TBI Announces Winners of 2021 Supplier Awards

TBI, a national technology brokerage firm, announced its 2021 supplier award winners, The Distees, during its BIG Event conference earlier this month. Awards were earned through a combined effort of top sales quotas, consistent support to the organization and survey data collected from TBI employees. The team gave out 37 awards to 18 supplier organizations featuring notable categories including Top New Supplier of the YearPartner Experience ChampionChannel Chief of the Year, and more.

Here is a list of the winner:

Top Suppliers of the Year 

  • Lumen
  • Verizon
  • Spectrum
  • Comcast Business
  • AT&T Business

Top New Suppliers of the Year 

  • Zoom
  • Zenlayer

Partner Experience Champion 

  • Nextiva

UCaaS Supplier of the Year 

  • RingCentral

CCaaS Supplier of the Year 

  • Genesys

Network Supplier of the Year 

  • Lumen

SD-WAN Supplier of the Year 

  • Masergy

Mobility Supplier of the Year 

  • Verizon Wireless

Aggregation Supplier of the Year 

  • MetTel

Regional Channel Manager of the Year (awarded based on survey data collected from TBI employees) 

  • Mike Peth, Nextiva
  • Darrin Bryant, RingCentral
  • Mark Butterfield, Spectrum

National Channel Manager of the Year (awarded based on survey data collected from TBI employees) 

  • Naomi Handelman, Avaya
  • Norys Trevino, Nextiva
  • David Zeidan, Verizon Wireless
  • Frank Sheridan, Lumen
  • Ryan Herrmann, 8×8
  • Kathy Flick, Nextiva
  • Peter Maher, phoenixNAP
  • Julie Mountain, Verizon Business
  • Jose Branco, Spectrum
  • Bill Masterson, Verizon

Channel Chief of the Year (awarded based on survey data collected from TBI employees) 

  • Geoff Chretien, Genesys

Channel Powerhouse of the Year (awarded based on survey data collected from TBI employees) 

  • Josh Skelton, AT&T Business
  • Matthew Douglas, CBTS
  • Susan Rodriguez, ACC Business
  • Jocelyn Mora, Hypercore Networks
  • Nancy McMillan, Lumen
  • Dora Padilla, 8×8
  • Elizabeth Thomas, Verizon
  • Josh Rochel, COEO Solutions
  • Carly Spirakes, Nextiva