CRN released its list of Top 100 Executives for 2024, honoring vendor and solution provider standouts who are leading the way in IT. The prestigious list honors executives excelling in four key categories, including Disrupters, Most Influential, Innovators, and Channel Sales.
Hitachi Vantara’s superstar CEO Sheila Rohra earned her spot in the Disrupters category, a group defined by CRN as “the men and women who are pushing boundaries and turning the IT market on its ear.” CRN adds that its list of Top 25 Disrupters “have been answering the call from partners and customers to help companies improve their efficiency while also modernizing their IT environments.”
Whether it's empowering customers and partners to accelerate cloud migrations, optimize data utilization, or enhance security for a distributed workforce, these executives chose by CRN have consistently risen to meet the growing demands of the market. Importantly, these vendors and distributors have demonstrated a strong commitment to expanding and elevating opportunities for solution and service provider partners.
CRN’s prestigious list highlights executives who have proven themselves as game-changers across critical industry segments, including cybersecurity, data platforms, data center infrastructure, devices, cloud software, and beyond.
Building Value with Enterprise Storage
CRN notes that “under the leadership of industry veteran Rohra, Hitachi Vantara is doubling down on its enterprise storage, AI, and hybrid cloud strategy.” Rohra has successfully guided Hitachi Vantara as it introduced several successful new products, including the Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform One.
Under her leadership, Hitachi Vantara has expanded its partnerships with leading tech innovators, including Nvidia, Google Cloud, Cisco, and Veeam.
Rohra joined Hitachi Vantara in February 2023, as Chief Strategy Officer. She was named President of the company’s data infrastructure business in August 2023 and then rose to CEO in November 2023.