CRN’s 2024 Channel Chiefs highlight the leaders who drive the channel agenda and evangelize the importance of channel partnerships within the IT industry, and identifies the 50 most influential leaders who play an outsized role in channel leadership, not only within their own companies but across the IT industry.

Kimberly King, SVP, Strategic Partners & Alliances at Hitachi Vantara was once again honored to be part of this elite group. Over the last decade, King has been named a CRN Power 100 Woman of the Channel nine times and as one of CRN’s Most Influential Channel Chiefs. Hitachi Vantara has been honored by CRN as a 5-Star Partner Program Guide for 12 years in a row!

Accelerating Business Together

For more than five years, King has led the creation and delivery of Hitachi Vantara’s global partner program, with a focus on opening new doors and accelerating partners’ profitability with innovative, right-fit solutions to help customers realize the power of their data.

The Hitachi Vantara partner program is designed to be flexible and scalable, and one of King’s top priority has been on the ease of doing business with Hitachi Vantara as well as execution excellence. The program is designed to empower partners to embrace new business models, including as-a-service, managed services, and co-creation.

In 2024, King's focus is on continuing to evolve the organization to be more partner-centric, with a goal of more than 90 indirect.

Learn how partnering with Hitachi Vantara can accelerate your business in 2024.

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