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Who Will Complete 2025 Circle of Excellence?

Continuing a tradition that spans more than a decade, 2025 Channel Partners Conference & Expo March 24-27 will honor Circle of Excellence winners. These are esteemed channel leaders who strategically invest in the channel to help high-performance partners accelerate their growth and create business value for their customers. 

The 2025 Channel Partners Circle of Excellence awards nominations are open. The Circle of Excellence recognizes leaders from vendors, distributors and  technology service distributors (TSDs) for their outstanding dedication and contributions to their partner community and the entire channelecosystem. These executives have excelled with their vision and mentorship within the channel community and their innovation and advocacy of the indirect technology and communications channel. They are tireless promoters of the channel within their organizations and the industry.  Circle of Excellence members distinguish themselves by providing resources aimed at supporting partners’ needs to evolve their businesses, optimize operations and improve the customer experience. 

If this description fits you or someone you know, be sure to apply or fill out a nomination form for an admired leader. Nominations close on Feb. 14.

Circle of Excellence winners are selected by the senior leaders of the Channel Partners Conference & Expo and The MSP Summit events along with input from our Channel Partners boards, past winners and industry thought leaders.

The class of 2024 Circle of Excellence winners were: Carol Davis of AT&T, Lily Weibel of Avant, Elaine Goodman of Cisco, Jennifer Anaya of Ingram Micro,  Mike DePalma of Kaseya, Arsalan Eizadirad of Lenovo, Caroline Goles of Pax8, Michelle Ragusa-McBain of SonicWall, Christina Nairn of Sophos, Juan Fernandez of  SuperOps.ai, Bruny Papp of T-Mobile for Business, Connie Strouse of Telarus, Heather Hartland of Threatlocker, Jonathan Borella of Verizon, and Marie Rourke of WhiteFox Marketing.

Previous winners include Danny Jenkins, Charlie Pagliazzo, Rob Rae, Paul Spancer, John DeLoazier, Jay McBain, Frank Rauch and many other luminaries. Who will join this year’s list?

The 2025 Circle of Excellence leaders will be honored during a special awards ceremony at the Channel Partners Conference & Expo March 24-27 at Las Vegas and will be feted on the stage of the world’s largest independent partner gathering. Current and past honorees are also featured in a permanent gallery on the Channel Futures website. See the 2024 Circle of Excellence and 2033 Circle of Excellence winners. The award goes back to 2014.

Circle of Excellence’s Impact on the Industry

The goal is to inspire and empower channel professionals to advocate for their partners and develop and support their companies’ indirect sales & marketing programs.

 The Circle of Excellence is different from Channel Futures Influencers and TA 101, and other Channel Partners awards such as the MSP 501 awards that include NextGen MSPs, MSP of the Year, MSP Executive of the Year, MSP Vanguard of the Year, and MSP Newcomer of the Year. Two executives are named Channel Influencer of the Year, a special honor for exemplary performance over the past year.  The other awards are only open to TAs and MSPs. The Circle of Excellence recognizes channel professionals who are strategically invested in creating business value for their channel partners such as TAs and MSPs.