XPLAIN: Two-time Winner of International Innovation Awards

ZURICH, November 29, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --

XPLAIN's Founder, Stefanos Karagos has been recognized worldwide as one of Internationalist's "Agency INNOVATORS of 2016"

"Innovation is not novelty. 

It's the conversion of novelty into real value" 

Stefanos Karagos, Founder of XPLAIN 

Following XPLAIN's Gold Prize for Digital Innovation Solutions in 2015, it comes a second distinction in a row this year as XPLAIN's Founder Stefanos Karagos, nominated by his industry colleagues, was recognized as one of Internationalist's Agency INNOVATORS of 2016.

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Just 30 marketing experts throughout the world were chosen among several hundred nominations by the Internationalist committee that voted on the worthiness of each Innovator taking also into account the number of nominations received by the industry colleagues for each candidate.

Since 2006, every year the Internationalist magazine names those Executives who have the rare ability to rethink current notions of Marketing by championing breakthrough multinational strategy, simplifying complex internal processes, encouraging collaboration and managing risk, while working in the midst of fast change and keeping sight of "the big idea".

"Innovation means hard work that drives real value" Stefanos Karagos stated. "It is the new thinking coming from research, data and experimentation and thereafter is the result of effective teamwork and collaboration among our team. XPLAIN is the cornerstone of this success that brought method to the madness of our dreams".

Stefanos Karagos will be featured as a trendsetter in the Internationalist Magazine transforming the Marketing industry as well as in various Think Tanks around the world.  

Read the Internationalist's announcement here

About Stefanos Karagos 

Stefanos Karagos is an Information Scientist who loves Disruptive Strategic Thinking. He has been a pioneer and a thought leader in the Technology, Publishing and Marketing sectors for about 20 years. He is the founder of XPLAIN, the Leading Marketing Intelligence Firm providing Digital Innovation Services to over 130 brands in 33 countries with applied experience in the fields of FMCG, Retail, Technology, Shopping Malls and Automotive.

His vision is actively shared by a Dream Team of highly skilled professionals carrying over more than two decades of experience in the Digital World and its evolution, with wide expertise in Digital Marketing, Consumer Intelligence and Data Analysis & Prediction.

XPLAIN, among other awards, has won the Gold Prize for the Global Digital Content Strategy for Mountain Dew in the Internationalist Awards for Digital Innovation 2015 in New York.

Stefanos Karagos is a popular, non-conventional keynote speaker and his innovative work is highly recognized as his business presentations on SlideShare were acknowledged of being in the Top 1% of most viewed SlideShare Content worldwide. Having worked in different cultural environments such as Switzerland, UK, US, Greece, Romania and Cyprus, Stefanos is well versed in the intricacies of international marketing and innovation.

Stefanos Karagos is also an active member of Digital Analytics Association (DAA), Marketing Research Association(MRA) and WOMMA (Word of Mouth Marketing Association).

SOURCE XPLAIN