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2023 Channel Chiefs: The 50 Most Influential

Rick Whiting

As part of CRN’s 2023 Channel Chiefs, here’s a look at 50 influential leaders who drive the channel agenda and evangelize the importance of channel partnerships within the IT industry.

Comcast Business and Masergy

Craig Schlagbaum

SVP, Indirect Sales

As channel chief and senior vice president of indirect channels, Schlagbaum manages the combined indirect channel team and the overall indirect channel programs for Comcast Business and Masergy Communications with over 5,000 partners across the U.S. He has been at Comcast Business for more than 12 years.

Since Comcast completed the Masergy acquisition in October 2021, Schlagbaum has played a critical role in bringing the Comcast and Masergy teams together, providing partners with new opportunities in software-defined networking and SD-WAN.

Schlagbaum has spent over 32 years in various indirect channel roles in sales, marketing and business development with NTT/Verio, Qwest Communications, IBM, Sony and Ingram Micro. Prior to Comcast, Schlagbaum managed the indirect channel teams for Level 3 Communications and NTT/Verio and was a key architect of the Qwest Business Partner Program in 2000.

 

 
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Rick Whiting

Rick Whiting has been with CRN since 2006 and is currently a feature/special projects editor. Whiting manages a number of CRN’s signature annual editorial projects including Channel Chiefs, Partner Program Guide, Big Data 100, Emerging Vendors, Tech Innovators and Products of the Year. He also covers the Big Data beat for CRN. He can be reached at rwhiting@thechannelcompany.com.

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