{"id":39182,"date":"2018-04-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newrcblog.wpengine.com\/celebrating-channel-leadership-its-award-winning\/"},"modified":"2025-07-16T01:40:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T08:40:42","slug":"celebrating-channel-leadership-its-award-winning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/us\/en\/blog\/celebrating-channel-leadership-its-award-winning\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Channel Leadership: It\u2019s Award Winning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23725\" src=\"\/us\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/KID-12511-Blog-Post-Channel-leadership-blog-post.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RingCentral channel leaders Zane Long, SVP Global Channel Sales; and Lisa Del Real, AVP of Global Channel Programs and Operations, have received multiple accolades for outstanding work throughout their careers. I\u2019m proud to announce that these two talented individuals have recently received additional recognition. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over the last year<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, through their achievements, RingCentral\u2019s channel business has evolved to over $100M in revenue in 2017, doubling year over year. This great momentum and success is thanks to RingCentral\u2019s leading cloud communications solutions that customers are eager to implement, and also to the unique <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ringcentral.com\/us\/en\/blog\/2017\/04\/channel-harmony-100-commissions-from-one-to-infinity\/?BMID=BLOGNEW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Channel Harmony: One to Infinity Program<\/a> that Zane and Lisa implemented last year. An industry differentiator, it eliminates conflict between channel partners and direct sales teams, with all parties involved receiving 100% commission. To put it simply, RingCentral created a win-win situation for everyone involved. I am excited to see how our success continues over the next year as RingCentral further expands worldwide.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both Zane and Lisa were recognized at the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/tmt.knect365.com\/channel-partners-conference-expo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Channel Partners Conference and Expo<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Las Vegas for their profound accomplishments. Zane was selected among a prestigious few to receive the Circle of Excellence award, which is given by Channel Partners editors, who are renowned industry experts. Zane continues to demonstrate an unwavering dedication to the channel community as well as to the cloud communications industry. \u201cI am both honored and humbled to receive this Circle of Excellence award and look forward to continuing to advance and expand the RingCentral channel business throughout 2018!\u201d says Zane. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lisa was the sole recipient of the third annual Trailblazer Cloud Girls Rising award. Presented by\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudgirls.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cloud Girls<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a not-for-profit consortium of women evangelizing the cloud, in collaboration with the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.allianceofchannelwomen.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alliance of Channel Women<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, this award was created to honor women in the communications and IT channel who have shown leadership and innovation in the emerging cloud space as well as to inspire more women to step forward and follow their example. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lisa <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">continues to pave the way through her work in developing a notable channel partner program that advances cloud and next-generation technology solutions and the industry at large. Colleagues and others in the partner community recognize her as a role model and mentor. \u201cAs a boundary-pushing, trailblazing entrepreneur, I am truly honored to have been selected to receive this award by like-minded female leaders,\u201d says Lisa. \u201cJoining the ranks of Cloud Girls further inspires me to continue to authentically lead by example, a value I hold true to by <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">serving as a sounding board, mentor, and positive resource for the women <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">within<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> RingCentral <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">channel<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Given the channel\u2019s momentum over the past year and its innovative strategies for continued growth throughout 2018 and beyond, it\u2019s no wonder Zane and Lisa continue to receive such prestigious recognition. Congratulations Zane and Lisa!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RingCentral channel leaders Zane Long, SVP Global Channel Sales; and Lisa Del Real, AVP of Global Channel Programs and Operations, have received multiple accolades for outstanding work throughout their careers. I\u2019m proud to announce that these two talented individuals have recently received additional recognition. 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