Our People Unleash the WOW

As long as there’s been a Softchoice, our people have gone above and beyond to WOW their peers and their customers.

Our employees regularly go above and beyond to surprise and delight their peers and their customers. As an organization, we recognize employees who go the extra mile and bring our values to life through our Unleash the WOW recognition program. Each month, the best WOW stories get shared on OrangeNationLive, our monthly live show that’s broadcast to every Softchoice office across North America.

We even have our own peer-to-peer tool called SendAWOW.com. Every day, employees receive WOWcards from their peers, managers, business partners and customers for exemplifying our values, supporting each other, and delivering exceptional outcomes for the people we serve.

What is a WOW?

As an organization, we recognize our people who go the extra mile. In fact, we have a name for the recognition we give - it's called a WOW!

Our employees receive WOWs from their colleagues, managers, partners or customers for exemplifying our values, supporting each other, and delivering exceptional outcomes for our customers.

The stories found on Unleash the WOW are a sample of the amazing work our people do every single day across North America.

Featured WOW

This WOW goes to Koosha Kazerooni, our Client Experience Specialist working out of our Toronto headquarters.

Besides being stellar at his job, Koosha has been a tremendous asset to our Sales Excellence team – which is responsible for training and developing our sales representatives – particularly with the co-op student program.

WOW Stories

This WOW goes to Aine White, an Order Management Associate in Toronto.

This WOW goes to Anil Verma, a Senior Solutions Architect in Ottawa.

This WOW goes to Michael Kay, a Solutions Architect in Oakville.

This WOW goes to Jeff Therrien, a Senior Support Engineer in Oakville.

This WOW goes to Sarah Rousseau, a Microsoft Program Specialist in Toronto.

This WOW goes to Majed Rhamen, a Vendor Sales Specialist in Toronto.

This WOW goes to Cecilia Lau, Anuja Agnihotri, Anna Tyrawa, Kailey Sims, John Engelhardt, Sharmilan Chandrakumar, and Ashley Arruda.

Carson Widynowski, Chris Tang, Pete Morra

This WOW goes to Carson Widynowski, Sales Analyst and ONEsoftchoice Co-Chair; Chris Tang, Program Manager and ONEsoftchoice Co-Chair; and Pete Morra, Community Investment Manager, who all work out of our Toronto office.

This WOW goes to Alyanna Reyes, an Order Management Associate in Toronto.

Q, Kate, Matthew, Feri, Tracy, Prashanth and Robbin

This WOW goes to Kate Babak, Matthew Glavin, Feri Forough, Q Murphy, Tracy Rodrigue, Prashanth Ezakial, and Robbin Simpkins.

Ryan, Enrique, Walter, Trevor, Gregg, Jeff, Ahmed, and Amanda

This WOW goes to Ryan Assef, Enrique Castillejo, Walter Pylypczuk, Trevor Schouwstra, Gregg Crawford, Jeff Miller, Ahmed Si-Abdallah, and Amanda Parisi.

This WOW goes to Magdalena Dabbour, Aine White, Jesse Hair, Brittany McLeod, Nehreen Khan, Yoshi Aoyama, Ryan Pakyam and Joe D’Alonzo, our Order Management team in Toronto.

This WOW goes to Bryan Clayton, Marco Canzomeri, Danielle Ryterband, Rick Talbot, Edie Kim, and Carlos Martinez in Toronto, as well as Dilya Khaidarova in Montreal.

This WOW goes to Aly Poonja, a Senior Solutions Architect in Vancouver.

This WOW goes to Umer Iqbal, a Managed Services Support Engineer in our Oakville office.

This WOW goes to Aaron Weisman, an Order Management Associate from our Chicago office.

This WOW goes to John Palumbo, a Supervisor, IT Applications and Slobodan Jovcic, a Web Developer, on our eCommerce team in Toronto.

This WOW goes to Vijay Patel, a Client Relationship Manager on our Managed Services team in Oakville.

Usama Zubairi, Carlos Betancourt, Alexandra Penseney

This WOW goes to Usama Zubairi and Carlos Betancourt, Solutions Architects in Oakville, and Alexandra Penseney, an Outbound Sales representative in Toronto.

This WOW goes to Real Denault, a Telesales Manager in Montreal.

This WOW goes to Matthew Dahl, a Microsoft Sales Specialist in Seattle.

This WOW goes to Leanna Aurioles, an Inside Sales Account Manager in Seattle.

This WOW goes to Christine Fisher, a Credit Manager and Jason Lefrancois, a Service Desk Technician, in Toronto.

This WOW goes to Joseph Maillet, our traffic and shipping coordinator in Toronto.

This WOW goes to Rehan Malik, a Sr. Support Engineer in Toronto.

This WOW goes to Emily Turner, a Territory Sales Representative in Toronto.

This WOW goes to Riyad Alkurd, Natalya Vank, Kulbir Singh, Chris David, Mehdi Rais, Mike Lazar, Maris Benz, and Sue Bishop.

This WOW goes to Jeremiah Walsh, a Supervisor, Sales Excellence Development Coach, in Toronto.

This WOW goes to Drew Newgaard (Outbound Sales Representative) and Beau Moyer (Outbound Hunter), in New York.

This WOW goes to Michelle Vankoughnet, an Associate Assessment Consultant in Toronto.

This WOW goes to Brandon Almeida, an Order Management Associate in Toronto.

This WOW goes to Paolo Vergara, Andy Anwar, and Nehal Phillips, who all work out of our Toronto office.

This WOW goes to Mike Lazar, Sr. Manager, Professional Services in Chicago.

This WOW goes to Lina Rzeczkowska, Terry Nims, Brent Clair, and Brooks Courtright, who all work out of our Chicago office.

This WOW goes to Robbin Simpkins, John Safranek, Tracy Rodrigue, and Trevor Lysyk.

This WOW goes to Jonathan Asselstine, Danielle Ryterband, Paul Sharp, and Lauren Mccarthy, who all work in our Toronto office.

This WOW goes to Dan Martinovich and Trevor Lysyk, who both operate out of our Calgary office.

This WOW goes to Thor Evans, an Order Management Associate in Toronto.

This WOW goes to Andrea Knoblauch, a Technical Architect in Toronto.

This WOW goes to Frank Coccia, a Talent Advisor in Oakville.

This WOW goes to Kevin Pierce, an Inside Sales Account Manager in Seattle.

This WOW goes to Mick Warner, a Marketing Enablement Supervisor in Toronto.

This WOW goes to Trevor Lysyk, a Systems Engineer in our Calgary office.

This WOW goes to Sherif Mahmoud a Senior Solutions Architect in Halifax.

This WOW goes to Attique Ajmal, a Presales Architect in Toronto.

This WOW goes to Bill Sanderson, a Purchasing Representative in Toronto.

This WOW goes to Ivor Beelders & Artur Rzadkowolski

This WOW goes to Ivor Beelders, Project Manager, and Artur Rzadkowolski, Sr. Systems Engineer, who both operate out of our Irvine, California office.

This WOW goes to Andrew Welsh, an Account Manager in Chicago.

This WOW goes to David Schwartzstein & John Long

This WOW goes to David Schwartzstein and John Long, two Data Center Presales Architects from our Chicago office.

This WOW goes to Natashia Raponi, a Talent Development Coordinator based in Toronto.

This WOW goes to Maria Afzal, a Territory Sales Representative working out of our Toronto office.

This WOW goes to Kyle Becker, a Master Data Governance Analyst based in Toronto.

This WOW goes to Kristine Azis, an Account Manager in Chicago.

This WOW goes to Chris Rainone, a Solutions Architect based in Atlanta.

This WOW goes to Daniela Esposito, a Renewals Specialist in our Toronto office.

Softchoice Awards

Every year at our annual Launch conference, we recognize the best of the best with awards in front of the whole company. These are Softchoice’s highest honors for leadership, performance and living our values.
Check out more employee awards.

Kathleen D'Sylva, a Professional Services Team Lead in Oakville, is a 2018 recipient of Softchoice’s highest honor – the Jone Panavas Leadership Award.

Thomas Chung, a Microsoft Sales Specialist in Chicago, is a 2018 recipient of Softchoice’s highest honor – the Jone Panavas Leadership Award.

Tom Iandoli, a Credit Analysis Supervisor in Toronto, is a 2018 recipient of Softchoice’s highest honor – the Jone Panavas Leadership Award.

Brett Ford, a Professional Services Operations Team Lead in Toronto, is a 2018 recipient of Softchoice’s highest honor – the Jone Panavas Leadership Award.

Patrick O'Leary, a Public Cloud Innovation Manager in Philadelphia, is a 2018 recipient of Softchoice’s highest honor – the Jone Panavas Leadership Award.

Christine Hannon, a Microsoft Programs Supervisor in Toronto, is a 2018 recipient of Softchoice’s highest honor – the Jone Panavas Leadership Award.

Dave Tomke, a Sr. Territory Sales Manager in Chicago, is the 2018 recipient of Softchoice’s highest honor for people managers – the Catalyst Leadership Award.

Shirly Toy, an Executive Assistant in our Toronto office, received the 2018 Softchoice Cares Orange Champion award.

Candice Garner, a District Sales Manager in our New York office, is the 2018 winner of one of our most coveted employee awards: the Tie Jacket.

Molly Moreash, a Telesales Manager in our Toronto office, received the 2018 White Fedora award.

Ian Millette, a Territory Sales Representative (TSR) in our Chicago office, received the 2018 Golden Gloves award.

Tariq Merchant, a Sr. Solutions Architect in our Oakville office, received the 2018 North Star award.

Deborshi Choudhury, a Professional Services Architect in our Oakville office, received the 2018 Orange Cape award.

Sonia Kim, Director, Financial Planning & Analysis in our Toronto office, received the 2018 Atlas award.

Don Goddard, a Vendor Sales Specialist in our Toronto office, is a 2017 recipient of Softchoice’s highest honor – the Jone Panavas Leadership Award.

Kristine Azis, a Supervisor, Development Coach in our Chicago office, is a 2017 recipient of Softchoice’s highest honor – the Jone Panavas Leadership Award.

Jon White, an Enterprise Architect, Data Center in our Atlanta office, is a 2017 recipient of Softchoice’s highest honor – the Jone Panavas Leadership Award.

Cecilia Lau, a Supervisor, Customer Support, formerly Business Transformation Initiatives Manager in our Toronto office, is a 2017 recipient of Softchoice’s highest honor – the Jone Panavas Leadership Award.

Carlos Martinez, a Microsoft Sales Specialist in our Toronto office, is a 2017 recipient of Softchoice’s highest honor – the Jone Panavas Leadership Award.

Ron Fiander, a Supervisor from our Keystone Managed Services organization (KTSC) in our Oakville office, is a 2017 recipient of Softchoice’s highest honor – the Jone Panavas Leadership Award.

Shirley Macbeath, Business Partner Sr. Manager in our Oakville office, is the 2017 recipient of Softchoice’s highest honor for people managers – the Catalyst Leadership Award.

Taylor Johnson, an Outbound Hunter in our Atlanta office, received the 2017 Softchoice Cares Orange Champion award.

Jeff Petersen, the District Sales Manager in our Denver office, is the 2017 winner of one of our most coveted employee awards: the Tie Jacket.

Ashley Arruda, an Inside Sales Account Manager (ISAM) in our Toronto office, received the 2017 White Fedora award.

Jordan Herman, a Territory Sales Representative in our Toronto office, received the 2017 Golden Gloves award – the top award for our territory sales organization.

Carlos Betancourt, a Sr. Solutions Architect in our Oakville office, received the 2017 North Star award – the pinnacle of recognition for Softchoice presales and business development individuals.

Katie Duvnjak, Manager, Business Transformation in our Toronto office, received the 2017 Atlas award – the highest recognition in Softchoice Operations

Robbin Simpkins, a Project Manager in our Dallas office, received the 2017 Orange Cape award.

This 2016 Jone Panavas Leadership Award goes to Amanda Anderson, an Onboarding Training, Sales Excellence Supervisor in Toronto.

This 2016 Jone Panavas Leadership Award goes to Clarence Medrano, a Purchasing Representative in Toronto.

This 2016 Jone Panavas Leadership Award goes to Whitney Reed, a Territory Sales Representative in Chicago.

This 2016 Jone Panavas Leadership Award goes to Luciana Pires, an Accounts Receivable Representative in Toronto.

This 2016 Jone Panavas Leadership Award goes to Joseph Byer, a Presales Client Hardware Manager in Toronto.

This 2016 Jone Panavas Leadership Award goes to Ryan Szabo, Director of Major Initiatives, PS Support in Toronto.

This 2016 Catalyst Award Amy Hoidas, our Inside Sales, Sales Excellence Manager in Toronto.

The 2016 Softchoice Cares Orange Champion Award goes to Tammy Pike, a Client Account Manager based in Toronto.

The 2016 Tie Jacket award goes to Braden Staranchuk, an Outbound Sales Representative in Toronto.

The 2016 Golden Gloves award goes to Meredith Barrett, a Territory Sales Representative in Seattle.

The 2016 White Fedora award goes to Patrick Pietromonaco, an Inside Sales Account Manager in Montreal.

The 2016 Orange Cape award goes to Kristi Gasteiger, a Supervisor of Assessment Services in Toronto.

The 2016 North Star award goes to Scott Mathewson, a Services Practice Lead in Atlanta.

The 2016 Atlas goes to Neneh Thepar, a Strategy Analyst in Toronto.

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