Kiwi Microsoft partner Mobile Mentor lauded for COVID-19 role at US hospice Dicker Data New Zealand named as a finalist in global Microsoft partner awards. Dennis O'Shea (Mobile Mentor) Credit: Supplied Auckland-based Mobile Mentor has collected a global partner of the year award from IT giant Microsoft for modern endpoint management. Distributor Dicker Data's New Zealand business was also named as a finalist in the business excellence category. Mobile Mentor was selected among a global field of top Microsoft partners for demonstrating excellence in innovation and implementation of customer solutions, in particular for its work with the Nashville-based caregiving organisation, Alive Hospice.