Global remote staffing leader claims Gold, Silver, and Bronze across key HR categories
Makati City, Philippines — 8 August 2025 — Cloudstaff, a leading provider of remote staffing solutions, has achieved remarkable success at the prestigious HR Excellence Awards 2025, securing three trophies across critical business areas. The company won Gold for Excellence in AI-Powered HR Solutions, Silver for Excellence in Retention Strategy, and Bronze for Most People-Focused CEO.
Gold Victory Against Global Competition
Cloudstaff’s gold medal in Excellence in AI-Powered HR Solutions came against formidable competition including major AI solutions providers and established global technology companies. The award recognizes the company’s innovative AI-powered remote staffing solutions led by Chief AI Officer Rick Lyons and Chief Technology Officer Tevis Paget.
“This validates that our People + Tech approach to remote staffing isn’t just innovative – it’s award-winning,” said Lloyd Ernst, Cloudstaff CEO. “We’ve proven our AI tools for finding, matching, and managing remote talent are more effective than traditional methods.”
Excellence in Retention Strategy
The Silver award for Excellence in Retention Strategy recognizes Cloudstaff’s innovative remote team retention programs and measurable impact on distributed workforce engagement – a critical differentiator in the remote staffing industry.
People-Focused Leadership Recognition
CEO Lloyd Ernst received Bronze recognition in the Most People-Focused CEO category, competing alongside highly respected business leaders from major Philippine corporations. The award acknowledges Ernst’s authentic people-first leadership approach that places employees at the core of the organization.
Building on International Recognition
These victories build upon Cloudstaff’s 2025 success, including winning the sole Digitalisation for Sustainability Award at the Europa Awards of the European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (ECCP) and securing two Gold Stevie Awards at the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards.
“These awards represent the excellent work every person in this organization does daily,” emphasized Med Gelacio, Head of Human Resources. “From our engineers building AI solutions to our account managers delivering exceptional client service – this is a cross-functional achievement.”
About Cloudstaff
Cloudstaff is pioneering virtual staffing solutions that combine ethical outsourcing with enterprise-grade people tech. They connect businesses embarking on remarkable growth with the world’s top talent from their pool of nearly one million professionals. Brilliant careers for future teams are underpinned by unique investments in community and training, while client experiences are boosted with productivity apps, passionate support, and a vision for an AI-augmented future of work. With 21 delivery centers across the Philippines, India, Colombia, and Kenya, 79 work-from-home cities supported, and client operations in the US, Australia, and UK, they are helping businesses around the globe find staff for over 150 roles. Businesses looking for professional services staffing partners that are more than just an Employer of Record (EOR) or compliance service can discover why they choose Cloudstaff at www.cloudstaff.com.
About the HR Excellence Awards
The HR Excellence Awards is organized by pan-Asia media and events brand, Human Resources Online. The awards program honors the best-in class HR teams and individuals for their spectacular work executed across the entire HR function. It aims to bring together talented HR professionals as one force to champion the way forward. This is also the region’s only HR awards that is peer-reviewed by a jury of esteemed HR practitioners.
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