Winners of the Intranet and Digital Workplace Awards are determined by an international judging panel of intranet experts, located in Australia, Europe and the USA.
See more about this year’s judges below:
James Robertson, Step Two
James Robertson is one of the global experts on digital employee experience, digital workplaces and intranet strategy. James is the founder and managing director of Step Two, a vendor-neutral consultancy located in Australia. In this role, he has helped high-profile organisations to develop intranet strategies, both within Australia and internationally.
He is the author of Essential intranets: inspiring sites that deliver business value and Designing intranets: creating sites the work, the two best-selling intranet books in the world.
James has keynoted conferences around the globe, including in the UK, USA, Denmark, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Singapore, Malaysia, New Zealand and Australia.
Rebecca Rogers, Step Two
Rebecca is an experienced and successful digital workplace and intranet consultant, with extensive experience in corporate and government organisations globally. She manages the Step Two Forum, is a principal consultant and senior member of Step Two’s leadership team.
Rebecca is able to quickly understand business issues and draw on a wealth of experience to tailor approaches that are both strategic and practical. She has a singular focus on helping teams and practitioners succeed, and with boundless energy, she’s known for rolling up her sleeves to get the outcomes that are needed.
She has a passion for UX and human-centred design to create exceptional digital workplaces, intranets and digital employee experiences. She brings an infectious enthusiasm to any setting, with an enviable reputation around the globe as a result of her consulting engagements, presentations and workshops.
As the manager of the Step Two Forum, Rebecca is responsible for supporting practitioners across Australia and around the world, as well as helping build the connections between teams that will last a career.
Susan Hanley, Susan Hanley LLC
Susan Hanley is a seasoned technology professional and the president of Susan Hanley LLC, a consulting firm specializing in intranets and collaboration solutions. With over 40 years of experience in the industry, Susan is a recognized expert in the field of intranets, knowledge management, collaboration, and information architecture and has helped organizations of all sizes to optimize their use of the Microsoft 365 platform.
Susan’s expertise has earned her the coveted Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award for Microsoft 365, which recognizes her exceptional contributions to the Microsoft community. She is a frequent speaker at conferences and events, where she shares her insights and best practices on how organizations can build and manage intranets and knowledge management solutions.
Connect with Susan on LinkedIn. Follow Susan on Bluesky at @susanhanley.bsky.social
Sam Marshall, ClearBox Consulting
Sam Marshall is the owner of ClearBox Consulting and has specialised in intranets and the digital workplace for over 20 years, working with companies such as Arup, Bayer, Diageo, Sony and GSK.
His current activities focus on intranet and digital workplace strategy, and the business side of Microsoft 365. He is the executive author of the annual ClearBox ‘Intranet an Employee Experience Platform’ report, the most comprehensive evaluation of this technology market.
Sam is a regular keynote speaker at international conferences and has been named a ‘Contributor of the year’ for his CMSWire column seven years in a row. He has an MSc in Artificial Intelligence, an MA in Psychology and more bicycles than shoes. Email [email protected] or LinkedIn Sam Marshall
Susan Quain, Lloyds Business Group
Susan is an award-winning Senior Digital Channel Leader with specialist experience in areas such as digital products and digital experience, working across highly regulated corporate environments to deliver enterprise-wide, people-focused strategic transformation and innovation.
With a proven track record in navigating organisations through major change, she has most recently spent several years at Fidelity International in roles that have included Digital Employee Experience Director. During this period, she was awarded ‘Digital Workplace Leader of the Year for Digital Acceleration’ by Digital Workplace Group.
Susan enjoys seeing the outcomes of her passion to make working lives easier for workforces and has successfully led digital teams on complex digital transformation projects. She uses her leadership and influence to drive for change and never shies away from a digital challenge, if it’s going to provide real business outcomes.
Kat McTaggart, Australian Retirement Trust
Kat currently leads the internal communication channels strategy and roadmap for Australian Retirement Trust (ART), one of Australia’s largest superannuation funds with nearly 2.4 million members and more than $330 billion worth of retirement savings.
In the last 10 years, Kat has rolled out three new intranets and two new Viva Engage instances, making it easier for executives and employees to stay connected, informed and engaged. On top of that, her in-house experience has included managing a range of internal communications and digital channels, including leading internal communications for Australia’s largest superannuation merger. Kat has previously worked in internal communications and people & culture roles at large corporate organisations including Auto & General (where she launched her first intranet) and Campbell Arnott’s.
What really drives Kat is improving the employee experience. She’s all about making work simpler and more engaging, using creativity and authenticity to keep people motivated and connected. Outside of digging into the detail of how intranets work, Kat is just as passionate about travel and croissants (in no particular order). Connect with Kat on LinkedIn.
Krista Kennedy Groenwoldt, The MITRE Corporation
Krista is the Dept Head, Design, Discovery & AI at The MITRE Corporation. She leads an organization within MITRE’s Enterprise Technology Center which has a mission to enable the company by securely connecting people, expertise, capabilities, tools, and information. Krista currently oversees services related to Data Strategy & Governance, Data Engineering & Knowledge Management, and AI & Analytics.
With a background in User-Centered Design, Krista has spent more than 25 years working to increase knowledge sharing and improve experiences for users of IT systems. She has a Master’s Degree in Applied Cognitive Psychology from George Mason University and has given many presentations across the US over the years.
Krista is based in the United States. Connect with Krista on LinkedIn.
Steve Bynghall, Two Hives Ltd
Steve Bynghall is a freelance digital workplace and intranet consultant and writer. Following an MSc in Information Science from City University, Steve worked at accounting firm BDO LLP for over 13 years, working in various knowledge roles including managing the firm’s global extranet program. In late 2010 he set up Two Hives Ltd, which now trades as Defiantly Digital. Steve also writes extensively for different digital workplace vendors and providers, .
As well as his consulting activities, Steve produces and coordinates Step Two Design’s Intranet Innovation Awards. Steve is also a consultant, knowledge manager and benchmark evaluator for the Digital Workplace Group, and edits ClearBox Consulting’s intranet software guides. Steve is the co-founder of Spark Trajectory, an intranet and digital workplace consultancy specialising in intranet strategy, governance and operations.
Steve is based in London, UK. Connect with Steve on LinkedIn.