NEW YORK, Feb. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- OS33, the feature-rich IT-as-a-Service Delivery Platform, today announced that President Jacob Kazakevich, Chief Technology Officer Alex Osipov and Director of Sales Aron Derstine have been named among CRN's 2012 Channel Chiefs. This prestigious list of the most influential and powerful leaders in the IT channel recognizes executives directly responsible for driving channel sales and growth within their organizations, while evangelizing and defending the importance of the channel throughout the entire IT industry.
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Kazakevich is regarded as a leading Cloud Technology expert with more than 15 years of IT leadership. Prior to OS33, he co-founded a global, full-service MSP firm with hundreds of corporate clients worldwide. Kazakevich is also actively involved in the VC community as a partner in Technology Capital Investors, a New York-based investment group focused on fueling the growth of Managed Services.
Osipov, a cloud-veteran, is one of the three original architects of OS33. As Chief Technical Officer, Osipov is the driving force around OS33's technology roadmap and oversees the implementation of OS33's Software Platform used by its MSP partners.
Derstine has more than 15 years of IT technology and implementation experience, and is responsible for all Channel sales, and customer relationships nationally and globally. He has established relationships with over 400 MSPs across the world, and is considered the company's leading expert on the business of delivering cloud-based IT.
For the 10th consecutive year, Channel Chiefs were selected by the CRN editorial team based on channel experience, program innovations, channel-driven revenue and public support for the importance of IT channel sales.
According to Kazakevich, "As a company that is 100 percent focused on driving sales through the channel, we are thrilled that three OS33 executives were selected to the list and we look forward to continuing relationships with leading MSPs who can deliver the value and benefits OS33 brings to end users and client companies."
"The 2012 Channel Chiefs list recognizes vendor executives dedicated to driving channel programs in the IT marketplace," said Kelley Damore, VP, Editorial Director, UBM Channel. "These are the people, the products and the programs that any savvy solution provider needs to know. We congratulate this year's Channel Chiefs for their stellar record of business innovation and applaud them for their continued dedication to the partner community."
Selected by CRN's editorial staff, the 2012 Channel Chiefs list is featured in the February issue of CRN Magazine and will be featured online at www.crn.com.
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About OS33
OS33, the leading full-featured cloud computing IT delivery automation platform, has been tested and proven by thousands of end users. With OS33, MSPs can provision cloud-based infrastructure resources, deploy applications, and create companies and users, providing a brandable web-based desktop fully populated with all of their hosted IT assets. OS33 is based in New York City. For more information visit http://www.os33.com.
About UBM Channel: (www.ubmchannel.com)
UBM Channel is the premier provider of IT channel-focused events, media, research, consulting, and sales and marketing services. With over 30 years of experience and engagement, UBM Channel has the unmatched channel expertise to execute integrated solutions for technology executives managing partner recruitment, enablement and go-to-market strategy in order to accelerate technology sales. UBM Channel is a UBM company. To learn more about UBM Channel, visit us at www.ubmchannel.com.
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