2006 Top Channel Executives

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Leadership is a trait everyone thinks they can define with words: courage, vision, inspiration, integrity. But leadership is reflected in action--how one leads his or her team and allies into battle and provides direction. The VARBusiness Top 100 Channel Executives shape the channel with their vision and act as role models for others. VARBusiness' editors hand-picked them because they set and execute agendas, enabling their partners' businesses to flourish.



Click on each executive's name to find out what's on their channel plates for 2006.

Acer America: Mark Hill
ADTRAN: Steven L. Harvey
Advanced Micro Devices: Michael O'Brien
Advanced Micro Devices: Patrick Moorhead
Altiris: Rick McCord
Avaya: Ken Archer
Avocent: Dudley DeVore
Barracuda Networks : Ezra Hookano
BMC Software: Lori Cook
Brother International: Eric Nordby
Business Objects: Janet E. Wood
CA: James Hanley
Captaris: Edward M. Pasatiempo
Check Point Software Technologies: Kevin Maloney
CipherTrust: Steve Sheinbaum
Cisco Systems: Chuck Robbins
Cisco Systems: Edison Peres
Cisco Systems: Keith Goodwin
Citrix Systems: Mitch Parker
Corel: Fiaaz Walji
D-Link Systems: Keith Karlsen
EMC: Gregg Ambulos
EMC: John P. Koury
EMC: Larry Zulch
Emulex: Steve Marconi
Enterasys Networks: Jim Harold
Exabyte: Kerry P. Brock
F5 Networks: Dean Darwin
FalconStor Software: Wendy M. Petty
Fujitsu Computer Products of America : Lorne Wilson
Fujitsu Computer Products of America : Victor Kan
Gateway : Matt McManus
Google: Dave Girouard
Hewlett-Packard: John Thompson
Hewlett-Packard: Rich Raimondi
Hitachi Data Systems: Tom Valiante
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies: Willie Evans
Hyperion Solutions: Mercedes Ellison
IBM: Debra Thompson
IBM: Donn Atkins
Intel: Shirley Turner
Intel: Steve Dallman
Iomega: Ronald J. Gillies
Juniper Networks: Frank Vitagliano
Juniper Networks: Robert Bob Bruce
Konica Minolta Printing Solutions: Don Hsieh
LANDesk Software: Don Tarwater
Lantronix: Brad Painter
Laserfiche: Chris Wacker
Lenovo: Mark Enzweiler
  Lexmark International: John Linton
Lexmark International: Sharon Brindley
Linksys, A Division of Cisco Systems: Nigel Williams
Maxtor: John Vossoughi
McAfee: David Roberts
Microsoft: Allison Watson
Microsoft: Margo Day
NEC Solutions America: Efrem Stringfellow
NEC Solutions America: Larry Sheffield
NETGEAR: Michael Werdann
Network Appliance: Leonard Iventosch
Network Appliance: Stanley P. Jaworski, Jr.
Network Engines: Greg Shortell
Nortel: Jeff Taylor
Novell: Ladd Timpson
Oki Data Americas: Christopher Froman
Oracle : Rauline Ochs
Overland Storage: George Karabatsos
Panasonic Computer Solutions: Sheila O'Neil
Phoenix Technologies: Brian Berlin
Quantum: Bill Cox
Ricoh: Ann Elizabeth Moser
SafeNet: Tim Russell
Sage Software: Taylor Macdonald
salesforce.com: John Freeland
SAP: Donna Troy
SAP: Ira Simon
SAP America: Michael Sotnick
Seagate Technology: Jeff Loebbaka
Siemens Communications: Rick Fitzgerald
Silicon Graphics: Geoff Healey
SilverBack Technologies: Jim Hare
SonicWALL: John DiLullo
SonicWALL: Marvin Blough
Sony: Jay Dishong
SurfControl: David Harris
Symantec: Julie Parrish
Symantec: Randy Cochran
3Com: Nick Tidd
Toshiba America Information Systems: Jerry Lumpkin
Trend Micro: Nancy D. Reynolds
UGS Corp.: Kerry K. Grimes
ViewSonic: Jeff Volpe
Visioneer: Don McMahan
VMware: Amaury Gallisa
WatchGuard Technologies: Dale Bastian
Wyse Technology: Tarkan Maner
Xerox: Jerry Farmer
Xerox : Gary Gillam
Zebra Technologies: Juliann Larimer
Executives To Watch
In this online exclusive, we present more than 60 of the industry's up-and-coming channel leaders. Don't take your eyes off of them for a second.

Alcatel : Don Trace
American Power Conversion (APC): Peter Klanian
ANTs Software: Patrick Moore
Array Networks: Richard Henderson
AVST: Denny Michael
BakBone Software: Mark Milford
Cincom Systems: Gregor Newland
Cisco Systems: Dawn Duross
Cisco Systems: Liz Lawson
Citrix Systems: Bill Burley
Citrix Systems: Nancy Binnie
CollabNet: Chris Clabaugh
CosmoCom: Leron Polani
Double-Take Software: Dan Jones
Endace USA: Gary Woods
FrontRange Solutions: Jim O'Gara
IBM: Buell Duncan III
IBM: Jim Corgel
IBM: Towney Kennard
IKON Office Solutions: Michael E. Kohlsdorf
Info Tech: William Bill H. H. Walker
Ingres: Wayne Webster
IronPort Systems: Jim Hyman
Isilon Systems: Tom Pettigrew
LANDesk Software: Bill Smith
Lexmark International: Scott Dunsire
Liebert Corporation: Tom Karabinos
Long View Systems: Dan Sottile
MailFrontier: Bobbi Frioli
Maximizer Software: Peter M. Callaghan
MX Logic: Ken Totura
NaviSite: Michael Mazur
  NEC Display Solutions: Clark Brown
NEC Unified Solutions: Charlie Langdon
NetScout Systems: Bruce Dew
NetSuite, Inc: Adam Ross
NextDay Network: Ramin Movahedi
Nuvio : Brandon W. Fuhr
Oncontact Software: Tim Vertz
Orthogon Systems Inc.: Kirk Byles
Overland Storage: Christie Huff
Pandora Networks: Jon Beck
PatchLink: Chris Gardner
Privacyware: Greg Salvato
Progress Software: Julie D. Christiansen
Proofpoint: Allison Ash
R.B. Zack & Associates: Boyd Zack
Raritan Computer: Richard J. Moscioni
Red Condor: Ron Longo
SANRAD: Laura Padilla
Seagate Technology: Desa Zraick
ServGate Technologies: Atchison Frazer
Shavlik Technologies: Paul Jacobsen
SonicWALL: Lief Koepsel
SpectraLink: Matt Huntsman
Storix: Manuel Altamirano
Symbol Technologies: Jan Burton
SYSPRO: Joey Benadretti
TalkSwitch: Tim Welch
Team One Networking: Bob Inpyn
TurnTool: Claus Bang Olsen
Winternals Software LP: Melissa Hadley
Xerox Corporation: Jim Firestone
ZSL: Shiv Kumar



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