Executives honored for their roles in
accelerating growth in the Americas for Avnet and its channel
partners
Avnet Technology Solutions, the global IT solutions distribution
leader and an operating group of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), announced
today that Jeff Bawol, president of Avnet Technology Solutions,
Americas, and Denny O’Connell, senior vice president and general
manager, Avnet Technology Solutions, Americas, Converged and Data
Solutions group, have both been named to the prestigious list of
The Channel Company’s 2015 CRN Channel Chiefs. The influential
executives on this annual list represent the most powerful leaders
in the IT channel who hold direct responsibility for driving growth
and revenue for their organizations through their indirect channel
partners. Bawol and O’Connell were selected for inclusion based on
their track record of channel accomplishments, standing in the
industry, dedication to the partner community, and plans for
driving future business innovation and channel growth.
Jeff Bawol, president of Avnet Technology
Solutions, Americas, has been named to the prestigious list of The
Channel Company's 2015 CRN Channel Chiefs. (Photo: Business
Wire)
“While the pace of change in the technology industry continues
to accelerate, Jeff and Denny have helped Avnet’s partners
successfully transform their businesses to address customers’
evolving needs,” said Patrick Zammit, global president of Avnet
Technology Solutions. “Jeff, Denny and their teams have developed
the deep relationships with industry-leading suppliers, resources
and solutions expertise partners need to capitalize on high-growth
opportunities related to converged infrastructure, the public
sector and services. Their inclusion on CRN’s list of Channel
Chiefs is a well-deserved recognition of their accomplishments in
helping Avnet, our partners and suppliers achieve our respective
business goals.”
Honored for the fourth time as a CRN Channel Chief, Bawol was
recognized for his role in helping suppliers and partners expand
their businesses, while capitalizing on technology growth markets
and services. For example, Bawol and his team launched Avnet
Government Solutions in 2014, which addresses the IT needs of the
U.S. public sector. Avnet Government Solutions provides partners
with the business development, services and solutions expertise
needed to increase their U.S. government sales. Additionally, Bawol
and his team developed a dedicated resold services group. This new
group focuses on driving efficiency and growth for a wide range of
after-market services, including maintenance, while improving the
customer experience for partners and increasing the visibility of
suppliers’ offerings.
Bawol also set the vision and the strategy to make it easier for
partners to sell multi-vendor solutions by bringing together key
converged infrastructure suppliers into one solutions group. Bawol
appointed O’Connell, who made his debut on CRN’s Channel Chiefs
list this year, to lead the new group.
O’Connell was honored for his leadership of the Converged and
Data Solutions group within Avnet Technology Solutions, Americas.
Throughout the past year, O’Connell and his team assisted in
accelerating the success of five key suppliers in the converged
infrastructure market: Cisco, EMC, Hitachi Data Systems, NetApp and
VCE. With his guidance, O’Connell’s group grew Avnet’s Converged
and Data Solutions business by helping Avnet’s partners capitalize
on the market opportunities related to converged infrastructure
solutions. Additionally, O’Connell and his team provided partners
with access to Avnet’s unique integration and technical
capabilities to architect, configure and integrate a wide range of
converged infrastructure solutions. As a result, Avnet was named
Cisco’s Data Center Architecture Distributor of the Year for the
third consecutive year.
“Each year, our editors carefully vet an extensive group of
highly accomplished channel executives to highlight those exemplary
individuals who earn the mantle of CRN Channel Chief,” said Robert
Faletra, CEO, The Channel Company. “These executives strive to
advance the success and standing of the channel community within
their organizations. The 2015 CRN Channel Chiefs lead by example
and serve as valuable advocates to help ensure the health and
longevity of the IT channel. We applaud their accomplishments and
look forward to their continued success.”
The 2015 CRN Channel Chiefs list is featured in the February
2015 issue of CRN, and online at www.CRN.com.
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About The Channel Company
The Channel Company, with established brands including CRN,
XChange Events, IPED and SharedVue, is the channel community's
trusted authority for growth and innovation. For more than three
decades, we have leveraged our proven and leading-edge platforms to
deliver prescriptive sales and marketing solutions for the
technology channel. The Channel Company provides Communication,
Recruitment, Engagement, Enablement, Demand Generation and
Intelligence services to drive technology partnerships. Learn more
at www.thechannelcompany.com.
About Avnet Technology Solutions
As a global IT solutions distributor, Avnet Technology Solutions
transforms technology into business solutions for customers around
the world. It collaborates with customers and suppliers to
create and deliver services, software and hardware solutions that
address the changing needs of end-user customers. The group serves
customers and suppliers in North America, Latin America and
Caribbean, Asia Pacific, and Europe, Middle East and Africa. It
generated US $11.0 billion in annual revenue for fiscal year 2014.
Avnet Technology Solutions is an operating group of Avnet, Inc. For
more information, visit ats.avnet.com.
About Avnet, Inc.
Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), a Fortune 500 company, is one of the
largest distributors of electronic components, computer
products and embedded technology serving customers globally. Avnet
accelerates its partners' success by connecting the world's leading
technology suppliers with a broad base of customers by providing
cost-effective, value-added services and solutions. For the fiscal
year ended June 28, 2014, Avnet generated revenue of $27.5 billion.
For more information, visit www.avnet.com.
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Brodeur Partners, for Avnet Technology SolutionsMarcia Chapman,
480-308-0284mchapman@brodeur.comorThe Channel CompanyMarc
Courchesne, 508-416-1110mcourchesne@thechannelcompany.com
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