Proofpoint Leaders Designated CRN Channel Chiefs 2025

Check out the top management individuals who craft channel strategies for partner success.

Members of the CRN 2025 Channel Chiefs list were polled on the key investments they wish their channel partners would make this year. Here are the insights shared by 20 channel chiefs.

Channel leaders from the CRN 2025 Channel Chiefs list were tasked with elucidating their personal channel philosophy. Ranging from the channel’s significance in IT vendors’ go-to-market strategies to effective approaches for nurturing vendor-partner relationships, here are the thoughts of 20 channel chiefs.

Integrating AI into their product and service portfolios poses significant challenges for solution providers. Astute channel executives, who understand the pivotal role of solution providers in AI, are equipping them with the necessary training, support, and incentives to tackle these obstacles.

In honor of CRN’s 2025 Channel Chiefs, let’s spotlight 50 visionaries who steer the channel agenda and advocate for the importance of channel partnerships in the IT sector.

Chiefs Databank

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Andy Curtis is an award-winning security consultant, researcher and public speaker. He has been working in the computer security industry since the early 1990s, having been employed by state and federal government, leading healthcare and banking providers across three continents. He has given talks about computer security for some of the world’s largest companies, worked with law enforcement agencies on investigations into hacking groups, and is a regular voice on TV and radio explaining IT security threats.

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