2025 Channel Chiefs

Here are the executives who develop channel strategies that make partners successful.

Channel executives on the CRN 2025 Channel Chiefs list were asked what areas they would most like to see their channel partners invest in this year. Here’s what 20 channel chiefs had to say.

Channel executives on the CRN 2025 Channel Chiefs list were asked to describe their personal channel philosophy. From the role the channel plays in IT vendors’ go-to-market strategies to best practices for building vendor-partner relationships, here’s what 20 channel chiefs had to say.

Solution providers face significant challenges incorporating AI into their product and service portfolios. Successful channel executives, recognizing the strategic role solution providers play in AI, are offering them the training, support and incentives they need to meet those challenges.

In celebration of CRN’s 2025 Channel Chiefs, here’s a look at 50 leaders who drive the channel agenda and evangelize the importance of channel partnerships within the IT industry.

Chiefs Databank

Click on a chief’s name for more information on them, their programs and their channel goals and advice.

Past Channel Chiefs Special Reports

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