Channel Standouts: The 2022 CRN Tech Elite 250
CRN’s annual Tech Elite 250 highlights solution providers and strategic service providers in the U.S. and Canada that have achieved the highest partner levels with the IT industry’s leading vendors including AWS, Cisco Systems, Dell Technologies, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and VMware. Here is a sampling of this year’s list.
High Achievers
As IT becomes more complex, businesses and organizations are demanding more from the IT solution and service providers they work with.
Basic system implementation and break-fix capabilities aren’t enough anymore. Customers are looking to their strategic service providers for increasingly higher levels of expertise in IT system design and operation, DevOps, cloud migration, business process re-engineering and digital transformation.
That’s reflected today in the partner programs run by the IT industry’s biggest technology companies. In the past a VAR’s tier/level status in such programs was largely determined by sales volume. Today training, certifications and other indicators of partner capabilities and expertise are key criteria in determining how high partners rise within vendor partner programs.
CRN’s annual Tech Elite 250 recognizes IT solution and strategic service providers in the U.S. and Canada that have reached the highest levels of the industry’s leading IT vendor partner programs.
Many, if not most, of the solution providers on this year’s list have made the Tech Elite 250 in previous years. A number have even made the list every year since the inauguration of the Tech Elite 250 in 2011 including AEC Group of Oakdale, Pa.; Comport Consulting of Ramsey, N.J.; Gotham Technology Group of Montvale, N.J.; Matrix Integration of Jasper, Ind.; PKA Technologies of Montvale, N.J., and VLCM of Salt Lake City.
The following snapshots of 26 solution providers are a sampling of this year’s Tech Elite 250. They include highlights of their partner program levels with AWS, Cisco Systems, Dell Technologies, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle and VMware.
The complete Tech Elite 250 list can be viewed here.
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Agilant Solutions
Top Executive: Sonny Chabra, Chairman, CEO
Location: New York
AWS Partner Level: Advanced & Consulting Partner
Cisco Partner Level: Premier
Dell Technologies Partner Level: Platinum
HPE Partner Level: Platinum
VMware Partner Level: Advanced
AHEAD
Top Executive: Daniel Adamany, Founder, CEO
Location: Chicago
AWS Partner Level: Premier & Consulting Partner
Cisco Partner Level: Premier
Dell Technologies Partner Level: Titanium
VMware Partner Level: Principal
Anexinet
Top Executive: Brian Glahn, CEO
Location: Bluebell, Pa.
AWS Partner Level: Select
Cisco Partner Level: Premier
Dell Technologies Partner Level: Gold
HPE Partner Level: Platinum
Oracle Partner Level: Silver
VMware Partner Level: Authorized
Aqueduct Technologies
Top Executive: Manak Ahluwalia, President, CEO
Location: Waltham, Mass.
Cisco Partner Level: Gold
Dell Technologies Partner Level: Gold
HPE Partner Level: Business
Microsoft Partner Level: Network Member
VMware Partner Level: Advanced
Burwood Group
Top Executive: Mark Theoharous, CEO
Location: Chicago
Cisco Partner Level: Gold
Dell Technologies Partner Level: Gold
HPE Partner Level: Platinum
VMware Partner Level: Advanced
CBT
Top Executive: Kelly Ireland, Founder, CEO, CTO
Location: Orange, Calif.
Cisco Partner Level: Premier
Dell Technologies Partner Level: Gold
HPE Partner Level: Platinum
Microsoft Partner Level: Network Member
VMware Partner Level: Authorized
Converge Technology Solutions
Top Executive: Shaun Maine, CEO
Location: Gatineau, Quebec
Cisco Partner Level: Gold
Dell Technologies Partner Level: Titanium
HPE Partner Level: Platinum
IBM Partner Level: Platinum
Microsoft Partner Level: Gold
VMware Partner Level: Principal
Deft
Top Executive: Jordan Lowe, Co-Founder, CEO
Location: Chicago
Cisco Partner Level: Global Gold
Dell Technologies Partner Level: Gold
HPE Partner Level: Business
Microsoft Partner Level: Gold
VMware Partner Level: Advanced
DH Technologies
Top Executive: Devin Henderson, CEO
Location: Leesburg, Va.
Cisco Partner Level: Premier
Dell Technologies Partner Level: Authorized
HPE Partner Level: Silver
IBM Partner Level: Registered
Microsoft Partner Level: Network Member
VMware Partner Level: Advanced
Focus Technology
Top Executive: Doug Alexander
Location: Boston
AWS Partner Level: Select & Consulting Partner
Cisco Partner Level: Premier
Dell Technologies Partner Level: Gold
HPE Partner Level: Silver
Microsoft Partner Level: Silver
VMware Partner Level: Partner
GreenPages Technology Solutions
Top Executive: Ron Dupler, CEO
Location: Kittery, Maine
AWS Partner Level: Advanced & Consulting Partner
Cisco Partner Level: Gold
Dell Technologies Partner Level: Gold
HPE Partner Level: Gold
VMware Partner Level: Advanced
Heartland Business Systems
Top Executive: Peter Helander, Principal
Location: Little Chute, Wis.
Cisco Partner Level: Gold
Dell Technologies Partner Level: Gold
HPE Partner Level: Gold
VMware Partner Level: Advanced
Internetwork Engineering
Top Executive: Chuck Steiner, President, CEO
Location: Charlotte, N.C.
Cisco Partner Level: Gold
Dell Technologies Partner Level: Authorized
Microsoft Partner Level: Gold
VMware Partner Level: Partner
Iron Bow Technologies
Top Executive: Rene LaVigne, President, CEO
Location: Herndon, Va.
AWS Partner Level: Select & Consulting Partner
Cisco Partner Level: Gold
Dell Technologies Partner Level: Platinum
HPE Partner Level: Platinum
IBM Partner Level: Silver
Oracle Partner Level: Gold
VMware Partner Level: Advanced
iVision
Top Executive: David Degitz, CEO
Location: Atlanta
Cisco Partner Level: Premier
Dell Technologies Partner Level: Gold
HPE Partner Level: Silver
Microsoft Partner Level: Gold
VMware Partner Level: Advanced
Meridian IT
Top Executive: Brad Ihlenfeld, CEO
Location: Deerfield, Ill.
Cisco Partner Level: Gold
Dell Technologies Partner Level: Gold
HPE Partner Level: Gold
IBM Partner Level: Platinum
Oracle Partner Level: Gold
VMware Partner Level: Advanced
Micro Strategies
Top Executive: Anthony Bongiovanni, Founder, CEO
Location: Parsippany, N.J.
Cisco Partner Level: Premier
HPE Partner Level: Gold
IBM Partner Level: Platinum
VMware Partner Level: Advanced
Ntiva
Top Executive: Steven Freidkin, CEO
Location: McLean, Va.
Dell Technologies Partner Level: Gold
OneNeck IT Solutions
Top Executive: Terry Swanson, President, CEO
Location: Madison, Wis.
Cisco Partner Level: Gold
Dell Technologies Partner Level: Gold
HPE Partner Level: Platinum
VMware Partner Level: Advanced
OST
Top Executive: Meredith Bronk, President, CEO
Location: Grand Rapids, Mich.
Cisco Partner Level: Premier
Dell Technologies Partner Level: Gold
HPE Partner Level: Gold
Microsoft Partner Level: Gold
VMware Partner Level: Advanced
PKA Technologies
Top Executive: Felise Katz, CEO
Location: Montvale, N.J.
AWS Partner Level: Select
Cisco Partner Level: Premier
HPE Partner Level: Platinum
Microsoft Partner Level: Network Member
VMware Partner Level: Advanced
Thrive
Top Executive: Rob Stephenson, CEO
Location: Foxborough, Mass.
Cisco Partner Level: Gold
Dell Technologies Partner Level: Authorized
Microsoft Partner Level: Gold
VMware Partner Level: Partner
Trace3
Top Executive: Rich Fennessy, CEO
Location: Irvine, Calif.
AWS Partner Level: Advanced & Consulting Partner
Cisco Partner Level: Gold
Dell Technologies Partner Level: Titanium
HPE Partner Level: Platinum
IBM Partner Level: Silver
Oracle Partner Level: Gold
VMware Partner Level: Principal
Whalley Computer Associates
Top Executive: Michael T. Sheil, President
Location: Southwick, Mass.
Cisco Partner Level: Select
Dell Technologies Partner Level: Titanium
HPE Partner Level: Gold
VMware Partner Level: Advanced
Winslow Technology Group
Top Executive: Scott Winslow, President
Location: Waltham, Mass.
Cisco Partner Level: Premier
Dell Technologies Partner Level: Platinum
HPE Partner Level: Business
Microsoft Partner Level: Network Member
VMware Partner Level: Advanced
World Wide Technology
Top Executive: James Kavanaugh, CEO
Location: Maryland Heights, Mo.
AWS Partner Level: Advanced & Consulting Partner
Cisco Partner Level: Gold
Dell Technologies Partner Level: Titanium
HPE Partner Level: Platinum
Oracle Partner Level: Gold
VMware Partner Level: Principal