 Business Leadership Award. The Leadership Awards are the largest business and technology awards program in the industry. Winners were selected based upon an organization’s accomplishments innovating or enhancing the productivity and outcomes of business or IT processes.

Ventana Research has selected BlackLine for a 2016 Technology Innovation Award for “business innovation in the office of the CFO.” BlackLine’s Finance Controls and Automation Platform was recognized for delivering a fresh approach to Finance & Accounting known as Continuous Accounting, a model in which automation, control and tasks typically not performed until the period-end, are embedded directly within day-to-day activities, allowing the rigid accoun

BlackLine took the no. 34 spot on the inaugural Forbes Cloud 100 list, described by the media giant as “the definitive list of the top 100 private cloud companies in the world.” The 2016 list, which was developed in partnership with Bessemer Venture Partners, honors companies for their financial growth and excellence as recognized by customers and peers.

BlackLine has made Inc. Magazine’s listing of the Fastest-Growing U.S.-Based Private Companies for the past nine years, joining the ranks of Intuit, Microsoft, Patagonia and Zappos.com. The Inc. 500/5000 companies are ranked according to percentage revenue growth from 2012 to 2015. In 2016, BlackLine ranked No. 1613, demonstrating sales growth of 233%. The company ranked No. 1555 in 2015; 1,668 in 2014; 1,522 in 2013; 1,394 in 2012; No. 876 in 2011; No. 513 in 2010; No. 113 in 2009; No. 300 in 2008.

BlackLine as been ranked by the Los Angeles Business Journal (LABJ) as one of the top 100 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in the region for the past nine years, achieving the No. 53 spot in 2016.

In 2009, the company achieved the No 6 spot; No. 7 in 2010; No. 27 in 2011; No. 35 in 2012, No. 29 in 2013, No. 38 in 2014 and No. 52 in 2015.

Alain Avakian, CTO of BlackLine was named ‘CTO of the Year’ at the 2016 CTO Awards hosted by the Los Angeles Business Journal.

Apps Run the World, a leading ICT market research firm, named BlackLine No. 105 on its 2016 list spotlighting the growth of the world’s 500 largest enterprise applications vendors as ranked by their Cloud subscription revenues. The company previously held the No. 121 spot on the 2015 list.

BlackLine took the No. 7 spot on the 2016 list of the ‘50 Fastest-Growing Women-Owned/Led Companies’ as ranked by the Women Presidents’ Organization (in partnership with American Express). 2016 marks the fifth year in a row BlackLine has made the Top 20, and the first year the company ranked in the Top 10, rising from the No. 14 spot in 2015. All eligible companies were ranked according to a sales growth formula that combines percentage and absolute growth over the past five years.

BlackLine won ‘Gold’ at the 2016 Commercial Real Estate Awards hosted by the San Fernando Valley Business Journal. The awards highlight the ‘biggest, best and most notable commercial real estate projects of the past 18 months’. BlackLine was acknowledged alongside the broker CBRE, architect DLR Group, and Sierra Pacific Contractors.

BlackLine was awarded ‘Best Tenant Improvement’for the 65,000 square feet project that transformed the company’s corporate headquarters into a space that celebrates BlackLine’s open culture and commitment to employee engagement.

BlackLine’s Finance Controls and Automation Platform was named ‘Best Accountancy Application’ at the 2016 Global Accountancy Awards presented by Acquisition International Magazine (AI), a global news magazine focused on corporate finance news and analysis. Launched five years ago in the United Kingdom, AI has rapidly risen to become the publication of choice for more than 500,000 corporate finance professionals in over 170 countries, regularly featuring insights from some of the biggest players in the global corporate finance landscape including KPMG, Ernst & Young, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Deloitte.

BlackLine’s Finance Controls and Automation Platform was named ‘Best in Enhanced Finance Controls & Automation (EFCA) Software’ at The 2015 Software & Technology Awards presented by Corporate America News an independent news magazine aimed at CEOs and other top-tier management and decision makers across the United States. The Software & Technology Awards are dedicated to bringing to the forefront the most technologically ground-breaking and results-driven industry leaders in the United States. The awards highlight the cutting-edge individuals departments and firms who through their commitment experience and willingness to push the boundaries of business-based technology will shape and enhance the American business landscape for years to come.

Therese Tucker was named to the 2015 socalTECH 50, the annual list of the top 50 people to watch in Southern California. The socalTECH 50 is aimed at identifying and highlighting the top 50 people in the
technology industry who are most likely to create the next big thing or influence the industry in a significant way.

CEO and founder, Therese Tucker, was named ‘Maverick of the Year’ at the 13th Annual American Business Awards. Tucker was recognized for her accomplishments building BlackLine from the ground up into the leading provider of Enhanced Finance Controls and Automation software. The American Business Awards, part of the Stevie Awards programs, honor an all-inclusive spectrum of American business people and organizations—from non-profits, emerging start-ups, major public companies and government agencies, to corner-office executives, corporate communicators, support staff and customer service teams. More than 3,300 nominations were submitted to The 2015 American Business Awards, and more than 200 executives nationwide participated in judging to determine this year’s Gold, Silver and Bronze winners.

BlackLine took the #29 spot on Inc. Magazine’s inaugural Impact 50 list, the top women-led, privately-held companies in the U.S. The Impact 50 measures absolute revenue growth from 2011 to 2014 among the Inc. 5000 companies run by women that are U.S.-based, for profit and independent.

BlackLine was named a finalist for the 2015 NetApp Innovation Awards in the category of “Pioneer Innovation.” The NetApp Innovation Awards recognize the companies and the people that are aggressively and innovatively leveraging technology to make IT dramatically more proactive, productive, and essential to creating business value. The “Pioneer Innovation Award” highlights companies that have transformed IT into a competitive asset by integrating their data center operations with the cloud.

BlackLine has made the 2015 Talkin’ Cloud Top 100 Cloud Service Providers list, coming in at #31. The Talkin’ Cloud 100 ranks the world’s top cloud service providers, aggregators, brokers and more. Companies on the Talkin’ Cloud 100 are ranked based on an internal formula that puts a heavy weighting on recurring cloud revenues. This year’s edition of the TC 100 underscores the flexibility and agility of cloud companies as they help give shape to the rapidly expanding market. The companies that comprise the 2015 TC 100 list generated more than $30 billion in cloud services revenue, an increase of 28.6 percent over 2014.

BlackLine is an SAP Gold Partner in the ‘Software Solution and Technology Partner’ program, recognizing the company’s successful efforts promoting and working alongside SAP. SAP software solution partners develop applications that extend and add value to SAP solutions. The BlackLine Financial Close Suite for SAP® Solutions also is an SAP-endorsed business solution, joining the ranks of fewer than 40 solutions globally to achieve this status.

BlackLine was recognized by leading SaaS research and advisory firm Montclare as one of the “most influential and successful SaaS companies in the world” – ranking No. 77 on the 2014 Montclare SaaS 250. BlackLine also took the No. 7 spot in the Financials category. In making the SaaS 250, BlackLine joins many global brand name SaaS providers including Concur, Google, LinkedIn, NetSuite, Salesforce.com and Workday.

Ventana Research selected The Dow Chemical Company’s implementation of the BlackLine Finance Controls and Automation Platform for a 2014 Technology Leadership Award. As a Fortune 50 company with more than 53,000 employees worldwide and annual sales of $57 billion, Dow was looking to drive efficiency and reduce the workload and stress in its Accounting and Finance organizations. The company recognized that account reconciliations were a key control and critical part of the financial closing process, but changes needed to be made to the process which involved more than 1,000 people each quarter in hundreds of legal entities around the world, preparing approxima