Every year, the UC Awards offers innovators and business leaders around the world an opportunity to highlight the benefits of their powerful solutions for unified communications. Since creating this event five years ago, in 2018, we’ve constantly optimized the experience for our applicants, introducing new categories, simpler submission processes, and more opportunities to win.
This year, we expect the turnout to be better than ever, as the UC marketplace continues to thrive. That’s why we’ve connected with some of the biggest thought leaders in the industry, to help us sort through and judge every fantastic application we receive.
Our judges evaluate each hopeful award seeker on three factors: Ability to improve experience, Ability to innovate, and Ability to execute.
Let’s meet the industry wizards joining the judging panel this year.
Introducing Our Phenomenal Judges
The 2023 UC Awards will be hosted and judged in-part by two of our own experts here at UC Today, Rob Scott, our Chair of Judges and publisher, and David Dungay, Editor in Chief at UC Today. This year, they’ll be joined by:
Blair Pleasant
Intuitive entrepreneur, Blair Pleasant is the Principal Analyst & President of COMMfusion LLC, and co-founder of BCStrategies. As a leading communications industry analysts, she offers experts market insights and consulting services on business communications technologies, applications, and markets.
Zeus Kerravala
The founder and Principal Analyst of ZK Research, Zeus Kerravala has a fantastic insight into the emerging technology in areas such as communications, networking, and security. He’s currently the only UC/CC analyst in the AR 100 Power rankings, and he was even ranked as the number 6 analyst by the Apollo Research team in 2020.
Tim Banting
Tim Banting is the senior principal analyst and practice leader for Omdia’s digital workplace team. With years of experience in unified communications and collaboration research, Tim provides clients with the intelligence and guidance they need to compete in the evolving UC space. His extensive background in the industry makes him a true thought leader for this space.
Kevin Kieller
Co-founder of EnableUC, and principal analyst Kevin Kieller works with his team to assist organizations in selecting and implementing collaboration, communication, and cloud technologies. He helps vendors to position their products more effectively, take advantage of the Microsoft ecosystem, and navigate the nuances of the UC space.
