The Splunkie Awards

September 8-11, 2025 | Boston, Massachusetts

Overview
Customers
Partners
Past Winners

Celebrate the best of the best

A huge thank you to everyone who submitted nominations for the 2025 Splunkie Awards! We’re excited to announce that the official award winners have been selected, and we’re inspired by the incredible stories and achievements shared by our amazing community. Below, you’ll find the finalists and winners for each award category, spanning both customers and partners. Take a look!

Customer Splunkie Awards

Visionary

Have you and your tech team had to pivot quickly to face a tough business issue or adapt to unforeseen events? Have you kept your systems running securely and reliably, in the face of gnarly digital disruptions? Have you done any or all of this, thanks to your ingenious use of Splunk? Then this is the award for you.

Winner: Devin Slick, Goldman Sachs

Finalists:

Shena Newman, Humana
Jack Shultz, NextEra Energy
Devin Slick, Goldman Sachs

Inventor

How can I catch the perfect wave? How can I help rescue puppies? These are questions our customers have creatively explored — and Splunk has helped answer them. Sound familiar? If you or your team have dreamed up an unexpected use case, we want to know.

Winner: Robert Lynch, Murex

Finalists:

Annie Howard, PNC Bank
Joshua Kleensang, UniFirst Corporation
Robert Lynch, Murex

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Builder

Are you an expert-level developer or part of an amazing developer team? Do you know a user who has expanded the capabilities of Splunk software using the Splunk SDKs, REST APIs, or other tools? Step right up, this award is for you.

Winner: Artem Rybenok, Colgate-Palmolive

Finalists:

Rotimi Akinbobola, Freddie Mac
Burak Karaduman, Garanti BBVA
Artem Rybenok, Colgate-Palmolive

Change Agent

Are you making the world a better place? Are you improving the lives of others or advancing your organization’s mission to create positive social or environmental impact? This award is for you or someone you know using Splunk to harness the power of data for good.

Winner: Sharon Finney, Children’s National Hospital

Finalists:

Steven Earhart, Mastercard
Sharon Finney, Children’s National Hospital
Dr. Oleh Poligenko, Nova Digital

Champion

This award celebrates the rockstar customer executives who've cranked up the volume on innovation, teamwork, and results with Splunk. They're the MVPs who've helped their teams turn data into gold, leading their organizations to victory. We're rolling out the red carpet to salute these game-changers for their outstanding contributions and fearless leadership.

Winner: Jon Moore, Progressive Insurance

Finalists:

Mark Cooke, United Airlines
Gabriel Harrison, Ticketmaster
Jon Moore, Progressive Insurance

Partner Splunkie Awards

Services Partner of the Year

This award honors a partner who has shown innovation and resilience using Splunk technologies to deliver outstanding service, solve customer challenges, and drive market impact. They’ve demonstrated strong consultative expertise and expanded into new markets through a powerful joint value proposition.

Winner: Orange

Finalists:

Accenture
ACT
Orange

Joint Selling Partner of the Year

This award honors powerhouse partnerships — two or more organizations teaming up to drive joint selling success with Splunk products and services. These collaborators go above and beyond to deliver innovative solutions, close big deals, and boost sales across the board. Their commitment to exceptional service and customer impact sets them apart.

Winner: TekStream

Finalists:

Blackwood
TekStream
World Wide Technology

Technology Innovation Partner of the Year

This award celebrates a partner with expertise in building groundbreaking, repeatable solutions that involve Splunk products and technologies. They have a proven ability to develop new technology that disrupts the market and addresses customer use cases across industries. By delivering exceptional value, this partner has shifted the perspective on how we should support customers with their innovative offering and approach to generating new business models.

Winner: Evolutio

Finalists:

Accenture
AWS
Evolutio

Social Impact Partner of the Year

This award celebrates a partner who propelled their company’s corporate responsibility to create a positive impact socially, ethically, or environmentally. By customizing Splunk solutions to address core issues such as sustainability, well-being, diversity and inclusion, and more, this award celebrates a partner who creates a better world through innovation and resilience.

Winner: BitsIO

Finalists:

Accenture
AWS
BitsIO

Global Partner of the Year

This award celebrates the elite partner organization that accelerated their commitment, engagement, and investment in their partnership with Splunk. This partner demonstrates proven value to their customers by leading with a business outcome approach to deliver solutions that exceed customer expectations. We’re celebrating this customer champion for their all-in commitment to delivering value across the entire customer lifecycle.

Winner: Accenture

Finalists:

Accenture
AWS
World Wide Technology

The Splunkie Awards FAQ

Why are we combining the customer and partner awards?

We're thrilled to share the excitement of our partner community's outstanding achievements. While we maintain a distinct recognition for both our esteemed customers and partners, we've decided to elevate the visibility of our partner awards by bringing them into the public spotlight.

How will I know if I won?

Splunkie customer and partner winners will be notified at .conf25.

What are the prizes?

Each finalist will receive: