The List: 50 Channel Chiefs (A - D)

By Heather Clancy, ChannelWeb
3:00 PM EST Fri. Feb. 24, 2006
From the February 27, 2006 issue of CRN
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\| A-B \| C-D \| E-F \| H-J \| L-M \| N-Q \| R \| S \| T \| V-X \|		• Carrying The Channel Torch Part firefighter, part diplomat. Our annual special report on the industry's top Channel Chiefs illuminates why the best vendor channel execs work for every penny they earn • The List: 50 Channel Chiefs From Acer to Xerox, we have the stats on 50 top Channel Chiefs who are influencing your day-to-day existence. If you're thinking about teaming with one of these vendors, here's where to start. • Global Touch It's a small world, and these 10 Worldwide Agenda-Setters are aiming to make it smaller with worldwide programs that impact the U.S. market -- and beyond. • New To The Scene Strategy from freshman execs at Cisco, Intel, Lexmark, Samsung, SonicWall and Toshiba. • Service Allies Wondering whether that vendor services division is friend or foe? These managers from Cisco, Hewlett-Packard, IBM and Microsoft aim to solve that debate for good. • 10 People You Should Know They may not be on the "Big List," but we're watching these channel executives closely in 2006..
	ACER AMERICA WHO: MARK HILL Vice President, U.S. Sales WHY: Continued improvements to distribution policies and back-end rebates; solid commitment to channel. PERCENTAGE OF REVENUE HANDLED BY U.S. CHANNEL: 100% of worldwide revenue handled by partners TOTAL NO. OF PARTNERS: 9,500 in U.S. and Canada, up from 6,000 in 2004 NO. OF U.S. CHANNEL EMPLOYEES: 20, double 2004 ranks BIGGEST MISJUDGMENT OR LESSON LEARNED IN 2005: "Not really a lesson learned from a negative perspective, but just the fact that there are a lot of hardware partners who are hungry to work with a company that maintains a 100 percent-focused approach to the channel." REPORTS TO: Rudy Schmidleithner, President, Acer Pan-Am