Outstanding Contribution to the Microsoft Community

Our Outstanding Contribution to the Microsoft Community award recognizes exceptional contributions to the cloud space by individuals, Microsoft partners, ISVs, training providers, or any other organization working in or supporting the Microsoft community.

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2023 Shortlists

UK shortlist

Gregor Suttie
Microsoft MVP and Azure Architect at Intercept

NHS

OceanMind

Chris Taylor
Senior Service Engineer at Microsoft

Pragati Jain
Manager at Avanade

Women in Dynamics

Dr Victoria Holt
Founder at Data Toboggan

Sharon Sumner
CEO at Casper365

Sray Agarwal
Principle Consultant at Fractal

North America shortlist

Adnan Masood
Chief Architect – AI & Machine Learning at UST and Regional Director at Microsoft

Julie Yack
Chief Operations Officer at Colorado Technology Consultants, Inc

Diana Carolina Torres
Microsoft MVP and Business Development Manager at Withum

Bradley Wyatt
Microsoft MVP and Cloud Solutions Architect at PSM Partners

Noelle Silver Russell
Microsoft MVP and Global AI Solutions Lead at Accenture

Sandy Ussia
Microsoft MVP and Co-Founder at NLightning LLC

Steve Mordue
Microsoft MVP and CEO at Forceworks

DACH shortlist

Benjamin Abt
Microsoft MVP and Principal Software Engineer at medialesson GmbH

Carsten Rachfahl
Microsoft Cloud & Datacenter Management MVP & Azure MVP and Technical Director at Rachfahl IT-Solutions GmbH & Co. KG

Thomas Maurer
Former Microsoft MVP and Senior PM and Chief Evangelist Azure Hybrid at Microsoft

Eric Berg
Microsoft MVP Azure and CDM and Vice President Consulting Expert at CGI

Sammy Deprez
Head of Technology at Arinti

Antje Lamartine
Microsoft MVP, Lead Adoption and Change Management M365 at IF-Blueprint AG

William Durkin
Co-Founder at Data Masterminds

Global shortlist

Shortlist for our Global event will be released on Monday 22nd May, 2023.

Criteria

Our judges are looking for a trailblazing organization or individual in the Microsoft space whose achievements enable, inspire, and empower users and businesses of every shape and size to accomplish more.

Successful nominations should:

Outline the nominee's contribution, which could include publications, educational initiatives, innovative practices, or active involvement within the community
Define their impact on the Microsoft community, using relevant examples that showcase their thought-leadership goals in action
Include anything else that supports their nomination and sets them apart from other Microsoft professionals

Nominations can be submitted as a 100+ word statement (400 words max) OR a three minute (maximum) video highlighting how the nominee has hit all or some of the elements outlined in the category criteria. Try and include as much tangible evidence as possible—please note that the video should explain why the nominee should win the award, and not exceed the length mentioned above. The video can be shot on a phone, laptop or PC camera, corporate adverts that do not address the category criteria will not be accepted.

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