Kaspersky Lab’s Larissa Crandall Named to CRN’s 2017 Women of the Channel Power 100 List
CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Larissa Crandall, director of channel sales at Kaspersky Lab North America, to its list of 2017 Power 100, an elite subset of its prestigious annual Women of the Channel list.
Woburn, MA, May, 30, 2017 – Kaspersky Lab North America announced today thatCRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Larissa Crandall, director of channel sales at Kaspersky Lab North America, to its list of 2017 Power 100, an elite subset of its prestigious annual Women of the Channel list.
CRN’s editorial team selects Women of the Channel honorees based on their professional accomplishments, demonstrated expertise and ongoing dedication to the channel. The Power 100 belong to an exclusive group drawn from this larger list: women leaders whose vision and influence are key drivers of their companies’ success and help move the entire IT channel forward.
Larissa Crandall has been a successful channel sales executive for over 20 years in the high tech industry. As the director of channel sales at Kaspersky Lab North America, Larissa is a top-performing professional with proven career success in building and directing high-performance channel teams to exceed established goals on a consistent basis. Larissa’s responsibilities include channel and partner development, consultative sales, new account development, contract negotiations, client service and satisfaction, sales management, sales strategy, business development and more.
“This year, we are doubling the support available to our partners in the field by increasing regional resources to train and enable our partner community,” said Michael Canavan, senior vice president, B2B sales at Kaspersky Lab North America. “Larissa has played a major role in this strategy and I have full confidence she will continue to provide the best possible support to our partners while making a great impact on industry. I congratulate her on this CRN recognition and look forward to watching what she accomplishes next at Kaspersky Lab.”
“These extraordinary executives support every aspect of the channel ecosystem, from technical innovation to marketing to business development, working tirelessly to keep the channel moving into the future,” said Robert Faletra, CEO of The Channel Company. “They are creating and elevating channel partner programs, developing fresh go-to-market strategies, strengthening the channel’s network of partnerships and building creative new IT solutions, among many other contributions. We congratulate all the 2017 Women of the Channel on their stellar accomplishments and look forward to their future success.”
The 2017 Women of the Channel and Power 100 lists will be featured in the June issue of CRN Magazine and online at www.CRN.com/wotc.
About Kaspersky Lab
Kaspersky Lab is one of the world’s fastest-growing cybersecurity companies and the largest that is privately-owned. The company is ranked among the world’s top four vendors of security solutions for endpoint users (IDC, 2014). Since 1997 Kaspersky Lab has been an innovator in cybersecurity and provides effective digital security solutions and threat intelligence for large enterprises, SMBs and consumers. Kaspersky Lab is an international company, operating in almost 200 countries and territories across the globe, providing protection for over 400 million users worldwide. Learn more at www.kaspersky.com.
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Kaspersky Lab’s Larissa Crandall Named to CRN’s 2017 Women of the Channel Power 100 List
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