Jason Stein Selected by Channel Futures for 2018 Circle of Excellence Award

Woburn, MA – October 12, 2018 –Kaspersky Lab announced today that Channel Futures has selected Jason Stein, vice president of channel at Kaspersky Lab North America, as a winner of the 2018 Circle of Excellence Awards for his admirable leadership in the channel community.

The Circle of Excellence, introduced first in 2013 by Channel Partners, is a program to recognize IT and telecom channel leaders who are helping their partners create business value for customers. In its first year, the Channel Futures Circle of Excellence Awards honors executives for their vision, innovation and advocacy of the indirect channel during a time of transition and convergence. Circle of Excellence winners are selected by Channel Futures editors.

As vice president of channel, Kaspersky Lab North America, Stein is responsible for growing the company’s partner community, leading its seasoned team of B2B channel professionals and developing new approaches to channel operations to enhance the partner experience in the region. In his role, he has worked on building out a digital subscription channel framework to support partners working to meet changes within licensing and innovate the way customer want to consume technology today.

“Establishing strong relationships and ensuring that our partners and the channel community understand the innovative work Kaspersky Lab is doing is my top priority,” said Jason Stein, vice president of channel, Kaspersky Lab North America. “From launching industry first initiatives to educating partners on our cutting-edge solutions, this recognition reinforces the strong presence of the company in the security industry and confirms the extraordinary work of my team in North America. As a critical extension of our sales force, we will continue to find new ways to support the channel community with industry-leading technology and the comprehensive tools and resources our partners’ need to be successful.”

"Circle of Excellence award winners represent the best in channel management,” said T.C. Doyle, editorial director at Channel Futures. “Through their thought leadership, partner loyalty and business performance, they distinguish themselves from their peers.”

Kelly Danziger, market leader of channels at Informa added, “Channel Futures is proud to honor these remarkable executives for their achievement and commitment to the channel. Their unwavering dedication to the channel community sets a high standard that inspires others.” 

Channel Futures Circle of Excellence winners were honored during an awards ceremony on October 11 at the Fall 2018 Channel Partners Evolution in Philadelphia. As a winner, Stein is featured on the Channel Futures website.

About Kaspersky Lab

Kaspersky Lab is a global cybersecurity company, which has been operating in the market for over 20 years. Kaspersky Lab’s deep threat intelligence and security expertise is constantly transforming into next generation security solutions and services to protect businesses, critical infrastructure, governments and consumers around the globe. The company’s comprehensive security portfolio includes leading endpoint protection and a number of specialized security solutions and services to fight sophisticated and evolving digital threats. Over 400 million users are protected by Kaspersky Lab technologies and we help 270,000 corporate clients protect what matters most to them. Learn more at www.kaspersky.com.

About Informa

Informa is one of the world’s leading knowledge providers. We create and deliver highly specialized information through publishing, events, training, market intelligence and expertise, providing valuable knowledge to individuals, businesses and organizations worldwide including the emerging markets of India, China and South Africa.

About Informa's Channel Group

Channel Futures is devoted to helping digital architects better manage their operations and deliver higher-value business solutions to end customers. Channel Futures provides inspiration, insights and tools to the diverse ecosystem of companies that comprise the "new channel," which includes managed service providers (MSPs), systems integrators, born-in-the-cloud companies, telecom agents, VARs and other market specialists that operate outside the traditional information and telecommunications technology (ICT) ecosystem.

For more than two decades, Channel Partners has been the leader in providing news and analysis to indirect sales channels serving the business technology. It is the unrivaled resource for resellers, aggregators, agents, brokers, VARs, systems integrators, interconnects and dealers that provide network-based communications and computing services, associated CPE and applications as well as managed and professional services. Channel Partners is the official media of the Channel Partners Conference & Expo and Channel Partners Evolution.

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