Toshiba America Business Solutions' social media leader, Robert Catalano, won the 2026 Gold Merit Award for marketing and communications excellence within the Marketing and Sales alignment category.

Merit Awards recognize the achievements of professionals in global industries and the markets they serve. The 2026 Merit Awards winners in this category celebrate the most exceptional minds in marketing and communications.

"By equipping Toshiba's reseller partners with a vast array of easily implementable multichannel campaigns, Robert Catalano definitively helps generate demand generation and revenue for his organization," saidarie Zander, executive director, Merit Awards. "Robert is clearly an impressive marketing expert who is at the top of his profession as well as the clear-cut choice as our 2026 Gold Merit Award recipient."

Catalano's ready-at-any-moment multichannel campaign bolsters Toshiba's sales and marketing alignment by providing its resellers with integrated campaigns promoting the company's hardware and software offerings. Dozens of Toshiba's reseller partners participate in Catalano's coordinated email, social media and digital campaigns, generating thousands of client touchpoints across multiple markets. Sales teams benefit from his compelling campaign content by using it in client conversations to position Toshiba's offerings more effectively. Toshiba's accomplished social media leader additionally owns a 2024 Gold Stevie Award for Best Business Influencer of the Year.

"Robert's Gold Merit Award reflects the creativity, discipline and measurable results he delivers day in and day out," said Kerstin Woods, chief solutions and marketing executive, Toshiba America Business Solutions. "His work consistently strengthens our direct channel and reseller partners and amplifies Toshiba's go-to-market impact."

Catalano is a baseball enthusiast and New York Yankees fanatic who enjoys spending his free time with his wife and two children, including attending games at Yankee Stadium. He is also a proud Rutgers University Scarlet Knight who holds a bachelor of arts in communications from the New Brunswick, New Jersey, university.