Channel News
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.

Arctic Wolf
Bob Skelley
VP, Channel Strategy, Development
Skelley leads Arctic Wolf’s exploration of—and expansion into—new channel communities and is currently focused on developing new routes to market through the channel and expanding the company’s presence in the cyber-broker/carrier/insurance and incident response community.
He recently helped lead Arctic Wolf‘s channel expansion into EMEA, where he brought Arctic Wolf’s partner-centric go-to-market model to Europe and oversaw the recruitment and hiring of the channel team across the region. He was also instrumental in the launch of the company’s new Pack Rewards partner rewards program.
Skelley has more than 20 years of experience in sales leadership, business development, channel sales and marketing, and in building high-performance leadership teams. Before joining Arctic Wolf, he served in executive leadership roles at The Channel Company, Dell, Microsoft and EqualLogic.