Cisco Global Advocate Awards 2023
Join us as we celebrate excellence in customer advocacy and innovation.
About the awards
The Cisco Global Advocate Awards celebrates Cisco's passionate and innovative customer advocates who go above and beyond in demonstrating thought leadership and supporting Cisco through success stories, speaking engagements, product reviews, and so much more.
We're planning three exclusive events that will coincide with Cisco Live conferences to be held in Amsterdam, Las Vegas, and Melbourne in 2023. We hope you'll join us as we recognize our customer advocates by region for actively supporting Cisco. You won't want to miss it.
Cisco Global Advocate Awards
Americas region
April 1, 2023: Award submissions open in Cisco Insider Advocates community
April 30, 2023: Award submissions close at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time
May 26, 2023: Shortlisted candidates announced
June 7, 2023: Awards ceremony at Cisco Live Las Vegas
Asia Pacific, Japan, and China region (APJC)
September 1, 2022: Award submissions open in Cisco Insider Advocates community
September 30, 2022: Award submissions close at 12:01 a.m. UTC+00
November 28, 2023: Shortlisted candidates announced
December 2023: Awards ceremony at Cisco Live Melbourne
Awards short list
We look forward to recognizing Cisco's top advocates by region for the Global Advocate Awards. Our event, spotlighting customers from across the Americas region, is coming soon. It all happens at Cisco Live in Las Vegas, in a ceremony on June 7.
Congratulations to our short-listed nominees. View the list by selecting each award category below.
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“What an event. I’m humbled to have been awarded the EMEA Customer Advocate of the Year award at the Cisco Global Advocate Awards 2023. Congratulations to all winners and nominees.”
Joacim Wicander, Senior Data Center Engineer, Conscia Sweden AB
Global Advocate Awards 2023: EMEA winners
Congratulations to our winners in the EMEA region and to all of our short-listed nominees.
We applaud each of you for your passion, innovation, and support for Cisco's advocacy initiatives.
EMEA Customer Advocate of the Year
Joacim Wicander
Senior Data Center Engineer
Conscia Sweden AB
EMEA Executive Advocate of the Year
Enric Cuixeres
Head of Information Technology
Leng d'Or
Industry Excellence Award
Felix Thielmann
Senior Project Manager
Medibus
Excellence in Storytelling
Mark Cameron
Head of Transformation Architecture
WPP
CX Ambassador of the Year
John Pell
Advisory Solution Consultant
ServiceNow
Hybrid Work Hero
Zakarieya Abderoef
Solutions Architect
Baraka Technology Group
Unified Experiences Trailblazer
David Clark
Senior Network Engineer/Analyst
Amelco UK Limited
Reimagine Applications Visionary
Simon Challis
Senior Technology Manager
easyJet PLC
Innovation Champion
Damian Erni
Senior Product Manager
Swisscom (Schweiz) AG
Cybersecurity Defender of the Year
Luigi Vassallo
Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technology Officer
Sara Assicurazioni
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We look forward to seeing you in Las Vegas for our live awards ceremony on June 7, 2023.
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