Celebrating Women’s Achievements in the IT Channel
We are thrilled to announce the first annual CRN Women of the Year Awards Gala, a prestigious event dedicated to honoring the exceptional achievements of women, companies, and allies in the IT channel. Join us in amplifying the remarkable women and companies who are shaping the future of the IT channel and paving the way for a more inclusive and empowered industry.
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The Women of the Channel Leadership Summit East is the meeting place for women from across the IT channel who are looking to advance organizational diversity, make unmatched connections, and empower and cultivate women leaders. Attendees benefit from best-in-class thought leadership, motivational keynotes, channel trends, stimulating workshops, interactive peer panels and energizing networking opportunities ─ all focused on navigating the workplace and helping them develop their professional, corporate and personal goals.
First & Only Female to Play in an NHL Game
Only Female Hockey Player Signed to a Professional Contract
Manon Rhéaume, The First Woman of Hockey, was the first and only female to play in an NHL game with the Tampa Bay Lightning in 1992. She was also the first female to sign a contract to play professional hockey which led to a six-year professional career in the minor leagues. In 2022, Rhéaume was hired by the Los Angeles Kings as a hockey operations and prospect adviser. As a member of Team Canada, Manon helped lead her team to a silver medal at the 1998 Olympic Games in Nagano, Japan. This was the first time in Olympic history where women’s hockey was an official event. Aside from the Olympics, as Team Canada’s goaltender, Manon won Gold Medals at the 1992 and 1994 World Hockey Championships. In both of these events she was named the best goaltender. Manon has also appeared in national media on numerous occasions including: The Today Show, Late Night with David Letterman, CBS This Morning, ESPN, Good Morning America, Entertainment Tonight, MTV’s House of Style, A Current Affair, Maury Povich, and NBC Sports. Manon’s Video credits include: Cross Training with the Pros, Reebok’s Winning Body Workout, the documentary Portraits of Courage, and Women Behind the Mask. Manon is the subject of Angie Bullaro’s biographical novel, Breaking the Ice: The True Story of the First Woman to Play in the National Hockey League. Published in October 2020, the biography is chronicles Manon’s journey as the first and only woman to play in the NHL and features and afterword written by Manon. She is also the subject of the biography Alone in Front of the Net and is in the process of being a part of the feature-length biopic Between the Pipes. This feature-length biopic will tell the story of Manon’s early hockey career and shine light on her journey to the NHL.
Founder and CE
Moms First; Founder, Girls Who Code
Reshma Saujani is a leading activist and founder and CEO of Moms First. She is also the founder and former CEO of Girls Who Code. She has spent more than a decade building movements to fight for women and girls’ economic empowerment, working to close the gender gap in the tech sector, and most recently advocating for policies to support moms impacted by the pandemic. Reshma’s newest book Pay Up: The Future of Women and Work (and Why It’s Different Than You Think) presents a bold plan to address the burnout and inequity harming America’s working women today. She is also the author of the international bestseller Brave, Not Perfect, and her influential TED talk, “Teach girls, bravery not perfection,” has more than five million views globally. Reshma began her career as an attorney and Democratic organizer. In 2010, she surged onto the political scene as the first Indian American woman to run for U.S. Congress. During the race, Reshma visited local schools and saw the gender gap in computing classes firsthand, which led her to start Girls Who Code. She also served as New York City’s Deputy Public Advocate, where she created innovative partnerships to support DREAMers and promote campaign finance reform, among other initiatives. In her nine-year tenure as the CEO of Girls Who Code, Reshma grew the organization to one of the largest and most prestigious non-profits in the country. Today, Girls Who Code has taught 300,000 girls through direct in-person computer science education programming, and reached 500 million people worldwide through its New York Times-bestselling book series and award-winning campaigns. In 2019, Girls Who Code was awarded Most Innovative Non-Profit by Fast Company. In response to the disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on America’s moms, Reshma launched the Marshall Plan for Moms to advocate for policies that value women’s labor in and out of the home. Reshma has successfully worked with House and Senate leaders to introduce “Marshall Plan for Moms” legislation at the federal level and is continuing to act as an outside agitator to change culture through creative awareness campaigns. In 2023, Marshall Plan for Moms became Moms First, a reflection of the progress made in the last two years and a rallying cry to expand the movement we’re building together. Reshma is a graduate of the University of Illinois, Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, and Yale Law School. Her innovative approach to movement building has earned her broad recognition on lists including: Fortune World’s Greatest Leaders; Fortune 40 Under 40; WSJ Magazine Innovator of the Year; Forbes Most Powerful Women Changing the World; and Fast Company 100 Most Creative People, among others. She is the winner of the Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education. Reshma serves on the Board of Overseers for Harvard University and on the Board of Overseers for the International Rescue Committee, which provides aid to refugees and those impacted by humanitarian crises. In addition, she serves on the Board of Trustees of the Economic Club of New York, and as an ex-officio Trustee of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Reshma lives in New York City with her husband, Nihal, their sons, Shaan and Sai, and their bulldog, Stanley.
Arrow
Arrow
Aruba
Aruba
Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, is the global leader in secure, intelligent edge-to-cloud networking solutions that use AI to automate the network, while harnessing data to drive powerful business outcomes. With Aruba ESP (Edge Services Platform) and as-a-service options as part of the HPE GreenLake family, Aruba takes a cloud-native approach to helping customers meet their connectivity, security, and financial requirements across campus, branch, data center, and remote worker environments, covering all aspects of wired, wireless LAN, and wide area networking (WAN).
Visit client website >AWS
AWS
Since 2006, Amazon Web Services has been the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud. AWS has been continually expanding its services to support virtually any workload, and it now has more than 200 fully featured services for compute, storage, databases, networking, analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), mobile, security, hybrid, virtual and augmented reality (VR and AR), media, and application development, deployment, and management from 99 Availability Zones within 31 geographic regions, with announced plans for 15 more Availability Zones and five more AWS Regions in Canada, Israel, Malaysia, New Zealand, and Thailand. Millions of customers—including the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises, and leading government agencies—trust AWS to power their infrastructure, become more agile, and lower costs. To learn more about AWS, visit aws.amazon.com.
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Broadcom
Broadcom
Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ: AVGO) is a global technology leader that designs, develops and supplies a broad range of semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions. Broadcom’s category-leading product portfolio serves
critical markets including data center, networking, enterprise software, broadband, wireless, storage and industrial. Our solutions include data center networking and storage, enterprise, mainframe and cyber security software focused on automation, monitoring and security, smartphone components, telecoms and factory automation. For more information, go to www.broadcom.com.
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Carahsoft
As the trusted government IT solutions provider, Carahsoft Technology Corp. is pleased to partner with Dell Technologies to deliver IT-as-a-Service solutions and transform operations within government. Carahsoft also partners with RSA, the Security Division of Dell Technologies, to provide intelligence-driven security solutions to the federal government, military, and Intelligence Community. The company drives value for many other IT manufacturers, and an extensive ecosystem of resellers, system integrators, and consulting partners serving the government, education and healthcare markets.
Visit client website >Cisco
Cisco
Cisco believes when we connect, anything is possible. Cisco leverages technology to build the bridge to possible and offers MSPs a comprehensive and integrated portfolio of fast-to-deploy, easy- to-manage, quickly scalable, and secure solutions. Our mission is to help get MSPs out of the vendor management business and put time back in their day to focus on growing their practices. Our new Cisco Provider Elevate Program builds a community for MSPs around the world to leverage our end-to-end solutions IT and networking brand that specializes in switches, routers, cybersecurity, cloud and IoT. Brands you know and trust include our SMB Portfolio of solutions- Meraki, Duo, Umbrella, Secure End Point, WebEx and more. Together, we elevate.
Visit client website >Climb Channel Solutions
Climb Channel Solutions
Climb Channel Solutions is a global specialty IT distributor for emerging technology vendors with solutions for Security, Data Management, Connectivity, Storage & HCI, Virtualization & Cloud, and Software & Application Lifecycle. Climb provides vendors access to thousands of VARs, MSPs, CSPs and other resellers. Like traditional distributors, we deliver reliable supply chain services, and connect technology vendors with thousands of global resellers. But the similarities stop there. Climb Channel Solutions is a different breed of distributor because we are emerging technologies focused, we are fast, agile and flexible, and our top priority is to market, sell, and win together! Climb holds an IT-70 GSA contract vehicle that provides resellers and vendors with a competitive edge within the Public Sector. Climb is a wholly owned subsidiary of Climb Global Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: CLMB). Read more at www.ClimbCS.com, call 1- 800-847-7078, and follow us on LinkedIn.
Visit client website >D&H
D&H
D&H is a one-stop technology supplier for the SMB and midmarket IT channel, fulfilling partners’ evolving needs in the new digital economy. An agile, 105-year-old distribution company, D&H delivers a wealth of enablement resources, multi-market expertise, and engagement opportunities that support its partners’ success. D&H provides advanced technologies and attached services to create a competitive edge in areas like cloud, XaaS, DaaS, and professional services such as integration, White Glove, and HDaaS (help desk as-a-service). Offerings include D&H’s Cloud Marketplace portal, a XaaS Configuration Tool, and a SuccessPath resources program helping partners migrate to new consumption and service models.
Visit client website >Deepwatch
Deepwatch
Deepwatch is the leading managed security platform for the cyber resilient enterprise. The Deepwatch platform and security experts provide enterprises with a 24/7/365 state of cyber resilience, rapid detections, high fidelity alerts, reduced false positives and automated actions. We operate as an extension of cybersecurity teams by delivering unrivaled security expertise, unparalleled visibility across your attack surface, precision response to threats, and the best return on your security investments. The Deepwatch ManagedSecurity Platform is trusted by many of the world’s leading brands to improve their security posture, cyber resilience, and peace of mind. Visit www.deepwatch.com to learn more.
Visit client website >Dell Technologies
Dell Technologies
Dell Technologies is a technology leader and innovator, providing unparalleled solutions from the edge to core to cloud, available to our Partner’s through the Dell Technologies Partner Program. Underpinned by the 3 core tenants of, Simple, Predictable and Profitable™, the Partner Program provides world class engagement and support across the digital journey of our shared customers.
Visit client website >Eaton
Eaton
Eaton is dedicated to ensuring that reliable, efficient and safe power is available when it’s needed most. With unparalleled knowledge of electrical power management across industries, Eaton delivers customized, integrated solutions to solve our customers’ most critical power challenges. Our focus is on delivering the right solution for the application.
Visit client website >Exclusive Networks
Exclusive Networks
Exclusive Networks is a global trusted cybersecurity specialist for digital infrastructure helping to drive the transition to a totally trusted digital future for all people and organizations. Our distinctive approach to distribution gives partners more opportunity and more customer relevance. Our specialism is their strength –equipping them to capitalize on rapidly evolving technologies and transformative business models. The Exclusive Networks story is a global one with a services-first ideology at its core, harnessing innovation and disruption to deliver partner value. With offices in 43 countries and the ability to service customers in over 170 countries across five continents, Exclusive Networks has a unique “local sale, global scale” model, combining the extreme focus and value of local independents with the scale and service delivery of a single worldwide distribution powerhouse.
Visit client website >Fortinet
Fortinet
Founded more than 20 years ago in Sunnyvale, California, Fortinet continues to be a driving force in the evolution of cybersecurity and the convergence of networking and security. Securing people, devices, and data everywhere is our mission. To that end, our portfolio of over 50 enterprise-grade products is the largest integrated offering available, delivering proven cybersecurity everywhere you need it. More than 660,000 customers trust Fortinet solutions, which are among the most deployed, most patented, and most validated in the industry.
Visit client website >Hitachi Vantara
Hitachi Vantara
Hitachi Vantara, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., guides our customers from what’s now to what’s next by solving their digital challenges. Working alongside each customer, we apply our unmatched industrial and digital capabilities to their data and applications to benefit both business and society. More than 80% of the Fortune 100 trust Hitachi Vantara to help them develop new revenue streams, unlock competitive advantages, lower costs, enhance customer experiences, and deliver social and environmental value.
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HP
HPE
HPE
HPE is the global edge-to-cloud company built to transform your business. How? By helping you connect, protect, analyze, and act on all your data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, you can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world.
Visit client website >IBM
IBM
IBM is a leading provider of global hybrid cloud and AI, and consulting expertise. We help clients in more than 175 countries capitalize on insights from their data, streamline business processes, reduce costs, and gain the competitive edge in their industries. More than 4,000 government and corporate entities in critical infrastructure areas such as financial services, telecommunications and healthcare rely on IBM’s hybrid cloud platform and Red Hat OpenShift to affect their digital transformations quickly, efficiently, and securely. IBM’s breakthrough innovations in AI, quantum computing, industry-specific cloud solutions and consulting deliver open and flexible options to our clients. All of this is backed by IBM’s legendary commitment to trust, transparency, responsibility, inclusivity, and service.
Visit www.ibm.com for more information.
Visit client website >Ingram Micro
Ingram Micro
Ingram Micro is the global business partner behind today‘s top and emerging technology brands and services leaders. We help create and capture value for our channel partners locally, regionally and globally. www.ingrammicro.com
Visit client website >LastPass
LastPass
LastPass is an award-winning password manager which has helped millions of registered users organize and protect their online lives. For more than 100,000 businesses of all sizes, LastPass provides password and identity management solutions that are convenient, easy to manage and effortless to use. From enterprise password management and single sign-on to adaptive multi-factor authentication, LastPass for Business gives superior control to IT and frictionless access to users. For more information, visit https://www.lastpass.com.
Visit client website >Lenovo
Lenovo
Lenovo is a US$62 billion revenue global technology powerhouse, ranked #171 in the Fortune Global 500, employing 77,000 people around the world, and serving millions of customers every day in 180 markets. Focused on a bold vision to deliver smarter technology for all, Lenovo has built on its success as the world’s largest PC company by further expanding into growth areas that fuel the advancement of ‘New IT’ technologies (client, edge, cloud, network, and intelligence) including server, storage, mobile, software, solutions, and services. This transformation together with Lenovo’s world-changing innovation is building a more inclusive, trustworthy, and smarter future for everyone, everywhere. To find out more visit https://www.lenovo.com, and read about the latest news via our StoryHub at https://news.lenovo.com/.
Visit client website >Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto Networks is the world’s cybersecurity leader. We innovate to outpace cyberthreats, so organizations can embrace technology with confidence. We provide next-gen cybersecurity to thousands of customers globally, across all sectors. Our best-in-class cybersecurity platforms and services are backed by industry-leading threat intelligence and strengthened by state-of-the-art automation. Whether deploying our products to enable the Zero Trust Enterprise, responding to a security incident, or partnering to deliver better security outcomes through a world-class partner ecosystem, we’re committed to helping ensure each day is safer than the one before. It’s what makes us the cybersecurity partner of choice.
Visit client website >Pure Storage
Pure Storage
Pure is redefining the storage experience and empowering innovators by simplifying how people consume and interact with data.
Visit client website >TD SYNNEX
TD SYNNEX
TD SYNNEX (NYSE: SNX) is a leading global distributor and solutions aggregator for the IT ecosystem. We’re an innovative partner helping more than 150,000 customers in 100+ countries to maximize the value of technology investments, demonstrate business outcomes and unlock growth opportunities. Headquartered in Clearwater, Florida, and Fremont, California, TD SYNNEX’s 23,500 co-workers are dedicated to uniting compelling IT products, services and solutions from 1,500+ best-in-class technology vendors. Our edge-to-cloud portfolio is anchored in some of the highest-growth technology segments including cloud, cybersecurity, big data/analytics, AI, IoT, mobility and everything as a service. TD SYNNEX is committed to serving customers and communities, and we believe we can have a positive impact on our people and our planet, intentionally acting as a respected corporate citizen. We aspire to be a diverse and inclusive employer of choice for talent across the IT ecosystem. For more information, visit www.TDSYNNEX.com or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram.
Visit client website >Verizon
Verizon
Verizon is one of the world’s leading providers of technology and communications services. Headquartered in New York City and with a presence around the world, Verizon offers voice, data and video services and solutions on its award-winning networks and platforms, delivering on customers’ demand for mobility, reliable network connectivity, security and control. Verizon was the first company in the world to launch commercial 5G for mobility, fixed wireless and mobile edge computing.
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