My workforce and I are excited to deliver again the Cisco International Advocate Awards for 2023! Now in its third yr, this program celebrates Cisco’s buyer advocates who go above and past in demonstrating thought management and supporting Cisco by means of success tales, talking engagements, product evaluations, and a lot extra.
We’ll host three unique award celebrations in 2023 that may coincide with Cisco Reside conferences in Amsterdam, Las Vegas, and Melbourne. Every regional awards occasion—EMEA, Americas, and APJC—will acknowledge high Cisco prospects of their respective areas.
Celebrating excellence in advocacy and innovation
Our Cisco International Advocate Awards 2023: EMEA ceremony, held at Cisco Reside Amsterdam simply final week, marked a triumphant return to an onsite awards celebration. A standing-room crowd of Cisco prospects that included a mixture of titles from engineers to executives joined Cisco senior leaders from gross sales, advertising, and providers as we awarded 10 winners in 10 classes.
We acquired 67 nominations for our EMEA occasion and relied on the experience of two dozen judges, a mixture of Cisco leaders and exterior business specialists throughout know-how, advertising, and advocacy sectors.
Well being and well-being professional, writer, coach, and TEDx speaker Jesse Pavelka keynoted our ceremony, talking to the viewers in regards to the significance of “staying nicely to carry out at your finest.” And, lots of our prospects acknowledged “Gadget Lady” Ella Williamson, who returned as our awards host as soon as once more. Ella is a well-liked shopper know-how commentator with 20 years of expertise who has appeared on tv and radio, and in newspapers and magazines. Ella final hosted our International Advocate Awards at Cisco Reside Barcelona in 2020.
All shortlisted nominees acquired a “shock and delight” present field by means of the mail that included a International Advocate Awards 2023 champagne flute and extra travel-themed items that commemorate a return to in-person occasions. Our 10 winners additionally acquired personally engraved crystal plaques onsite.
Congratulations to our winners!
And now let’s discover out who the winners are from the Cisco International Advocate Awards 2023: EMEA occasion:
EMEA Buyer Advocate of the Yr
Our award for EMEA Buyer Advocate of the Yr went to Joacim Wicander with Conscia Sweden AB! Joacim has been in our advocacy neighborhood since 2017, and we’re grateful for the help he’s proven all through the years as he helps mentor different prospects contained in the neighborhood, shares finest practices, and joins us in social promotion, blogs, video, and even in dialog with the business influencer, Invoice Kleyman. Study extra about Joacim and his work with Cisco right here.
Congratulations to our shortlisted nominees:
- John Pell with ServiceNow
- Marcel Janecek with Syntax Methods GmbH
- Simon Watkins with Prosperity 24/7
- Damian Erni with Swisscom (Schweiz) AG
EMEA Govt Advocate of the Yr
Congratulations to Enric Cuixeres with Leng d’Or, who was named EMEA Govt Advocate of the Yr! This class is new this yr and is focused to Cisco’s govt prospects. Enric participates with Cisco in webinars and can communicate at upcoming conferences. Study extra about Enric and his work with Cisco right here.
Congratulations to our shortlisted nominees:
- Rachel Higham with WPP
- Jon Townsend with Nationwide Belief
- Chris Perry with Police Scotland
- Cayetano Carbajo with Telefonica
Business Excellence Award
Our Business Excellence award applies to organizations within the public sector, or within the personal sector industries of producing, retail, or monetary providers. Congratulations to Medibus and Felix Thielmann for the fascinating and life-changing work they’re main! Felix and the Medibus workforce have accomplished Cisco success tales and took part in a digital actuality expertise, in addition to PR and talking actions. Study extra in regards to the inspiring Medibus story right here, in addition to right here, and right here.
Congratulations to our shortlisted nominees:
- College Hospital Basel and Dr. Jens Eckstein
- Teleperformance Greece and Nikos Tsahouridis
- STADA and Marinel Boksan
- ThPA S.A. – Port of Thessaloniki and Christos Papadopoulos
Excellence in Storytelling
WPP and Mark Cameron took high honors in our award for Excellence in Storytelling. Congratulations! Learn the way WPP is utilizing Cisco options to help their purpose of web zero scope 1 & 2 emissions by 2025, and scope 3 by 2030. Study extra about WPP’s work with Cisco right here, and right here.
Congratulations to our shortlisted nominees:
- Repsol and Lukene Berrosteguieta and Santiago Maestro
- Canary Wharf Group and Mark Nallen
- First Abu Dhabi Financial institution and Emma Lewis
- VINCI and Rémi Drouin
CX Ambassador of the Yr
Our award for CX Ambassador of the Yr went to John Pell with ServiceNow—for the second yr in a row! Our Cisco Insider Advocates neighborhood has an unique channel for Cisco’s Buyer Expertise (CX) providers and choices. John impressed our judges along with his enthusiasm, experience, and willingness to help Cisco CX as he took half in two Cisco CX Quarterly Connection occasions and accomplished greater than 30 Cisco surveys. He additionally actively shares on social media and accomplished this Cisco success story, all of which factored into awarding John this honor as soon as once more.
Congratulations to our shortlisted nominees:
- Benjamin Bubbers with Schleswig-Holstein Netz AG
- Riccardo Bortoletti with Generali
- Bader Alrouqi with Communications, House and Expertise Fee
- Saleh Al Owain with Dawiyat Built-in Telecommunications and Data Expertise Firm
Hybrid Work Hero
Zakarieya Abderoef with Baraka Expertise Group was one other repeat winner, this time incomes high honors in our Hybrid Work Hero class! Zakarieya gained our Digital Transformation Pioneer award final yr. This yr, our judges have been happy to study extra about how Zakarieya and Baraka Expertise Group use Cisco Safety, Collaboration, and VPN options to allow a “work from anyplace, anytime” coverage that doesn’t compromise service high quality or safety.
Congratulations to our shortlisted nominees:
- Rik Aragoza with Kinly
- Sebastian Kozankiewicz with Norma Group
- Mohamed Abdelhameed Rezk with Fathalla Market
- Peter Bella with DXC Expertise
Unified Experiences Trailblazer
Congratulations to David Clark with Amelco UK Restricted, who’s our Unified Experiences Trailblazer! David shared with us in his software how Amelco depends on Cisco applied sciences to construct safe networks for its personal group in addition to for its exterior prospects, and the way the corporate lately made large developments into the cloud with Cisco ACI and SD WAN options. Study extra about David in an off-the-cuff query and reply session over at our Cisco Insider Voices weblog.
Congratulations to our shortlisted nominees:
- Joacim Wicander with Conscia Sweden AB
- Mohamed Alhenawy with BT Group
Reimagine Functions Visionary
Simon Challis with easyJet PLC was named our Reimagine Functions Visionary! Although Simon shared that he’s comparatively new to the Cisco Insider Advocates neighborhood, what impressed our judges is how rapidly and enthusiastically he embraced advocacy alternatives. Simon lately recorded each an inner and exterior success story for Cisco ThousandEyes. He’s additionally participating with Cisco’s product groups to supply suggestions, in addition to what new Cisco providers could be of curiosity to his firm.
Congratulations to our shortlisted nominee:
- Damian Erni with Swisscom (Schweiz) AG
Innovation Champion
Congratulations to Damian Erni with Swisscom (Schweiz) AG, who was named our Innovation Champion! Damian impressed the judges with how he leads a number of initiatives in enabling his firm’s gross sales, architects, and engineering colleagues within the deployment of Cisco options. This ranges from know-how updates, to closed professional teams, to collaborating in roadshows and inner data streams. Damian additionally shared with us that he enjoys creating and sharing LinkedIn posts round Cisco matters.
Congratulations to our shortlisted nominees:
- Martin Saunders with Spotlight
- Simon Watkins with Prosperity 24/7
Cybersecurity Defender of the Yr
Our award for Cybersecurity Defender of the Yr goes to Luigi Vassallo with Sara Assicurazioni! Luigi has been a member of the Cisco Insider Advocates neighborhood since 2018. Luigi can also be a member of Cisco’s “League of Cybersecurity Heroes” and has been a featured speaker, sharing his experience round cybersecurity and dealing with Cisco’s Safety options. Study extra about Luigi’s work with Cisco right here.
Congratulations to our shortlisted nominees:
- Alessandro Braga with Expertise Backyard
- Mark Healey with South Yorkshire Police
- Diego Zengin with Grupo Cosentino
- Christoffer Vargtass Hallstensen with Norwegian College of Science and Expertise
Subsequent up: International Advocate Awards 2023: Americas
The International Advocate Awards 2023: EMEA occasion is within the books, however our workforce is already planning our subsequent celebration of advocacy excellence and innovation at Cisco Reside Las Vegas in June. We hope to see you there!
Congratulations to our winners, and to all of our shortlisted nominees! We applaud every of you to your ardour, innovation, and help for Cisco’s advocacy initiatives.
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