Trace3's Sandy Salty & Susan Bullwinkle Named 'Power 100 & Women of the Channel' by CRN Magazine

IRVINE, CA — Trace3, a leading IT Systems Integrator that provides solutions & services for reducing IT infrastructure complexity, today announced that Sandy Salty, VP of Business Development and Susan Bullwinkle, District Manager, have been recognized as a Power 100 & Women of the Channel by CRN Magazine. The "Who's Who" list recognizes female executives for their accomplishments over the past year, based on their achievements as executives and the amount of influence they wield over the research channel. This year's Women of the Channel were chosen by the editors of CRN Magazine from a field of vendor channel organizations, distributors and solution providers. This is Sandy's second year in a row being named in both Power 100 & Women of the Channel and Susan Bullwinkle's first time being recognized on the Women of the Channel list.

"It is very exciting to see both Sandy & Susan honored by CRN for their hard work and determination for success," said Hayes Drumwright, CEO of Trace3. "Sandy has been championing the growth and acceleration of our channel partners through multiple divisions of new business development, exactly, the launch of Trace3's ATC Program which focuses on certified product training for both end-users and partners. Since 2005 Susan has dominated Colorado by building Trace3 to become the #1 Partner for our manufacturers. Susan's determination and relationships she creates within channel, clients and team provides a strong brand for Trace3 and is no surprise she doubled her regions revenue in 2010. Sandy and Susan's attributes have made them instrumental to Trace3's success."

Sandy Salty Vice President, Business Development Trace3 Years in position: 5 Years in channel: 6 2ndConsecutive Year honored by CRN's Power 100 & Women of the Channel Highlights: Salty points to Trace3's successful rebranding into an IT systems integrator with an emphasis on consulting, innovation and outsourcing expertise as the overall key accomplishment. As well critical was going from $120 million to $200 million in revenue and doubling headcount, all during maintaining a unequalled and incredible culture, she says.

The Channel list honors the most successful

"This year's Power 100 Women of the Channel list honors the most successful and influential women in the IT channel -- a traditionally male-centric industry. The Power 100 list is an elite subset of our annual Women of the Channel list, which recognizes the 100 most influential women of the channel based on their overall achievements, and their influence in the research industry," said Kelley Damore, VP, Editorial Director, Everything Channel.

About Trace3 Trace3 is a leading regional IT Systems Integrator in the Southwest United States that specializes in developing custom solutions that reduce complexity within a corporate IT infrastructure. Trace3 helps customers maximize their IT infrastructure ROI by simplifying data management, virtualization, network security and application acceleration, disaster recovery services and new cloud computing initiatives.