Now in its third yr, the Cisco International Advocate Awards 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. What higher venue to thank Cisco’s high buyer advocates for his or her advocacy and innovation than on the firm’s flagship Cisco Stay conferences, held around the globe?
Cisco beforehand named buyer advocate winners throughout EMEA at Cisco Stay in Amsterdam in February of this yr. We wrapped our celebration for Cisco clients all through the Americas area simply yesterday, June 7, in a standing-room crowd at Cisco Stay in Las Vegas. We’ll shut out 2023 by naming high buyer advocates in APJC at Cisco Stay in Melbourne, developing in December.
Celebrating excellence in advocacy and innovation
From executives to engineers, our unique advocacy awards attracted a formidable mixture of buyer titles and corporations. Cisco senior leaders from gross sales, advertising and marketing, and buyer expertise (CX) rounded out the gang, as we awarded 10 winners in 10 classes.
We obtained near 90 nominations for our Americas occasion and relied on the experience of greater than two dozen judges, a mixture of Cisco leaders and exterior trade specialists throughout expertise, advertising and marketing, and advocacy sectors. Awards host Bryan Chan highlighted all shortlisted nominees earlier than asserting winners in every class, whereas Cisco advertising and marketing and gross sales executives congratulated winners with personalised crystal plaques. Shortlisted nominees additionally obtained a “shock and delight” reward field via the mail that included, amongst a number of gadgets, a International Advocate Awards 2023 branded cocktail glass.
Congratulations to our winners!
Let’s discover out who the winners are from the Cisco International Advocate Awards 2023: Americas occasion.
Americas Buyer Advocate of the Yr
Our award for Americas Buyer Advocate of the Yr went to Jeremy Shupick with Wyoming Equipment Firm. Jeremy, a “mannequin Rockstar,” has been in our Cisco Insider Advocates group since 2019 and earned his title of Rockstar based mostly on lively engagement. Our Cisco crew famous Jeremy’s every day presence in our group, the place he contributes to dialogue threads, shares greatest practices, and joins us in social promotion. Be taught extra about Jeremy right here.
Congratulations to our shortlisted nominees:
- Pierce Vasale with Atrium Well being
- Tim Roberts with St. Anne Institute
Americas Government Advocate of the Yr
Congratulations to Shival Seth of Grand River Hospital, named Americas Government Advocate of the Yr, a class focused to Cisco’s government clients. As Chief Know-how Officer, Shival oversees the hospital’s expertise integrations. He put Cisco Webex on the middle of their community not solely to make sure collaboration between staff, however as the inspiration for the hospital’s digital care choices. Shival steadily presents at conferences on Cisco’s behalf, making him a really perfect candidate for this award. Learn extra in regards to the hospital’s work with Cisco right here.
Congratulations to our shortlisted nominees:
- Steve Ferguson with Technical School System of Georgia
- David Smith with U.S. Financial institution
- Leah Kraus with North Carolina Central College
Business Excellence Award
Our Business Excellence award is open to organizations within the public sector, or within the personal sector industries of producing, retail, or monetary providers. Congratulations to J.D. Whitlock and the crew at Dayton Kids’s Hospital for their dedication to the best high quality look after youngsters’s well being. This hospital put Cisco Safe options on the middle of its zero-trust structure. Be taught extra right here.
Congratulations to our shortlisted nominees:
- Kenneth R. Keena with Gwinnett County Division of Transportation
- Nathan Bullock with Interstates
- Nicole Aldertate-Ferrini with the Metropolis of El Paso, Texas
- Brad Welsh with the Workplace of Know-how, State of Indiana
Excellence in Storytelling
Bryan Laszlo, on behalf of the crew at Carhartt, took high honors in our award for Excellence in Storytelling. The crew at Carhartt actively assists Cisco in storytelling via written and video tales, in addition to media alternatives. Bryan most not too long ago introduced a Carhartt use case at Cisco Stay in Las Vegas. Thanks to your partnership, Bryan!
Congratulations to our shortlisted nominees:
- Nathan Bullock with Interstates
- David Smith with U.S. Financial institution
CX Ambassador of the Yr
Our award for CX Ambassador of the Yr went to Laurence Persing with Stifel Nicolaus. Our Cisco Insider Advocates group has an unique channel for Cisco’s Buyer Expertise (CX) providers and choices. Laurence impressed our judges along with his enthusiasm and engagement contained in the Cisco CX channel all year long, which earned him the quantity 4 spot on the CX channel leaderboard and within the high 20 as a CX channel social influencer.
Congratulations to our shortlisted nominees:
- Bhupendra Niroula with American Airways
- Paulo Thame with Prefeitura Santana de Parnaíba
Hybrid Work Hero
Joshua Baever with T-Cell was named our Hybrid Work Hero. Joshua and his crew relied on Cisco Webex to preserve T-Cell’s 50,000 staff linked and productive in the course of the pandemic. They’ve since grown their Cisco Webex deployment in T-Cell’s workplaces from 300 rooms to 2,500 within the span of two years. Learn extra about Joshua’s journey with Cisco right here.
Congratulations to our shortlisted nominees:
- Javier D’Addino with BVS Know-how Companies
- Chris Cavendish with Perception International
- Tim Roberts with St. Anne Institute
Transformation Trailblazer
Congratulations to Daniel Kelcher with IP Cloth, our Transformation Trailblazer. Daniel joined us in Las Vegas this yr as a “Street to Cisco Stay” winner, a contest held within the Cisco Insider Advocates group. Working with Cisco options all through his profession, Daniel holds Cisco certifications that embody CCNA, CCNP, and DevNet Affiliate. Daniel and his crew reduce downtime throughout their community from a number of hours to some minutes with the assistance of Cisco options: a change success story!
Congratulations to our shortlisted nominees:
- Nate Haleen with Procellis Know-how, Inc.
- Mike Newton with Atrium Well being
- Jeremy Shupick with Wyoming Equipment Firm
- Bhupendra Niroula with American Airways
Reimagine Purposes Visionary
Brad Welsh with the Workplace of Know-how, State of Indiana was named our Reimagine Purposes Visionary. Cisco’s Utility Efficiency Administration options monitor greater than 125 of the State’s business-critical applications that course of 20 million transactions every day. Brad famous in his award submission that he and his crew often share their successes and learnings with Cisco via an APM Program web site. Suggestions like that is important—a lot appreciated, Brad!
Congratulations to our shortlisted nominees:
- Amit Gumber with HCL America
- Nate Haleen with Procellis Know-how, Inc.
Innovation Champion
Congratulations to Amit Gumber with HCL America, who was named our Innovation Champion. Amit is a repeat winner within the International Advocate Awards, having gained the Way forward for Work Visionary class in 2021. This yr, Amit shared that he and his crew have been capable of obtain single-pane-of-glass automation of their knowledge middle because of a set of Cisco options. They now have a unified automation platform throughout materials, from the knowledge middle to the cloud to the edge. Amit is lively within the Cisco Insider Advocates group, sharing greatest practices, becoming a member of dialogue threads, and participating in Cisco expertise roadmap classes.
Congratulations to our shortlisted nominees:
- Daniel Kelcher with IP Cloth
- Jeremy Shupick with Wyoming Equipment Firm
- Tim Roberts with St. Anne Institute
Cybersecurity Defender of the Yr
Our award for Cybersecurity Defender of the Yr goes to Dr. Christopher Mitchell with the Metropolis of Houston, Texas. Houston is residence to the Johnson Area Middle and is one of many largest ports within the U.S., making it a main goal for cyber–assaults. Dr. Mitchell and his crew use Cisco Safe options as a main line of protection, and he shared his use case presentation at Cisco Stay in Las Vegas this year.
Congratulations to our shortlisted nominees:
- Mark Rodrigue with Room & Board, Inc.
- Gary Burgess with Qdoba Restaurant Company
- Marcelo Morais with 4xpert TI
- Jacob Lorz with Cintas Company
Subsequent up: International Advocate Awards 2023: APJC
The International Advocate Awards 2023: Americas occasion is within the books, however our crew is already planning our subsequent celebration of advocacy excellence and innovation at Cisco Stay in Melbourne this December. We hope to see you there!
Congratulations to our Cisco International Advocates Awards: Americas 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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