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Introducing Our UC Partner Awards 2021 Judges

The UC Partner Awards 2021 judges are named. Learn how 8x8-sponsored digital awards will assess ROI, innovation, growth and experience.

UC Partner Awards 2021 judges

It’s time to get to know our judges.  

The UC Partner Awards for 2021 are quickly approaching, and we can’t wait to see who makes the cut. This is our very first UC Partner Awards event, created to celebrate all the channel partners helping to transform the global business environment today.  

The global event is 100% digital, and commends the success of channel innovators, with both global awards as well as dedicated US and UK awards too. This year, we have an innovative attendee experience to offer, as well as many exciting categories to explore, and fantastic benefits for entrants. 

You’ve got to be in it to win it, so we’re giving you a head start, by introducing you to the amazing judges who will be helping us in this year’s event. 

Meet Your Judges for the UC Partner Awards 2021 

As always, we’ve hand-selected a series of amazing innovators and marketplace thought leaders to help us choose who deserves recognition in the channel space this year. Each of our judges has years of experience in communications, and they know exactly how to identify a market leader. 

This year’s judges are: 

  • David Dungay: Our chair of Judges, David is the Editor in Chief of UC Today 
  • Jay McBain: Principal Analyst for Forrester 
  • Dr. Lucy Green: CEO of Larato 
  • Itret Latif: CEO for the Federation of Communication Services 
  • Scott Riley: Founder of Cloud Nexus 
  • Philip Carse: Chief Analyst of Megabuyte 
  • Adam Zoldan: Director of Knight Corporate Finance 
  • Mark Brigman: CEO and Founder of Partnernomics 

Our brilliant selection of judges will be assessing entries based on a series of crucial criteria, including: 

  • Customer ROI: Did the solution improve customer, team, user, and business outcomes? 
  • Innovation: Have you recently delivered an innovative product or service? 
  • Growth: Can you demonstrate fantastic business success and growth 
  • Experience: Do you offer high-quality support and experiences? 

Submit Your Application Now 

It’s time for channel partners and suppliers worldwide to get the recognition they deserve. The UC Partner Awards for 2021 will highlight some of the most innovative, customer-focused thought leaders in the industry, and everyone can get involved, thanks to our digital event platform! 

Applications are open now and we’ll stop accepting entries on the 17th of September to give our esteemed judges plenty of time to choose our winners.  

Remember, UC Partner Awards receives year-round promotion – so it’s great for building your brand.  

Submit your application now, for free, to be in with a chance to win.  

UC Partner Awards 2021 is sponsored by 8x8.

 

 

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