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Seeq Announces Customer Award Winners at Conneqt 2026

June 3, 2026

Seeq recognized the winners of the Seeq Customer Awards at Conneqt 2026. Across seven categories, this year’s winners stood out for turning industrial AI, analytics, and enterprise monitoring into meaningful enterprise outcomes. 

“Our 2026 Customer Award winners reflect the passion and ingenuity we’re seeing across the Seeq community,” said Michael Stenman, VP of Customer Success at Seeq. “These awards are about celebrating and recognizing customers who are showing the ‘art of the possible’ in modern industrial environments. From quick wins and empowered teams to sustainability gains, measurable business results, and transformation across the enterprise, their stories show what can happen when innovation turns into action.” 

Congratulations to the 2026 winners and finalists!

Rising Star Award Winner: Meridian Energy 
The Rising Star Award honors newer or fast-maturing customers who are achieving impressive time-to-value early in their Seeq journey. It recognizes an organization with clear potential to deliver even greater impact in the years ahead.  

Meridian Energy has moved from onboarding to visible success with impressive speed, delivering condition-based maintenance results in roughly 90 days. They are already building on that early momentum with new integrations, standardized analytics, and a clear roadmap for broader value across their assets. 

The finalists for the Rising Star Award were Viatris, Syngenta, and GSK.
 

Workforce Empowerment Award Winner: Fonterra
The Workforce Empowerment Award recognizes a company committed to enhancing business value by empowering subject matter experts and employees through scalable utilization of Seeq and learning resources, fostering optimized workflows and continuous improvement. At its core, this award celebrates customers who are building a true culture of industrial AI and analytics. 

Fonterra has built a truly broad, data-driven culture with Seeq. In just two years, their user base has grown to over 1,300 users. By combining strong community engagement with disciplined tracking of usage, training, and AI adoption, they have made advanced analytics part of everyday problem solving across the business. 

The finalists for the Workforce Empowerment Award were Teva, Equinor, and Merck.
 

Sustainability Award Winner: PBF Energy
This Award recognizes a company that has established itself as a leader in sustainable practices and is actively using Seeq to positively impact the environment. 

PBF Energy has made energy efficiency and environmental performance a core part of its improvement strategy, using Seeq to create real-time visibility across six refineries. As part of a broader goal to deliver $200 million in savings by the end of 2026, they are scaling reusable projects that reduce fuel firing, optimize steam systems, and drive measurable sustainability gains over time. 

The finalists for the Sustainability Award were Indorama, Marathon Petroleum, and BRR+/Pratt.


Business Impact Award Winner: Lonza
The Business Impact Award recognizes customers who demonstrate exceptional innovation and leadership in through forward-thinking solutions within Seeq to drive transformative changes and achieve significant business outcomes. 

Lonza has put business impact at the center of its Seeq strategy, developing an OEE solution that is already creating major value and now expanding globally. At its Portsmouth, New Hampshire facility alone, the team used real-time monitoring to increase asset capacity by 22 percent in the first campaign and deliver millions in value. 

The finalists for the Business Impact Award were Solvay, Chevron, and Ecolab.
 

Trailblazer Award Winner: Marathon Petroleum and MPLX
The Trailblazer Award recognizes customers who demonstrate exceptional innovation and leadership in leveraging cutting-edge technologies within Seeq to drive transformative changes and achieve significant business outcomes. 

MPC and MPLX stand out for their innovation driving meaningful outcomes across refining, pipeline, and environmental reporting. From early adoption of Seeq Enterprise to pioneering third-party data sharing – they have pushed both technical and organizational boundaries in ways others can learn from. Just as importantly, they have openly shared results, tested new capabilities, and are helping shape the product roadmap. 

The finalists for the Trailblazer Award were Regeneron, Energy Transfer, and AGL.
 

Seeq Champion of the Year Award Winner (Individual): Kyle Miller, MPLX
The Seeq Champion of the Year Award recognizes an enthusiastic advocate who drives tangible business value through advocacy of Seeq within their organization and beyond, positively impacting both their company and the Seeq community within the industry. 

Kyle Miller embodies what it means to be a Seeq Champion, combining fast execution, strong business impact, and contagious advocacy. He proved the value of Marathon’s Seeq Enterprise trial in just 30 days, and has kept that momentum going by delivering workshops, providing leadership in the Champions Community of Practice and sharing his passion through compelling Conneqt presentations. 

The finalists for the Seeq Champion of the Year Award were Cameron Cox of International Paper, Matt Kishe of Eli Lilly, and Patrick Robinson of PBF Energy.


Customer of the Year Award Winner (Organization): International Paper
The Customer of the Year Award recognizes a company that exemplifies best practices across multiple awards categories. This company demonstrates the pinnacle of achievement in leveraging industrial AI, analytics, and enterprise monitoring in Seeq to accelerate business outcomes at the enterprise level. It honors a company that embodies excellence across all operational excellence categories–production, reliability, and sustainability–and unleashes significant positive change in their organization to align with future corporate goals and objectives. 

International Paper has made Seeq a foundational part of its analytics ecosystem, supporting 15 mills, more than 300+ users, and 48 data source connections. With disciplined use-case development and deep enterprise commitment, they have shown what it looks like to scale analytics with purpose, precision, and real impact. They have been dedicated to bold innovation through their lighthouse engagement with Seeq Intelligence. 

The finalists for the Customer of the Year Award were Eli Lilly, Intel, and Pfizer.

Special Thanks
Special recognition also goes to the customers, finalists, and champions whose innovation, partnership, and leadership helped make Conneqt 2026 such a strong reflection of what’s possible with industrial AI, analytics, and enterprise monitoring. Thank you also to our sponsors, who played a pivotal role in bringing Conneqt 2026 to life.  

  • BKO AI, Innovation Theater Sponsor 

Learn more about the engaging conversations and insights shared by industrial leaders at Conneqt 2026 here.