March 2024 Living Our Values Award Winners

Our Splunk values are the foundation of our welcoming, people-first culture. That’s why we’re proud to recognize five individual Splunkers and one Splunk team each quarter who truly embody these values. These special Splunkers have all been nominated by their colleagues for their commitment to exemplifying our values in all of their interactions! Learn more about each winner and why they were selected below.

Innovative

Romain Guillaud

Sr. Solutions Engineer, GSS | Prague, CZ

Romain developed "Visualize 2 Value" aka V2V, a way to gather, present and communicate information about an opportunity/customer that solves several challenges we are faced with in the Unified Engagement Model. V2V is a methodology that can be done in person or virtually based on design thinking ideas that is now used day in and day out in hundreds of engagements thanks to Romain’s training and enablement across the organization.

Passionate

Tim Pavlik

Principal Software Engineer, Orchestration | Seattle, WA, USA

Tim is described as “an engineer that others look up to for how he chases after problems with some serious drive.” He has a passion for improving the Splunk user experience, and that passion is infectious to those in his team. Tim recently went above and beyond when gathering feedback for a preview program discussing solutions, workarounds, and potential new features. Through this, Tim brought back "ENORMOUS amounts of feedback, with truly amazing levels of detail, and a precise understanding of the customer problem." Thanks to his contributions, he creates better customer experiences and inspires other Splunkers to do the same.

Disruptive

Victoria Riebman

Inside Sales Representative, Digital Sales | Florida, USA

Victoria's journey is one of challenging the status quo, daring to ask the tougher questions, and, most importantly, demonstrating that taking risks is an integral part of innovation. She noticed that the team was heavily reliant on methods that were increasingly being ignored by potential clients, and introduced a multi-channel approach into their outreach efforts. This was a gamble, as it diverted resources from tried and tested methods, but she was convinced that taking this risk was essential for innovation. While going through this transition, Victoria fine-tuned strategies and offered constant encouragement. Thanks to her new method and leadership, Splunkers were landing meetings with major accounts that had been unresponsive for months. By refusing to accept the status quo, being willing to ask the tougher questions, and understanding that taking risks is part of innovation, she transformed not just her team, but many others approaches to prospecting. 

Open

Tammy Summers

Sr. Director, DEI Business Partner | Virginia, USA

Tammy is described as a true "openness" ambassador who knows how to create welcoming spaces for fresh ideas, diverse viewpoints, and for people to show up more fully by modeling the way through authenticity and inclusiveness. This year, Tammy took on the exciting challenge of spearheading the Building Bridges sponsorship readiness pilot program. She convened a dynamic, cross-functional team across the company. Tammy led with openness, style, and grace through the many moving parts and unexpected twists and turns. The result of the program enabled cadres of emerging leaders at Splunk to flourish. 

Fun - The Roger David Carasso Award

SaiTheja Swaroopa Chinthalapalli

Salesforce Engineer, QTC | Hyderabad, India

Swaroopa has been an integral part of creating a fun atmosphere and building community in our new Hyderabad office. She is a part of the Community of Practices for Culture, and has coordinated activities for the office like a flash mob, potluck, and Bring Your Family to Work Day. Through these activities, the Hyderabad team is able to better connect, which enables them to work together better. Splunkers have wonderful things to say about her: “Her positivity is infectious and helps maintain a light and open atmosphere in the Hyderabad office. She is not only a highly capable professional but also a wonderful human being.”

Team Award

GovSummit Committee

Stephanie Martin, Patrick Burns, Jenny Nunez, Khadijah Theus, John Serpe, JoAnn McKay, Haley Ferarrio, Lauren Corwin, Eric Miller, Jessica Narog, Lauren Ames, Bailey Harmon, Alice Schlein, Casey Corman, Kimiko De Pedro, Marjorie Jooste, Krystyna Biassou, Eric Kokumura, Lindsey Apunte, Bruce Watkins, Cathy Cromley, Michael McShannock, and Kelsey Espinosa

Splunk GovSummit is our largest annual event for government customers, focused on providing thought leadership and education to public sector organizations so they can drive digital resilience and deliver on their missions. This year's event was a huge success due to a cross-functional team across Marketing and Sales. The team proved passion, resilience, and innovation as they pivoted with surprises to "make lemonade.” They created a memorable event that created new opportunities for Splunk and proved valuable to our customers!

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