Categories & Criteria
2025 Individual Awards

Best Channel Achiever

The Best Channel Achiever of the Year Award honors an individual for exceptional performance, significant contributions and notable accomplishments throughout the past 12 months that were instrumental to the success of their channel-focused organization. Applicants from solution providers, technology vendors, distributors and marketplaces are eligible. (Download the Word document version here)

Best Channel Chief

This award will go the channel executive most deserving of recognition for achievements in the IT channel over the past 12 months as an all-around standout in channel acumen and leadership. Executives who are the top global or North America/U.S. channel leader at an IT vendor are eligible. (Download the Word document version here)

Best Channel Visionary
 

The Best Channel Visionary of the Year Award celebrates a trailblazing executive with a fresh business perspective who has shown outstanding capacity to instigate channel evolution for their company and/or the channel at large. Applicants from solution providers, technology vendors, distributors and marketplaces are eligible. (Download the Word document version here)

Best Emerging Leader

The Best Emerging Leader of the Year Award goes to a promising up-and-comer in the channel who is on the path to channel greatness. This may be a newer employee who has made an exceptionally strong impact in a short time or an early-career manager/executive making waves throughout the business. Applicants from solution providers, technology vendors, distributors and marketplaces are eligible. (Download the Word document version here)

Best Solution Provider CEO

This award will go the top executive who is most deserving of recognition for achievements in leading a solution provider business over the past 12 months. CEOs of MSPs, VARs, systems integrators, consultants or other solution providers headquartered in North America are eligible. (Download the Word document version here)