Company and Nominee Information

Leadership: Marketing

Company and Nominee Information

Title
(Title of project/awards entry)
Submitting company
Cosubmitting Company or Individual
(Supporting consultancy or Oracle employee)
Nominee (CMO) Contact Information
(Name/phone/e-mail)
Nominee Background (Years with organization, professional qualifications, education)
Secondary Contact (Cosubmitter)
(Name/phone/e-mail)
Region
(Select one by placing an x in the appropriate box) / North America
Latin America
Europe, Middle East, and Africa
Asia Pacific

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Section 1: Oracle Products/Services

Please check which of these Oracle products your organization is using:

Siebel Customer Relationship Management (Siebel Marketing, Siebel Sales, Siebel Service, Siebel Loyalty, Siebel Order Management)
Oracle CRM On Demand
Oracle Fusion Customer Relationship Management(Oracle Fusion Sales, Oracle Fusion Marketing, Oracle Fusion Opportunity Management)
Oracle ATG Web Commerce
Oracle Master Data Management (Customer Hubs, Product Hubs)
Oracle Business Intelligence (Sales Analytics, Marketing Analytics)
Oracle Knowledge Management
Oracle WebCenter Sites
Oracle Social Network Cloud Service
Oracle Financial, Procurement, and Supply Chain Applications
Oracle Endeca
Oracle Knowledge for Contact Center (formerly InQuira Customer Experience Platform)
Oracle Knowledge for Web Service (formerly InQuira Customer Experience Platform)
Oracle RightNow Contact Center Experience
Oracle RightNow Web Cloud Services or
Oracle RightNow Web Experience
Oracle RightNow Engage
Oracle RightNow Social Experience
Oracle Database (list version) ______
Oracle Fusion Middleware: (list products and modules)
Oracle Hardware: SPARC Enterprise M-Series Servers
Oracle Hardware: x86 Servers
Oracle Hardware: Pillar Axiom
Oracle Hardware: ZFS
Oracle Solaris
Oracle Engineered Systems: Oracle Exadata
Oracle Engineered Systems: Oracle Exalogic
Oracle Engineered Systems: Oracle Exalytics
Section 2: Level of IT Engagement
With the majority of organizations continuing to invest in IT to drive competitive advantage, CMOs are playing a bigger role than ever before in determining which IT projects get funded and ensuring that IT investments are tightly linked to specific, measurable business goals. What is your oversight role with regard to technology at your organization? Please check all that apply:
I work closely with the CIO on all technology-led marketing initiatives
I am the executive sponsor for a current IT implementation project
I am a member of the IT steering or IT governance committee at my organization
Members of my marketing teams work closely with their IT counterparts
Other (please describe)
Section 3:Business Environment
Instructions:
In the space below, please describe the business environment for your company and marketing organization. Important elements of a business environment are:
•Products. Describe the types of products or services provided.
•Geography. Describe the geographic span of your marketing organization.
•Customers. Describe the types of customers you serve (for example, B2C, B2B, retail, corporate accounts) and the expectations they have regarding products and/or services provided.
•Competitive landscape. Describe how your market is divided, and the basis for competition (for example, brand, price, features, quality). It is important to provide specifics relative to your market, because the competitive landscape may vary by industry.
In the box below, describe the business environment and include detailed data, keeping in mind that our judges have signed NDAs.
Section 4: Problem Statement
In today’s competitive marketplace, CMOs are under more pressure than ever before to demonstrate value across multiple channels with fewer dollars. For your marketing organization, describe the problem you experienced and were trying to solve with Oracle products and/or services relative to this nomination. Provide metrics and competitive analysis data when available.
This section is performance oriented; important elements are:

Top challenges your industry faces
Top challenges faced by your marketing organization (for example, staffing, skills, customer or brand awareness, social media challenges, emerging technologies)
The metric or metrics requiring improvement for your marketing organization
Management directives and performance targets
Urgency of the problem

In the box below, describe the problem statement and include detailed data, keeping in mind that our judges have signed NDAs.
Problem Statement:
Section 5: Solution/Methodology
Instructions:
In the box below, describe how you resolved the problem, including both the method and the solution. Judges will look for the following information to form an opinion about the solution adopted:

Organization. Describe the organization of your project. Were you the executive sponsor? Who else was involved (stakeholders, project leads, employees)?
Methodology selection process. Describe how you selected the approach, methodology, and/or tools chosen to analyze the problems and identify solutions. Describe the key decision criteria in the selection process.
Application of methodology. Describe key obstacles, challenges, and lessons learned in applying the methodology. Describe what was innovative about your approach to solving the problem. Describe the project stages or provide a timeline of the project.
Oracle solutions. Describe the Oracle products and/or services utilized in the project, and the criteria that influenced the selection process. Describe how these products and/or services are helping to resolve the problems documented in the problem statement.
Implementation status. Provide information on the progress of implementing the solution identified. Include information about pilots conducted to test the solution as well as rollout information.

Possible discussion examples:

Created a personalized customer buying experience across all customer touch points including the Web, contact center, mobile devices, social media, and physical stores, using Oracle ATG Web Commerce solutions
Using Oracle RightNow Cloud Service to deliver a unified cross-channel customer experience across the Web, social networking sites, and customer contact centers
Using Oracle’s Siebel Enterprise Marketing applications to market best-in-class cross-channel and multichannel solutions
Using Oracle’s Siebel Enterprise Marketing applications to accelerate time to market, monitor and measure marketing performance, and achieve superior results
Using Oracle Marketing Analytics to analyze customers, products, budgeting, expenditures, responses, leads, opportunities, and events and determine their impact and effectiveness
Using Oracle RightNow Social Experience to extend brand and market into social and online communities
Using Oracle Customer Data Hub to achieve a single enterprisewide 360-degree view of the customer
Improved customer data quality and/or streamlined data integration processes using Oracle Data Integration and/or Oracle Data Quality solutions
Other (please describe)

In the box below, describe the solution and methodology leveraged and include detailed data, keeping in mind that our judges have signed NDAs. This section is process, practice, and people oriented.
Section 6: Benefits Achieved
Instructions:
In the box below, describe the impact of the transformation project and the benefits that it has delivered to your finance organization. This section is critical for the judges’ assessment of your project, so please provide the following types of information:

Metrics/quantitative benefits that compare before-and-after performance
Impact on the company bottom line if possible
Lessons learned

In the box below, describe the impact of the solution and benefits achieved to date. Include detailed data, keeping in mind that our judges have signed NDAs. This section is performance oriented.
Benefits Achieved:
Section 7: Acknowledgments
Instructions:
In the space below, list one or more of the following:

Reference documentation sources used
Team members you would like to recognize
External organizations you would like to recognize

Section 8: Executive Leadership
Describe your role in driving transformation at your marketing organization, and why your involvement was central to the project’s success. Provide examples of your involvement and leadership if possible.
Possible discussion points:
•You were the executive sponsor of the transformation project
•You secured an executive mandate for the transformation project
•You held regularly scheduled meetings to track and report on progress
•You instituted an end-to-end governance process to ensure that the implementation was addressing key business requirements
•You created an oversight committee and/or held other groups accountable for progress
•You drove or supported change management, training, and communication efforts
•Other (please describe below)
Executive Leadership Statement:

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