My crew and I are excited to convey again the Cisco World Advocate Awards for 2023! Now in its third 12 months, this program celebrates Cisco’s buyer advocates who go above and past in demonstrating thought management and supporting Cisco via success tales, talking engagements, product evaluations, and a lot extra.
We’ll host three unique award celebrations in 2023 that may coincide with Cisco Dwell 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 World Advocate Awards 2023: EMEA ceremony, held at Cisco Dwell 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 marketing, 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 mix of Cisco leaders and exterior trade specialists throughout know-how, advertising and marketing, and advocacy sectors.
Well being and well-being skilled, creator, coach, and TEDx speaker Jesse Pavelka keynoted our ceremony, talking to the viewers in regards to the significance of “staying effectively to carry out at your greatest.” And, lots of our prospects acknowledged “Gadget Woman” 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 World Advocate Awards at Cisco Dwell Barcelona in 2020.
All shortlisted nominees acquired a “shock and delight” reward field via the mail that included a World Advocate Awards 2023 champagne flute and extra travel-themed presents that remember 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 World Advocate Awards 2023: EMEA occasion:
EMEA Buyer Advocate of the 12 months
Our award for EMEA Buyer Advocate of the 12 months went to Joacim Wicander with Conscia Sweden AB! Joacim has been in our advocacy group since 2017, and we’re grateful for the assist 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, Invoice Kleyman. Be taught extra about Joacim and his work with Cisco right here.
Congratulations to our shortlisted nominees:
- John Pell with ServiceNow
- Marcel Janecek with Syntax Programs GmbH
- Simon Watkins with Prosperity 24/7
- Damian Erni with Swisscom (Schweiz) AG
EMEA Govt Advocate of the 12 months
Congratulations to Enric Cuixeres with Leng d’Or, who was named EMEA Govt Advocate of the 12 months! This class is new this 12 months and is focused to Cisco’s govt prospects. Enric participates with Cisco in webinars and can converse at upcoming conferences. Be taught 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
Trade Excellence Award
Our Trade Excellence award applies to organizations within the public sector, or within the personal 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 crew have accomplished Cisco success tales and took part in a digital actuality expertise, in addition to PR and talking actions. Be taught 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! Find out how WPP is utilizing Cisco options to assist their objective of internet zero scope 1 & 2 emissions by 2025, and scope 3 by 2030. Be taught 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 12 months
Our award for CX Ambassador of the 12 months went to John Pell with ServiceNow—for the second 12 months in a row! Our Cisco Insider Advocates group has an unique channel for Cisco’s Buyer Expertise (CX) companies and choices. John impressed our judges together with his enthusiasm, experience, and willingness to assist 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, Area and Know-how Fee
- Saleh Al Owain with Dawiyat Built-in Telecommunications and Data Know-how Firm
Hybrid Work Hero
Zakarieya Abderoef with Baraka Know-how Group was one other repeat winner, this time incomes high honors in our Hybrid Work Hero class! Zakarieya received our Digital Transformation Pioneer award final 12 months. This 12 months, our judges have been happy to be taught extra about how Zakarieya and Baraka Know-how Group use Cisco Safety, Collaboration, and VPN options to allow a “work from wherever, 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 Know-how
Unified Experiences Trailblazer
Congratulations to David Clark with Amelco UK Restricted, who’s our Unified Experiences Trailblazer! David shared with us in his utility 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 just lately made huge developments into the cloud with Cisco ACI and SD WAN options. Be taught 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 Purposes Visionary
Simon Challis with easyJet PLC was named our Reimagine Purposes Visionary! Although 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 just 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 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 skilled 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 Spotlight
- Simon Watkins with Prosperity 24/7
Cybersecurity Defender of the 12 months
Our award for Cybersecurity Defender of the 12 months 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 Safety options. Be taught 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 Know-how
Subsequent up: World Advocate Awards 2023: Americas
The World Advocate Awards 2023: EMEA occasion is within the books, however our crew is already planning our subsequent celebration of advocacy excellence and innovation at Cisco Dwell 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 assist for Cisco’s advocacy initiatives.
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