Maximum Impact at HG United
After a year of rapid growth in revenue, headcount, and market standing, HG Insights came together this January at the annual HG United event on the Santa Barbara shoreline. Overlooking the Pacific, teams from around the world met, strategized, and learned about what’s in store in 2023 for HG Insights.
HG United 2023 hosted top leaders from different sectors of global business.
Across three days the entire company met at HG Insights in Santa Barbara for exciting news, activities, and inspiration. This year’s theme was Maximum Impact and there were many great guests and presentations that did just that! In addition to the HG executive team unveiling the exciting things in store for HG in 2023 — through priority objectives and key results, transformation strategies, and data deep dives— HG hosted top leaders from different sectors of global business:
- Michael Crandell (CEO, Bitwarden) presented a session on personal and professional development with gold nugget learnings picked up on his life as a tech leader.
- Franklin Herbas (VP SAP Crystal Ball) reaffirmed the long-standing partnership between SAP and HG with a presentation highlighting the positive outcomes made from working together over the years.
- Skip Miller (author, ProActive Selling) held a barn-storming master class on how to extend sales far beyond any one department.
Of course, the company kickoff was a wonderful time of making connections with remote colleagues, delicious meals, and exciting company events (even some karaoke)! And making a maximum impact!
HG Insights Company Awards 2023
HG United 2023 culminated with a look back on the amazing achievements made in 2022. None of this could have been accomplished without the impact of our phenomenal, ever-growing team! CEO Elizabeth Cholawsky and HG leaders presented awards to recognize the tireless contributions made by our people to HG’s purpose, vision, and mission!
Recipients of the CEO Choice Award—Melissa Webb, Alex Schreifels, John Goodwin, Darcy Moss, and Bryan Jacobs
—were commended for their tireless, impactful efforts on the Mass Market Team project.
| Department | Award | Winner |
| General & Administration | Above and Beyond | Katherine Steele, Sr Executive Assistant |
| Finance & Administration | Above and Beyond | Henry Chan, Manager, Finance |
| Marketing | Above and Beyond | Taylor Viens, Marketing & Digital Communications Manager |
| Customer Success | MVP | Andy Lim, Customer Success Manager |
| Customer Success | Rookie of the Year | Rani Guy, Customer Success Manager |
| Sales Development | SDR of the Year | Hayden Kemp-Robertson, Account Manager |
| Sales Development | MVP | Makenna Carman, Team Lead, Sales Development |
| Sales | Sales Person of the Year | Kevin Scott, Sr Account Executive |
| Sales | Rookie of the Year | Luke Walters, Account Manager |
| RevOps | MVP | Matthew Greathouse, Revenue Operations Analyst |
| Sales Engineering | MVP | Parth Thesia, Sr Sales Engineer |
| Sales | Hall of Fame | Mark Fell, Sr Account Executive |
| Data Operations | Above and Beyond | Allie Arend, Data Integrity Specialist |
| Data Solutions | Above and Beyond | Kale Seis, Manager, Data Analytics |
| Product | Above and Beyond | Melissa Webb, Sr Product Manager |
| Engineering | Steady as a Rock | Eric Farnan, Sr QA Engineer |
| Engineering | MVP | Lauren Wong, Associate Data Scientist |
| Engineering | Steady as a Rock | Chris Farver, Sr Software Engineer |
| Engineering | Mission Impossible | Mac Hollister, Software Engineer |
| People | Living by Our Values | Claudia Pierson, Sr Manager, Global People |
| Engineering | The Marco | Sam Chapin, Principal Software Architect |
| Mass Market Team | CEO Choice Award | Melissa Webb, Sr Product Manager |
| Mass Market Team | CEO Choice Award | Alex Schreifels, Sr Staff Architect |
| Mass Market Team | CEO Choice Award | John Goodwin, Sr. Financial Analyst |
| Mass Market Team | CEO Choice Award | Darcy Moss, Sr Director, Product Marketing |
| Mass Market Team | CEO Choice Award | Bryan Jacobs, Product Designer |
Scott Smyth (VP Global Sales) and Elizabeth Cholawsky (CEO) presented Kevin Scott (Senior Account Executive) with the Sales Person of the Year Award
Well done Sam Chapin for winning The Marco! The Marco award is given to the team member who wholly represents the spirit of HG, the commitment to our core values, each other, and our customers. The award is named after our beloved late employee Marco Merlina who exemplified all of HG’s core values.
In addition to planning the upcoming year, HG United is also a time to reflect on our accomplishments over the previous year. With winning over twenty industry awards, new product launches, and our invaluable new market reports there is a lot to celebrate.
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Come and be part of an inclusive culture where individuality thrives – We look forward to seeing you at HG United 2024!
