Thought Leadership Awards Category Winners

Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie® Award winners in the 21st annual IBAs are listed by category. Winners were determined through more than two months of judging by the average scores of more than 300 professionals worldwide. Winners will be celebrated during a gala event in Istanbul, Türkiye on Friday, 11 October.

Achievement in Thought Leadership
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
IBM Institute for Business Value, Armonk, New York, United States: IBM
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
RingCentral, Belmont, California, United States: RingCentral 'Let's Save It' Program
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
Cafe Coach Ltd, Ware, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom: A Global Talent Mobility Research Study: 'Peace of Mind on the Move'
Fidelity Investments, Durham, North Carolina, United States: Murugan Lakshmanan
Imagem Corporativa, São Paulo, Brazil: How to become a LinkedIn Top Voice - The SAP Brazil CEO Journey
VMware (Broadcom), Palo Alto, California, United States: VMware 3-Year Global Partner Success Study

Thought Leader of The Year - Business Products
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Apexon, San Antonio, Texas, United States: Krishnamurty Raju Mudunuru, Data Architect and Lead Data Engineer

Thought Leader of The Year - Business Services
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Axis Partners, Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Renata Liuzzi, Founder
TECHCET CA LLC, San Diego, California, United States: Lita Shon-Roy, Semiconductor Materials Supply Chain Thought Leader
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
Divina Law Offices, Makati City, Philippines: Nilo T. Divina, Managing Partner
Everise, Plantation, Florida, United States: Sudhir Agarwal, CEO
UBS, Chicago, Illinois, United States: Manoj Kumar Vandanapu, Corporate Financial Controller
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
Athena, San Juan, Puerto Rico: Robert Hayes, Co-Founder & CEO
Ensight Partners, LLC, Los Angeles, California, United States: Daniel Stover, Executive Coach, Founder & CEO
IdentityBrand, Katy, Texas, United States: Marawan Nassar
Perficient Inc., St. Louis, Missouri, United States: Swaroop Raj Gunisity, Intelligent Automation Lead/Senior Technical Architect
The Guinea Group, South Gladstone, Queensland, Australia: Anton Guinea, Speaker, Trainer, Coach

Thought Leader of The Year - Consumer Products
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Veetee Group, Rochester, Kent, United Kingdom: Kumar Raghvendra, Commercial Director

Thought Leader of The Year - Consumer Services
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Her Unapologetic Success, Laguna Beach, California, United States: Margot Miller, Psychotherapeutic Coach

Thought Leader of The Year - Government or Non-Profit
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
DanceSyndrome, North West England, United Kingdom: Sue Blackwell, Director
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
Abu Dhabi Customs, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: Dr . Ebrahim Al Khajeh, Human Resources Director
Global Waste Cleaning Network (GWCN), Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, United Kingdom: Dr. Roger Achkar, Director General of the Global Waste Cleaning Network
One Meralco Foundation, Pasig City, Metro Manila, Philippines: Jeffrey Tarayao, President
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
Aljazeera Media Institute, Doha, Qatar: Aljazeera Media Institute
Big Data Minds MENA & KiDS in Data Science, Amman, Jordan: Dr. Zaher Ali Al-Sai, CEO & Founder
CCI Global, Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Lizelle Strydom, Managing Director
Lero, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland: Professor Martin Glavin, Funded Investigator
Palo Alto Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, California, United States: Priyanka Neelakrishnan, Product Line Manager
Provincial Government of La Union, City Of San Fernando, Philippines: Governor Raphaelle Veronica “Rafy” Ortega-David
Room 17 Productions, Inc., Lexington, Kentucky, United States: Renee Collins Cobb
Tavuun Welfare Association, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan: Syeda Amna Nasir Jamal, ChairPerson
The Graham Shapiro Foundation, Nantwich, Cheshire, United Kingdom: Professor Graham Shapiro, Founder
YTU Startup House, Istanbul, Türkiye: Isa Turgut Inci, Deputy General Manager

Thought Leadership Campaign of the Year - Business Products
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
VMware (Broadcom), Palo Alto, California, United States: VMware 3-Year Global Partner Success Study
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
Ivanti, South Jordan, Utah, United States: 2024 Everywhere Work Report

Thought Leadership Campaign of the Year - Consumer Products
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Philip Morris International, Lausanne, Switzerland: Rethinking Disruption, Philip Morris International

Thought Leadership Campaign of the Year - Government or Non-Profit
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, Toronto, Ontario, Canada: WSIB 2024-2028 Strategy Thought Leadership