Accolades
2022 Best B-to-B Event of the year
Cisco WebexOne Virtual Event
As the video conference call skyrocketed into one of the world’s most important tools of the pandemic era, Cisco’s well-established video collaboration brand Webex suddenly found itself surrounded by competitors who had gained widespread awareness. For its 2021 WebexOne virtual event, Webex set out to reestablish itself as the global leader in the space while also promoting a pair of Cisco strategic acquisitions—Socio, a digital event platform, and Slido, a virtual polling tool—that, combined, provide a suite of digital engagement options.
2019 Event Marketer of the Year (Dream Team)
DREAM TEAM TITLE: Team Captain & Chief Marketing Officer
CURRENT TITLE: Director-Global Third Party Events
WHY WE WANT HIM: For his critical eye and passion for storytelling, and ability to rethink and reinvent an entire event portfolio, as he has for Microsoft’s third party events.
2018 Corporate Event Expert Profile
At Corporate Event News, our objective is to showcase the diverse people, programs, challenges and rewards of corporate events, so what better way to accomplish that than by talking to industry experts? Each month, we highlight a different corporate event professional to help you get to know some of the individuals who make this industry thrive.
Our first featured event expert of 2018 is Emmanuel Gotsis, director of global experiential marketing at Microsoft.
Recommendations
E (as we called him) was a bright and delightful addition to the Microsoft Events Team. He brought an amazingly positive attitude, data driven intelligence, and can-do approach.
It was obvious from the start that E could do so much more than what we tasked him with. Under-utilized, he grew into new areas and challenges delivering significant impact on the event portfolio while building strong relationships and trust - not always easy in an organization as large as MSFT.
It does seem that E’s life is perfect as I never saw him having a bad day or under a Grey cloud. His smile and demeanor were always uplifting and contagious.
If you have the opportunity to spend some time with E, do so. You’ll be better for it.
Emmanuel is one of the best in delivering innovation-focused keynote events. At Apple and at Cisco, I watched Emmanuel manage short timelines, complex event strategies, key messaging, executive communications and technical demos – without breaking a sweat. Emmanuel is one of the go-to's in my book for best-in-class large-scale event strategy and delivery.
Emmanuel is a dynamic leader, exceptionally skilled in building and coaching cohesive teams. Emmanuel led the Webex Global Events team at Cisco and fostered an inclusive culture where employees felt valued, challenged and heard. His ability to come up with creative and thoughtful experiences while directing cross-functional teams towards execution is incredibly valuable to any organization. I would highly recommend him as a manager and would be thrilled to work with him again.