CEO of Panzura, Jill Stelfox, Named Transformation Leader of the Year in 2021 Women World Awards
Jill Stelfox, CEO of Panzura, has been named Transformation Leader of the Year for 2021 in the 14th Annual Women in Business and the Professions Awards—the Women World Awards®. This prestigious program, organized by the Globee® Awards, recognizes excellence in leadership, innovation, organizational performance, new products and services, and milestones across every major global industry.
Stelfox received the Gold “Globee” award, selected by an international panel of judges from a wide range of industries. Her recognition stems from exceptional leadership during a year of transformative change, positioning Panzura as a market leader breaking through long-standing barriers. Silver was awarded to Susan Bowen of Aptum Technologies, and Bronze went to Susan Atmaja of IBM.
Other winners this year include leaders from Univision Communications, F. Hoffmann-La Roche, SPAR Group, PandoLogic, Coalfire, Fannie Mae, P.F. Chang’s, Juniper Networks, NewAge, Snaplogic, and more.
“Under Jill’s incredible leadership, we are now operating in a radically different environment. Over the last year, she asked some of the toughest questions businesses will ever face and challenged us to reshape Panzura from the inside out,” said Dan Waldschmidt, Chief Revenue Officer at Panzura.
“Her vision has inspired employees, customers, partners—and even competitors—to be part of the positive, real, and lasting change at Panzura. We couldn’t be more proud that she has been recognized as Transformation Leader of the Year.”
Panzura was acquired in May of the previous year amid pandemic-related uncertainty. Taking the helm at this pivotal moment, Stelfox instilled a high-energy, high-performance mindset that led to skyrocketing customer satisfaction and business acceleration. Panzura achieved a Net Promoter Score of 87, and employee engagement also hit record highs, with a Quantum Workplace survey score of 87.3—placing it in the top 89% of similar organizations.
Under Stelfox’s leadership, Panzura:
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Blazed past all previous sales records
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Instituted a 100% remote workforce
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Grew to over 250 employees across five continents
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Tripled the size of its engineering department
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Opened a Center of Excellence in Guadalajara to complement its Silicon Valley team
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Expanded the executive team with leaders from SAP, Cisco, HP, and Oracle
Panzura has since earned seven industry awards, including:
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Cloud Infrastructure Solution of the Year (Tech Ascension Awards)
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Best Hybrid Cloud Solution (Cloud Awards)
“Jill’s vision of continuous growth across our entire product and services portfolio has marked a coming of age for Panzura as the leading growth-stage company in hybrid, multi-cloud data management,” Waldschmidt added.
About the Globee Awards
The Globee® Awards are the world’s premier business awards programs and ranking lists, honoring individuals and teams who set benchmarks for excellence. The awards include the CEO World Awards®, Consumer World Awards®, Customer Sales & Service World Awards®, IT World Awards®, Cyber Security Global Excellence Awards®, and more. Learn more at GlobeeAwards.com or follow them on Twitter @globeeawards.
About Panzura
Panzura replaces legacy storage with a modern, high-performance solution for unstructured data, enabling global organizations in financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, media, entertainment, gaming, construction, and government to manage petabytes of data in the cloud.
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