LAS VEGAS, April 14, 2017 /CNW/ -- CenturyLink,
Inc. (NYSE: CTL) today announced that Channel Partners
magazine, a resource for indirect sales channels offering IT and
telecom systems and services, has recognized John DeLozier, vice president of CenturyLink
Channel Alliances, with a 2017 Circle of Excellence award.
The publication's Circle of Excellence winners were honored
during an April 12 awards ceremony at
the Spring 2017 Channel Partners Conference & Expo in
Las Vegas. These winners will be
featured throughout 2017 on a special Channel Partners Immersion
Center.
"Circle of Excellence honors executives for their vision,
innovation and advocacy of the indirect channel during a time of
transition," said Art Wittmann,
content director of Channel Partners. "This program recognizes IT
and telecom channel leaders who are helping their partners create
business value for their customers."
A leader of CenturyLink's Alliances and Strategic Partnerships
management team, DeLozier oversees the development and execution of
strategic sales and partner plans and defining new go-to-market
models with third-party partners such as systems integrators,
managed services providers and software companies.
The CenturyLink Channel Alliances business has implemented new
sales and channel initiatives to drive incremental organic growth
as well as a more strategic approach to its mix of value-added
resellers, managed services providers and regional systems
integrators.
"John and I are very excited to be leading a team and culture
that are elevating CenturyLink's channel program," said
Bill Corbin, CenturyLink senior vice
president, Alliances and Strategic Partnerships. "John's deep
channel expertise and understanding of the importance of building
strong relationships will continue to be what connects partners
with CenturyLink and further the success and growth of our channel
programs."
Prior to joining CenturyLink, DeLozier was a senior executive at
Unify, where he played a key role in building the company's channel
organization. In a previous role, he founded and managed ACT, a
systems integration company focusing on unified communications and
collaboration and call center implementations.
About Channel Partners
For more than two decades,
Channel Partners has been the leader in providing news and analysis
to indirect sales channels serving the business technology
industry. It is the unrivaled resource for resellers, aggregators,
agents, brokers, VARs, systems integrators, interconnects and
dealers that provide network-based communications and computing
services, associated CPE and applications as well as managed and
professional services. Channel Partners is the official media of
the Channel Partners Conference & Expo and Cloud Partners.
About CenturyLink
CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) is a global
communications, hosting, cloud and IT services company enabling
millions of customers to transform their businesses and their lives
through innovative technology solutions. CenturyLink offers network
and data systems management, big data analytics and IT consulting,
and operates more than 55 data centers in North America, Europe and Asia. The company provides broadband, voice,
video, data and managed services over a robust 250,000-route-mile
U.S. fiber network and a 300,000-route-mile international transport
network. Visit CenturyLink for more information.
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