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.

Melissa Swartz

Founder of Swartz Consulting LLC, Melissa is an industry-recognised consultant and expert on communication technologies. She delivers vendor-agnostic insights on crucial technologies to clients, helping them select the best solutions for their needs. Her specialist areas include VOIP, the cloud, UCaaS, contact centres, and RFP creation.

Jon Arnold

Tech thought leader, analyst, and speaker, Jon Arnold is the Principal of J Arnold & Associates, an independent practice committed to providing go-to-market counsel, with a focus on digital transformation. He has years of experience in the UC and collaboration space, as well as a deep knowledge of the cloud market, artificial intelligence, and speech technologies.

Evan Kirstel

Evan Kirstel is a B2B “Techfluencer”, content creator, and industry expert. With a massive social media audience of more than 550,000 followers, as well as 35,000 newsletter subscribers, Evan focuses on enlightening and educating his audience. He was named one of the top 20 most mentioned and re-tweeted tech influencers by both CIOs and CMOs alike.

Dom Black

Researcher at the Cavell Group, Dom Black has worked in the technology and telecoms sectors for the last decade, assisting with the development of research into UCaaS, CCaaS, and Microsoft Teams. His colleagues at the Cavell Group work primarily with service providers, carriers, and channel organisations, to help them understand how the market is evolving and adapting.

Get Involved with the 2023 UC Awards

Our amazing judges will be working with us to sort through applications, and help us define exactly who the top vendors in this amazing marketplace really are. Don’t miss your opportunity to walk away with one of the most coveted awards in the UC industry.

Applications are open now, and will close on the 9th of June.

Get started here. We can’t wait to read your submissions!



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