Red Hat's Mark Enzweiler, Jerry Lumpkin, and Bob Wilson honored for
channel leadership, advocacy and commitment to partner success
RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source
solutions, today announced that three of its executives have been named
to CRN's 2014 list of Channel Chiefs. Mark Enzweiler, senior vice
president, Global Channel Sales and Alliances; Jerry Lumpkin, senior
director of North America Channel Sales and Development; and Bob Wilson,
senior director of North America Channel Sales and Alliances, were each
honored for their proven leadership, channel advocacy and commitment to
partner success in 2013. The 2014 Channel Chiefs list is featured in the
February issue of CRN Magazine and online at www.crn.com.
This is the fifth time Enzweiler
has been named to CRN's Channel Chiefs list, and the first time
for Lumpkin and Wilson. This prestigious list of leaders, who head up
the partner programs that solution providers depend on to run their
businesses, recognizes those executives directly responsible for driving
channel sales within their organization, while evangelizing the
importance of the channel throughout the entire IT industry. CRN
Channel Chiefs were selected by the CRN editorial team based on
channel experience, program innovations, channel-driven revenue, and
public support for the importance of IT channel sales. Enzweiler was
also named by CRN as one of the 50
most influential people on the 2014 Channel Chief list.
Under the leadership of these executives, Red Hat recently announced
several partner
innovations, including a revamped North America Partner Program that
includes a new Deal Registration Program and Teaming Incentive Program,
as well as enhancements to Red
Hat's Online Partner Enablement Network (OPEN).
The Channel Chief honors follow additional channel recognition for Red
Hat in 2014. In January, Red Hat was recognized by CRN as one of
the 20 coolest cloud platforms and development vendors of 2014 in their Cloud
100 list. Red Hat was lauded for channel leadership aimed at helping
solution providers build OpenStack clouds and for Red Hat's improvements
to deal registration. More recently, Red Hat also was named to CRN's
2014
Data Center 100 list of 20 Virtualization Providers. This list
highlighted companies helping to virtualize the resources data centers
need to provide services-centric or cloud-centric resources.
Supporting Quotes
Arun Oberoi, executive vice president, Global Sales and Services, Red
Hat
"We are pleased to see CRN honor Mark, Jerry, and Bob for their channel
leadership and expertise. Our partner and channel relationships are
foundational to Red Hat's success, and we look forward to building
lasting and impactful relationships with our partners in creating
customer value."
Robert Faletra, CEO, The Channel Company, CRN
"We are pleased to highlight the many executives throughout the industry
who work tirelessly to advance the standing of the channel community
within their organizations. The CRN Channel Chief honorees lead,
inspire and engage peers and serve as valuable advocates to help ensure
the health and longevity of the channel within the IT industry. We
applaud their efforts and look forward to their continued success."
Mark Enzweiler, senior vice president, Global Channel Sales and
Alliances, Red Hat
"Along with Jerry and Bob, I'm honored to be recognized on CRN's
2014 Channel Chief list. While this is an incredible honor, we really
owe this recognition to our partners who continue to enthusiastically
support Red Hat. With the explosion of big data and migration to cloud,
it's an exciting time to be in the channel and I look forward to another
year of helping our partners deliver innovative open source solutions to
their customers."
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