Channel Innovation Awards 2023

AGENDA

Opening Remarks

Jodi Bonham, IT Channel Chief, Eaton Canada & Co-President of C4
Mark Collins, CEO, F2Factor & Co-President of C4

Keynote Speaker

Bill Brandel, Senior Vice President and Country Chief Executive, Ingram Micro

Benchmark Report Analysis

In addition to creating the Top 100 ranking, the information collected is used to create a snapshot of the Channel with information on trends, hiring inclinations and product preferences.

Mary Whittle, Principal, Strategic Innovation Matters, Inc.

Panel Discussion - Building the Ecosystem Team

The future of distribution channels in an evolving channel partner ecosystem. This discussion explores the ecosystem, barriers and benefits to leveraging it, and how we can all gain the most from it.

Moderator:
Rob Brown, Vice President of Channel Sales, HPE Canada

Panelists:
Fred Patterson, Ecosystem Director, Red Hat
Mark Collins, CEO, F2Factor and Co-President of C4

Quiz - Sponsored by HP

 

Awards Ceremony

Presentation for the Channel Innovation Awards (including Innovator of the Year)
Presentation of the Top 5 Solutions Providers

Concluding remarks

Jodi Bonham, IT Channel Chief, Eaton Canada & Co-President of C4
Mark Collins, CEO, F2Factor & Co-President of C4

SPEAKERS

Jodi Bonham

IT Channel Chief, Eaton Canada & Co-President of C4

Mark Collins

CEO, F2Factor & Co-President of C4

Bill Brandel

Senior Vice President and Country Chief Executive, Canada, Ingram Micro

Mary Whittle

Principal, Strategic Innovation Matters, Inc.

Rob Brown

Vice President of Channel Sales, HPE Canada

Fred Patterson

Ecosystem Director, Red Hat

John Cammalleri

Vice President, Commercial Channels, HP

Jim Love

CIO, ITWC

Paul Barker

Editor, Channel Daily News

Simon Powell

Director – Canada Partner Organization, VMware

Sandy Dal Zotto

Channel Marketing Manager – Enterprise Business Division, Samsung

Ray Christophersen

President & CRO, ITWC

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2023 BENCHMARK REPORT

In addition to creating the Top 100 ranking, the information collected is used to create a snapshot of the Channel with information on trends, hiring inclinations and product preferences. You can download a complimentary copy of the report right now.  2022 Benchmark Report .

2023 Top 100 Solution Providers List

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Looking for the Top 100

For 2021 the CDN Top 100 has been combined with the Channel Innovation awards.

Sponsorship Opportunities

ITWC offers several partnership opportunities

Put your company in the national spotlight

CIA winners and all finalists will be recognized at CDN’s Channel Innovation Gala. Submitting solution providers will be invited to a VIP pre-event partner workshop featuring a noted industry expert. All qualified nominations will be posted on the CDN website. Winning solutions will be profiled in CDN Magazine and Direction Informatique, ITWC’s a French language publication devoted to the Quebec marketplace. Winners will also receive a digital badge for use on their websites and in social media to help gain industry-wide recognition and end-user exposure.