Judging

The Judging Process

To ensure that the best entry in each category wins there is a two-stage judging process for the CRN Channel Awards.

• Step 1 - An overall panel of channel experts will decide on a shortlist.

• Step 2 - Each shortlist will be assessed by a category-specific panel of judges from resellers, distributors and vendors, with no panelist judging the shortlist for their own category.

• Step 3 - Only applicable to our "big three" awards - Vendor, Reseller and Distributor of the Year - All shortlisted candidates will be invited to a special Finalists' Event to present their entries to the judges in person.
  This year's judging event will take place on Monday 24 September.

First round judging panel:

• Sara Yirrell
  editor CRN
• Tony Lock
  programme director Freeform Dynamics
• Jeremy Davies
  chief executive Context
• Nitin Joshi
  founder ChannelMoney
• Simon Meredith
  managing director Meredith Consulting
• William Linard
  senior channel person CompTIA
• Bob Tarzey
  service director Quocirca
• Eddie Pacey
  MD
• Alastair Edwards
  senior analyst Canalys
• Carl West
  business group director GfK
• Rob Smith
  GE Capital Marketing manager
• Matthew Poyiadgi
  Pearson managing director
  

Second round judging panel:

• Ann Keefe
  Kingston Technology UK and Ireland sales director
• June Thompson
  Vice president, Business partners UK and Ireland IBM
  
• Antony Young
  Demuto managing director
• Kevin Matthews
  HP UK&I Enterprise Storage, Server and Networking Channel Manager
• Mark Hatton
  consultant
• Scott Haddow
  Trustmarque Solutions chief executive
• Mukesh Gupta
  e92plus managing director
• Jon Bunyard
  Ingrammicro director
• Richard Btesh
  Chess Telecom director
• Alan Watkins
  Blackhawk Capital director
• Ian Kilpatrick
  Wick Hill chairman
• Mark Hiley
  Dell UK channel sales director

Chairing the 3 panels:

• Simon Meredith
  Meredith Consulting managing director
• Bob Tarzey
  Quocirca service director
• Carl West
  GfK business group director

All entries must be submitted online.

For any enquiries regarding the entry process please contact Steve Brown on 020 7968 4547 or by email steve.brown@incisivemedia.com