The pandemic-induced mass move to hybrid and remote work has placed emphasis on the importance of the digital experience – most specifically the employee’s digital experience.

Recent research by Gartner estimates that before 2025, over 50% of IT organizations will use DEX to help prioritize and measure digital initiative success. What does this look like? A focus on employee experiences and engagement, increase operational agility and automation, and secure employees regardless of location.

Providing an exceptional digital employee experience is no longer a luxury for organizations, it’s a necessity. And, as our latest research report highlights, 80% of all respondents say that DEX is now a key consideration within their enterprise’s digital transformation strategy. Not to mention, a further, 81% agree that those who don’t make DEX a board-level priority will fall behind their competitors.

We wanted to recognize the innovation that has taken place over the last year and highlight key industry trailblazers… But how?

The Digital Employee Experience (DEX) Awards

We’re delighted to bring you the industry’s first annual DEX awards program, focused on excellence and expertise in the new and emerging field of Digital Employee Experience.

The awards themselves are designed to recognize outstanding contributions and innovation in this area, and to reward outstanding contributors in the 1E customer community for their great work.

What could be better than working with the best teams and leading expert in your field? These awards represent an opportunity to shine on behalf of your organization and the wider 1E customer community, adding tangible value to organizational IT goals.

The Judging Panel 

We're pleased to introduce our panel of fantastic judges:
Amy Collins , SVP of Product Marketing
Amy has worked in the technology sector for 20 years. She has spent most of her career in Product roles building software products in fast growth, disruptive tech companies across a number of fields including IT infrastructure, Social Media analytics and AI. 
In her various roles at 1E she has been Product Manager for Shopping and launched the first versions of AppClarity. She is currently VP of Product Marketing. 

Jason Keogh, Field CTO, 
With over 20 years of experience in the software industry, Jason helps IT leaders around the world identify solutions to the problems that plague them. An expert in the Digital Workplace and Cyber Security, Jason joined 1E in 2014 and works with strategic partners, customers, and internal field resources. 
Oliver Giordimaina, VP Product
Oliver recently joined 1E as VP of Product at 1E, after a long career in Product Management at senior level. Oliver was previously at Ivanti and has 8 years expertise in the workspace arena and automation to deliver personalized employee experiences.  
Ron Crumbaker, VP of Professional Services
Ron has been at 1E for nearly 9 years and works closely with our customers to help them implement their DEX solution. Long held expertise in Configuration manager and Systems Management makes Ron the technical expert in making sure customers get the most from their 1E DEX solution. 

How do I get involved?

Whether you have introduced a new employee experience program or significantly improved the employee IT environment over time, this is an opportunity for you and your team’s achievements to be recognized.
We’re keen to hear about as many brilliant DEX journeys as possible! So, if you feel you or your team have a DEX success story to tell, you can enter on behalf of your team or encourage a colleague to enter as an individual contributor.  Entrants can apply for the following categories:

  • Best Flexible Working Initiative
  • Best DEX team of the year
  • Best Digital Employee Experience

Getting involved couldn’t be easier: Select your category(ies) for best project, team, or overall DEX solution, fill out the form and submit. We’ll then be in touch to let you know if you’ve been shortlisted ahead of the virtual awards ceremony in the Spring. Told you it was easy! – But don't delay, the deadline for entries is August 2nd.

Update: Announcing the DEX Awards 2022  shortlist 

After much deliberation, our judging panel of Digital Employee Experience experts have announced the shortlist of entries. These are the entries that the panel deemed were setting the bar high, making a demonstrable impact on their origination’s employee experience and trailblazing in the world of DEX. 

Check out the shortlist to see who is the top Digital Employee Experience strategists and practitioners:

  • Best Digital Employee Experience category shortlist: Unilever and HCL  
  • Best DEX Team of the Year and Best Flexible Working Initiative categories shortlist : Cigna, HCL and Sanofi 

Thank you to everyone who entered, we hope to see your entry again next year.

Do you want to celebrate your DEX successes? Entry is only a click away and deadline for final entries is Aug 2nd… so, what are you waiting for? Be a part of the industry’s first digital employee experience awards today!