Who are the MVPs (Most Valuable Partners) in the channel making a positive impact in high-end enterprise storage, working in lock step with Infinidat, a Lenovo company? Who snagged Partner of the Year, Distributor of the Year, Account Manager of the Year, and a slew of other awards that partners have earned? Who is the winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award? Now, the wait is over.

Roll out the red carpet… or, in Infinidat’s case, the ultraviolet purple carpet, reflecting our powerful high-end storage solutions. Our global partner community delivers the best in business and technical value to the largest enterprises in the world! It is with great pleasure we unveil the recipients of our 2025 Channel Partner Awards. These winners are the champions of the channel, exemplifying channel excellence and business growth over the last year. These A-list partners are so effective at what they do in the channel that their success has become contagious. Additionally, this annual recognition of our partners shines a spotlight on the importance of the channel to Infinidat.

Top Companies

Partner of the Year

• Americas Winner: Pellera Technologies ─ Valued partner driving strategic growth and large deals
• EMEA Winner (Italy): Nomios Italy SpA ─ Valued partner exceeding expectations

Growth Partner of the Year

• EMEA Winner: Eshnav ─ Valued partner capturing multiple new customers with Infinidat

Distributor of the Year
Valued partners who contributed to the positive growth of Infinidat’s business

• EMEA Winner (Italy): Arrow ECS Italy
• EMEA Winner (Ukraine): iiTD Intelligent IT Distribution
• APJ Winner: Networld Corporation

Distribution Excellence Award

• EMEA Winner (Spain): Arrow ECS Spain

Top Individuals

Account Executive of the Year

• Aaron Harold, Advizex Technologies
• Charlie Hieb, Presidio, Inc

Most Challenging Sale – Account Retention

• Dean Belvis, Pellera Technologies
• Ken Scott, Pellera Technologies
• Glenn Orcutt, Pellera Technologies

Most Valuable Partner (MVP) – Account Executive

• Brian Bartell, Sycomp, A Technology Company

Account Manager of the Year – High Impact Deal

• Luís Diniz Santos, Inspiring Solutions

Most Valuable Partner (MVP) – Solution Architect

• Tyrel Diekmann, US Signal

Rising Star – Account Executive

• Ryan Gavigan, 443 Technologies LLC
• Chuck Booth, 443 Technologies LLC

Strategic Expansion of the Year – Partner Executive

• Jose Álvarez de Perea, Kyndryl Inc.

Technical Excellence Award – Presales Champion

• Eduardo Soeiro, Inspiring Solutions

Distribution Excellence Award – Operational Leadership

• Jorge Rivera, Arrow ECS Spain

Ambassador of the Year

• Jordi Saltiveri Jovells, NTT Data Group Corporation

Lifetime Achievement Award

• Bob Elliott, Pellera Technologies

We cannot end this blog without a special “shout out” to a legend in the channel and the storage industry – Bob Elliott. For almost two decades, his accomplishments at Mainline (now Pellera), in partnership with Infinidat, significantly contributed to our growth as a high-end enterprise storage leader. His insights, strategies and gritty determination were unparalleled at the height of his deal-making. He is a true “friend of Infinidat.” As he rides off into the sunset of retirement, we respectfully tip our hats to Bob for his distinguished Lifetime Achievement recognition and his positive impact on driving strategically important deployments of Infinidat’s enterprise storage solutions into high-end enterprises.

Grow, grow, grow!

At Infinidat, we are committed to empowering our channel partners and distributors globally to grow their business and increase profitability, while providing their Global Fortune 500 and large enterprise customers with top-of-the-line solutions. We collaborate with our channel partners to drive significant growth opportunities in the short term and long term. By harnessing the power of Infinidat’s industry-acclaimed solutions, our outstanding IT solution provider partners deliver unmatched business and technical benefits to enterprises worldwide.

We will continue to invest in advancing our channel partner program, increasing partner revenue, margins, co-op/marketing development funding (MDF), joint events, high value rewards for new customer acquisition, low-friction sales process, and our comprehensive channel program.

In 2026 and beyond, we are confident that Infinidat’s partners in the channel will be among the most motivated partners in the storage industry. Our competitive edge is the strongest for partners to win lucrative deals. As a result, our partners are winners!

Congratulations to all our winning channel partners across the world!

For more information about the Infinidat Channel Partner Program, click here.

Mitch Diodato is the Senior Director, Global Channel Sales at Infinidat, a Lenovo company. He has more than 20 years of experience in the IT and storage industry. Prior to joining Infinidat, he worked at Arrow Enterprise Computing Systems. At Arrow ECS, Diodato was the national sales director, working with top channel partners to help them increase revenue by understanding the impact of digital transformation and delivering solutions addressing customers’ technical and business requirements.

James “JT” Lewis is Director of Channel Sales for EMEA and APJ and Regional Sales Director for DACH and France at Infinidat, a Lenovo company. He has more than 20 years of experience as a leader managing all aspects of go-to-market strategy, sales integration, and business development, including multi-country channel partner sales programs. Spanning across his career, he has managed large service and product portfolios in highly competitive worldwide IT markets. He has a solid track record of developing and executing high impact “partner first” sales strategies, including in his past roles at EMC and RSA earlier in his career.