Products don't market themselves. People do, so this round of Torchie Awards finalists is all about them 🔥
Marketing Leader of the Year: the executives setting the vision and building the teams behind it.
Nicole Suther (mintmobile), Renato Iyo Alberti (deuna_app), Ajay Nair (chegg), Sarah Lands Ramrup (purina)
Rising Marketing Star: the early-career marketers already getting real results with Braze.
Taylor Comeau (scooterscoffee), Zahra Khan (pizzahut), Cailin Crowther (comparethemarket), Giovanna Anzola (rideryapp)
Bonfire Community Leader of the Year: the ones who show up for everyone else in the Braze community.
Ted Scott, (cognizant), Anne Schultheis (scooterscoffee), Nirnay Polaboina (luxury.escapes)
Winners get their moment at Forge this September. Congrats to all eleven finalists: you've already done the hard part. 💪
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