CoreSite, an American Tower company, has announced that Maile Kaiser, Chief Revenue Officer, has been selected for the prestigious 2026 CRN Channel Chiefs list by CRN, a brand of The Channel Company. This annual recognition honors top IT vendor and distribution executives who demonstrate exceptional leadership in shaping channel strategy, fostering innovation, and building strong partner ecosystems to drive industry growth and customer success.
Over the past year, Kaiser’s strategic leadership has played a pivotal role in advancing CoreSite’s channel initiatives. By onboarding new partners and forging technology alliances, the company has broadened its ecosystem while creating additional pathways to market. This approach has enabled more responsive alignment with customer needs in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.
The transition to a more agile operational framework has deepened relationships with local partners and fostered highly focused, collaborative efforts. Additionally, expanded efforts in AI enablement have equipped partners with advanced technical training and resources, delivering greater value and supporting the growing demands of AI-driven and high-density workloads.
The CRN Channel Chiefs list annually recognizes the most influential executives in the IT channel who champion collaboration, spark innovation, and empower partners and customers to achieve mutual success.
“Leaders recognized as CRN Channel Chiefs this year have demonstrated unwavering commitment to their partners and the broader IT channel. Their vision, passion, and drive for innovation continue to shape the future of our industry. We are proud to celebrate their achievements and the positive impact they make every day,” said Jennifer Follett, Vice President, U.S. Content, and Executive Editor, CRN.
“I’m honored to receive this recognition, which reflects not only the strength of the world-class channel program CoreSite has built over more than two decades, but also the exceptional channel professionals who collaborate so closely with our partner ecosystem,” said Ms. Kaiser. “Our expansive partner ecosystem brings together leading cloud providers, solution partners, agents, brokers and resellers. Working as one team, we enable customers to solve complex IT infrastructure challenges and accelerate their business outcomes.”
This accolade underscores CoreSite’s continued dedication to empowering partners and customers through interconnected data center solutions that support critical business and AI workloads with resilience, flexibility, and scalability.
About CoreSite
CoreSite, an American Tower company (NYSE: AMT), is a leading interconnection data center platform that empowers businesses to future-proof their digital transformation initiatives. For more than 20 years, CoreSite’s purpose-built, highly interconnected data center campuses and team of experts have delivered the cloud-enabled, resilient and flexible digital ecosystems required for customers to quickly scale and interoperate their businesses to support the increasing demands of critical workloads, like AI and high-density applications.
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