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# Sales Enablement Collective Awards 2025:  Your shortlist
- URL: https://www.salesenablementcollective.com/awards-2025-your-shortlist/
- Published: 2025-11-05T15:23:18.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-17T14:22:15.000Z
- Description: The ballots have closed and the anticipation is building as we get set to honor the top achievers in sales enablement at this year's Sales Enablement Awards.
- Author: Sales Enablement Collective
- Tags: Awards, Articles

Awards season is upon us once again, and here at SEC, we're excited to announce the shortlist for our 2025 edition of the Sales Enablement Awards!

As always, while there can only be one winner in each category, every single nominee listed here is worthy of recognition for their dedication, hard work, and ability to stand out in a really talented enablement field. 

**The winners will be announced on December 2, 2025** 

In the meantime, let’s find out who’s in with a chance of winning! 👇

## Sales Enablement Leader of the Year

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/af/0b/af0be61a-605a-42ee-a863-ad9ed41cd9ed/content/images/2025/11/SHORTLIST-Leader-of-the-Year-1.png)

First category up is our Sales Enablement Leader of the Year - this award is about putting a spotlight on the most talented and successful sales enablement leaders! 

Awarding our heads, VPs, and Directors is always difficult, and selections this year were as tough as ever to narrow down.

**Our shortlist in this category is:**

- [Krati Seth](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kratiseth/), Head of Global Revenue Enablement, Whatfix
- [Georgia Watson](https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgiawatson/), Enablement Leader, IBM
- [Nate Vogel](https://www.linkedin.com/in/nate-vogel-712224a/), Head of Global Enablement, Pigment
- [Vanessa Metcalf](https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanessametcalf/), VP of Global Revenue Enablement, Showpad
- [Carol Ferrara Zarb](https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolferrarazarb/), Head of Global GTM Sales Enablement, Zoom

## Sales Enablement Rising Star

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/af/0b/af0be61a-605a-42ee-a863-ad9ed41cd9ed/content/images/2025/11/SHORTLIST-Rising-Star--3-.png)

This award is for the breakthrough enablement star, someone new to the enablement scene who’s making waves. 

Our finalists in this category have taken their first steps into enablement without skipping a beat, and that deserves some serious credit and recognition!

**Our shortlist in this category is:**

- [José Lucas Cordeiro Fernandes,](https://www.linkedin.com/in/zelucasfernandes/) Global Sales Enablement Manager, EBANX
- [Hannah Harris](https://www.linkedin.com/in/shannahharris), Sales Enablement Manager, Articulate
- [Mariam Olanipekun](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariam-olanipekun-oladunmomi), Service sales operations specialist, General Electric Healthcare
- [Arielle Scesa](https://www.linkedin.com/in/arielle-scesa/), Sr. GTM Enablement Manager, Upmarket, Procore Technologies
- [Shehmir Shaikh](https://www.linkedin.com/in/shehmir-shaikh/), Senior Enablement Manager, Getyourguide
- [Briana Deming](https://www.linkedin.com/in/briana-deming/) and [Angela Ripple](https://www.linkedin.com/in/angela-ripple-14a830207/), GTM analyst, FIS

## Sales Enablement Team of the Year

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/af/0b/af0be61a-605a-42ee-a863-ad9ed41cd9ed/content/images/2025/11/SHORTLIST-Team-of-the-Year.png)

This award’s all about highlighting the most talented and successful enablement teams out there!

**Our shortlist in this category is:**

- Revenue Enablement at [ZoomInfo](https://www.zoominfo.com/)
- [Articulate](https://www.articulate.com/)
- [Darktrace](https://www.darktrace.com/)
- Global Sales Leadership Development at [ServiceNow](https://www.servicenow.com/)
- [LinkedIn](https://about.linkedin.com/)

All our finalists are packed with talent and do everything to maximize enablement’s potential in their respective organizations - so while choosing a winner is always challenging, it's a massive achievement to get this far.

## Winners will be announced soon!

Before going any further, take a moment to acknowledge our nominees - it was extremely difficult to narrow each shortlist down to just these finalists. 

The enablement community continues to grow and attract kind, passionate, and talented individuals from all over. 

The winners of each category will be **announced on** December 2, 2025\. Be sure to mark the date on your calendar and join us for the celebration!

[Join here](https://www.linkedin.com/events/7376240956154740736/)