CRN Recognizes Sophos CEO and SVP Global Channels in Top 100 Executives List

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Jul 27 2020 By

Sophos is proud to share that Chief Executive Officer Kris Hagerman and Senior Vice President of Global Channels Kendra Krause are recognized as Top 100 Executives by CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company. CRN’s annual Top 100 Executives list highlights the tech visionaries who are shaping, transforming and disrupting the IT channel.

Hagerman is further honored as one of CRN’s 25 most influential executives for the second consecutive year, and Krause is named a top 25 channel sales leader for the fourth consecutive year.

“As the IT channel becomes increasingly complex, especially when companies have had to shift to an all-remote workforce, it has presented new challenges for solution providers and technology suppliers alike. The technology executives on CRN’s 2020 Top 100 Executives list have been able to adapt their channel strategies and continue to provide exemplary leadership to keep their businesses running seamlessly, regardless of today’s challenges.”

Blaine Raddon, CEO of the Channel Company

Sophos is leading the market with the industry’s best cybersecurity solutions, and our world-class channel leaders have earned these recognitions for their unwavering commitment to our partners’ success. We’re excited for what’s to come as we continue to innovate to meet the unique needs of today’s next-gen resellers, managed service providers and cybersecurity experts!

The Top 100 Executives list will be featured in the August 2020 issue of CRN Magazine. It’s also available online at www.CRN.com/Top100.

Congratulations to all the winners!

About the Author

Sophos is a global leader and innovator of advanced security solutions for defeating cyberattacks, including Managed Detection and Response (MDR) and incident response services and a broad portfolio of endpoint, network, email, and cloud security technologies. As one of the largest pure-play cybersecurity providers, Sophos defends more than 600,000 organizations and more than 100 million users worldwide from active adversaries, ransomware, phishing, malware, and more. Sophos’ services and products connect through the Sophos Central management console and are powered by Sophos X-Ops, the company’s cross-domain threat intelligence unit. Sophos X-Ops intelligence optimizes the entire Sophos Adaptive Cybersecurity Ecosystem, which includes a centralized data lake that leverages a rich set of open APIs available to customers, partners, developers, and other cybersecurity and information technology vendors. Sophos provides cybersecurity-as-a-service to organizations needing fully managed security solutions. Customers can also manage their cybersecurity directly with Sophos’ security operations platform or use a hybrid approach by supplementing their in-house teams with Sophos’ services, including threat hunting and remediation. Sophos sells through reseller partners and managed service providers (MSPs) worldwide. Sophos is headquartered in Oxford, U.K. More information is available at www.sophos.com.