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GEO Award


THE AWARD

GEO Award for Innovative Practices in Creating Value from Collaborative Relationships


IAOP’s GEO Award recognizes buy-side teams at customer organizations that are leading the effort to make their companies more successful through outsourcing and collaborative relationships. The award recognizes the leadership teams as pioneers and through their stories, which helps to advance the professional and industry.

The GEO Award for Innovative Practices in Creating Value from Collaborative Relationships recognizes a customer company’s team for using innovation to create value for the business through design and implementation of a collaborative relationship that (1) is responsible for measurable, strategic business outcomes such as growth, sustainability, competitive advantage, market insights, addressing new or unfulfilled needs; (2) represents true innovation, originality or creativity; and (3) is worthy of special attention from the industry due to the ability for others to learn from it, or for its repeatability. Applicants will be asked to clearly explain the value created, the innovation, and how the collaboration enabled the value creation.

Applications are now closed.

PANEL OF JUDGES


ACADEMIC JUDGES

  • Beena George, Ph. D., Chief Innovation Officer at the University of St. Thomas – Houston
  • Kate Vitasek, Faculty, Global Supply Chain, University of Tennessee; Author of Vested



MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE JUDGES
 

  • Bill Hall, Partner, Pretium Partners and Chair of the Judges Panel
  • Mauricio Velasquez, COP-BD, Partner, Outsourcing Advisor
  • Bobby Varanasi, COP-GOV, CEO, Matryzel Consulting Inc
  • Darshan P. Kaur, COP, Senior Director - Global Sourcing, Equifax
  • Audrey Cushing, Business Services and Quality Director, Vee USA
  • Girish Havildar, Associate Principal Scientist, Outsourcing Partnership Lead, Merck &Co
  • Israel Rodriguez, Vendor Relationship Management, Allianz Life

 

 


2021 AWARD WINNER


Team Name:  Cloud Supply Chain Sustainability
Team Members: Anand Narasimhan, General Manager; Tim Hopper, Manager, Sustainability Engagement; Lorraine Tew, Senior Program Manager

 




The Intuit Customer Success Team




The Georgia Technology Authority Team


The WarnerMedia Team

2020 AWARD WINNER


Team Name:  Customer Success Team
Team Members:  Balakarthik Venkataramanan, Director Global Partner Management; Heath Harris, Partner Relations Leader; Pete Vegors, Partner Relations Leader; Shane Teusch, Partner Relations Leader; Tiffany Cromwell, Partner Relations Leader; Jennifer Johnston, Partner Relations Leader; Ping Shi, Global Partner Management Business Operations; Johan Johansson, Sr. Manager Sourcing; Xochitl Tejada, EA Business Partner

 

2019 AWARD WINNERS

Team Name:  Georgia Enterprise Technology Services Team
Team Members:  Dean Johnson, Chief Operating Officer; Sunil Aluri, GETS Integration and Services Officer; and Erica Keller, PMO Officer




Team Name:  Global IT Workforce Management (WFM) Team
Team Members:  Alan Arenson, Director, Relationship ManagementRohith Nandagiri, Director, Relationship Management; Caton Woo, Senior Analyst; and Joseph Wroblewski, Director, Governance 




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2018 AWARD WINNER

Team Name:  IT Strategic Sourcing & Vendor Management
Team Members:  Lawrence Kane, COP-GOV, Senior Leader, Strategic Sourcing Functional Excellence; Kelly Kujawa, IT Sourcing Strategy Lead; Nancy Sivitilli, IT Vendor Management Lead, IT Strategic Sourcing & Vendor Management; Beau Williams, Manager, IT Strategic Sourcing & Vendor Management; and Greg Hinkle, Storage & Backup Service Owner


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