These telecom professionals were nominated by master agents, subagents and independent agents and selected by a poll of Channel Partners readers and supporters July 5-22. More than 750 votes were received for 80 candidates. Several of this year’s winners are repeat winners. They were honored Wednesday afternoon in a ceremony at the Channel Partners Conference & Expo in Chicago.
Here are the winners, in alphabetical order by last name:
- Nickie Beckstead, Integra Telecom, Senior Channel Manager
- Steven Cawley, Integra Telecom, Senior Manager, Indirect Sales
- Vin Garofano, Windstream, District Dealer Manager
- Mike Gottwalt, Telarus, Channel Manager
- Pierre Gustat, TNCI, Master Agent Manager
- Bob Harrison, Freedom Voice Systems Inc., Southwestern Channel Manager
- Amir Hojjatnia, TelePacific Communications, Regional Agent Manager
- Bryan Lawson, Cbeyond, Channel Manager IV
- Maureen McAneny, NetCarrier, Channel Partner Manager
- Kurt Nelson, PAETEC, Channel Manager
- Tyler Price, World Telecom Group, Agent Sales Manager
- Gene Sehl, Integra Telecom, Senior Manager, Colorado Channel
- Eric Solomon, PAETEC, Senior Channel Sales Manager
- Mike Starbeck, CenturyLink Channel Alliance, Channel Sales Manager
- Donna Turner, AboveNet, Sales Manager
- Jeni Weinstein, ACC Business, Agent Manager
You can learn more about the Top 16 in a special gallery we’ve published online, and in the October print edition of Channel Partners magazine.
