{"id":24408,"date":"2017-02-20T13:00:13","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T21:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/?p=24408"},"modified":"2017-02-23T11:50:37","modified_gmt":"2017-02-23T19:50:37","slug":"partner-crn-recognizes-palo-alto-networks-executives-channel-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/partner-crn-recognizes-palo-alto-networks-executives-channel-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"CRN Again Recognizes Palo Alto Networks Executives for Channel Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  class=\"alignright wp-image-24411 lozad\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/crn1.png\" alt=\"crn1\" width=\"127\" height=\"196\" \/>We are very excited to announce that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crn.com\/channel-chiefs\/cc2017-details.htm?c=324&amp;wc=4\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\" >Ron Myers<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crn.com\/channel-chiefs\/cc2017-details.htm?c=325&amp;wc=4\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\" >Todd Palmer<\/a> have again been recognized by CRN on its esteemed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crn.com\/channel-chiefs\/cc2017.htm\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\" >Channel Chiefs list<\/a>. The executives on this annual list represent top leaders in the IT channel who excel at driving growth and revenue in their organizations through channel partners.<\/p>\n<p>For the second consecutive year, we are also happy to share that Ron was named to CRN\u2019s exclusive 2017 list of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crn.com\/slide-shows\/storage\/300083793\/2017-channel-chiefs-the-50-most-influential.htm\/pgno\/0\/35\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\" >50 Most Influential Channel Chiefs<\/a>. As noted by CRN:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>The executives on this annual list are part of an elite group drawn from the larger pool of Channel Chief honorees each year and represent the cream of the IT channel crop\u2014leaders who drive the channel agenda and evangelize the importance of channel partnerships. This distinguished group is recognized for outstanding achievement in driving growth and revenue in their organizations, as well as extraordinary leadership in the channel as a whole.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><div style=\"max-width:100%\" data-width=\"67\"><span class=\"ar-custom\" style=\"padding-bottom:149.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  class=\"alignnone wp-image-24414 lozad\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/RMyers.png\" alt=\"rmyers\" width=\"67\" height=\"100\" \/><\/span><\/div>\u00a0\u00a0 <div style=\"max-width:100%\" data-width=\"100\"><span class=\"ar-custom\" style=\"padding-bottom:100%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  class=\"wp-image-24417 alignnone lozad\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Todd-Palmer.png\" alt=\"todd-palmer\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/p>\n<p>Ron Myers, senior vice president, Worldwide Channels, joined Palo Alto Networks in 2013 and Todd Palmer, vice president, Americas Channels, joined in 2014; both have led the evolution of the NextWave Channel Partner Program to accelerate the construction of an ecosystem of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/partner-how-palo-alto-networks-is-building-next-generation-security-innovators\/\">next-generation security innovators<\/a>. We work with the best partners in the industry to achieve record growth and acknowledgment by CRN and other industry thought leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Other recent recognitions from CRN include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/company\/press\/2017\/palo-alto-networks-honored-as-coolest-cloud-vendor-by-crn-\">\u201cCoolest Cloud Vendor\u201d<\/a> (January 2017)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/company\/press\/2016\/palo-alto-networks-traps-named-a-2016-crn-product-of-the-year-winner\">Traps was named \u201cProduct of the Year\u201d<\/a> (November 2016)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  class=\"alignleft wp-image-24420 lozad\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/crncc.png\" alt=\"crncc\" width=\"85\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  class=\"alignleft wp-image-24423 lozad\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/CRNPoY.png\" alt=\"crnpoy\" width=\"107\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Learn More<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/partners\">Palo Alto Networks NextWave Partner Program<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/partners\/nextwave-partner-ecosystem-overview\">Why Partner with Palo Alto Networks?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NextWavePartner\" rel=\"nofollow,noopener\" >Follow us on Twitter at @NextWavePartner<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CRN recognizes Ron Myers and Todd Palmer on their esteemed Channel Chiefs list. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":143,"featured_media":21531,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[78],"tags":[3264,218,348,3267],"coauthors":[1373],"class_list":["post-24408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-partners","tag-channel-chiefs-2017","tag-crn","tag-ron-myers","tag-todd-palmer"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/blog-generic-banner-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/143"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24408"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24561,"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24408\/revisions\/24561"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24408"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/origin-researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=24408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}