2025 Axway Excellence Awards
Celebrating achievement in digital transformation, innovation, and visionary excellence
The acclaim goes to our customers.The honor is all ours.
It's a whole new year and, once again, we're excited to recognize inspiring Axway customers who have achieved transformation, innovation, or visionary excellence with the help of Axway products.
You have the opportunity to nominate your company to receive an Axway Excellence Award in one of the three categories, whether you've partnered with Axway for Managed File Transfer, B2B Integration, or API Management. Winners will be announced at Axway Summit 2025 in Austin, Texas, on March 24-26.
Submit your nominations by December 6, 2024
The nomination submission deadline has been extended to December 6th. All Axway customers who meet eligibility requirements* are encouraged to participate.
There will be one winner chosen for each of Axway's product lines: MFT, B2B Integration, and API Management. As a distinguished award winner, you will receive three complimentary tickets to Axway Summit 2025 and enjoy a special spotlight session dedicated to sharing your inspiring story. Finalists will be offered a discounted ticket to Axway Summit.
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Who is eligible for an Excellence Award?
- Customers from all segments using Amplify, B2B or MFT for at least 6 months with quantifiable benefits.
- Customers submitting must be willing to allow their company name and logo to be used for announcement purposes if named a winner and finalist.
- Customers who, if a winner, agree to share their story during a breakout session at Summit.
- Customers who, if a winner, agree to share their story externally through a case study or video after the event.
What are the award categories?
Nominees can win an Axway Excellence Award in either transformation, innovation, or visionary excellence across Axway's three core products: MFT, B2B Integration, or API Management. Customers can submit to multiple categories. One winner is chosen per product line.
Axway Transformation Excellence Award
This category recognizes customers who have used Axway solutions to successfully transform their business. Customers will have displayed:
- Successful transformation. Customer has expanded product/service range and achieved notable improvements within the organization.
- Exceptional effort. Customer demonstrated outstanding efforts in meeting and exceeding business demands in one of these focus areas:
- Internal improvement: enhanced internal processes and results
- Goal achievement: utilized Axway to reach business goals and drive growth
- Meeting demands: addressed and overcame business challenges effectively
Axway Innovation Excellence Award
This category recognizes customers who have set a high standard in delivering engaging and innovative customer experiences using Axway solutions. Customers will have displayed:
- Outstanding engagement. Customer has created exceptional and cohesive customer experiences.
- Remarkable growth. Customer has achieved significant business growth and improved customer relationships.
- Met customer expectations. Customer has exceeded customer needs and expectations.
- Growth and engagement. Customer demonstrated success in business growth and enhancing customer relationships with captivating experiences.
Axway Visionary Excellence Award
This category celebrates customers who have effectively used data and technology with Axway solutions to achieve measurable success and inspire future business. Winners will have displayed:
- Visionary use of technology. Customer has adopted technology that drives growth and improves business operations.
- Data-driven success. Customer has achieved positive outcomes through effective and secure use of data.
- Innovative integration. Customer has addressed unique challenges with new technology solutions.
What is the awards package?
The winning package includes a beautifully engraved trophy and gift, press and social media recognition, a video or written account of their transformation, innovation, or visionary story that will drive brand recognition, and a customized article announcing their achievements.
- Personalized trophy
- Digital promotion
- Press and social media recognition
- A video of your excellence story
- 3 free tickets to Summit
All Axway Summit 2025 attendees are invited to a customer appreciation celebration featuring a ceremony recognizing all nominated customers, finalists, and winners.
How to nominate?
This awards program is open to all customers who have been actively engaged with an Axway solution for at least six months. As a customer, you can self-nominate or a member of the Axway Sales and Customer Service teams can nominate for you, with your approval.
Selection of Winners
Entries will be selected at the sole discretion of the judging panel and winners will be announced during the 2025 North America Summit.
Axway, at its sole discretion, may select fewer or more winners. In the event of a tie, it may be broken by an additional judge based on adherence to criteria selected above. Winners must agree to the eligibility terms stated in the submission form. Nominations are open now through December 6, 2024.
Meet the North America judging panel
Stass Pertsovskiy
Director of Product Marketing, B2B
Stass holds a Ph.D. in AI, and he has been working in IT for more than 20 years. His focus over the last 10 years has been product marketing for SaaS, AI-driven, and cloud solutions targeting customers all over the world. These days, Stass is the Director of Product Marketing at Axway. Stass lives in the South of France. He moved there from Tel Aviv, Israel. He is the father of four children.
William McKinney
Sr. Director, Amplify Platform Marketing
William: William is an experienced marketing executive responsible for creating data-driven marketing programs and positioning Axway Amplify Platform in an intensely competitive environment. In this role, he helps enterprises clarify their API challenges, bridge the gap between IT and business, and design innovative digital experiences – for their own teams as well as their customers. William’s previous experience includes delivering results for IBM, HP, and JD Edwards. William loves the outdoors and enjoys hiking, biking, and camping.
Astrid Fischer
Principal Product Manager, MFT
Astrid Fischer leads the strategic development and execution of Axway MFT Gateways as Product Manager, ensuring we deliver the best MFT products for our clients and helping to drive innovation. With over 10 years of experience in MFT and a deep knowledge of Axway's customer base across industries, she has built a large network and understanding of the adoption, capabilities, and challenges of MFT solutions. When not working, you'll find Astrid traveling, camping, hiking, and running.
Paul Lavery
VP, MFT Product Line
Paul Lavery is the VP of Product for the Axway Product Line. Paul has been with Axway serving in the Product organization since 2016. He manages the product direction and strategy for core offerings at Axway like SecureTranport, Transfer CFT, Sentinel, and the Axway MFT Cloud Services offering. Paul has over 25 years of experience in the data integration and file management industry and has served in senior management positions with several leading vendors throughout his career.
Laurence Le Berre
Sr. Director, Professional Services
Laurence leads the services team, laser focused on providing solutions expertise by driving business outcomes and achieving excellent customer delivery. Laurence has been an outstanding resource within the company for more than 25 years.
Bas Van Den Berg
VP, Amplify Platform
Bas is an experienced product leader with a passion for customer experience. He has ownership of Axway’s Amplify product portfolio, including Amplify API Management, Amplify Enterprise Marketplace, and Amplify Integration.
Submitting your nomination
The nomination deadline has been extended to December 6, 2024!
To nominate your company for the Axway Excellence Awards, North America, fill out this form.
Submitting your nomination
The nomination deadline has been extended to December 6, 2024!
To nominate your company for the Axway Excellence Awards, North America, fill out this form.