MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.,
Feb. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/
-- Pure Storage (NYSE: PSTG), the IT pioneer that
delivers storage as-a-service in a multi-cloud world, today
announced that CRN, a brand of The Channel Company, has named
Wendy Stusrud, Vice President,
Global Partner Sales, to its 2022 Channel Chiefs list. The
prestigious CRN Channel Chiefs list, released annually, identifies
top IT channel vendor executives who continually demonstrate
expertise, influence, and innovation in channel leadership. This is
Wendy's second consecutive recognition as part of CRN's
program.
Pure Storage is 100% partner focused and delivers its full
portfolio to market with and through a robust partner ecosystem.
Recently promoted to head Pure's Global Partner Organization after
leading the company's Americas channel sales teams, Wendy Stusrud's leadership has enabled Pure to
continue delivering on its commitment to support channel partners
in building new pipeline and driving profitable engagements by
addressing critical industry needs.
In the past year alone, Pure has empowered its partners to
accelerate growth and customer impact through:
- Significant upgrades to the Pure Partner Program aimed at
enabling partners to participate in one-to-many routes to market,
delivering differentiated benefits based on partner tier, and
more
- Incorporating Portworx into Pure's 100% channel model, giving
partners cloud-native capabilities and new opportunities for
recurring revenue
- Backend investments to drive evergreen consumption models and
recurring revenue with partners, while expanding growth plans to
build expertise among the Pure partner community and ultimately
gain new customers
- The establishment of new programs including WaveMakers, a
technical partner community, and the Pure VIP program, where loyal
partners have access to increased rewards based on
transactions
"The success of our partners is the success of Pure. As a 100%
channel-centric company, we prioritize providing our partners with
resources that make their lives easier, while empowering them to
exceed their goals and business expectations. I'm honored to work
with innovative and resilient organizations across the channel, and
excited to see the progress we will make together this year." -
Wendy Stusrud, Vice President,
Global Partner Sales, Pure Storage
The 2022 Channel Chiefs are influential leaders who continue to
shape the IT channel with innovative strategies, programs, and
partnerships. All honorees are selected by a panel of CRN editors
for their channel dedication, industry stature, and accomplishments
as channel advocates.
"CRN's 2022 Channel Chiefs recognition is given exclusively to
the foremost channel executives who consistently design, promote,
and execute effective partner programs and strategies. We're
thrilled to recognize the tireless work and unwavering commitment
these honorees put into fostering outstanding business innovation
and building strong partner programs to drive channel engagement
and success." - Blaine Raddon, CEO
of The Channel Company
CRN's 2022 Channel Chiefs list will be featured in the
February 2022 issue of CRN
Magazine and online at www.CRN.com/ChannelChiefs.
To learn more about the Pure Partner Program, please visit
www.purestorage.com/partners.
About Pure Storage
Pure Storage (NYSE: PSTG) gives technologists their time back.
Pure delivers a modern data experience that empowers organizations
to run their operations as a true, automated, storage as-a-service
model seamlessly across multiple clouds. Pure helps customers put
data to use while reducing the complexity and expense of managing
the infrastructure behind it. And with a certified customer
satisfaction score in the top one percent of B2B companies, Pure's
ever-expanding list of customers are among the happiest in the
world. For more information, visit www.purestorage.com.
Analyst Recognition:
- Leader in the 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Primary Storage
Arrays
- Leader in the 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Distributed File
Systems & Object Storage
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unequaled channel experience, we draw from our deep knowledge to
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