The VARBusiness 500 awards honor the top solution providers on the annual VARBusiness 500 listing. From revenue generation to technological expertise and Executive of the Year, these highly anticipated awards were presented in front of a packed ballroom at the Manhattan Marriott Marquis. The award winners experienced tremendous growth and revenue increases in 2006.
Agilysys chairman, president and CEO Arthur Rhein earned this year's VARBusiness 500 Executive of the Year award. Under his leadership, the Boca Raton, Fla.-based VAR grew 11 percent last year on revenue of more than $513.6 million. Rhein has been a member of the company's management team for more than 25 years and has more than 40 years of industry experience.
Rhein accepted the award, he said, for all of his employees. Agilysys, No. 86 on the VARBusiness 500, recently became a solution-provider-only company after recognizing it needed to get "closer to the customer," Rhein said. "Today we are positioned very well in the industry. We are pleased to be in this industry, and very pleased to be solely in this industry--one that is fraught with opportunity that we're all taking advantage of."
Special recognition was also given to Javed Khan, president of Jeskell, this year's recipient of the VARBusiness 500 Lifetime Achievement award. For nearly 30 years, Khan has been a pillar of the IT and channel communities. After emigrating from Pakistan in the late 1970s, he worked for IBM as a sales rep before striking out on his own in 1991. In fact, Khan said he owed all of his success to IBM. A valued IBM partner his entire solution provider career, Khan has earned several Beacon awards for sales and technical excellence. Jeskell (No. 199), is a $130.1 million solution provider that grew 13 percent last year. "I was very fortunate that I started this business with no money and never borrowed a dime until I sold the company [to FusionStorm]," he said.
The VARBusiness 500 Company of the Year award recognized IT and storage management solution provider Incentra, which boasted 75.7 percent sales growth last year with revenue of $66.6 million. President Shawn O'Grady accepted the award for his company. Incentra (No. 291) offers professional services, hardware and software products with first-call support, IT outsourcing solutions and financing options.
VARBusiness recognized other solution providers for their revenue growth and profitability, beginning with the Top Revenue Generators. In the less than $100 million range, B2B Computer Products (No. 424) vice president of sales Chris Kurpeikis accepted the award for his company, which saw more than 161 percent growth in 2006. For companies in the $100 million to $500 million range, the award for revenue growth went to FusionStorm, which grew 93 percent in 2006 to $256 million, landing on this year's list at No. 138, up from 183 last year.
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