Bull`s Eye Awards: Channel Account Manager of the Year - Contender
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Alice Hongthong, Symantec
Navigating a channel program and product portfolio as large as Symantec’s
is a daunting task for any solution provider. It takes the guidance of a strong
channel account manager to lead partners through the labyrinth of the partner
portal, internal management structure and complex contractual issues. At
Symantec, partners have Alice Hongthong for that.
As a longtime channel account manager at Symantec, Hongthong is adept at
troubleshooting problems and conflicts on partners' behalf. Her accounts praise
her abilities and work as an advocate on their behalf. And they look to her for
expertise and guidance on how to adapt and assimilate new products, programs
and opportunities. That alone is worth her effort, given the number and size of
the acquisitions that frequently expand Symantec’s domain.
As one Symantec partner wrote of Hongthong: “She has consistently been a
champion of the in-direct sales model and fought many battles on behalf of her
partners. She has demonstrated a unique ability to sell the value of her
managed partners inside her company almost as well as we can. I firmly believe
the great relationship we have with Symantec, which includes our being a
platinum partner, would not be the same if it weren't for Alice.
She is the key to our relationship and is a true ‘channel champion.’”
Being known as a “channel champion” in the eyes of partners is something
that all channel account managers should aspire to. For her championing the
causes of her partners, Hongthong has earned the Channel Insider Contender
Bull’s Eye Award for Channel Account Manager of the Year.
