Channel Partners Announces 2012 Channel Executive of the Year Finalists
The winner will be announced at the Spring 2012 Channel Partners Conference & Expo.
March 12, 2012
PHOENIX Channel Partners magazine, the leading resource for the communications industry’s indirect sales channel, is pleased to announce that its readers have selected the 10 finalists for 2012 Channel Executive of the Year.
Each executive will be honored during an awards ceremony at 1:30 p.m., March 27 at the Spring 2012 Channel Partners Conference & Expo in Las Vegas. The finalists and winner also will be featured in the May/June issue of Channel Partners magazine.
“Once again, Channel Partners readers have chosen a standout lineup of Channel Executive of the Year finalists,” said Khali Henderson, editor-in-chief of Channel Partners magazine, a publication of VIRGO Publishing. “Each one of these leaders is enthusiastic about and instrumental in partners’ success. We congratulate all of them.”
In alphabetical order, this year’s finalists are:
Ken Bisnoff, senior vice president of strategic opportunities, TelePacific Communications
J.R. Cook, partner channel vice president, EarthLink Business
Michael Jerich, vice president of indirect channels, Level 3 Communications Inc.
Colin Johnston, executive vice president of sales, Star2Star Communications
Dale Kammerich, vice president of channel sales, tw telecom inc.
Zane Long, vice president of the indirect channel, Cbeyond
Shane McNamara, vice president of the partner channel, XO Communications
Craig Schlagbaum, vice president of indirect channel sales, Comcast Business Class
Dan Sterling, vice president of channel sales, Windstream Corp.
Blake Wetzel, vice president of sales, CenturyLink Channel Alliance
To determine the Channel Executive of the Year, Channel Partners solicited nominations from its readers, including agents, VARs, systems integrators, dealers, interconnects and consultants. To be eligible, a nominee must have been the top person in the companys channel operations at the executive level of vice president or higher at a communications vendor (network operator/service provider/manufacturer). Qualified channel partners then cast their ballots for Channel Executive of the Year based on nominees leadership, longevity, innovation and contribution to the indirect channel.
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About Channel Partners Magazine
For 25 years, Channel Partners has been the leader in providing news and analysis to indirect sales channels serving the communications industry. It is the unrivaled resource for resellers, aggregators, agents, brokers, VARs, systems integrators, interconnects and dealers that provide network-based communications and computing services, associated CPE and applications as well as managed and professional services. Channel Partners is the official media of the Channel Partners Conference & Expo (www.channelpartnersconference.com).
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