AHEAD Named Collaboration Partner of the Year in Inaugural Glean Partner Awards

Recognition honors AHEAD for helping enterprises move from AI experimentation to secure, scalable AI adoption

CHICAGO – Aug. 27, 2026 – AHEAD, a global technology solutions provider delivering consulting, engineering and managed services across AI, cloud, infrastructure, applications, data and security, today announced it has been named Collaboration Partner of the Year in the inaugural Glean Partner Awards, presented at the first Glean:GO 2026 Partner Summit in San Francisco.

The Glean Partner Awards recognize partners delivering standout results across transformation, delivery, customer impact, innovation and regional growth. AHEAD received the award for translating Glean’s enterprise AI platform into secure, scalable programs that organizations can adopt and operationalize. Through the partnership, AHEAD brings together implementation expertise, data and platform engineering and change enablement to move enterprises beyond experimentation and into governed AI use cases embedded in everyday workflows.

“Enterprises don’t need more AI models, they need a practical way to apply AI across the data, permissions and workflows they already rely on,” said Scott Blahauvietz, VP, AI & Cloud Sales at AHEAD. “Glean provides the permission-aware foundation to move from experimentation to adoption. Through the Glean Partner Network, AHEAD pairs that foundation with the implementation and enablement needed to build AI programs that are secure and embedded in how people work.”

“Customers need more than technology to turn AI into real business value - they need the right expertise, services, and support around it,” said Zubin Irani, VP of Partnerships at Glean. “The Glean Partner Network brings together a global ecosystem of partners that can help customers move from AI strategy to implementation, adoption, and measurable outcomes. These awards recognize the partners helping us deliver that value to customers every day.”

AHEAD deployed the Glean platform internally as client zero before implementing it for clients. By deploying Glean across its own systems and daily workflows, AHEAD has been able to pressure-test security, governance, adoption and high-value use cases in real work, then carry those lessons into client deployments. That means AHEAD’s guidance is informed by firsthand operating experience, including what it takes to make adoption durable, not simply by a technology recommendation.

The partnership brings together Glean's AI-powered knowledge platform and AHEAD's expertise in strategy, platform engineering and cloud and data infrastructure to help organizations turn AI investments into practical business impact. Together, the companies create a secure, connected foundation for AI that makes knowledge more accessible, improves how teams work and supports adoption across the organization.

Through that work, AHEAD connects Glean to the systems, data and workflows clients already depend on — establishing the governance and enablement required to scale trusted AI and deliver lasting value. AHEAD is a member of the Glean Partner Network, Glean's global partner program designed to bring together the expertise and resources partners need to help customers successfully adopt and scale AI.