The Channel Company Recognizes Key Executives for Outstanding Leadership
SAN JOSE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#ai–Stellar Cyber Chief Revenue Officer Jim O’Hara and VP of Strategic Alliances Andrew Homer both have been named to the prestigious 2025 CRN® Channel Chiefs list. CRN produces the Channel Chiefs list to showcase the top leaders throughout the IT channel ecosystem who work tirelessly with their partners and customers to ensure mutual success. The list recognizes IT vendor and distribution executives who drive strategy and set the channel agenda for their companies and the industry.
“This year’s honorees exemplify dedication, innovation, and leadership that supports solution provider success and fosters growth across the channel,” said Jennifer Follett, VP, U.S. Content, and Executive Editor, CRN, at The Channel Company. “Each of these exceptional leaders has made a lasting channel impact by championing partnerships and designing creative strategies that get results. They’ve set a high bar in the channel, and we’re thrilled to recognize their standout achievements.”
“It’s an honor to be named to the Channel Chiefs list for 2025,” said Jim O’Hara, Chief Revenue Officer at Stellar Cyber. “We employ a ‘partner first’ model with our global partner ecosystem and drive 100% of our business through our various partner channels – it’s in our DNA.”
Stellar Cyber’s new cyber insurance program, RiskShield, leverages the company’s MITRE ATT&CK-aligned coverage analyzer app, which helps assess the cybersecurity maturity of MSP partners’ clients, and in turn helps insurance carriers offer discounted rates.
“Discounted premiums are passed on to end customers,” added O’Hara. “Our partners earn additional margin as well, while providing unique value add and building stickier customer relationships.”
Stellar Cyber’s unique channel strategy empowers hundreds of MSSPs globally to expand their markets and serve thousands of new customers. As a result, fully one-third of the world’s largest MSSPs partner with Stellar Cyber to power their managed security services.
“In the past year, we doubled our global partner base and launched a new SOC Analyst certification program to ensure that our partners are well informed on cybersecurity best practices,” said Andrew Homer, VP of Strategic Alliances at Stellar Cyber.
“We won over major brands, convincing them that our core technology is essential,” said Homer. “Against the odds, I secured recognition and visibility of our brand, and Oracle has identified us as their go-to cybersecurity partner.”
CRN’s 2025 Channel Chiefs list will be featured in the February 2025 print issue of CRN® Magazine and online beginning today at www.CRN.com/ChannelChiefs.
Hear more what Stellar Cyber’s Channel Chiefs say about Openness and RiskShield here:
https://stellarcyber.ai/how-stellar-cyber-is-helping-mssps-offer-cyber-insurance/
https://stellarcyber.ai/stellar-podcast-simplifying-security-operations-with-ai-driven-mssp-partnerships/
About The Channel Company
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About Stellar Cyber
Stellar Cyber’s Automation-driven Security Operations Platform, including NG-SIEM and NDR and powered by Open XDR, delivers comprehensive, unified cybersecurity without complexity. It empowers lean security teams of any skill level to successfully secure their environments. As part of this unified platform, Stellar Cyber’s Multi-Layer AI™ enables enterprises, MSSPs, and MSPs to reduce risk with early and precise threat identification and remediation while slashing costs, retaining investments in existing tools, and improving analyst productivity. This delivers a 20X improvement in MTTD and an 8X improvement in MTTR. The company is based in Silicon Valley. For more information, please visit our website.
Contacts
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