MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 28, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Horizontal
Integration (HI) announced that eight team members have been
named as a "Most Valuable Professional (MVP)" by Sitecore, the
global leader in customer experience management. Seven of their
Sitecore-certified developers have been named as a "Technology
MVP." There are more than 26,000 developers in Sitecore's global
network. With only 141 people worldwide to be named a Sitecore
Technology MVP this year, the seven HI developers make up nearly 5
percent of the 2015 Technology MVP Award recipients worldwide. In
addition, Chris Staley, HI founding partner and EVP of Interactive
Solutions, was awarded as "Digital Strategy MVP." Staley was one of
only 26 people worldwide to be named a Sitecore Digital Strategy
MVP this year.
Now it its ninth year, Sitecore's MVP program recognizes
individual technology and digital strategy advocates who share
their Sitecore passion and expertise to offer positive customer
experiences that drive business results. The Sitecore Technology
MVP Award recognizes the most active Sitecore experts from around
the world who participate in online and offline communities to
share their knowledge with other Sitecore partners and customers.
"We are grateful for the leadership, expertise and ongoing
contributions that the seven Sitecore Technology MVP recipients at
Horizontal Integration have made to the Sitecore community," said
Lars Fløe Nielsen, Co-Founder and senior vice president, technical
marketing, Sitecore. "These seven—Sheetal Jain, Brent Svac, Daniel
Schoenberg, Kiran Patil,
Brijesh Patel, Varun Shringarpure and Nilesh Thakkar—have
demonstrated mastery of our technology and exemplifies the spirit
of Sitecore."
The Sitecore Digital Strategist MVP Award recognizes individuals
with strong experience in executing data-driven marketing solutions
and proven success in using Sitecore's experience platform to
deliver exceptional business outcomes for customers. "Marketers are
overloaded by siloed data and are looking for a simple way to
access a single view of their customers," said Lars Birkholm Petersen, global director of
business optimization services, Sitecore. "Using Sitecore's
experience platform, HI's Chris
Staley has helped our customers execute relevant,
multichannel brand experiences resulting in exceptional business
outcomes for our customers."
"Sitecore clients have literally hundreds of implementation
partners from which to choose," said Horizontal Integration CEO,
Sabin Ephrem. "Our Platinum-tier partner status and eight MVP
awards this year help the market understand what our clients
already know: When it comes to Sitecore, Horizontal Integration is
the acknowledged leader. We're honored to call this year's eight
Sitecore MVPs our friends and colleagues."
Horizontal Integration specializes in end-to end,
enterprise-level Sitecore implementations via full-service digital
marketing expertise in strategy, user experience design, content
and technical development. Their mission is to build the most
engaging experiences on the web.
Sitecore's experience platform combines web content management,
omni-channel digital delivery, customer insight and engagement, and
strategic digital marketing tools into a single, unified platform.
The platform is incredibly easy to use, capturing every minute
interaction—and intention—that customers and prospects have with a
brand, both on a website and across other digital channels. The
end-to-end experience technology works behind the scenes to deliver
content targeted to individual customers, so that they engage in
relevant brand experiences that earn loyalty and achieve
results.
About Horizontal Integration
Horizontal Integration
(HI) is a Sitecore Platinum Implementation Partner offering two
service lines: Web Solutions and Staffing Solutions. Specializing
exclusively in the Sitecore CMS platform, the Web Solutions team
includes eight 2015 Sitecore Global MVPs and is dedicated to full
lifecycle project implementations—from strategy and design through
technical development and deployment of solutions on the web. The
Staffing Solutions team is dedicated to fulfilling clients'
temporary and permanent staffing needs in Marketing, Creative, UX
and Information Technology.
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