Atlanta, GA., May 13, 2024 — Secureworks® (NASDAQ: SCWX), a global leader in cybersecurity, today announced that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Kalisha Bankston, Samantha Bontemps, Danielle Gose, Taylor Greer, Lacy Gruen and Liz Olson to the Women of the Channel list for 2024. Each of these women have played a crucial role in advancing Secureworks Partner First Strategy, which is laser focused on actively engaging the company's partners to ensure they have the support and programs needed to drive value within the security community and fuel growth.
Every year, CRN highlights women from vendor, distributor, and solution provider organizations whose vision and leadership have a beneficial influence on the technology industry. The CRN 2024 Women of the Channel honorees are creative, strategic leaders who show ongoing commitment to using their skills to innovate and drive success for their partners and customers.
With this recognition, CRN honors these women leaders for their unwavering dedication and commitment to furthering channel excellence. Secureworks teammates were recognized for the following achievements:
- Kalisha Bankston, Global Channel Sales Leader MSSP Program – since taking the reigns of Secureworks Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) Partner's program strategy and sales functions, Bankston has accelerated growth for Secureworks MSSP partners enabling them to strategically pivot their business models towards managed detection and response to drive strong security outcomes.
- Samantha Bontemps, Senior Channel Marketing Manager – Bontemps has spearheaded new operational processes and programs centered around partner needs to deliver more deal opportunities and mutual growth.
- Danielle Gose, Partner Marketing Advisor – Gose has been instrumental in redesigning Secureworks overall partner engagement strategy, accelerating go-to-market initiatives that deliver faster returns to partners.
- Taylor Greer, Global Partner Program Coordinator – over the last year Greer has led many projects and operational initiatives to streamline business processes, making it easier for partners to engage with Secureworks. Additionally, she played a pivotal role in evolving tools and processes to better support the company's global partner community.
- Lacy Gruen, Director of Partner Marketing – Gruen has been at the helm for multiple transformative initiatives that have reimagined the partner experience, reengineered enablement, supported the global roll out of Partner First and created a blueprint for channel marketing best practices.
- Liz Olson, National Channel Manager – Olson has spearheaded the partner recruitment program, elevating and expanding the Secureworks strategic partner community. She has demonstrated market fit through alignment awareness and advocacy programs that have driven a higher volume of opportunities for partners.
"It is a great privilege to honor the remarkable achievements of these women leaders in the IT channel," said Jennifer Follett, VP, U.S. Content and Executive Editor, CRN at The Channel Company. "Each woman on the list has demonstrated a deep commitment to innovation and leadership that advances their organizations and drives transformation and success across the IT channel."
"Kalisha, Samantha, Danielle, Taylor, Lacy and Liz each demonstrate relentless commitment to our partner community. Their understanding of the partner ecosystem fuels a culture of curiosity and innovation. Each of them plays a role in ensuring that we're empowering our partners to deliver exceptional security outcomes to their customers. Today's recognition is not only incredibly well deserved, but also a testament to the esteem with which they are held in the wider channel community," said Allan Peters, Chief Revenue Officer, Secureworks.
The 2024 Women of the Channel list will be featured in the June issue of CRN Magazine, with online coverage starting May 13 at www.CRN.com/WOTC.
About Secureworks
Secureworks (NASDAQ: SCWX) is a global cybersecurity leader that secures human progress with Secureworks® Taegis™, a SaaS-based, open XDR platform built on 20+ years of real-world detection data, security operations expertise, and threat intelligence and research. Taegis is embedded in the security operations of thousands of organizations around the world who use its advanced, AI-driven capabilities to detect advanced threats, streamline and collaborate on investigations, and automate the right actions.
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