Most Admired Companies of 2023: Axon

50 companies have risen from the constantly evolving and ever-challenging business environment to earn the right to call themselves Arizona’s Most Admired Companies of 2023, including Axon.

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“Most Admired Companies is the most comprehensive and prestigious annual corporate awards program in Arizona,” says Amy Lindsey, publisher of AZ Big Media, which publishes Az Business magazine and co-founded the Most Admired Companies program with the team from BestCompaniesAZ. “To be called a Most Admired Company, a business must demonstrate excellence in its leadership; corporate culture; innovation; customer relations; community engagement; and diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts and programs.”

Arizona’s Most Admired Companies will be recognized at a celebration dinner on Thursday, October 5, 2023 at Chateau Luxe in Phoenix. For sponsorship information, email Amy.Lindsey@azbigmedia.com. For information about the event honoring Arizona’s Most Admired Companies, email Lynette.Carrington@azbigmedia.com or click here. To buy tickets, click here.

Axon

Top Arizona executive: Rick Smith, CEO and founder

What it does: Public safety company

Admirable trait: Axon’s mission is to “Protect Life.” Recently, the organization announced their moonshot goal to reduce gun-related deaths between police and the public by 50% in the U.S. before 2033. To date, more than 275,000 lives and countless dollars have been saved with the aid of Axon’s technology.

Innovation: This year, Axon introduced two major product innovations — the TASER 10 device, and their latest generation body camera, Axon Body 4, in support of the company’s moonshot goal to reduce gun-related deaths between police and the public in the next 10 years. Both new hardware products integrate with the Axon network and drive software adoption — and both have been met with exceptional customer response.