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Star2Star's Michelle Accardi Recognized as 2016 CRN Channel Chief

Written by Jeff Owen | Feb 22, 2016 5:00:00 AM
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="106"] Michelle Accardi[/caption] SARASOTA, FL--(Marketwired - February 22, 2016) -  Star2Star Communications, developers of "The World's Most Scalable Cloud Communications Solution," today announced that Star2Star COO Michelle Accardi has been named to the prestigious list of the 2016 CRN Channel Chiefs. The executives on this annual list represent top leaders in the IT channel. They excel at driving growth and revenue in their organizations. Channel Chief honorees are selected by CRN's editorial staff on the basis of their professional achievements, standing in the industry, dedication to the channel partner community and strategies for driving future growth and innovation. Each of the 2016 Channel Chiefs has demonstrated loyalty and ongoing support for the IT channel by consistently promoting, defending and executing outstanding channel partner programs. "In 2015, we stepped up our game considerably," said Accardi. "We have expanded our sales force to better serve our channel partners and to go after new markets and partner segments. We have committed to providing our partners with the best technology, tools and resources to grow their businesses. We have ourselves undergone tremendous growth, especially in the enterprise marketplace and we're looking forward to continued success this year," she continued. The 2016 CRN Channel Chiefs list is featured in the February 2016 issue of CRN and online at www.crn.com/channelchiefs. About Star2Star: Founded in 2006 in Sarasota, Florida, Star2Star Communications delivers the World's Most Complete and Scalable Cloud Communications Solution. Star2Star's award winning, patented Constellation™ Network overcomes the reliability and quality limitations of other communications technologies. In the past five years, Star2Star was named to the Forbes Most Promising Companies list, the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 three times, and the Inc. 500|5000 five times. Infonetics recognized Star2Star as one of 2015's Top 10 Hosted Business VoIP/UC Provider, and Gartner named Star2Star in their latest industry report, Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS). Star2Star Communications solutions are sold through a diversified network of partners that includes distributors, master agents, managed service providers and certified installing dealers. Star2Star systems are used by hundreds of thousands of business users, including many large enterprises with multi-location communication footprints. Star2Star is a registered trademark of Star2Star Communications, LLC.