On the 10 of October, there was a special buzz in the air even as Interact 2013 – The Digital Messaging Industry Conference, was coming to a close.

The occasion?

A special awards ceremony honoring the winners of the first ever Message Systems’ Customer Excellence Awards at Paradise Point Resort & Spa.

Finalists for the award were earlier picked based on an [outlined criteria](http://www.messagesystems.com/blog/message-systems-customer-excellence-awards/ "Message Systems Customer Excellence Awards!") through a combination of nominations and customer participation. The winners were selected by a panel of judges comprised of Message Systems CEO George Schlossnagle, CTO Alec Peterson, Senior VP of Sales Barry Abel and Head of Global Account Management, Marina Bernstein.

Amid an atmosphere of anticipation, Barry Abel, Senior VP of Sales made his way up to the stage to announce the finalists.

_Barry Abel SVP of Sales Announces The Finalists_

They were…

Lifetime Achievement

- Harland Clarke
- Agora

Global Momentum

- Xing
- Twitter
- US Air

Product Innovation

- LinkedIn
- Facebook
- Match.com

Product Improvement

- Lifescript
- Marketo
- MobileStorm

It was a tense moment as the crowd waited for the final results. Without further bating the audience, Barry announced the winners and congratulations are in order for…

… **Agora** who won the Lifetime Achievement Award!

_Getty Sarno, VP of Enterprise Applications for Lifescript accepting the CEA_ 

… **XING** who won the Global Momentum Award!

_Holger Burger, Director of Site Operations for XING accepting the CEA_

…  **LinkedIn** who won the Product Innovation Award!

_Franck Martin, Postmaster of LinkedIn, accepting the CEA, for his excellent work in DMARC code_

… and last, but not least, **Lifescript** who won the Product Improvement Award!

_Jack Hogan, CTO of Lifescript, accepting the CEA_

Many thanks to all our customers for their loyalty and innovative use of Momentum, especially [Agora](http://www.messagesystems.com/resources/case-studies/agora "Agora Case Study"), LinkedIn,[Lifescript](http://www.messagesystems.com/resources/case-studies/lifescript "LifeScript - Case Study") and [Xing](http://www.messagesystems.com/resources/case-studies/xing "Xing Case Study"). We appreciate your support and look forward to hosting and welcoming a new group of winners for the Customer Excellence Awards again at Interact 2014!

_Winners of the Customer Excellence Awards 2013!_

_Find out why companies like LinkedIn, XING, Agora and Lifescript are powering their businesses with Momentum in the **[Total Economic Impact of Momentum white paper](http://www.messagesystems.com/resources/digital-library/white-paper/total-economic-impact-momentum-platform?src=Blog&pc=BlogDL-WP-ForresterTEI "Total Economic Impact of Momentum White Paper")**!_