My staff and I are excited to carry again the Cisco Global 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 success tales, talking engagements, product evaluations, and a lot extra.
We will host three unique award celebrations in 2023 that may coincide with Cisco Live conferences in Amsterdam, Las Vegas, and Melbourne. Each regional awards occasion—EMEA, Americas, and APJC—will acknowledge high Cisco prospects of their respective areas.
Celebrating excellence in advocacy and innovation
Our Cisco Global Advocate Awards 2023: EMEA ceremony, held at Cisco Live 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 companies 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 trade consultants throughout know-how, advertising, and advocacy sectors.
Health 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 well to perform at your best.” And, a lot of our prospects acknowledged “Gadget Girl” Ella Williamson, who returned as our awards host as soon as once more. Ella is a well-liked shopper know-how commentator with twenty years of expertise who has appeared on tv and radio, and in newspapers and magazines. Ella final hosted our Global Advocate Awards at Cisco Live Barcelona in 2020.
All shortlisted nominees acquired a “surprise and delight” reward field by the mail that included a Global 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 Global Advocate Awards 2023: EMEA occasion:
EMEA Customer Advocate of the Year
Our award for EMEA Customer Advocate of the Year went to Joacim Wicander with Conscia Sweden AB! Joacim has been in our advocacy group 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 group, shares greatest practices, and joins us in social promotion, blogs, video, and even in dialog with the trade influencer, Bill Kleyman. Learn extra about Joacim and his work with Cisco right here.
Congratulations to our shortlisted nominees:
- John Pell with ServiceNow
- Marcel Janecek with Syntax Systems GmbH
- Simon Watkins with Prosperity 24/7
- Damian Erni with Swisscom (Schweiz) AG
EMEA Executive Advocate of the Year
Congratulations to Enric Cuixeres with Leng d’Or, who was named EMEA Executive Advocate of the Year! 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. Learn extra about Enric and his work with Cisco right here.
Congratulations to our shortlisted nominees:
- Rachel Higham with WPP
- Jon Townsend with National Trust
- Chris Perry with Police Scotland
- Cayetano Carbajo with Telefonica
Industry Excellence Award
Our Industry Excellence award applies to organizations within the public sector, or within the non-public sector industries of producing, retail, or monetary companies. Congratulations to Medibus and Felix Thielmann for the fascinating and life-changing work they’re main! Felix and the Medibus staff have accomplished Cisco success tales and took part in a digital actuality expertise, in addition to PR and talking actions. Learn extra in regards to the inspiring Medibus story right here, in addition to right here, and right here.
Congratulations to our shortlisted nominees:
- University 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 how WPP is utilizing Cisco options to help their objective of web zero scope 1 & 2 emissions by 2025, and scope 3 by 2030. Learn 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 Bank and Emma Lewis
- VINCI and Rémi Drouin
CX Ambassador of the Year
Our award for CX Ambassador of the Year went to John Pell with ServiceNow—for the second yr in a row! Our Cisco Insider Advocates group has an unique channel for Cisco’s Customer Experience (CX) companies 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, Space and Technology Commission
- Saleh Al Owain with Dawiyat Integrated Telecommunications and Information Technology Company
Hybrid Work Hero
Zakarieya Abderoef with Baraka Technology 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 had been happy to be taught extra about how Zakarieya and Baraka Technology Group use Cisco Security, Collaboration, and VPN options to allow a “work from anywhere, 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 Technology
Unified Experiences Trailblazer
Congratulations to David Clark with Amelco UK Limited, 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 not too long ago made huge developments into the cloud with Cisco ACI and SD WAN options. Learn extra about David in a casual 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 Applications Visionary
Simon Challis with easyJet PLC was named our Reimagine Applications Visionary! Though Simon shared that he’s comparatively new to the Cisco Insider Advocates group, what impressed our judges is how rapidly and enthusiastically he embraced advocacy alternatives. Simon not too long ago recorded each an inner and exterior success story for Cisco ThousandEyes. He can also be partaking with Cisco’s product groups to supply suggestions, in addition to what new Cisco companies can 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 taking part in roadshows and inner info streams. Damian additionally shared with us that he enjoys creating and sharing LinkedIn posts round Cisco subjects.
Congratulations to our shortlisted nominees:
- Martin Saunders with Highlight
- Simon Watkins with Prosperity 24/7
Cybersecurity Defender of the Year
Our award for Cybersecurity Defender of the Year goes to Luigi Vassallo with Sara Assicurazioni! Luigi has been a member of the Cisco Insider Advocates group 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 Security options. Learn extra about Luigi’s work with Cisco right here.
Congratulations to our shortlisted nominees:
- Alessandro Braga with Talent Garden
- Mark Healey with South Yorkshire Police
- Diego Zengin with Grupo Cosentino
- Christoffer Vargtass Hallstensen with Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Next up: Global Advocate Awards 2023: Americas
The Global Advocate Awards 2023: EMEA occasion is within the books, however our staff is already planning our subsequent celebration of advocacy excellence and innovation at Cisco Live 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 on your ardour, innovation, and help for Cisco’s advocacy initiatives.
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