2008 Channel Chiefs: The List
By
Staff,
CRN
7:00 PM EST Thu. Feb. 21, 2008
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Company Name |
Channel Chief |
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3Com |
Nick Tidd, VP, Worldwide Channel Sales |
| 2 |
A10 Networks |
Jim Lima,
Director Of Channel Sales and Marketing |
| 3 |
Acer America Corp. |
Dirk Olsen,
Director U.S. Commercial Channel Sales |
| 4 |
Adaptec Inc. |
Suresh Panikar
Director, Worldwide Marketing |
| 5 |
Adtran Inc. |
Ted Cole,
VP, Channel Sales |
| 6 |
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) |
Gary Bixler,
Director, North America Marketing |
| 7 |
Alcatel-Lucent |
Carmen Sorice,
VP, North America Channel Sales |
| 8 |
APC Critical Power and Cooling Services |
Robert L. McKernan
VP, North American Channels and Alliances |
| 9 |
Apple Inc. |
John Brandon,
VP, Channel Sales |
| 10 |
Astaro Corp. |
Alex Quinonez,
VP, Americas Sales & Support |
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Company Name |
Channel Chief |
| 11 |
Autodesk Inc. |
Ken Bado,
Executive VP, Sales and Services |
| 12 |
Avaya Inc. |
Donny Ward,
VP, Channels North America |
| 13 |
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. |
Tony Claythorne,
Director, Worldwide Channel Sales |
| 14 |
Brother International Corp. |
Joe Ashcraft,
VP, Sales |
| 15 |
Buffalo Technology Inc. |
Erny-Jay Mezas,
Director of Sales, Americas |
| 16 |
Business Objects (a SAP company) |
Janet E. Wood,
Senior VP, Partners and Integration |
| 17 |
CA Inc. |
W.B. (Bill) Lipsin,
Senior VP & GM, Global Channel Sales |
| 18 |
Canon USA Inc. |
Tod Pike,
VP, Imaging Systems Group |
| 19 |
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. |
Amnon Bar-Lev
VP, Field Operations |
| 20 |
Cisco Systems |
Keith Goodwin,
Senior VP, Worldwide Channels |
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Company Name |
Channel Chief |
| 21 |
Cisco Systems |
Edison Peres,
VP, Worldwide Channels |
| 22 |
Citrix Systems Inc. |
Al Monserrat,
VP, Worldwide Channels and Emerging Products |
| 23 |
CommVault Systems Inc. |
Steve Matheson,
VP, Channel Sales |
| 24 |
Dell Inc. |
Greg Davis,
VP and GM, Americas Channel Group |
| 25 |
DiCentral Corp. |
Eric Braswell,
Senior Director of Global Channels |
| 26 |
D-Link Systems Inc. |
Keith Karlsen,
Executive VP |
| 27 |
Eastman Kodak Co. |
Don McMahan,
VP, Sales & Regional Business Mgr., U.S. & Canada Imaging, Graphic Comm. Grp. |
| 28 |
Eaton | Powerware |
Steven Smidler,
VP Sales, Americas |
| 29 |
EMC Corp. |
Peter Koliopoulos,
VP, Global Channel Marketing |
| 30 |
EMC Corp. |
Mitch Breen,
Senior VP, Global Channel Strategy and Sales |
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Company Name |
Channel Chief |
| 31 |
Emerson Network Power Co. (Liebert) |
Jeff Sturgeon,
VP, Marketing & Solutions |
| 32 |
Emulex Corp. |
Steve Marconi,
VP, Worldwide Channels Sales |
| 33 |
Extreme Networks |
Christopher Rajiah,
Director, North American Channels |
| 34 |
F5 Networks Inc. |
Steve Hale,
VP, North America Partner Organization |
| 35 |
FalconStor Software Inc. |
Wendy Petty,
VP, North American Sales |
| 36 |
Fortinet Inc. |
Michael Valentine,
VP, Americas Channel Sales |
| 37 |
Fujitsu Computer Products of America Inc. |
Lorne Wilson,
Senior VP, Sales and Marketing |
| 38 |
Google Enterprise |
Darci Dutton-Reimund,
Head of Channels, North America |
| 39 |
Hewlett-Packard Co. |
Stacey Wueste,
VP, Partner Development and Programs, HP Solution Partners |
| 40 |
Hewlett-Packard Co. |
Adrian Jones,
VP & GM, HP Solution Partners Organization Americas |
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Company Name |
Channel Chief |
| 41 |
Hewlett-Packard Co., SMB Imaging and Printing |
Scott Tuthill,
VP, SMB, Imaging and Printing Group |
| 42 |
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies |
Louie Llamas,
Director of Sales, Americas |
| 43 |
Hitachi Data Systems |
Mike Walkey,
Senior VP, Global Volume Channels |
| 44 |
IBM Corp., Software Group, ISV & Developer Relations |
Jim Corgel,
GM, ISV & Developer Relations |
| 45 |
IBM Corp., Systems and Technology Group, Global BP |
Ravi Marwaha,
GM, Global Business Partners |
| 46 |
IBM Corp., Sales and Distribution |
Ayman Antoun,
VP, Business Partners, Americas |
| 47 |
InFocus Corp. |
Jim Reddy,
VP, Americas Sales |
| 48 |
Intel Corp. |
Steve Dallman,
VP, Worldwide Reseller Channel Organization |
| 49 |
Juniper Networks Inc. |
Frank Vitagliano,
Senior VP, Worldwide Channels |
| 50 |
Kaseya |
Bill Falk,
VP, Sales |
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Company Name |
Channel Chief |
| 51 |
Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A. Inc. |
Robert T. Sethre,
Director, Printer Marketing |
| 52 |
LaCie Ltd. |
Jim Davis
VP, U.S. Sales |
| 53 |
Lenovo Group Ltd. |
Stephen Mungall,
VP, Worldwide and Americas Channel Sales |
| 54 |
LPI Level Platforms Inc. |
Dan Wensley,
VP, Partner Development |
| 55 |
Lexmark Int'l |
Sharon Brindley,
VP, U.S. Business Channels & SMB |
| 56 |
Linksys Inc. (division of Cisco Systems Inc.) |
Nigel Williams,
VP, Worldwide Channel Organization |
| 57 |
McAfee Inc. |
Roger King,
Executive VP, Worldwide Channel Operations |
| 58 |
Meru Networks |
Gregg Kalman,
VP, U.S. Channels |
| 59 |
Microsoft Corp. |
Allison Watson,
Corporate VP, Worldwide Partner Group |
| 60 |
Microsoft Corp. |
Robert Deshaies,
VP, U.S. Partner Group |
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Company Name |
Channel Chief |
| 61 |
Motorola Enterprise Mobility Business |
Tom Gleason,
VP, Worldwide Partners & Solutions |
| 62 |
N-able Technologies Inc. |
Mike Cullen,
VP, Sales |
| 63 |
NEC Display Solutions |
Pierre Richer,
Executive VP, Sales & Marketing |
| 64 |
Netgear Inc. |
Matthew J. Dargis,
Senior Director of Sales, SMB North America |
| 65 |
NetSuite Inc. |
Craig West,
Director, Channel Sales, Americas |
| 66 |
Network Appliance Inc. |
Leonard Iventosch,
VP, Global Channels |
| 67 |
Nortel Networks Corp. |
David Wilkinson,
VP, Channel Strategy |
| 68 |
Novell Inc. |
Pat Bernard,
VP, Gloval Channel Sales |
| 69 |
Oki Data Americas Inc. |
Jess J. Trotter,
Director, U.S. Channel Sales |
| 70 |
Oracle Corp. |
Doug Kennedy,
Senior VP, Worldwide Alliances and Channels |
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Company Name |
Channel Chief |
| 71 |
Panasonic Computer Solutions Co. |
Sheila O'Neil,
Senior Director of Channel Sales |
| 72 |
PGP Corp. |
Karen Hartsell,
Director, Worldwide Channel Marketing |
| 73 |
Pillar Data Systems |
David Zimmer,
VP, Worldwide Channel Sales |
| 74 |
Progress Software Corp. |
Colleen Smith,
VP, SaaS Partner Program |
| 75 |
QLogic Corp. |
Denis Maynard,
Senior VP, Worldwide Sales and Marketing |
| 76 |
Qwest Corp. |
J. Thomas McGrath,
Senior VP, Alternate Channel Sales |
| 77 |
Red Hat Inc. |
Mark Enzweiller,
VP, North America Channels |
| 78 |
Ricoh Americas Corp., Printing Solutions |
Ann Moser,
Senior VP, Printing Solutions Division |
| 79 |
RSA Inc. (The Security Division of EMC) |
Michael Ross,
Area VP, Americas Channel |
| 80 |
Sage Software Inc. |
Nina Smith and Doug Meyer (co-chiefs),
Divisional Presidents |
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Company Name |
Channel Chief |
| 81 |
Salesforce.com Inc. |
Bobby Napiltonia,
Senior VP, Worldwide Channels & Alliances |
| 82 |
Samsung America Inc. |
Christopher M. Franey,
VP, Sales & Marketing |
| 83 |
SAP America Inc. |
Patricia R. Hume,
VP, Worldwide Channel Sales |
| 84 |
SAS Institute Inc. |
Russ Cobb,
VP, Alliances & Product Marketing |
| 85 |
Seagate Technology LLC |
Randy Lee,
Senior VP, Americas Sales & Marketing |
| 86 |
Siemens Enterprise Comm. GmbH & Co. |
Mark Henley,
Senior VP and GM, Channel Management and Development |
| 87 |
Siemens PLM Software Inc. (f/k/a UGS Corp.) |
Kerry K. Grimes,
VP, Midmarket and Global Channel Sales |
| 88 |
SMC Networks Inc. |
Keith M. Alexis,
VP, Sales |
| 89 |
SonicWall Inc. |
Marvin Blough,
VP, Worldwide Sales |
| 90 |
Sophos Inc. |
Michael D. Rogers,
VP, North America Alliance, Channel & OEM Sales |
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Company Name |
Channel Chief |
| 91 |
Sun Microsystems Inc. |
Tom Wagner,
VP, Americas Partner Sales Organization |
| 92 |
Sun Microsystems Inc. |
Jesse Chavez.
VP, Global Partner Sales Organization |
| 93 |
Symantec Corp. |
Randy Cochran ,
VP, Channel Sales, Americas |
| 94 |
Symantec Corp. |
Julie Parrish,
VP, Global Channel Office |
| 95 |
Toshiba America Information Systems Inc. |
Jerry Lumpkin,
VP, Business Channel Sales |
| 96 |
Trend Micro Inc. |
Nancy Reynolds,
VP, Channel and SMB sales North America |
| 97 |
Tripp Lite |
Bob Nahorski,
VP, U.S. Channel Sales |
| 98 |
ViewSonic Corp. |
Jeff Volpe,
VP, Marketing |
| 99 |
Visioneer Inc. |
Bill Kouzi,
VP, Sales & Service, The Americas |
| 100 |
VMware Corp. |
Steve Houck,
VP, Worldwide Channel Sales |
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Company Name |
Channel Chief |
| 101 |
WatchGuard Technologies Inc. |
Mark Romano
Director, Global Channel and Field Marketing |
| 102 |
Websense Inc. |
David Roberts,
Senior VP, Sales and Channel, Americas |
| 103 |
Western Digital Technologies Inc. |
Matt Rutledge,
Senior Director of Marketing |
| 104 |
Xerox Corp. |
Gary E. Gillam,
VP, Channel Operations, North American Reseller Sales |
| 105 |
Zenith Infotech Ltd. |
Rajeev Laghate, VP, Operations
Clinton Gatewood , VP, Corporate Dev. |
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