We're excited to announce this year’s finalists for the second annual Ping Identity Excellence Awards. Our awards program was designed to recognize and celebrate the best of our customers’ achievements in identity, and this year’s outstanding submissions made the judging process especially challenging. 

After reviewing all of the submissions carefully over the last few weeks, our judging panel has selected the following finalists.

Intrepid Innovator: These are the ones pushing the limits of identity and embracing the digital future. They adopt new technologies and pave the path for a future built on identity.
 

• ING
• Repsol S.A.
• Rocket Family of Companies
   

Cloud Commander: This group is mastering the potential of the cloud, combining top-notch security with highly accessible services in an agile environment.
 

• American Chemical Society
• Infor
• Messagepoint
• Nationwide Children’s Hospital
   

Modern IAM Pioneer: This organizations are leading the charge on modernizing legacy identity and access management systems, as they connect powerful new IAM capabilities to existing investments.
 

• Alberta Energy Regulator
• BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee
• HP Inc.
   

Security Revolutionary: These are the leading enterprises who are leveraging identity to protect the enterprise in industry-shaping ways. 
 

• ABN Amro
• Arvest Bank
• Mortgage Choice LImited
• World Wildlife Fund
   

Customer Experience Champion: Who’s winning customers over with engaging experiences? This group puts customers first and drives loyalty with secure and seamless interactions.
 

• Geisinger
• Pameijer
• Ticketmaster
• Woolworths
   

Better Together: Combine an innovative enterprise with a world-class Ping partner—and we find that amazing things happen. This category is for a team that’s embracing identity security in unique and meaningful ways.
 

• PG&E / KPMG
• State of Colorado / ID Dataweb
• Telstra / Versent
• University of Hull / ProofID
   

We’ll announce this year’s winners at an awards ceremony during Identiverse (previously Cloud Identity Summit) in Boston. Ping customers, partners and their families are invited to join us on Monday, June 25 at 6:30 pm at the Sheraton Boston to honor our customer achievements. Each winner and runner-up will receive a trophy from our CEO, Andre Durand.