Now in its third 12 months, 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 opinions, 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 12 months. We wrapped our celebration for Cisco prospects 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 powerful mixture of buyer titles and firms. Cisco senior leaders from gross sales, advertising, and buyer expertise (CX) rounded out the gang, as we awarded 10 winners in 10 classes.  

We acquired 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 consultants throughout expertise, advertising, and advocacy sectors. Awards host Bryan Chan highlighted all shortlisted nominees earlier than asserting winners in every class, whereas Cisco advertising and gross sales executives congratulated winners with customized crystal plaques. Shortlisted nominees additionally acquired 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 12 months

Our award for Americas Buyer Advocate of the 12 months went to Jeremy Shupick with Wyoming Equipment Firm. Jeremy, a “mannequin Rockstar,” has been in our Cisco Insider Advocates neighborhood since 2019 and earned his title of Rockstar primarily based on lively engagement. Our Cisco group famous Jeremy’s each day presence in our neighborhood, the place he contributes to dialogue threads, shares greatest practices, and joins us in social promotion. Study 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 12 months

Congratulations to Shival Seth of Grand River Hospital, named Americas Government Advocate of the 12 months, a class focused to Cisco’s govt prospects. As Chief Expertise 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 workers, however as the muse for the hospital’s digital care choices. Shival regularly presents at conferences on Cisco’s behalf, making him a really perfect candidate for this award. Learn extra concerning 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

Trade Excellence Award

Our Trade 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 group at Dayton Youngsters’s Hospital for their dedication to the very best high quality take care of youngsters’s well being. This hospital put Cisco Safe options on the middle of its zero-trust structure. Study 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 Expertise, State of Indiana

Excellence in Storytelling

Bryan Laszlo, on behalf of the group at Carhartt, took high honors in our award for Excellence in Storytelling. The group at Carhartt actively helps Cisco in storytelling via written and video tales, in addition to media alternatives. Bryan most lately introduced a Carhartt use case at Cisco Stay in Las Vegas. Thanks on your partnership, Bryan!

Congratulations to our shortlisted nominees:

• Nathan Bullock with Interstates 
• David Smith with U.S. Financial institution 

CX Ambassador of the 12 months

Our award for CX Ambassador of the 12 months went to Laurence Persing with Stifel Nicolaus. Our Cisco Insider Advocates neighborhood has an unique channel for Cisco’s Buyer Expertise (CX) providers and choices. Laurence impressed our judges together 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-Cellular was named our Hybrid Work Hero. Joshua and his group relied on Cisco Webex to preserve T-Cellular’s 50,000 workers related and productive throughout the pandemic. They’ve since grown their Cisco Webex deployment in T-Cellular’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 Expertise 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 12 months as a “Highway to Cisco Stay” winner, a contest held within the Cisco Insider Advocates neighborhood. Working with Cisco options all through his profession, Daniel holds Cisco certifications that embrace CCNA, CCNP, and DevNet Affiliate. Daniel and his group lower 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 Expertise, Inc.  
• Mike Newton with Atrium Well being  
• Jeremy Shupick with Wyoming Equipment Firm  
• Bhupendra Niroula with American Airways 

Reimagine Functions Visionary

Brad Welsh with the Workplace of Expertise, State of Indiana was named our Reimagine Functions Visionary. Cisco’s Utility Efficiency Administration options monitor greater than 125 of the State’s business-critical applications that course of 20 million transactions each day. Brad famous in his award submission that he and his group recurrently 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 Expertise, 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 12 months, Amit shared that he and his group have been in a position to obtain single-pane-of-glass automation of their knowledge middle because of a collection 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 neighborhood, 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 12 months

Our award for Cybersecurity Defender of the 12 months goes to Dr. Christopher Mitchell with the Metropolis of Houston, Texas. Houston is residence to the Johnson Area Heart and is one of many largest ports within the U.S., making it a primary goal for cyber–assaults. Dr. Mitchell and his group use Cisco Safe options as a primary 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 group 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 on your ardour, innovation, and help for Cisco’s advocacy initiatives.

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