Toshiba Leader Larry White Wins Best Male Executive Honor

LAKE FOREST, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov 17, 2025--

The Cannata Report, a leading intelligence resource for the imaging, business technology and managed print services industry, presents its 2025 Frank Award for Best Male Executive to Toshiba America Business Solutions President and Chief Executive Officer Larry White.

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The honor recognizes the year's outstanding male executive leader in the office technology industry who demonstrates exceptional vision, integrity, and performance. Honorees are evaluated by the dealer channel on their leadership impact, contributions to innovation and business growth, commitment to dealer and customer success, and dedication to advancing the industry as a whole.

“Larry White’s recognition as Best Male Executive demonstrates the tremendous respect he has earned from office technology dealers nationwide throughout his distinguished career in the industry,” says The Cannata Report President and Chief Executive Officer CJ Cannata. “Larry’s tenure as CEO has been marked by innovative, forward-thinking leadership, consistent messaging, and accessibility. In addition to his intellect, Larry is uniquely personable and likable. He effortlessly infuses an inherent, authentic wit and congeniality into his role. His recognition as Best Male Executive, determined by votes cast in our 2025 Annual Dealer Survey, confirms that the dealer community values White’s stewardship, including the strategic partner initiatives he has implemented, the support he and his team consistently provide, and the flair with which he oversees it all.”

Toshiba has celebrated 21 Frank Awards since the accolades were first presented in 1985. This number includes eight Best Male Executive honors as well as eight Best-in-Class recognitions (more than any other manufacturer). Votes from The Cannata Report's Annual Dealer Survey determine award nominees and winners.

“Receiving the Frank Award for Best Male Executive within our industry is a true honor,” states White. “I'm so very thankful to the entire reseller community and to the Cannata family for presenting this award to me. I also thank our team of Toshiba employees, particularly the ones who don't receive the recognition they deserve, for creating a company where people enjoy working and one with which people enjoy partnering.”

Before ascending to Toshiba America Business Solutions' top job in June 2021, White served as the company's chief operating officer. Within this leadership role, he oversaw strategic planning across the organization, with specific responsibility for Toshiba's sales, customer service, supply chain, innovation, professional services, and solutions marketing operations throughout North and South America.

White holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Texas Tech University and, in 2023, was one of four individuals recognized as a Distinguished Alumni by the Rawls School of Business at Texas Tech.

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About The Cannata Report

The Cannata Report is the leading intelligence resource for the document imaging channel in the office technology industry, covering a range of topics, including managed IT solutions, managed print services, digital transformation, cybersecurity, cloud communications, network security, production printing, services and supplies, vendor finance, mergers and acquisitions, and more. Written specifically for the independent dealer channel, The Cannata Report, founded in 1982, has an audience that includes business leaders in the office technology industry's hardware, software, IT, leasing, and supplies segments.

About Toshiba America Business Solutions, Inc.

Toshiba America Business Solutions is a leading innovator of solutions empowering people to perform efficiently and effectively in their work environment. Serving professionals across the United States, Mexico, and Central and South America, Toshiba delivers secure and sustainable systems, services, and subscriptions to better print, manage, and display information. Toshiba continuously focuses on its clients and communities, is committed to sustainability, and is recognized as a Wall Street Journal Top 100 Sustainable Company. To learn more, please visit business.toshiba.com. Follow Toshiba on LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and YouTube.

The Cannata Report, a leading intelligence resource for the imaging, business technology and managed print services industry, presents its 2025 Frank Award for Best Male Executive to Toshiba America Business Solutions President and Chief Executive Officer Larry White.

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Sgt. 1st Class Nicole Amor was just days away from returning home to her husband and two children when a drone strike at a command center in Kuwait killed her and five other U.S. service members.

“She was almost home,” her husband, Joey Amor, said from their Minnesota home on Tuesday. “You don’t go to Kuwait thinking something’s going to happen, and for her to be one of the first – it hurts.”

Amor was one of four U.S. soldiers killed in the Iran war on Sunday and identified Tuesday by the Pentagon; two soldiers haven't yet been publicly identified. The members of the Army Reserve worked in logistics and kept troops supplied with food and equipment.

They died just one day after the U.S. and Israel launched its military campaign against Iran. Iran responded by launching missiles and drones against Israel and several Gulf Arab states that host U.S. armed forces.

Those killed also included Capt. Cody Khork, 35, of Winter Haven, Florida; Sgt. 1st Class Noah Tietjens, 42, of Bellevue, Nebraska; and Sgt. Declan Coady, 20, of West Des Moines, lowa, who was posthumously promoted from specialist. No other names were released.

“These men and women all bravely volunteered to defend our country, and their sacrifice will never be forgotten,” Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll said.

All were assigned to the 103rd Sustainment Command, which provides food, fuel, water and ammunition, transport equipment and supplies.

“Sadly, there will likely be more, before it ends. That’s the way it is,” President Donald Trump said of deaths.

A week before the drone attack, Amor, 39, was moved off-base to a shipping container-style building that had no defenses, Joey Amor said.

“They were dispersing because they were in fear that the base they were on was going to get attacked and they felt it was safer in smaller groups in separate places,” he said.

He last spoke to her about two hours before she was killed. He said she was working long shifts and they had been messaging about her tripping and falling the night before.

“She just never responded in the morning,” he said.

The couple's children are a senior in high school and a fourth-grader.

Coady's LinkedIn page said he was a student at Drake University and an information technology specialist with the Army Reserve.

He said he had learned how to "interact with countless different kinds of people from all different backgrounds” through his service.

Coady became an Eagle Scout in 2020, according to a Facebook post from his West Des Moines troop. An Iowa organization that helps homeless children said he made 12 Adirondack chairs for the group.

Nebraska U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts said he and his wife are mourning Tietjens’ death and praying for his family.

“May we always remember and honor the sacrifices made by Noah Tietjens and the Tietjens family,” Ricketts said.

Tietjens was married with a son, according to a Facebook page. A photo online shows the couple with their son wearing a martial arts uniform.

There are several family photos on Facebook pages belonging to Amor and her husband, Joey Amor, including some images with a teen son.

Last November, Joey wrote a post expressing his love for Nicole.

“Even while you are on the other side of the world you found a way to make my birthday special,” he said. “I love you!”

Boone contributed from Boise, Idaho and Toropin from Washington. Associated Press reporters Sarah Raza in Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Ed White in Detroit; Josh Funk in Omaha, Nebraska; David Fischer in Miami; Hallie Golden in Seattle, contributed.

Andrew Coady and his daughter Keira, right, talk about his son, Sgt. Declan Coady, 20, of West Des Moines, Iowa, outside their home, Tuesday, March 3, 2026, in West Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Keira Coady holds a photo of her brother, Sgt. Declan Coady, 20, of West Des Moines, Iowa, outside her home, Tuesday, March 3, 2026, in West Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Keira Coady talks about her brother, Sgt. Declan Coady, 20, of West Des Moines, Iowa, outside her home, Tuesday, March 3, 2026, in West Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

This image provided by U.S. Central Command shows aircraft on the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) that are operating in support of the war in Iran, on Tuesday, March 3, 2026. (U.S. Navy via AP)