Mount Laurel, NJ – OKI Data Americas announces today that Mark Hansinger has been named one of UBM Tech Channel’s CRN 2013 Channel Chiefs. This prestigious list of the most influential leaders in the IT channel recognizes those executives directly responsible for driving channel sales and growth within their organization, while evangelizing and defending the importance of the channel throughout the entire IT Industry. 

Hansinger continues to drive OKI Data Americas' channel-centric business model and Managed Print Services (MPS) sales initiatives by facilitating the growth of the company’s partner base and implementing a collaborative sales approach. These efforts exemplify OKI Data’s commitment to the channel and support the success of the company’s partners. These initiatives enhance OKI Data’s distribution strategy, bringing greater access and effectiveness in driving technology and solutions to a larger market, and providing an even broader portfolio of printing solutions for resellers to offer their customer base. Hansinger’s efforts give OKI Data an additional opportunity to bring many new products to market in the medium and large workgroup spaces, and expand the company’s reach in bringing exciting new technologies to meet a larger range of business needs.

For more than ten years, 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.

"The 2013 Channel Chiefs list recognizes vendor executives dedicated to driving channel programs in the IT marketplace," said Kelley Damore, Senior Vice President, Editorial Director, CRN. "Our annual Channel Chiefs issue is a must-read for IT solution providers evaluating new vendors or looking to expand solution offerings. 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 2013 Channel Chiefs list is featured in the 2/25/13 issue of CRN Magazine and will be featured online at www.crn.com.

"Mark’s dedication to cultivating lasting relationships with channel partners and solution providers in order to further develop and grow OKI Data’s partner community has resulted in our sales success," said Scott Becker, Executive Vice President of North American Sales and Marketing for OKI Data Americas. "OKI Data is pleased that Mark is being recognized by CRN as a Channel Chief within the printing and imaging industry."