FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Granite Channel Chief Charlie
Pagliazzo Honored With 2023 Circle of Excellence Award
Channel
Leader Recognized for Vision, Innovation, Advocacy & Driving Digital
Transformation Through the Indirect Channel
QUINCY,
Massachusetts – May 2, 2023 – Granite Telecommunications, a $1.85 billion provider of communications and
technology solutions to multilocation businesses and government agencies, today
announced that Channel
Futures has selected Charlie
Pagliazzo, Vice President of Channels, as a winner of the 2023
Circle of Excellence Awards.
Pagliazzo, a 29-year
telecom veteran, heads up sales, support and program management for Granite
Channels. Over the past 20 years, Pagliazzo has established Granite Channels'
nationwide presence and grown the partner program to more than $500 million in
annual revenue.
Channel Futures recognized
Pagliazzo's leadership in advocating for indirect
sales at Granite and contributing to the company's philanthropic initiatives.
Previously, Pagliazzo was named to the 2020 Channel Futures Top Gun 51 and 2016
Channel Partners Circle of Excellence lists.
"I'm honored to be included
among the channel leaders in the 2023 Channel Futures' Circle of Excellence,"
said Pagliazzo. "I'm fortunate to lead a tenured and growing team of
channel professionals who work diligently every day to support our partners in
delivering transformational technology services to their business customers
nationwide.”
Since 2014, the
Channel Futures Circle of Excellence program has recognized leaders in the
communications and IT channel who inspire their partners to drive digital
transformation for customers. These executives are honored for their vision,
innovation and advocacy of the indirect channel during a time of transition and
convergence.
"The last decade has
seen profound changes in the way the world — and by extension, the channel —
does business," said Kelly Danziger, General Manager and Vice President of
Channel at Informa Tech. "The last three years have presented
unprecedented challenges, and the channel has been instrumental in keeping
companies and their employees connected, collaborating and providing top-notch
service to their customers.
"Much of the credit
for that goes to leaders like the ones we are honoring in the Circle of
Excellence. Their vision, strategy and inspiration were key in helping the
channel navigate those challenges and emerge even stronger. The Channel Futures
team extends congratulations and thanks for their service to our community."
Channel Futures Circle of
Excellence winners will be honored during an awards ceremony on May 3 at the Channel
Partners Conference & Expo in Las Vegas. These
winners will be included on the Circle
of Excellence Immersion Center on the Channel Futures
website.
About Granite
Granite delivers advanced communications and
technology solutions to businesses and government agencies throughout the
United States and Canada. The $1.85 billion company serves more than two-thirds
of Fortune 100 companies and has 1.75 million voice and data lines under
management, supporting more than 650,000 locations. Founded in 2002, Granite
has grown to be one of the largest competitive telecommunications carriers in
the U.S. by simplifying sourcing and management of voice, data and cellular
service with a single point of contact and consolidated invoicing for all
locations nationwide. Today, Granite supports customers with a wide range of
services, including access, UCaaS, mobile voice and data, and MSP solutions for
SD-WAN, monitoring and network management. Granite employs more than 2,250
people at its headquarters in Quincy, Massachusetts and 11 regional offices
nationwide. For more information, visit www.granitenet.com.
About Channel Futures
Channel Futures is a media and
events destination for the information and communication technologies (ICT)
channel community. We provide information, perspective and connection for the
entire channel ecosystem, including solution providers (SPs), managed service providers
(MSPs), managed security service providers (MSSPs), cloud service providers
(CSPs), value-added resellers (VARs) and distributors, technology solutions
brokerages, subagents and agents, as well as leading technology vendor partners
and communication providers.
Our
properties include many awards programs such as the Channel Futures MSP 501, a
list of the most influential and fastest-growing providers of managed services
in the technology industry; Channel Partners events, which delivers
unparalleled in-person events, including Channel Partners
Conference & Expo, Channel
Partners Leadership Summit, Women's Leadership Summit, the MSP Summit and
Channel Partners Europe; and a DEI Community Group, our initiative to educate,
support and promote diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) in the ICT
channel industry. Channel Futures is where the world meets the channel; we are leading
Channel Partners forward. More information is available at channelfutures.com.
Channel
Futures is part of Informa Tech, a market-leading B2B information provider with depth and
specialization in the ICT sector. Every year, we welcome 14,000+ subscribers to
our research, more than 4 million unique monthly visitors to our digital
communities, 18,200+ students to our training programs and 225,000 delegates to
our events.
Media Contact:
Jeremy Robison
PR Manager
Granite
617.845.4027