Training Orchestra Wins Gold in the 2025 Brandon Hall Group Excellence in Technology Awards
Training Orchestra has secured the Gold award at the 2025 Brandon Hall Group Excellence in Technology Awards for its outstanding contribution to ILT and vILT management. The solution enables organisations to streamline training operations, delivering measurable efficiency gains and cost savings. This recognition underscores the growing strategic value of operational excellence in learning and development.
December 16, 2025 – New York, NY – The 2025 Brandon Hall Group Excellence in Awards™ are given for work in Learning and Development, Talent Management, Talent Acquisition, Human Resources, Sales Enablement, Future of Work, and Education Technology.
Training Orchestra, the global leader in Training Management Systems (TMS) and training operations optimisation, won a coveted Brandon Hall Group Gold award for excellence in the Best Advance in ILT Management & Delivery category – marking the tenth consecutive year the solution has been recognised.
Training Orchestra’s win was announced on December 4, 2025. The winners are listed at https://excellenceawards.brandonhall.com/winners/
Training Orchestra’s Win Reflects a Shifting Industry
This year’s win comes at a defining moment for learning organisations. With budgets tightening and demand for training rising, companies are looking beyond front-end learning experiences and focusing on the area with the most immediate opportunity for ROI: training operations.
As ILT and vILT remain essential for upskilling and reskilling, organisations are rethinking the systems and processes required to run training efficiently at scale. Many are discovering what Training Orchestra has championed for years: operational excellence is the engine that determines whether training programs are efficient, cost-effective, and capable of supporting growth.
What Set Training Orchestra Apart
Training Orchestra was recognised for its ability to help organisations modernise and scale training operations – the scheduling, resource management, budgeting, and coordination layer essential to delivering ILT and vILT efficiently. Training Orchestra stood out for enabling measurable, repeatable operational improvements. Key outcomes reported by customers include:
- Significant time savings on scheduling and logistics: One global manufacturer reduced planning and forecasting from several days to under an hour.
- Critical visibility beyond the LMS: A large supermarket chain discovered that its LMS did not provide true ILT/vILT scheduling or resource management – an insight that led to modernising its operations infrastructure with Training Orchestra.
- Elimination of spreadsheets and operational bottlenecks: A U.S. communications giant managing 100+ ILT courses and 90 instructors centralised its scheduling and capacity management to support scale.
- Scalable operations without adding headcount: A leading global tech company expanded training delivery as the business grew – without needing to hire additional administrative staff.
- Substantial financial impact and risk reduction: A financial institution uncovered over $1M in wasted spend due to cancelled sessions and set a plan to cut that in half.
- Revenue acceleration: A major Learning Academy increased revenue by 40% with the same-sized team, enabling them to open a second academy in 2025.
These outcomes reflect an industry-wide recognition that training operations are becoming a strategic lever – enabling organisations to improve efficiency, increase capacity, and achieve stronger business results from their learning programs.
“As organisations navigate economic pressures and increasing demand for skills, the ability to run ILT and vILT programs efficiently has never mattered more,” said Stephan Pineau, CEO of Training Orchestra. “We’re honoured to receive this Gold award – it validates the real operational impact our customers achieve and reinforces the importance of training operations as the foundation for scalable, high-quality learning.”
“The Excellence in Technology Awards celebrate the most forward-thinking innovations shaping the future of learning, talent, and human capital management. This year’s winners exemplify how technology can unlock new possibilities – improving performance, enabling smarter decision-making, and transforming how organisations support and develop their people,” said Rachel Cooke, Brandon Hall Group Chief Operating Officer and leader of the Excellence Awards programme.
Entries were evaluated by a panel of veteran, independent senior industry experts, Brandon Hall Group analysts, and executives based upon these criteria: fit the need, programme design, functionality, innovation, and measurable benefits.
Excellence Award winners are scheduled to be honored at Brandon Hall Group's HCM Excellence Conference, February 9–12, 2026, at the Hilton West Palm Beach, Florida. Select winners will also present leading practices in breakout sessions during the event.
“Our Technology Awards are built on a rigorous evaluation framework that measures true innovation, functional excellence, and quantifiable business impact. The solution providers and organisations recognised this year reflect the highest standards in the industry, demonstrating how technology can accelerate capability, efficiency, and results,” said Mike Cooke, Brandon Hall Group Chief Executive Officer.
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