IGEL’s Jed Ayres Recognized as a 2017 CRN® Channel Chief
February 20 2017 - 11:29AM
Business Wire
An IT Channel “Mover and Shaker,” Ayres Also
Named One of CRN’s 50 Most Influential Leaders
IGEL, a world leader in the delivery of powerful unified
endpoint management (UEM) software, software-defined thin clients,
and thin and zero client solutions, announced today that
CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Jed Ayres,
President and CEO of IGEL North America, to its prestigious list of
2017 Channel Chiefs. Ayres was also named one of CRN’s 50 Most
Influential Leaders on the 2017 list. Ranking among the channel’s
“movers and shakers, he joins an elite group of the IT channel’s
top executives and brands, who excel at driving growth and revenue
in their organizations through channel partners.
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IGEL North America President and CEO Jed
Ayres recognized by CRN for his proven track record in developing
innovative and high-growth marketing and partner programs. (Photo:
Business Wire)
Channel Chief honorees are selected by CRN’s editorial staff on
the basis of their professional achievements, standing in the
industry, dedication to the channel partner community and
strategies for driving future growth and innovation. Each of the
2017 Channel Chiefs has demonstrated loyalty and ongoing support
for the IT channel by consistently promoting, defending and
executing outstanding channel partner programs.
“As a 100% channel focused company, IGEL is committed to
creating new opportunities for our channel partners that enable
them to grow their businesses more quickly and more profitably,”
said Heiko Gloge, Founder and Managing Director, IGEL Technology.
“Over the last few months, Jed has played an instrumental role in
helping us modernize our partner program, and we are excited to
have recently welcomed 17 new partners at the Platinum level who
represent the IT channel’s top virtualization partners. We are
looking forward to working with them, as well as our Authorized
IGEL partners and resellers to drive mutual success in the coming
year, and I would especially like to thank CRN for recognizing Jed
for the leadership role he plays here at IGEL and within the IT
channel as a whole.”
Ayres joined IGEL in June 2016 with more than two decades of
technology sales and marketing experience and a proven track record
for building innovative partner programs and driving high-growth,
having most recently served as Senior Vice President of Worldwide
Marketing for AppSense, which is now Ivanti. In addition to
expanding IGEL’s partner enablement programs, Ayres has also been
working to strengthen the relationships the company has with its
top alliance partners including AMD, Cisco, Citrix, Intel,
Microsoft, Samsung, and VMware, and its distribution partners
Ingram Micro and Synnex. To learn more about the IGEL Partner
Program, connect with Ayres on Twitter, LinkedIn and via email at
ayres@igel.com.
“The executives on our 2017 Channel Chiefs list have
distinguished themselves by building strong partner programs,
developing and executing effective business strategy and helping to
advance the channel as a whole,” said Bob Faletra, CEO of The
Channel Company. “They represent an extraordinary group of
individuals who lead by example and serve as both invaluable
advocates and innovators of the IT channel. We applaud their
achievements and look forward to their successes in the coming
year.”
The 2017 CRN Channel Chiefs list is featured in the February
2017 issue of CRN and online at www.crn.com/channelchiefs.
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About IGEL
IGEL delivers powerful unified endpoint management (UEM)
software that is revolutionary in its simplicity and purpose-built
for the enterprise. The company’s world-leading products, including
the IGEL Universal Management Suite, IGEL™ Linux-powered thin and
zero clients, and all-in-one thin client solutions, deliver a smart
and secure endpoint management experience that shifts granular
control of thin and zero client devices from the end user to IT.
This enables enterprises to remotely control all thin client
devices from a single dashboard interface. With IGEL, IT teams can
do more with less, lower their total cost of ownership and
operation, and future-proof their organization. IGEL has 10 offices
worldwide and is represented by partners in over 50 countries. For
more information on IGEL, visit www.igel.com/us.
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