SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- ORACLE
OPENWORLD -- This week, Oracle honored a diverse set of
customers and partners for outstanding and innovative use of Oracle
technologies. Culled from hundreds of nominees across industries
and around the world, those selected were recognized as Excellence
Award recipients at Oracle OpenWorld 2019.
The winners selected all had one thing in common.
They excelled in their use of Oracle solutions to accelerate
innovation, drive business transformation and create value by
increasing agility, lowering costs and reducing IT complexity.
Oracle is honored to congratulate each and every one of this year's
winners.
Oracle recognized winners in eight customer
categories:
Chief Information Officer of the Year – awarded to
individuals for excellent performance and vision in the role of a
CIO of an enterprise that uses Oracle products and services. This
year's winners include:
- Akash Kurana, GVP, CIO and chief digital officer, McDermott
International, Inc.
- Cinthya Carolina Sanchez, CIO,
Universidad de los Andes
- Sally Gilligan, CIO, GAP,
Inc.
Cloud Platform Innovation – awarded to organizations for
their leading-edge solutions using the Oracle Cloud Platform to
drive business transformation and value by increasing agility,
lowering costs and reducing IT complexity. This year's winners
include:
4Ward Servicos e Comercio de Equipamentos Ltda, 7-Eleven,
American Axle & Manufacturing Holding Inc., Australian Finance
Group (AFG), Autostrade per l'Italia, Aviva, Banco Daycoval S.A.,
Caesars Entertainment, Central Research Institute of Electric Power
Industry (CRIEPI), City of Las
Vegas, Comcast, Comptroller of Public Accounts, CoreLogic,
Datalynx, Educational Testing Service (ETS), Exelon, FabIndia,
Ferrari, FireEye, Gallaudet University,
Globo, HighJump Software Inc., Hindalco, Honeywell, IFFCO,
Illycaffè S.p.A., JASCI Software, PT. Tiki Jalur Nugraha Ekakurir
(JNE), Laureate International Universities, Maritz, McMaster University, Nationwide Insurance, NRMA,
Office Depot, Oi Telecom, OUTFRONT Media, Panasonic Manufacturing
Limited, Pioneer Natural Resources, Qatar Foundation, Rabobank,
Ricoh USA Inc., Riverbed
Technology Inc., Rosendin Electric, Ruralco Holdings Ltd, Skanska
Group HQ, Southern Company, Standard Chartered Bank, Stitch Fix,
Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association, The Co-op, The
University of Adelaide, TIA
Technology, Tokyo Gas i Net Corp, Underwriters Laboratories (UL
LLC), Unicoop Firenze, UST Global, Veritas Technologies, Vertiv,
Western Digital, and Youngone Outdoor.
Chief Data Officer of the Year – awarded to individuals
for their outstanding ability to recognize and successfully use
data as a key asset within their organization. This year's winners
include:
- Alberto Camardelli, CIO, SKY
Brasil
- Alexander Ryabov, head of data
services, Wargaming.net
- Pencho Tzonev, head of data
analytics and development, Europe,
PaySafe
- Richard Kudakwashe Bururu, managing director and regional head,
Decision Management Group Consumer, CIMB Bank
Cloud Architect of the Year – awarded to leaders on the
front lines of driving successful cloud deployments, specifically
in data management and analytics, through their strong technical
skills, adaptability and strategic thinking. This year's winners
include:
- Hernan Antolini, enterprise
architecture - technology manager, DIRECTV LATAM
- Mangesh Deo, senior director,
Global Corporate Solutions Technology, TIAA
- Oscar Jalón Arias, IT director, Casa Santiveri S.L.
- ZhiLiang Yang, CIO, ChinaGas
Holdings Ltd.
Data Warehouse and Big Data Leader of the Year – awarded
to individuals for their technical ability and superior knowledge
of Oracle data warehouse, big data and analytics implementations
within their organizations. This year's winners include:
- Alain Fuhrer, head of databases,
Die Mobiliar
- Derek Hayden, VP, data strategy
and analytics, OUTFRONT Media
- Jesus Ramirez, big data, BI and
automation director, Ripley
- Pawarit Ruengsuksilp, business development analyst, Forth
Corporation PCL
Leadership in Infrastructure Transformation – awarded to
leaders who deliver value to their company by leveraging multiple
Oracle technologies to reduce the cost of IT operations, improve
time to deployment, and benefit from performance gains and enhanced
end-user productivity. This year's winners include:
- Jan-Pier Loonstra, enterprise
infrastructure architect, KPN
- Laszlo Beres, engineering
manager, GVC Holdings
- Prasanta Kumar Nayak, deputy
general manager (systems), State Bank of India
- Ryan Lea, solution consultant,
CCL: Together with Revera
- Sumesh Vadassary, software development director, PayPal,
Inc.
- Suping Dong, CEO, Bowmicro
Ltd.
- Yasushi Taki, CEO, CTO and
founder, JustPlayer Co., Ltd.
- Vivek Jaiswal, group general
manager DevSpecOps Shared Services, National Roads and Motorist
Association Australia
Proactive Support Champion – awarded to Oracle customers
or partners who advocate for the adoption and effective use of
proactive support tools and resources within their enterprises, or
for their clients. Recipients are selected for the breadth and
depth of proactive support tool usage, the demonstrable business
benefits they achieve, and the level of impact they realize
relative to the size of their organizations. This year's winners
include:
- Hiroyuki Ishino, president and
CEO, Ricoh IT Solutions Co., LTD.
- Renata Fontana, Group CIO, Grupo
Arcor S.A.
- Jerry Ames, IT functional
excellence and quality leader, Cummins Inc.
Sustainability Innovation – awarded to organizations for
excellence in environmental leadership, cost reduction and
improvement of business efficiencies through the use of Oracle
products, thus ensuring that sustainability remains a fundamental
tenet of enterprise social responsibility. This year's winners
include:
- BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
- BSES Rajdhani Power Limited
- Consolidated Edison Company of New
York
- Evreka
- Greengo Car Europe
- Hrvatska elektroprivreda
d.d.
- Land O'Lakes
- LiDestri
- Recology
- Southern California Edison
- Southern California Gas Company
Oracle recognized Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN) members across
four global award categories:
Partners were recognized for their excellence in the development
and delivery of solutions that demonstrate customer success.
The global award categories included the Cloud Transformation
Global Partner Solution award, Oracle Cloud ISV Partner of the
Year award, Partner of the Year VAD award, and the Partner of
the Year Solution awards. This year's winners
include:
- Accenture, Partner of the Year: CX - Marketing – Global
- Amberleaf, Partner of the Year: CX - Service –
Global
- BIAS Corporation, Partner of the Year: OCI – Global
- Deloitte, Cloud Transformation Global Partner Solution
- Deloitte, Partner of the Year: SCM Cloud – Global
- Digital China (China) Limited, Partner of the Year: VAD –
Global
- Evolutionary Systems Company Limited (Evosys), Partner of the
Year: HCM Cloud – Global
- HighJump, Oracle Cloud ISV Partner of the Year – Global
- Infosys, Partner of the Year: CX - Sales – Global
- InterRel Consulting, Partner of the Year: Business Analytics–
Global
- Inspirage B.V., Partner of the Year: ERP Cloud – Global
- K.K. Ashisuto, Partner of the Year: ODA – Global
- KPMG, Partner of the Year: EPM Cloud – Global
- Mannai Trading Company, Partner of the Year: Engineered System
– Global
- OneGlobe Systems, Partner of the Year: Autonomous Database –
Global
- Services & Processes Solutions SA DE CV, Partner of the
Year: Emerging Technologies – Global
Oracle Excellence Award winners represent a wide range of
customers and partners, from small-to-medium businesses to the
largest global enterprises. For more information, visit
https://www.oracle.com/corporate/awards.
About Oracle
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applications for Sales, Service, Marketing, Human Resources,
Finance, Supply Chain and Manufacturing, plus Highly Automated and
Secure Generation 2 Infrastructure featuring the Oracle Autonomous
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visit us at www.oracle.com.
About Oracle OpenWorld
Oracle OpenWorld, the industry's most important business and
technology conference for more than 20 years, hosts tens of
thousands of in-person attendees as well as millions online.
Dedicated to helping businesses leverage cloud for their innovation
and growth, the conference delivers deep insight into industry
trends and breakthroughs driven by technology. With thousands of
sessions, demos and hands-on labs, plus exhibitions from more than
250 partners and customers from around the world, Oracle OpenWorld
has become a showcase for leading cloud technologies, from Cloud
Applications to Infrastructure. For registration, live keynotes,
session details, news and more
visit www.oracle.com/openworld or www.oracle.com/newsroom.
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