Justin Gilbert, Channel Sales Manager of AppRiver, Recognized as 2018 CRN® Channel Chief Gulf Breeze, Florida, February 22, 2018 – AppRiver, a leading cloud-based cybersecurity and productivity services provider, announced  that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has named Justin Gilbert, Channel Sales Manager, to its prestigious list of 2018 Channel Chiefs. The executives on this annual list represent top leaders in the IT channel who excel at driving growth and revenue in their organization through channel partners. Channel Chief honorees are selected by CRN’s editorial staff on the basis of their professional achievements, standing in the industry, dedication to the channel partner community and strategies for driving future growth and innovation. Each of the 2018 Channel Chiefs has demonstrated loyalty and ongoing support for the IT channel by consistently promoting, defending and executing outstanding channel partner programs. Gilbert, who has been with AppRiver for more than a decade and has served as Channel Sales Manager for the past three years, leads a team of channel sales advisors who collectively manage 4,000 partners. A three-time Channel Chief, Gilbert focuses on cultivating strategic relationships with partners to help foster healthy MSP growth through training, marketing and service offerings. “The executives on CRN’s 2018 Channel Chiefs list stand out for their exceptional leadership, vision and commitment to the channel,” said Robert Faletra, Executive Chairman of The Channel Company. “These individuals deserve special recognition for their development and support of robust partner programs, innovative business strategy and significant contribution to the overall health of a vigorously growing channel. We applaud each Channel Chief’s impressive record of accomplishments and look forward to their future successes.”    “Justin’s third recognition as a Channel Chief is testament to the fantastic leadership he provides to his team, as well as his dedication to helping AppRiver grow,” said Chris Essex, senior vice president of global sales, AppRiver. “We are extremely proud of his accomplishments, and glad to see his hard work recognized.”

AppRiver’s channel program is designed to fit the unique needs of partners and includes:

Partner Certification – Partners can learn the ropes at AppRiver University and earn certifications in both the sale and support of Office 365, Disaster Preparedness and more. AppRiver will also introduce partners to the ways they can receive discounted pricing on certifications offered through CompTIA.Lunch & Learn – One-hour training sessions that are designed to increase a partner’s competitive advantage and will cover anything from sales and support to migration issues for a wide variety of products. Together with CompTIA, AppRiver will also begin offering business agility training.Webinars – Short, to-the-point training webcasts about AppRiver products, management interfaces, and other diverse topics that include CompTIA’s Business Management, Agility to Cloud Computing and Mobile Device Management courses.Targeted Campaigns and Incentives – AppRiver will be offering partners various SPIFF rewards, including cash rewards and extended free trials.Additionally, AppRiver will continue to offer its award-winning Phenomenal Care® allowing partners to focus more on creating healthy profit margins.

For more information about AppRiver’s partner programs, please visit: https://www.appriver.com/partners/.The 2018 CRN Channel Chiefs list, including the 50 Most Influential Channel Chiefs, is featured online at www.crn.com/channelchiefs and will appear in the February 2018 issue of CRN. About AppRiverAppRiver offers cloud-based cybersecurity and productivity services to over 60,000 companies worldwide. Launched in 2002, with spam and virus filtering as its flagship service, AppRiver has since added web malware protection, email encryption, secure archiving, and email continuity to its suite of security services. The company also has established itself among the world’s top providers of Office 365 and Secure Hosted Exchange mailboxes. All services are offered on a pay-as-you-use basis backed by its, fully supported and award-winning 24/7 white-glove Phenomenal Care® customer service. AppRiver is headquartered in Gulf Breeze, Florida and maintains offices in Georgia, Texas, Switzerland and Spain. For more information, please visit www.appriver.com.in Georgia, Texas, New York, Switzerland and Spain. For more information, please visit www.appriver.com.

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