Celebrating excellence: announcing 2025 Techcellence Award winners

The Techcellence Awards are back for a second year at Realize LIVE 2025 in Americas and Europe! The Techcellence Awards honor exemplary individuals and companies who are driving digital transformation and sustainability through innovation. 

Each finalist has demonstrated excellence in their field and we're excited to recognize their achievements. Learn more about the award categories and our outstanding customers below! 

⚙️ Digital transformation award: honors a digital enterprise that is driving innovation and streamlining processes through smart, scalable technology.  

Europe finalists:

• Saab (winner) 

• Rolls-Royce SMR Limited (finalist) 

• PIA Automation GmbH (finalist) 

Americas finalists: 

• The PASLIN Company 

• SENAI PE (winner)

• Northrop Grumman  

💡Innovation leader award: honors an individual who exemplifies creativity and forward-thinking by driving transformative change within their industry.  

Europe finalists:

• MAHLE International GmbH – Wolfram Kuehnel (winner) 

• Continental Automotive – Jakub Hamernik (finalist) 

• Bosch – Carsten Meyer (finalist) 

Americas finalists:   

• Sibo Chou from Northrop Grumman (winner)

• Prakhar Mittal from AtriCure, Inc.  

• Kevin F. from Jabil  

🌱 Sustainability impact award: honors an organization that demonstrates exceptional commitment to sustainability and leverages Siemens technology to drive positive environmental and social change. 

Europe finalists:

• CEE – Ray & Jules (winner) 

• Knorr-Bremse AG (finalist) 

• WAGO (finalist) 

Americas finalists: 

• Desert Control  

• Workhorse  

• BorgWarner  (winner)

🤝 Community champion award: honors an individual who shows exemplary community leadership by sharing their Siemens expertise via substantial public contributions.  

Europe finalists:

• Frederik Vanhee, founder of theScriptingEngineer (winner) 

 Americas finalists: 

• Tushar Suradkar from CADVertex Solutions  

• Peter Mendez from General Atomics  (winner)

• Robert McAnany from Hallmark Cards  

Join us in congratulating all our finalists on this well-deserved recognition. We look forward to continue celebrating our customers’ innovation, impact and leadership!  🏆👏🚀 

Left to right: Frederik Vanhee from theScriptingEngineer (community champion winner), Emil Riddervold from Saab (digital transformation winner), Brenda, Bob, Wolfram Kuehnel from MAHLE (innovation leader winner), Kristof Cambré from CEE / Ray & Jules, Koen Bosmans from CEE / Ray & Jules (sustainability impact winner), Edwin 

Left to right: Peter Mendez (General Atomics - Community Champion winner), Bruno Brasil (SENAI-ISI - Digital Transformation winner), Oziel Alves (SENAI-ISI - Digital Transformation winner), Ricardo Borges (SENAI-ISI - Digital Transformation winner), Tallat Mahmood (BorgWarner - Sustainability Impact winner), Tyler Roberts (BorgWarner - Sustainability Impact winner), Greg Collins (BorgWarner - Sustainability Impact winner)

Not pictured: Sibo Chou (Northrop Grumman - Innovation Leader winner)