Pavilion + G2 Announce Inaugural 2023 GTM Award Winners

Earlier this summer, we shared our partnership with  Pavilion to launch the inaugural GTM Awards – an industry-wide recognition program designed to celebrate and honor outstanding GTM leaders across B2B SaaS. Today, we are proud to announce the winners, who were recognized during Pavilion’s GTM2023 event at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville on October 12th. 

The expert judging committee — comprised of Mike Weir, Advisor at G2; Sam Jacobs, Founder & CEO, Pavilion; Jacco van der Kooij, Founder, Winning by Design; Sangram Vajre, CEO, GTM Partners; and Lisa Sharapata, CMO, Arbinger Institute – evaluated nominations based on four key criteria: impact, innovation, creativity, and results. 

So without further ado, here are the 2023 GTM Award Winners presented by Pavilion & G2: 

• CRO of the Year: Steve Travaglini, Chief Sales Officer at LinkSquares
• CRO Lifetime Achievement Award: Marc Jacobs, CRO at CHEQ
• Startup CRO of the Year: Eric Appel, Worldwide Head of Sales at Island
• CMO of the Year: Latané Conant, CRO & former CMO at 6sense
• CMO Lifetime Achievement Award: Dara Treseder, CMO at Autodesk
• Startup CMO of the Year: Alex Poulos, CMO at Crossbeam
• CCO of the Year: Tom Austin, VP of Customer Success at Redgate Software
• CCO Lifetime Achievement Award: Yamini Rangan, CEO & former CCO at HubSpot 
• Startup CCO of the Year: Brandi Corbello, SVP of Global Delivery at Indico Data
• CEO of the Year: Grant Halloran, CEO at Planful
• CEO Lifetime Achievement Award: Brian Halligan, Co-Founder & Chairperson at HubSpot
• Startup CEO of the Year: Gal Aga, CEO at Aligned
• GTM Innovator Award: 6sense
• Category Creator Award: UserGems
• Hypergrowth Award: Aeologic Technologies
• Venture Capital Investor of the Year: Summit Partners

See all finalists for the GTM Awards and learn more by following G2, Pavilion, and the #GTMAwards hashtag on LinkedIn. Congratulations to the inaugural class of 2023 GTM Award winners!