At Optimizely, our partners are critical to our continued growth and success – and we’re delighted to recognize the impact they have on our customers and community across the world. Over the course of 2020, companies have faced the exceptional challenge of the pandemic, so this year we’re especially proud of all that we’ve accomplished with our partners in this uniquely testing time.  

The Optimizely Partner Awards honor the outstanding contributions from our partners, and we’re pleased to announce our 2021 winners in the North American, Asia-Pacific, and EMEA regions. Check out the full list of categories and winners below. 

The Partner of the Year award honors top-performing partners that have demonstrated outstanding business performance and excellence in the sales and delivery of Optimizely solutions. These partners have made the most significant contribution to the success and growth of Optimizely over the past year. 

• Verndale (North America) 
• Empired + Intergen (APAC) 
• Delaware Consulting (Continental Europe) 
• Bright IT (DACH) 
• Kin + Carta Connect (UK/IE)  
• Valtech (Sweden and Denmark) 
• Kraftvaerk (Finland) 

The Optimizer of the Year award recognizes solution partners that are making exceptional efforts in collaborating with Optimizely to deliver innovative digital experience solutions. These companies have displayed remarkable growth in some areas over the past year as an Optimizely partner, including in sales performance, product knowledge and implementation expertise. 

• WillowTree (North America) 
• Dept (Continental Europe, DACH, and UK/IE) 
• TietoEVRY (Sweden) 
• IMPACT (Denmark) 
• Solita (Finland) 

The Customer Success Partner of the Year award recognizes solution partners with the highest quality of implementation and customer service. These partners are experts at helping Optimizely users drive business success and have shown a high level of engagement with clients and a deep understanding of their needs and outcomes. 

• Yaksa (North America) 
• Empired + Intergen (APAC) 
• Epinova (Continental Europe and Sweden) 
• Mando (UK/IE) 
• Immeo (Denmark) 

The DXP Partner of the Year category focuses on the adoption of the Optimizely Digital Experience Platform (DXP) through solution partners. These partners are top drivers of DXP adoption and have successfully implemented DXP solutions that yielded significant business results and drove long-term growth for clients. 

• Valtech (North America) 
• Levo Digital (APAC) 
• Delaware Consulting (Continental Europe)  
• Kin + Carta Connect (DACH)
• Netcel (UK/IE) 
• Knowit Experience (Sweden) 

The Experimentation Partner of the Year category focuses on Optimizely projects that drive experimentation, optimization and personalization. These solution partners have successfully implemented or maintained digital experimentation solutions that enabled clients to deliver customer-centric digital experiences that drove engagement and significantly boosted conversions. 

• Blast Analytics (North America)  
• New Republique (APAC) 
• Creative CX (DACH and UK/IE) 
• Bombayworks (Sweden) 

The Commerce Partner of the Year category focuses on the adoption of Optimizely’s B2B and/or B2C Commerce Cloud through solution partners. These partners are top drivers of Commerce Cloud adoption and have successfully implemented data-driven digital commerce solutions that resulted in sustained ecommerce growth for clients. 

• Absolunet (North America and Continental Europe)  
• Niteco (APAC) 
• dotcentric (UK/IE) 
• Avensia (Sweden) 

The Technology Partner of the Year award honors the most forward-thinking technology partner that has added significant business value to Optimizely customers. This partner is a top driver of digital innovation and has successfully delivered highly effective solutions that integrate with the Optimizely platform. 

The winner of this award is Aprimo! 

The Industry Solution Award honors a technology partner that is changing the way organizations leverage data to unlock digital potential. This partner has proven mastery of the art and science of data-driven decision-making in their work, helping companies optimize customer journeys and drive significant business impacts. 

The winner of this award is Contentsquare! 

The Digital Experience Technology Partner of the Year award honors a technology partner that has excelled in delivering applications and integrations that help Optimizely customers meet their unique digital experience needs, empowering them to build a smarter tech stack that enables advanced personalization. 

The winner of this award is Siteimprove! 

The Rising Star Technology Partner of the Year award honors a technology partner that has set the pace for innovation, empowering businesses to create digital experiences that drive outsized outcomes. This partner has displayed ongoing and exceptional growth in their Optimizely knowledge and integration expertise. 

The winner of this award is Quantum Metric! 

Once again, thank you to all our partners for your ongoing commitment to innovation and excellence – and congratulations to our Optimizely 2021 Partner Awards winners!