The Channel Company Recognizes Key Executives for Outstanding Leadership
“This year’s honorees exemplify dedication, innovation, and leadership that supports solution provider success and fosters growth across the channel,” said Jennifer Follett, VP, U.S. Content, and Executive Editor, CRN, at The Channel Company. “Each of these exceptional leaders has made a lasting channel impact by championing partnerships and designing creative strategies that get results. They’ve set a high bar in the channel, and we’re thrilled to recognize their standout achievements.”
“It’s an honor to be named to the Channel Chiefs list for 2025,” said Jim O’Hara, Chief Revenue Officer at Stellar Cyber. “We have a ‘better together’ approach to our ecosystem and our partners – it’s in our DNA.”
Stellar Cyber’s new cyber insurance program, RiskShield, leverages the company’s MITRE ATT&CK-aligned coverage tool to help assess the maturity of an MSP’s client, which helps insurance partners offer discounted rates.
“All or part of this discount can be passed on to the client,” added O’Hara. “Our partners get margin points as well, and this helps them add value and build stickier relationships.”
Stellar Cyber’s unique channel strategy has enabled hundreds of MSSPs to expand their markets and help thousands of new customers. As a result, Stellar now serves nearly half of the world’s largest MSSPs.
“In the past year, we doubled our global partner base and launched a new SOC Analyst certification program to ensure that our partners are well informed on cybersecurity best practices,” said Andrew Homer, VP of Strategic Alliances at Stellar Cyber.
“I won over major brands, convincing them that our core technology was essential,” said Homer. “Against the odds, I secured recognition and visibility of our brand, and Oracle has identified us as their go-to cybersecurity partner.”
CRN’s 2025 Channel Chiefs list will be featured in the February 2025 print issue of CRN® Magazine and online beginning today at www.CRN.com/ChannelChiefs.
About The Channel Company:
The Channel Company (TCC) is the global leader in channel growth for the world’s top technology brands. We accelerate success across strategic channels for tech vendors, solution providers, and end users with premier media brands, integrated marketing and event services, strategic consulting, and exclusive market and audience insights. TCC is a portfolio company of investment funds managed by EagleTree Capital, a New York City-based private equity firm. For more information, visit thechannelco.com.
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The Channel Company Contact:
Kristin DaSilva
The Channel Company
kdasilva@thechannelcompany.com
About Stellar Cyber
Stellar Cyber’s Automation-driven Security Operations Platform, including NG-SIEM and NDR and powered by Open XDR, delivers comprehensive, unified cybersecurity without complexity. It empowers lean security teams of any skill level to successfully secure their environments. As part of this unified platform, Stellar Cyber’s Multi-Layer AI™ enables enterprises, MSSPs, and MSPs to reduce risk with early and precise threat identification and remediation while slashing costs, retaining investments in existing tools, and improving analyst productivity. This delivers a 20X improvement in MTTD and an 8X improvement in MTTR. The company is based in Silicon Valley. For more information, please visit our website.
Stellar Cyber Contact:
Veronica Welch
VEW Media
508-643-8000
ronnie@vewpr.com
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