Patrick Conte, SVP & GM, Worldwide Field Operations at Accellion Recognized as 2015 CRN Channel Chief

PALO ALTO, CA--(Marketwired - Feb 23, 2015) - Accellion, Inc., the leading provider of enterprise mobile solutions that enable increased productivity, announced today that Patrick J. Conte has been named to the prestigious list of the 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. Individuals are 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.

The 2015 CRN Channel Chiefs have demonstrated their enduring support for the channel by consistently defending, promoting and executing effective channel partner programs and strategies.

"We completely revamped our partner program in 2014, in support of Accellion's move towards being channel-led," said Patrick J. Conte, SVP & GM, Worldwide Field Operations at Accellion. "We are aggressively adding partners in key geographies. Because kiteworks is a more mobile and extensible product than our previous offering, we're engaging with an entirely new group of partners that are focused on enabling mobile workers that are both internal and external to their organizations."

The new channel program now provides a way for partners to customize the kiteworks solutions to perfectly fit the business needs of customers. Conte was a leading driver in creating this specialized program that was customized to the technology at hand, and the mobile requirements of enterprises. The program is designed to accommodate the evolving needs of business partners by working with managed service providers, systems integrators and resellers.

"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. 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," said Robert Faletra, CEO, The Channel Company. 

The 2015 CRN Channel Chiefs list is featured in the February 2015 issue of CRN, and online at www.CRN.com.

About Accellion
Accellion, Inc. provides the leading mobile content platform to increase enterprise productivity and ensure data security and compliance. The foremost provider of private cloud solutions for secure mobile content management, Accellion offers enterprise organizations the scalability, flexibility, control and security to enable a mobile workforce with the tools they need to create, access and share information securely, wherever work takes them. More than 12 million users and 2,000 of the world's leading corporations and government agencies including Procter & Gamble; Indiana University Health; Kaiser Permanente; Lovells; Bridgestone; Harvard University; Guinness World Records; US Securities and Exchange Commission; and NASA use Accellion solutions to increase business productivity, protect intellectual property, ensure compliance and reduce IT costs. For more information please visit www.accellion.com or call (650) 485-4300. Follow Accellion's Blog, Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.

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.

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