Therese Tucker, CEO and founder of BlackLine, Inc. (Nasdaq: BL), was named ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ at the 16^th Annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business held earlier this month in New York City.  

Ms. Tucker was recognised 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.

The Stevie® Awards for Women in Business are the world's premier business awards for female entrepreneurs, executives, employees and the organizations they run.  This year’s Stevie Awards program received more than 1,500 entries from individuals and organizations in 25 nations.