100 People You Don't Know But Should 2014 (Part 1)

Ryan Gruening, Code42

Director of Channel Sales

The buck stops with Gruening when it comes to strategy and execution for the security vendor's Summit Partner Program, which celebrated its one-year anniversary in August. Over 700 partners have signed up for the program thus far, and Gruening has pledged to continue strengthening the program, which he calls "integral" the company's success with large enterprises.