2010 Channel Chiefs: The List
Our definitive guide to the movers and shakers of IT channel management.
A10 Networks
Jim Lima
Director of Channels
Acer America
Gregg Prendergast
VP Commercial Sales & Marketing
Adaptec, Inc.
Jared Peters
Vice President of Worldwide Sales
ADTRAN Enterprise Networks Division
Ted Cole
Vice President of Channel Sales
AdvancedEMedia, Inc.
Bachir Kassir
CEO / Founder
Akorri
Bill Simpson
Vice President of Sales
AMD
David Kenyon
Vice President, Worldwide Channel Marketing
AnythingIT Inc.
David Bernstein
Managing Director
APC by Schneider Electric
Marc Sherman
Vice President, Marketing and Sales Enablement, North America
AppSense
Nigel Wilson
Head of Channel
Arrow Electronics Inc Enterprise Computing Solutions
Nancy Gapter
Vice President of Marketing, North America
Arrow Electronics Inc Enterprise Computing Solutions
Sean Kerins
Vice President and General Manager, Storage, North America
Aruba Networks
Bob Bruce
Vice President, Channel Sales
Astaro Corporation, Americas Division
David Rogers
Vice President, Americas Astaro
Autodesk, Inc.
Ken Bado
Executive Vice President, Sales and Services
Autodesk, Inc.
Steve Blum
Senior Vice President, Americas Sales
Autotask
Bob Godgart
CEO and Founder
Avaya
Jeremy Butt
vice president, Worldwide Channel
AVG Technologies, Inc.
Bob Gagnon
Vice President Channel Sales, North America
Avnet, Inc., Avnet Technology Solutions, Americas
Jeff Bawol
President, Avnet Technology Solutions, Americas
Avnet, Inc., Avnet Technology Solutions, Americas
Tony Vottima
Vice President of Solutions Marketing and Development
Blue Coat Systems
Jim Harold
Vice President of Worldwide Channel Sales
BlueArc Corporation
Cameron Van Orman
Sr. Director, Worldwide Channels and Partner Marketing
Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
Barbara Spicek
VP of Worldwide Channels
Buffalo Technology USA Inc.
Ralph Spagnola
VP of Sales
CA Internet Security Business Unit
George Kafkarkou
SVP and GM
CA, Recovery Management and Data Modeling
Adam Famularo
SVP and GM
Catalyst Telecom
John Gaillard
Vice President of Sales and Business Development
Check Point Software Technologies, Ltd.
Amnon Bar-Lev
Vice President of Global Field Operations
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Keith Goodwin
Senior Vice President, Worldwide Channels
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Edison Peres
Senior Vice President, Worldwide Channels
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Andrew Sage
Vice President, Worldwide Small Business Sales
Citrix Systems, Inc.
Tom Flink
Vice President, Worldwide Channels and Emerging Product Sales
CommVault, Executive Sales Organization
Mark Conley
Director, North American Channels
Comodo Group Inc. (Security Solutions)
Robert Schaffer
Managing Director, Global Channels
Compellent Technologies, Inc.
Michael Beach
Vice President of Sales Operations
Compuware
Kimberly King
VP Strategic Alliances and Channels
ConnectWise
Arnie Bellini
CEO
Cymphonix
David Reardon
VP Sales
D-Link Corporation, Pan America
Nick Tidd
President, D-Link North America
D&H Distributing
Mary Campbell
Vice President of Marketing
D&H Distributing, Harrisburg, PA
Jeff Davis
Senior Vice President of Sales
Dell Global SMB
Gregory Davis
Vice President and General Manager, Dell Global Commercial Channels
DiCentral Corporation
Eric Braswell
Senior Director of Global Channels
Digium
Steve Harvey
Vice President, Global Sales
Dot Hill Systems Corp.
David Zimmer
Vice President, Worldwide Channels
Eastman Kodak Company Business Solutions and Services Group
Russell Hunt
Regional Business Manager, US&C, Document Imaging, Kodak's Business Solutions and Services Group
Eaton Corporation, Power Quality Division
Herve Tardy
Vice President / General Manager
Edgecore Networks (formerly SMC Networks)
Keith Alexis
General Manager
Elitecore - Cyberoam
Alex Quinonez
Vice President, Americas Operation
EMC Corporation
Gregg Ambulos
Vice President of Americas Channels
EMC Corporation
Willem Hendrickx
Head of Global Channel Operations and SVP
Emerson Network Power, Liebert Products
Tom Karabinos
Director- Partner Channels
Enhance Technology, Inc., USA
Aaron A. Eskridge
Director of Channel Sales
Enterasys Networks
William Przybylinski
Director of North America Channels/Distribution
Epicor Software Corporation
George Klaus
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
ESET
Matthew McManus
Vice President, Sales
Exinda
Derek Donahue
VP of Sales-North America
Extreme Networks, Inc. (channel /worlwide sales)
Rich Long
Director of North American Channels
F5 Networks
Dean Darwin
VP of Worldwide Channel Sales
FalconStor Software, Inc.
Wendy Petty
Vice President of North American Sales
Fortinet
Kendra Krause
Vice President Channel Sales
Fujitsu America, Inc., Channel Sales
Matt McManus
VP - Channel Sales & Healthcare Team
Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc.
Nina Lutjens
Vice President, Sales, Imaging Products Group
Global Crossing
Michael Jerich
Vice President, Indirect Channels
Hitachi Data Systems, Channel Sales
Bruce Chumley
Vice President Americas Channel Sales
Hitachi Data Systems, Global Channels
Mike Walkey
Senior Vice President, Global Channels, Hitachi Data Systems
HP, Solution Partners Organization (SPO)
Meaghan Kelly
Vice President ''Acting'' Marketing and Strategy - HP SPO
HP, Solution Partners Organization (SPO)
Tom LaRocca
Acting Vice President and General Manager, Americas Solutions Partner Organization, HP
HP, Solution Partners Organization (SPO)
Mike Parrottino
Vice President, Personal Systems Group Sales, Solution Partners Organization -- Americas
IBM
Rich Hume
General Manager, IBM Global Business Partners & Mid-Market
IBM, ISV and Developer Relations
Jim Corgel
General Manager, ISV and Developer Relations
IBM, North America division
Ayman Antoun
Vice President, IBM Business Partners and Mid-Market, North America
InFocus Corporation
Jim Reddy
Vice President of America's Sales
Ingram Micro, Inc., Channel Marketing
Kirk Robinson
Vice President, Channel Marketing, North America
Ingram Micro, Inc., Sales and Marketing
Brian Wiser
Senior VP Sales and Marketing, Ingram Micro North America
Ingram Micro, Inc., Services
Justin Crotty
Vice President, Services, Ingram Micro North America
InMage
Chris Stack
Director, North American Channel Sales
Intel Americas, Inc.
Eric Thompson
Director North American Distribution and Channel Marketing
Intronis
Eric Webster
VP of Sales and Marketing
Intuit, Channel Sales
BJ Schaknowski
Director, Intuit Solution Provider Channel
Iron Mountain Digital
Glenn Tyldesley
Director, Worldwide Channels & Alliances
Isilon Systems
Leonard Iventosch
VP of Global Channels and OEM
itControl Solutions
Ted Roller
Vice President, Channel Development
Juniper Networks - Channel Sales
Steve Pataky
VP Worldwide Channel Development and Programs
Juniper Networks - Channel Sales
Blaine Raddon
Vice President Americas General Business & Channel Sales
Juniper Networks - Channel Sales
Frank Vitagliano
Senior VP Worldwide Channels
Kaseya, marketing and business development
Dan Shapero
SVP marketing and business development
Kaspersky Lab Americas
Nancy Reynolds
Senior Vice President of Corporate Sales, Kaspersky Lab Americas
Kensington Computer Products Group
Christopher M. Franey
President
Kerio Technologies, Inc.
Mirek Kren
Vice President of Worldwide Sales
Laserfiche
Chris Wacker
Senior Vice President
Lenovo
Stephen DiFranco
VP & GM of Consumer & Commercial Channels
Level 3 Communications, Business Markets Group
Craig Schlagbaum
Vice President, Indirect Channels
Level Platforms
Dan Wensley
VP Partner Development & Marketing
Lexmark International, Inc., Printing Solutions & Services Division
Michael Johnson
Vice President, North America Business Channels and SMB
LogMeIn, Inc.
Conan Reidy
Vice President, Business Development
LongJump
Rick McEachern
Cofounder and EVP, Sales and Business Development
McAfee Inc
Alex Thurber
SVP of WW Channel Operations
McAfee, Inc.
Fernando Quintero
VP, Americas Channel Sales and Operations
MegaPath
Dan Foster
Chief Sales and Marketing Officer
Microsoft
Allison L. Watson
Corporate Vice President, Worldwide Partner Group
Microsoft U.S. Partner Business Development & Sales at Microsoft Corporation
Jenni Flinders
Vice President
Microsoft's US Partner Strategy, Marketing and Programs Group
Cindy Bates
Vice President
Motorola Enterprise Mobility Solutions (EMS)
Janet Schijns
Vice President, Global Channels, Motorola Enterprise Mobility Solutions
N-able Technologies
Mike Cullen
Vice President, Sales
NEC Display Solutions
Ashley Flaska
Vice President of Marketing
NetApp
Todd Palmer
Vice President, Americas Channel Sales, NetApp
NetApp
Julie Parrish
Vice President, Global Partner Sales
NETGEAR Inc.
Matthew J. Dargis
Senior Director of U.S. Sales, SMB
NetSuite Inc.
Craig West
Vice President, Channel Sales
Novell, Inc.
John Dragoon
Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer and Channel Chief
OKI Data Americas, Inc.
Gus Piccin
Vice President, U.S. Solution Provider and BTA Sales
Oracle Corporation, North America Sales Alliances & Channels
Ted Bereswill
Senior Vice President, Sales
Oracle, Worldwide Alliances & Channels
Judson Althoff
Senior Vice President
Panasonic Computer Solutions Company
Sheila O'Neil
Vice President, Channel Sales
Panda Security US
Rick Carlson
General Manager
Paragon Software Group
Koka Sexton
Channel Business Development Manager
PGP Corporation
Lee Finck
VP, Worldwide Channels
Pillar Data Systems
Brad Painter
Vice President of Worldwide Channel Sales
Polycom
Ron Myers
VP Worldwide Channel Sales
Progress Software
Jerry Kelly
Vice President Worldwide Partner Sales
Progress Software, SaaS Division
Colleen Smith
Managing Director of SaaS and OpenEdge
Proofpoint, Inc.
Dean Hickman-Smith
Executive Vice President, Worldwide Sales
PTC
Robert Kocis
Senior Divisional Vice President, Worldwide Channel Sales
Q1 Labs
Tom Turner
SVP of Marketing and Channel Sales
QLogic Corporation
Scott Genereux
Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales & Marketing
Quantum Corporation
Mark Bramel
Vice President, North America Channel Sales
Qwest Communications, Qwest Business Partner Program
Blake Wetzel
Vice President-Sales, Business Markets Group
Rackspace Hosting, Sales
Robert Fuller
Vice President of World Wide Channel Sales
Raritan Inc.
Gary Marks
Vice President of Sales and Marketing
Rebit, Inc.
Charlene Murphy
Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing
Reflexion Networks, Inc.
Scott J. Barlow
Vice President, Sales and Marketing
Riverbed Technology
Johnna Bowley
Sr. Director, Global Channels, Partner and Field Marketing
RSA, The Security Division of EMC
Bill Taylor
Senior Director, Global Channels and Alliances
Ruckus Wireless
John Sampson
Director of Worldwide Channels
Sage North America, Sage Business Solutions (SBS) division
Tom Miller
Vice President Channel Management
Samsung - Information Technology Division
Richard Hutton
Senior Manager Channel Marketing
SAP Global SME Indirect Channel
Ira Simon
Vice President - SME Channel
SAP Small-Medium Enterprise
Chris Clinton
Vice President, Global Multi-Channel Programs & Marketing
SAP, Small and Midsize Enterprise
Patricia R. Hume
Global SVP of Indirect Channel and Alliances
ScanSource Communications
Buck Baker
President
ScanSource POS & Barcoding
Mark Morgan
Vice President of North American Sales
ScanSource Security
Tony Sorrentino
Vice President, Sales
ScanSource, Inc.
Bobby McLain
Vice President of Marketing
Seagate Technology
John Vossoughi
Vice President, America's Sales, Marketing & Global Distribution
SecureLogix Corporation
Joe O'Donnell
Vice President World Wide Channels
Siemens Enterprise Communications
Denzil Samuels
SVP of Worldwide Channels and Alliances
Siemens PLM Software
Kerry K.Grimes
Vice President, Global Solution Partner Sales
SonicWALL, Inc.
Marvin Blough
Vice President, Worldwide Sales
Sophos, Inc.
Christopher B. Doggett
Vice President, Global Channels
Sourcefire, Inc.
Chris Peterson
Vice President World Wide Channel Sales
Spectra Logic
Molly Rector
StorageCraft Technology Corporation
Mike Kunz
Vice President of Sales
SugarCRM
Jeff Campbell
VP of WW Channel Sales
SunGard Availability Services
Carmen Sorice III
Senior VP Channels
Symantec Corp. - Channel Sales
Randall Cochran
Vice President, North America Channel Sales, Symantec Corp.
SYNNEX Corporation North American
Bob Stegner
Senior Vice President, Marketing, North America
SYSPRO
Joey Benadretti
President, SYSPRO USA
Tandberg Americas
Todd Meister
Vice President of Americas Channels
Tech Data Corporation, U.S. Sales
Murray Wright
Senior Vice President, U.S. Sales
The Information Technology Alliance (ITA)
Rondol (Ron) Eagle
President
Thunderstone Software LLC
Frederick A. Harmon
Channel Director & CSO
TippingPoint Technologies, a division of 3Com
Anthony D'Angelo
Vice President, Americas Channel Sales
Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. Digital Products Division
Patrick Mani
Vice President, Corporate and Business Channel Sales
Trend Micro Incorporated
Darren Blank
U.S. Vice President of Sales, Channel and Alliances
VaultLogix, LLC / Channel Sales
Zak Karsan
Vice President of Sales and Strategic Alliances
Verio Inc.
Scott Calvert
Senior Director, Channel Sales
VeriSign, Inc.--Authentication Services
Armando Dacal
Director of Global Channels
ViewSonic Americas
Jeff Volpe
Vice President and General Manager ViewSonic Americas
Visioneer
Bill Kouzi
Senior Vice President of Sale. The Americas
VMware, Partner Sales
Doug Smith
Senior Director, Global Partner Sales
VMware, Partner Sales
Brandon Sweeney
Vice President, Americas Partner Sales
WatchGuard Technologies
Mark Romano
Director, Global Field and Channel Marketing
Webroot
Jerry Jalaba
Vice President of Channel Sales
Websense Channel, Sales
Erin Malone
Senior Director, Channel Sales
Websense, Sales and Channel
Matt Hynes
VP, Worldwide Sales
Westcon Group, Inc.
Anthony Daley
Executive Vice President, The Americas, Westcon Group, Inc.
Westcon Group, Inc. - Westcon Convergence
Steven Bernard
Vice President and General Manager, Westcon Convergence
Xerox Corporation/Xerox North American Channels Group
Gary Gillam
Vice President, Channel Operations, North American Reseller Sales