Andrew Homer of Stellar Cyber Honored As A 2026 CRN® Channel Chief for the Second Year In A Row

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Stellar Cyber, the cybersecurity illumination company behind the industry’s leading human-augmented autonomous SOC platform, proudly announced today that CRN®—a brand of The Channel Company—has selected Andrew Homer, Vice President of Strategic Alliances, for inclusion on the prestigious 2026 CRN® Channel Chiefs list. This annual recognition celebrates IT vendor and distribution executives who are shaping channel strategy and driving innovation and partnership across the industry.

As Stellar Cyber’s Vice President of Strategic Alliances, Andrew is responsible for accelerating and strengthening Stellar Cyber’s partner ecosystem. He is an accomplished technology industry veteran with an extensive background in leading partnership alliances, marketing, product management, and business operations for prominent enterprise software and security companies. Andrew was recognized based on the strength of Stellar Cyber’s Open Cybersecurity Alliance, a groundbreaking initiative led by Homer that streamlines security operations, improves interoperability, and enhances threat detection and response for enterprises, channel partners, and MSSPs.

“By putting partners first in 2025, we helped customers and MSSPs achieve better security outcomes through open, interoperable solutions,” said Andrew Homer, VP of Strategic Alliances at Stellar Cyber. “Security should be effective, not complex or expensive, and that focus makes this CRN Channel Chief recognition especially meaningful.”

Stellar Cyber’s unique channel strategy has enabled hundreds of MSSPs to expand their markets, unlock new revenue streams, and advance their journey to a human-augmented autonomous SOC. The Stellar Cyber Infinity Global Partner Program helps MSSPs win more deals while offering more formal training and support on its AI-driven Open XDR platform. As a result, Stellar now serves 33% of the top 250 MSSPs.

The annual CRN Channel Chiefs list spotlights the most influential leaders across the IT channel, celebrating those who champion collaboration, drive innovation, and empower their partners and customers to achieve shared success.

“Leaders recognized as CRN Channel Chiefs this year have demonstrated unwavering commitment to their partners and the broader IT channel. Their vision, passion and drive for innovation continue to shape the future of our industry. We are proud to celebrate their achievements and the positive impact they make every day,” said Jennifer Follett, Vice President, U.S. Content, Executive Editor, CRN.

CRN’s 2026 Channel Chiefs list will be featured on CRN.com beginning Feb. 2 at www.CRN.com/ChannelChiefs.

About Stellar Cyber

Stellar Cyber is the only AI-native SecOps platform purpose-built for MSSPs and lean enterprise security teams. Since 2015, we’ve been illuminating the darkest corners of cybersecurity to help organizations see every threat, know what matters most, and act with speed and confidence — always with the human in the loop.

By applying the right tool to the right problem, Stellar Cyber combines machine learning to uncover hidden anomalies, agentic AI to guide responses in real time, and human-augmented decision-making where expertise is essential. The result is real-world impact: analyst productivity improved by more than 80%, false positives reduced by over 90%, and security teams free to focus on what matters.

Our award-winning, open SecOps platform unifies SIEM, NDR / OT, ITDR / UEBA, detection, investigation, triage, response, and Multi-Layer AI™ under one platform. Stellar Cyber is trusted by one-third of the world’s top 250 MSSPs and over 14,000 organizations worldwide.

Learn more at stellarcyber.ai