Notable Quotes For The Week Of July 3-7

From a big change in channel leadership at Verizon to the announcement of another venture capital deal involving a solution provider, here's some of what channel executives shared with CRN last week.

Vince Bradley, CEO of master agent World Telecom Group, a Verizon partner, after Verizon announced that its channel chief, Janet Schijns (pictured), is leaving the company and will be succeeded by the telecom giant's current managing director of Verizon Business Markets, Joe Chuisano.

"Janet has done an incredible job with getting mind share for the agent channel at Verizon over the past few years. The percentage of revenue coming from the channel has grown tremendously during that time, and that is a testament to her success."