For more than two decades, the Treasury & RiskAlexander Hamilton Awards have highlighted the achievements ofinnovative corporate treasury, finance, and risk management teams.The technologies that these organizations utilize have changedpretty dramatically over the decades, but the creativity inleveraging available tools has not.

This year's winners in the Technology Excellence categorydemonstrate the ways in which technology can streamline treasuryprocesses and create dramatic improvements in efficiency. "It'svery important to challenge the norms," says Steve Huse, directorof client reporting for investment firm Baird. "Treasury needs tothink creatively and partner with internal colleagues and internalclients to come up with ideas for better treasury solutions, andthen find a vendor that will help bring those ideas tofruition."