Infoblox’s Lori Cornmesser, Sandy Janes Named to CRN’s 2020 Women of the Channel

Annual list honors Cornmesser as one of the most influential female channel leaders #WOTC20

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Infoblox Inc., the leader in Secure Cloud-Managed Network Services, is proud to announce CRN_®, a brand of The Channel Company, has recognized Lori Cornmesser, Vice President, Worldwide Partner and Alliance Sales and Sandy Janes, Senior Director, Worldwide Channel Sales to the CRN 2020 Women of the Channel. Cornmesser was also recognized as one of CRN’s Power 100, which honors the channel’s most influential female executives.

“We are proud to see Lori and Sandy honored by CRN for their sales leadership and excellence in partner enablement and business execution,” said Jesper Andersen, CEO at Infoblox. “Partner success is a top priority for Infoblox, and these two executives have done an amazing job strengthening our global channel program and enabling our partners to deliver a differentiated customer experience with next-level networking solutions designed for a cloud-first world.”

Since joining Infoblox in May 2018, Lori has advocated for channel culture, prioritized the importance of building channel relationships and hosted Infoblox's inaugural Americas Partners Summit. In her role as Vice President of Worldwide Channel and Alliance Sales, Lori is responsible for advancing the agenda of partners and ensuring they are seen as a revenue engine that can help the company scale and be successful. She has built out a highly skilled team across the Americas, EMEA and APJ partner teams. Lori has also set the foundation and strategy to become the vendor of choice with partners, and continues to work with her team to deliver program assets and tools in the way partners go to market.

Sandy joined Infoblox in 2016 and has continued to build on Infoblox's award-winning BuildingBLOX program by adding reward incentives for partner-initiated opportunities. She has also further expanded Infoblox’s tracks for specializations, including Federal and PS programs. The Federal program, in particular, has resulted in 2X to 3X growth for select partners in the first year. Additionally, Sandy launched new partner favorite tools and assets in a Partner Activation Kit that provide partners with a simple one-stop shop for key sales plays and a simplified deal registration process.

The annual CRN Women of the Channel list highlights over 900 extraordinary women from all areas of the IT ecosystem, including technology vendors, distributors, solution providers, and other IT organizations who exhibit thought leadership, channel expertise, and innovative vision in driving channel growth. The list is considered an authoritative list of the most influential women in the channel. The Power 100 List is an elite subset of this group and is reserved for women whose insight and influence are playing a key role in the success of the channel.

“I’m thrilled to be named to the 2020 Women of the Channel and honored as one of the top 100 most influential women in the channel,” said Cornmesser. “It’s incredibly rewarding to see this list of female leaders grow year-over-year. Congrats to all of this year’s honorees, and thank you to CRN for celebrating the contributions of all the known and unknown channel leaders and influencers around the world.”

“It’s such an honor to be named to the 2020 Women of the Channel,” said Janes. “At Infoblox, we know our success depends on the success of our channel partners worldwide. On behalf of our entire team, thank you to our partners for the continued opportunity to earn your business every day and help keep your customers protected and connected now and in the new future.”

The 2020 Women of the Channel list will be featured in CRN^® Magazine on June 8 and online at www.CRN.com/WOTC.

About Infoblox

Infoblox delivers the next level network experience with its Secure Cloud-Managed Network Services. As the pioneer in providing the world’s most reliable, secure and automated networks, we are relentless in our pursuit of next level network simplicity. A recognized industry leader, Infoblox has more than 50 percent market share in the DDI networking market comprised of 8,000 customers, including 350 of the Fortune 500.

Learn more at https://www.infoblox.com.

About The Channel Company

The Channel Company enables breakthrough IT channel performance with our dominant media, engaging events, expert consulting and education, and innovative marketing services and platforms. As the channel catalyst, we connect and empower technology suppliers, solution providers, and end users. Backed by more than 30 years of unequalled channel experience, we draw from our deep knowledge to envision innovative new solutions for ever-evolving challenges in the technology marketplace. www.thechannelcompany.com