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Readers Decide 2011s Top 15 Channel Managers
There were 16 winners, thanks to a tie, out of 80 nominees.
Channel Partners
August 24, 2011
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CHANNEL PARTNERS Once again, readers of Channel Partners magazine have chosen their Top 15 Channel Managers. In fact, the finalists were so popular that there was a tie and, for the second year in a row, the contest actually encompasses the Top 16 winners.
These telecom professionals were nominated by master agents, subagents and independent agents and selected by a poll of Channel Partners readers and supporters July 5-22. More than 750 votes were received for 80 candidates. Several of this years winners are repeat winners. They were honored Wednesday afternoon in a ceremony at the Channel Partners Conference & Expo in Chicago.
Here are the winners, in alphabetical order by last name:
Nickie Beckstead, Integra Telecom, Senior Channel Manager
Steven Cawley, Integra Telecom, Senior Manager, Indirect Sales
Vin Garofano, Windstream, District Dealer Manager
Mike Gottwalt, Telarus, Channel Manager
Pierre Gustat, TNCI, Master Agent Manager
Bob Harrison, Freedom Voice Systems Inc., Southwestern Channel Manager
Amir Hojjatnia, TelePacific Communications, Regional Agent Manager
Bryan Lawson, Cbeyond, Channel Manager IV
Maureen McAneny, NetCarrier, Channel Partner Manager
Kurt Nelson, PAETEC, Channel Manager
Tyler Price, World Telecom Group, Agent Sales Manager
Gene Sehl, Integra Telecom, Senior Manager, Colorado Channel
Eric Solomon, PAETEC, Senior Channel Sales Manager
Mike Starbeck, CenturyLink Channel Alliance, Channel Sales Manager
Donna Turner, AboveNet, Sales Manager
Jeni Weinstein, ACC Business, Agent Manager
You can learn more about the Top 16 in a special gallery weve published online, and in the October print edition of Channel Partners magazine.
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