<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>NAPERVILLE, IL — Feb. 21, 2023 —</strong> Tim Pabich, CEO of Magnitech has been named a 2023 Channel Influencer Award winner by <a href="https://www.channelfutures.com/">Channel Futures</a>.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Tim Pabich is one of 50 individuals recognized as a thought leader who will impact the direction of the IT and communications indirect sales channel in 2023.  He is profiled in a gallery on the Channel Futures website and in the <a href="https://www.channelfutures.com/industry-honors/2023-channel-influencers-channel-futures-honors-the-best-of-the-best"><u>2023 Channel Influencers digital issue</u></a>, available now for download.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Mr. Pabich and the other 49 Channel Influencers will be honored at the <a href="https://www.channelpartnersconference.com/">Channel Partners Conference &amp; Expo</a>, May 1-4 at the Venetian Resort &amp; Expo in Las Vegas.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Since 2018, the Channel Futures Channel Influencer Awards have recognized individuals expected to have a significant impact on the IT and communications indirect sales channel in the year ahead. These individuals are considered to be channel leaders, dedicated to the channel and working to keep it moving forward.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">“Our Channel Influencers share a number of common traits, chief among them being their dedication to the channel,” said Bobby DeMarzo, vice president of content, Informa Tech Channels Group. “In our conversations with this year’s honorees, they all cited the importance of sharing information and helping. They consider ‘influence’ to be an opportunity to help others.”</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">“Our editors are in the trenches, so they know who’s truly making waves and influencing the channel,” said Craig Galbraith, editorial director for Channel Futures. “We are once again proud to highlight the best and brightest Channel Influencers — those who lead with actions and words that set an example for the entire industry.”</p>

<h6 style="text-align: left;"><strong>About Channel Futures</strong></h6>
<p style="text-align: left;">Channel Futures is a media and events destination for the information and communication technologies (ICT) channel community. We provide information, perspective and connection for the entire channel ecosystem, including solution providers (SPs), managed service providers (MSPs), managed security service providers (MSSPs), cloud service providers (CSPs), value-added resellers (VARs) and distributors, technology solutions brokerages, subagents and agents, as well as leading technology vendor partners and communication providers.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Our properties include many awards programs such as the Channel Futures MSP 501, a list of the most influential and fastest-growing providers of managed services in the technology industry; Channel Partners events, which delivers unparalleled in-person events including <a href="https://channelpartnersconference.com/?utm_source=press-release&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=2022-channelleaders&amp;utm_content=press-release">Channel Partners Conference &amp; Expo</a>, Channel Partners Leadership Summit, Women’s Leadership Summit, the <a href="https://themspsummit.com/?utm_source=press-release&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=2022-channelleaders&amp;utm_content=press-release">MSP Summit</a> and <a href="https://channelevolutioneurope.com/?utm_source=press-release&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=2022-channelleaders&amp;utm_content=press-release">Channel Partners Europe</a>; and a <a href="https://www.channelfutures.com/strategy/diversity-inclusion?utm_source=press-release&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=2022-channelleaders&amp;utm_content=press-release">DEI Community Group</a>, our initiative to educate, support and promote diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&amp;I) in the ICT channel industry. Channel Futures is where the world meets the channel; we are leading Channel Partners forward. More information is available at <a href="https://channelfutures.com/?utm_source=press-release&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=2022-channelleaders&amp;utm_content=press-release">channelfutures.com.</a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Channel Futures is part of <a href="https://tech.informa.com/?utm_source=press-release&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=2022-channelleaders&amp;utm_content=press-release">Informa Tech</a>, a market-leading B2B information provider with depth and specialization in ICT sector. Every year, we welcome 14,000+ subscribers to our research, more than 4 million unique monthly visitors to our digital communities, 18,200+ students to our training programs and 225,000 delegates to our events.</p>

<h6 style="text-align: left;">ABOUT MAGNITECH</h6>
<p style="text-align: left;">Magnitech is an award-winning IT Managed Services Provider (MSP) founded in 2010, and headquartered in Naperville, IL. Magnitech provides a fully managed outsourced IT department to businesses all throughout the USA. Magnitech's largest investment has been in cyber defense. Rather than focusing on just Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR), Magnitech uses Extended Detection and Response (XDR) to protect our clients. XDR is the integration of security across endpoints, cloud computing, email, and more! Since 2020, Magnitech has been ranked as one of the top MSPs in the world by the widely respected Channel Futures, an Informatech company. In 2022, Magnitech was named as one of the most influential MSPs of 2022, with Magnitech's Founder and CEO, Tim Pabich, receiving an award for Executive of the Year. Also in 2022, Magnitech was selected by the Daily Herald as one of the best places in work in Illinois.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">For more information, visit<a href="http://www.magnitech.com"> www.magnitech.com</a> or follow us on social media @MagnitechIT on all platforms.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><b>Contact:</b><br class="dnr" /><span class="xn-person">Nancy Kreis </span><br class="dnr" />Marketing Manager<br class="dnr" />Magnitech<br class="dnr" />nkreis@magnitech.com<br class="dnr" />630.282.6540</p>
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