Credit: ARN / Foundry
AUSTRALIA-WIDE INNOVATION
Australia-wide Innovation recognises partners delivering customer innovation headquartered outside of the two most-populated metropolitan areas in the country. This is partner is a market-leading specialist which thrives in challenging end-user environments, sparking new ideas and outcomes through an unconventional approach to technology consulting and implementation. Note: This award is open to partners headquartered outside of Sydney and Melbourne.
National:
- Link Digital (Canberra, ACT)
- Nexion Networks (Perth, Western Australia)
- Patient Zero (Brisbane, Queensland)
- TelcoDataCloud (Adelaide, South Australia)
Regional:
- Aqura Technologies (Perth, Western Australia)
- Area9 IT Solutions (Darwin, Northern Territory)
- Colton Computer Technologies (Orange, New South Wales)
- Int Tec Solutions (Mildura, Victoria)
- Intuit Technologies (Hobart, Tasmania)
- Leading Edge Data Centres (Tamworth, New South Wales)
START-UP INNOVATION
Start-up Innovation recognises market-leading start-ups building unique businesses to bring innovative new technologies to the Australian market. Note: All submissions must be from Australian-based start-ups.
Product:
- ActivePort Group
- Arrow Digital
- Cybermate
- Fifth Logic
- meldCX
- Swoop Aero
- Wondaris
Sector:
- Cybermate
- Fifth Logic
- Nueva Solutions
- Utecture
Customer Value:
- Arinco
- Delta Insights
- Nueva Solutions
Entrepreneur:
- Amit Sethi - BluBiz Solutions
- Vanessa McCarthy - Education Compliance Validators
- Fergus Creese - My Careers
VENDOR INNOVATION:
Vendor Innovation recognises vendors helping partners deliver transformative solutions and services to customers, operating market-leading approaches to engagement and enablement across the key technology segments of Cloud, Security, Hardware, Software, Networking, Collaboration and Specialist.
Cloud:
- Avaya
- Dynatrace
- GoTo
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise
- Kong
- Nice
- Nutanix
- OrionVM
- Thousand Eyes, part of Cisco
- Veeam
- VMware
Security:
- Armis
- Barracuda Networks
- BlackBerry
- Check Point Software Technologies
- Cisco
- CrowdStrike
- ExtraHop
- Fortinet
- LogRhythm
- Mimecast
- Proofpoint
- SentinelOne
- Sophos
- Watchguard Technologies
- Zscaler
Hardware:
- Cisco
- Dell Technologies
- Dynabook
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise
- HP
- Lenovo
- Schneider Electric
- SoftIron
Software:
- Aruba, A Hewlett Packard Enterprise company
- Thousand Eyes, part of Cisco
- HashiCorp
- M-Files
- Sana Commerce
- SolarWinds
- Veeam
- Zoom
Networking:
- ActivePort Group
- Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company
- Cisco Meraki
- CommScope
- Cradlepoint
- Telstra
Collaboration:
- Access4
- Avaya
- Cisco
- GoTo
- N-able
- Poly
- RingCentral
- Yarnlab
- Zoom
Specialist:
- Atlassian
- BidFin
- Cohesity
- ConnectWise
- Claroty
- Datto
- Dragonfly Technologies
- LastPass
- MyCISO
- Poly
- Rapid7
DISTRIBUTOR INNOVATION:
Distributor Innovation recognises distributors spearheading ecosystem innovation and growth through transformative approaches to vendor engagement and partner enablement, spanning the core categories of Hardware, Software, Specialist. Creativity and Incubation.
Hardware:
- Arrow
- Dicker Data
- Ingram Micro
- Leader
- Westcon-Comstor
Software:
- Arrow
- Dicker Data
- Nextgen Group
- Pax8
- Rhipe
- Westcon-Comstor
Specialist:
- Ingram Micro (Specialist Division)
- Nextgen Optima
- Partner Wholesale Networks
- Tech Data
- Tradewinds Technology Brokerage
- Westcon-Comstor
Creativity:
- Aria Technologies
- Arrow
- Exclusive Networks
- Ingram Micro
- Matchboard
- Pax8
- Tech Data
- Westcon-Comstor
Incubation:
- Leader
- Nextgen oSpace
- Westcon-Comstor
PERSONAL INNOVATION
Personal Innovation recognises standout individuals who contribute to customer, company and channel success through a transformative approach to management, channel, sales, technical and marketing positions.
Channel Excellence (Vendor):
- Mert Mustafa - Check Point Software Technologies
- Kelly Sabo - Cisco
- Shaun Witherden - Datto
- Kris Hansen - Proofpoint (formerly Delinea)
- Shanthi Arul - Dropbox
- Tanya Hovagimian - ExtraHop
- Stefan Compagnoni - Extreme Networks
- Jordana Desmyth - HP
- Cheryl Sullivan - Lenovo
- Kushani Sriwardene - Microsoft
- Andrew Charitou - NBN
- Rhys George - NetApp
- Beau Alderson - Schneider Electric
- Kevin Liebenberg - Sophos
- Steven Hickey - Veeam
Channel Excellence (Distributor):
- Ash Barron - Arrow
- Tina Kuleski - Dicker Data
- John Brown - Ingram Micro
- James Walters - Nextgen Group
- Pathum Bandara - Rhipe
- Tony Heywood - Tradewinds Technology Brokerage
- Kristal Wheeler - Westcon-Comstor
Technical Excellence (Partner):
- Steven Tan - AC3
- Brett Tyson - ASG Group
- David Barbagallo - ASI Solutions
- Jay Shah - Capgemini
- Michael O'Leary - Cevo
- David Sampson - Chamonix IT Solutions
- Nikhil Mathew - Cognizant
- Etienne Oosthuysen - Exposé
- Phill McSherry - MobileCorp
- Paul Seymour - Patient Zero
- Oshadha Ranaweera - Somerville
- Brent Harrison - Sourced Group
- Arun Kannan - Tata Consultancy Services
Technical Excellence (Vendor):
- Mitchell Davis - Access4
- Scott Hesford - BeyondTrust
- Sadiq Iqbal - Check Point Software Technologies
- Jason Mantell - Cloudian
- Sen Philip - CrowdStrike
- Mina Mousa - Extreme Networks
- Joel Lopez - Fujitsu
- Jason Deane - Schneider Electric
- Ian Frodsham-Budd - Veeam
- Samantha Treacy - VMware
- Matthew See - Watchguard Technologies
Technical Excellence (Distributor):
- Gabriel Ripoll - Arrow
- Ben Le Huray - Ingram Micro
- Ben Sullivan - Dragos (formerly Nextgen Group)
- Abey George - Westcon-Comstor
Marketing Excellence (Partner):
- Dorota Martinez - 8Squad
- Emily Penn-Tonkin - Arinco
- Georgia Swanson - Arq Group
- Alvin Paronda - Barhead Solutions
- Renata Di Stefano - blueAPACHE
- Erica Smith - Blue Connections IT
- Sophia Siegele - Chamonix IT Solutions
- Michelle Lewis - MobileCorp
- Jodie Meyerov - Perfekt
- Sanya Turkalj - Sourced Group
- Prayna Prasad - Stax
- Jemma Healy - Tecala
Marketing Excellence (Vendor):
- Farzeen Quadir-Hegde - ASUS
- Katrina Nicol - Check Point Software Technologies
- Cecilia Huang - CommScope
- Bel Bennett - Dropbox
- Jessica Stark - GoTo
- Jacqueline Carreto - Lenovo
- Kristal Jamieson - One Little Seed
- Babita Rawat - Schneider Electric
- Tracey Reed - SentinelOne
- Debra Sutton - WalkMe
Marketing Excellence (Distributor):
- Aline Horrocks - Arrow
- Paul Manio - Ingram Micro
- Seamus Pearson - Westcon-Comstor
Sales Excellence (Partner):
- Alex Slade - A Corp Computers
- Jane Williams - AC3
- Jason Eaton - ASI Solutions
- Nicholas Maranville - blueAPACHE
- Ali Syed - Cevo
- Vinay Joshi - Exigo Tech
- Hetal Dave - Infosys
- Lisa Fortey - Logicalis
- Tony Fulcher - Patient Zero
- Paul Friend - The Missing Link
Sales Excellence (Vendor):
- Charlie Wood - BeyondTrust
- Leroy Daniel - BlackLine
- Sam Boelens - Check Point Software Technologies
- Reg Johnson - Cisco
- James Wright - Cloudian
- Joe Ciardi - Lenovo
- John Hickman - Schneider Electric
- Daniel Michel - VMware
- Gareth Irlam - Vocus
Management Excellence (Partner):
- Dan Marsh - AC3
- James Litjens - Arq Group
- Justin Lowe - ASI Solutions
- Jon Lang - DDLS Group
- Anthony Woodward - Logicalis
- Peter Jonson - MobileCorp
- Paul Glass - Nexion Networks
- Brendan Homann - Patient Zero
- Tim Baguley - Sourced Group
- John Jurkov - The Missing Link
Management Excellence (Vendor):
- Vijay Raghvani - BlackLine
- Leo Lynch - Check Point Software Technologies
- Luke Power - Trellix (formerly Cisco)
- Nick Cross - Citrix
- Shant Soghomonian - Dell Technologies
- Cassandra Ashworth - DocuSign
- Luke Simmons - Dropbox
- Yvette McEnearney - GoTo
- Sunny Gandhi - Lenovo
- Ras Jayawickrama - Schneider Electric
- Anthony Daniel - WatchGuard Technologies
Management Excellence (Distributor):
- John Poulter - Comstor
- Sarah Kittiphongphaisan - Exclusive Networks
- Jenelle Carmody - Ingram Micro
- Gavin Lawless - Nextgen Group
- Ruth Lavelle - Rhipe
- David Peach - Westcon Group
HALL OF FAME
Hall of Fame recognises long-standing leaders who have been instrumental in the development and enhancement of the Australian channel. One individual will be inducted into the ARN Hall of Fame in 2022 and will be determined by the executive panel of industry judges plus previous Hall of Fame inductees.
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