Thought Leadership Category Winners
Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie® Award winners in the 20th annual Stevie® Awards for Sales & Customer Service are listed by category. Winners were determined through more than two months of judging by the average scores of more than 170 professionals worldwide on eight specialized juries. Winners will be celebrated during a gala event in New York City on Thursday, March 5.
Best Integration of Thought Leadership into the Sales Process
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
IBM, Armonk, New York, United States: Transforming the Industry with Innovations and Scalable Frameworks
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
Tata Consultancy Services, Hyderabad, India: Beyond Transactions: Creating Value Through Consultative and Intelligent Selling
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
Carew International, Norwood, Ohio, United States: Embedding Thought Leadership Directly into the Higher Education Admissions Sales Process – Carew International
Contact Lens King Inc., Champlain, New York, United States: Thought Leadership Strategy
Best Use of Thought Leadership in Business Development
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Amazon, Seattle, Washington, United States: Rajesh Vakkalagadda Scalable Causal ML Infrastructure Using ML infra and AI
Best Use of Thought Leadership in Complex Sales
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Tata Consultancy Services, Dallas, Texas, United States: Prescribing Value Beyond the RFP: Architecting Complex Wins with Transform.ai and Maturity Blueprints
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
TTEC, Krakow, Poland: Complexity at Scale: The "TTEC Animal Kingdom" Approach to Future-Proofing Global Revenue
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
Via Benefits, Draper, Utah, United States: Unlocking hidden influence by reaching overlooked buyers
Best Use of Thought Leadership in Customer Service
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
UPMC Health Plan, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States: UPMC Health Plan Best Use of Thought Leadership
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
Splunk, San Francisco, California, United States: Splunk Lantern: Setting the Standard for Thought Leadership in Customer Success
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
Asurint, Cleveland, Ohio, Cleveland, Ohio, United States: Setting the Standard: How Asurint Transforms Compliance Education for Exceptional Client Success
Blackhawk Network, Pleasanton, California, United States: Pedro Reyes
Voya Financial, Gilbert, Arizona, United States: Voya Financial – Money in Motion Initiative
Best Use of Thought Leadership in Digital Transformation
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Vertisystem Inc. (A MOURI Tech Company), Fremont, California, United States: Anurag Jindal: Outcome-Based Digital Transformation Leader Driving Measurable Enterprise Value
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
SAP, Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, United States: Transforming Customer Support: Tarun Luthra’s Visionary Leadership in Customer Service Excellence
Wipro Ltd., Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India: Training RenAIssance – TRAINWISE
Best Use of Thought Leadership in Sales
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
RAIN Group, Boston, Massachusetts, United States: Research-Backed Thought Leadership Helps Sales and Enablement Leaders Create Impactful Sales Kickoffs
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
Summit, Alpharetta, Georgia, United States: Best Use of Thought Leadership in Sales
Tata Consultancy Services, Hyderabad, India: Turning conversations into strategy with Thought Leadership driven sales
Thought Leadership Campaign of the Year – Multi-Channel Strategy
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Blackbaud, Charleston, South Carolina, United States: Blackbaud Convenes the AI Coalition for Social Impact
Thought Leadership in Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in Sales or Service
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
HALKBANK, Istanbul, Umraniye, Türkiye: Halkbank Supports Women Entrepreneurship
