Finalists announced – Pimcore Inspire Awards 2021

The finalists 

Over the past couple of weeks, the Pimcore company and our community nominated the award finalists in the following five categories. We are proud to announce them today: 

Most valuable Pimconaut (MVP) of the Year

Awarded to our most-valued community members, who are building the platform with true dedication and great spirit. 

• Albert Mueller Senior Developer from our partner DGLTS. A motivated and highly experienced web developer with a successful track record in established small and large companies. 

• Roland Arvanitopoulos from our partner seitwerk and creator of the Perspective Editor.

• Dino Turopoli from factory, our partner in Croatia. Working as PHP backend developer last 3+ years, mostly using Symfony and Laravel frameworks and Pimcore.

• Sebastian Blank 15 years of working experience, from :data factory in Germany. 

• Niklas Brunberg is a full-stack web developer from ateles, our partner from Norway. He has intimate knowledge in areas such as e-commerce, usability, accessibility, and modern web standards.

Partner of the Year

• basecom: Our German Gold Partner is highly active in the Pimcore community and an integral part of the ecosystem. 
• NETFORMIC: This German Gold Partner is constantly delivering amazing solutions for its clients. 
• GMDE: Our Strategic Partner drives the brand awareness for Pimcore in Italy and has created an abundance of Pimcore solutions for companies in a wide range of sectors.

Data Hero of the Year

Awarded to Pimcore customers which are pushing the platform's data management capabilities to its extremes to achieve superior digitization of their company. 

• Ingram Micro: The world-leading IT wholesaler, listed in the Fortune 500, manages 20 million product SKUs in one platform across 30 countries.
• Ludwig Meister: A comprehensive B2B commerce solution including PIM for over 2 million products is the digital backbone of the German B2B distributor.
• Spar: The food retailer created a central PIM database for 260k products and vastly reduced its duplicated data.

Experience of the Year

Awarded to brands who create stunning customer experiences using the platform's content and commerce capabilities. 

• Elli / Volkswagen Group: The startup for charging infrastructure launched a digital portal including a webshop and product configurator in 3 months. 
• Bayer 04 Leverkusen: The Bundesliga soccer club expanded their existing commerce solution to improve their fans' digital shopping experience. 
• Liebherr: An interactive website that uses spectacular 3D animations to give product enthusiasts the feeling of sitting in the cockpit of a bulldozer themselves. 

Customer of the Year

• Jochen Schweizer mydays: Europe's leading experience provider created a modern platform for its brand channels based on microservices.
• Steiermark Tourismus: The official travel portal of the Austrian state, Styria manages more than 300k points of interest, including accommodation, sights, and offers. 
• CYBEX: The German brand for baby car seats, furniture, and strollers, launched a PIM to enable commerce and dealer infrastructure. 

Who will win the awards?

Our jury will evaluate all nominees and decide who will be one of the winners. One person or company will win in each category. Are you also already excited? 

The award ceremony will start at 5 pm CET and streamed live at our event platform Hopin. Of course, it will also be recorded and made available on-demand after the event. 

Join us at Pimcore Inspire