Dharmesh Harji

Sitecore Symposium SUGMEA

I ran and supported a post symposium SUGMEA for the MEA region. I was involved with running, speaking and championing this in MEA in December.

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Getting customers onto the Sitecore Livestream

One of the most important contributions I made this year was bringing customers directly onto the official Sitecore Symposium live stream—most notably Karan from Yas Island and Bilal from DP World—giving them a global platform to share their real-world experiences with XM Cloud, Content Hub, AI and digital transformation at scale. Showcasing their stories wasn’t just about highlighting great work; it ensured the global community heard authentic, practical perspectives from brands leading innovat...

Content contribution ebooks, white papers, case studies

This year I played a major role in shaping and contributing to Horizontal’s global thought-leadership engine—co-authoring and supporting multiple e-books, playbooks and strategic content pieces that guide customers on XM Cloud adoption, composable architecture, AI-powered digital experience, personalisation maturity and digital transformation. My contributions helped translate complex Sitecore concepts into practical, business-ready insights used by teams across EMEA, the Middle East, India and ...

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Thought Leadership

One of my key contributions this year was promoting and elevating the Sitecore City Tour in London, where Horizontal Digital served as a sponsor. I used LinkedIn to drive awareness, highlight the strategic importance of the event, and showcase how Sitecore, AI and DXP innovation are shaping real-world customer experiences—featuring sessions from leaders like George Smith, Ben Parkinson and our customer Greystar. This post helped mobilise the community, widen participation, and connect practition...

Hosted SUGMEA and Panel

I was the host of SUGMEA and ran the panel.

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Hosted Sitecore Symposium Live Stream Globally from Sitecore Symposium w/ Sean Broderick

I got asked to be the co-host alongside Sean to host the Sitecore Live Stream everyday from Symposium. It was great and we did 3 days of liver streaming. In that time, we interviewed, Maggie Buggie. Eric Stine, Tamas, Women in Tech panel, Roger Connelly, Dave O'Flannagan and other the Red Coat winner for 2024! This was great, we took symposium to the world. I feel this really helped the community and get the message out there!!!

I have lots of pictures and evidence if required.

Video from Sitecore Symposium pre event

I did a video from Gaylord to try to show the energy and excitement of being at Sitecore Symposium.

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Road to Symposium - top 3 things to look forward to

Video in Dublin about our top 3 reasons to come to Sitecore Symposium

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Video at Trinity College Dublin

Video discussion the keynote announcements at Symposium - road to symposium

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Attended Sitecore GSKO

I think this is important as I was able to go due to my role in the MVP community and I contributed to the MVP sessions at Sitecore MVP summit in GSKO. Whilst there I spent time with other MVPs in Washington and shared ideas.

Hosted a panel at SUGCON India with Cipla (Sitecore Client) and Roger Connelly (CPO)

I had the pleasure of hosting and moderating a panel with CIPLA (Dir, Digital Technology) and Roger Connelly (CPO) discussing how they are transforming their experiences with Sitecore.

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Recorded 4 podcasts with Kathie Johnson, Steve Tsitakis, Owen and Lee Miles

I set up 4 podcasts with Sitecore Leadership at the time and got them all released. They were all to do with Sitecore's outlook for the year, XM Cloud, Symposium and promoting that.

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Promoting Sitecore DX - we also created Ice Creams specifically named after Sitecore products

Here I am talking about what I've heard at Sitecore DX, the key themes and the ice cream we did for Sitecore DX.

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I hired a large public billboard in Dubai to showcase all of our MVPs

See below link to the billboard I hired which showcases each and everyone one of our Middle East MVPs.

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Sitecore Car-Pool Karaoke

I started a car pool karaoke program where I interview Sitecore folk from Sitecore and the community whilst during around Dubai. I did Suliman, Jennifer, Nitish, Nilesh and others. This was great for getting Sitecore seen in the community in a different way.

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Whitepapers, landing pages, videos etc

I have contributed to many white papers, landing pages, Horizontal ebooks this year. I am also involved heavily in building out content to go out to the community. Below is just one example.

Recorded a podcast with Emily Nicholls Sitecore

Recorded a Podcast with Emily in the UK all about Sitecore marketing, products and life at Sitecore

Encouraged teammate to promote Sitecore on video and they created this

Oh stop it Wafaa Maarouf and Joseph Bou Raad! Loving this!!

I created a cool attraction at the Sitecore booth at an event in London to drive awareness

Is it a spaceship? Time-travel capsule? Some kind of cloning device (we all wish)... nope.

This is a ball-nado! If you are at the eCommerce expo at the ExCel today, stop by the Horizontal Digital and Sitecore booth and chat to us about our composa-ball 😁 (see, see) solutions whilst also having a go in this very cool ball-nado challenge.

Video showcasing why to visit Sitecore at MartechVibe

Fancy a swim?

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Unfortunately not today. But what I am at Martechvibe today with Sitecore talk about everything composable, AI, and Digital!

Come and say hi!

Promoting SUGCON India

As well as organizing SUGCON usergroup - I did a lot of content whilst there

Commissioned, edited, and produced Lee Miles Podcast with George Smith

I've been wanting to post this for a while so to finally release this podcast is special! Lee Miles has such colourful background from football to accounting and now driving customer success with Sitecore! I'll be posting some more on this but if you want to listen / watch the podcast, you can do so here:

Website: https://www.cx4ca.com Spotify: https://lnkd.in/dFukTcGh Apple Podcasts: https://lnkd.in/dt67HtNu Youtube: https://lnkd.in/dqUDAg9Y

Video showcasing Dave O'Flannagan's keynote

"Sitecore DX London is well under way now. Dave O'Flanagan just delivered his keynote where he spoke about how brands need to deliver exceptional experiences as a baseline, Sitecore's key clouds (Content, Commerce and Engagement) and what is Sitecore doing to add AI to their products."

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Video promoting Sitecore DX UK

Promoting Sitecore DX UK

Commissioned a podcast with Jennifer (Sitecore AE) and Head of Marketing Luxotica

I ran and executed a podcast for Jennifer (Sitecore AE) and Head of Marketing for Luxotica.

Sitecore Valentines Workshop for customers

We ran an event called "fall in love with Sitecore" around moving customers from XP to XM Cloud. We did this in the Sitecore offices and have many customers attend and develop. I hosted the event and did the opening and closing.

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