An Exclusive Club: Honoring The 2016 Triple Crown Award Winners

The Best Of The Best

CRN Monday honored the winners of the 2016 Triple Crown Awards at a luncheon at the Best of Breed Conference in Atlanta.

Throughout the year, CRN bestows a number of solution provider awards, including the Solution Provider 500 for North America's largest solution providers; the Fast Growth 150 ranking of solution providers showing the most revenue growth; and the Tech Elite 250, which recognizes solution providers with top-level certifications from a number of key vendors.

Companies that make all three lists in the same year earn the CRN Triple Crown award. It's an exclusive club: Less than 10 percent of eligible solution providers were able to pull it off this year. Here's a look at some of the winners.

Advanced Computer Concepts

Reza Zarafshar, president, accepts the Triple Crown award on behalf of Advanced Computer Concepts from CRN's Jennifer Follett and Steve Burke. McLean, Va.-based Advanced Computer Concepts ranked No. 145 on the 2016 CRN Solution Provider 500 and No. 59 on the 2016 CRN Fast Growth list.

All Covered

Jason Wright, managing director, accepts the Triple Crown award on behalf of All Covered from CRN's Jennifer Follett and Steve Burke. Foster City, Calif.-based All Covered ranked No. 110 on the CRN 2016 SP500 and No. 135 on the CRN Fast Growth list.

CB Technologies

Kelly Ireland, CEO and president, accepts the Triple Crown award on behalf of CB Technologies from CRN's Jennifer Follett and Steve Burke. Orange, Calif.-based CB Technologies ranked No. 245 on the 2016 SP500 and No. 132 on the CRN Fast Growth list.

Comport Consulting

Jack Margossian, president and CEO, accepts the Triple Crown award on behalf of Comport Consulting from CRN's Jennifer Follett and Steve Burke. Ramsey, N.J.-based Comport ranked No. 381 on the CRN 2016 SP500 and No. 45 on the CRN Fast Growth list.

Copper River IT

Jennifer Keating, vice president of sales, accepts the Triple Crown award on behalf of Copper River IT from CRN's Jennifer Follett and Steve Burke. Anchorage, Alaska-based Copper River IT ranked No. 147 on the CRN 2016 SP500 and No. 54 on the CRN Fast Growth list.

Corus360

Talia Orred, strategic account executive, accepts the Triple Crown award on behalf of Corus360 from CRN's Jennifer Follett and Steve Burke. Norcross, Ga.-based Corus360 ranked No. 155 on the CRN 2016 SP500 and No. 10 on the CRN Fast Growth list.

Future Tech Enterprises

Barbara Jasinski, executive assistant to the president and CEO, accepts the Triple Crown award on behalf of Future Tech Enterprises from CRN's Jennifer Follett and Steve Burke. Holbrook, N.Y.-based Future Tech ranked No. 167 on the CRN 2016 SP500 and No. 114 on the CRN Fast Growth list.

InterWorks

Aaron Confer, director of sales, accepts the Triple Crown award on behalf of InterWorks from CRN's Jennifer Follett and Steve Burke. Stillwater, Okla.-based InterWorks ranked No. 422 on the CRN 2016 SP500 and No. 120 on the CRN Fast Growth list.

Park Place Technologies

Steve Rieple, executive vice president of sales and marketing, accepts the Triple Crown award on behalf of Park Place Technologies from CRN's Jennifer Follett and Steve Burke. Mayfield, Ohio-based Park Place ranked No. 237 on the CRN 2016 SP500 and No. 80 on the CRN Fast Growth list.

Sovereign Systems

George Barkley, managing partner of Sovereign Systems, accepts the Triple Crown award on behalf of Sovereign Systems from CRN's Jennifer Follett and Steve Burke. Norcross, Ga.-based Sovereign Systems ranked No. 277 on the CRN 2016 SP500 and No. 130 on the CRN Fast Growth list.

Unitiv

Steve Zembrzuski, president, and Kendra Rickert, marketing manager, accept the Triple Crown award on behalf of Unitiv from CRN's Jennifer Follett and Steve Burke. Cumming, Ga.-based Unitiv ranked No. 398 on the CRN 2016 SP500 and No. 81 on the CRN Fast Growth list.

VeriStor Systems

Steve Bishop, CTO; Jessica Garrett, vice president of marketing; and Ashby Lincoln, president and CEO accept the Triple Crown award on behalf of VeriStor Systems from CRN's Jennifer Follett and Steve Burke. Duluth, Ga.-based VeriStor ranked No. 93 on the CRN 2016 SP500 and No. 84 on the CRN Fast Growth list.