{"id":51987,"date":"2016-08-15T10:45:29","date_gmt":"2016-08-15T17:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.mcafee.com\/?p=51987"},"modified":"2025-05-22T17:49:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T00:49:27","slug":"strengthening-the-channel-mcafee-security-adds-guran-green","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/mcafee-news\/strengthening-the-channel-mcafee-security-adds-guran-green\/","title":{"rendered":"Strengthening the channel: McAfee adds Guran Green"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m pleased to introduce you to Guran Green, who recently joined McAfee Federal as Director of Channels. We\u2019re especially excited about his appointment because we\u2019re laser focused on expanding our channel partners. Guran is just the person to drive this initiative because of his wealth of experience and strategic vision.<\/p>\n<h2>Track Record<\/h2>\n<p>Guran brings our team more than 15 years of experience leading sales, marketing and operations personnel at the divisional and corporate level for several Fortune 500 companies. Known for his motivational management style, Guran\u2019s track record of building highly motivated teams and developing strong vendor and customer relationships speaks for itself: In his time at immixGroup, Guran developed high value business relationships with over 600 different partners, resellers, and distributors. \u00a0Additionally, Guran managed more than 50 channel programs at Immix and guided his division through rapid growth \u2013 winning <em>Distributor of the Year<\/em> for McAfee three years in a row, Brocade (twice), RedHat, and Aruba.<\/p>\n<p>Guran has a clear vision for McAfee Federal\u2019s channel team: \u201cWe will support the federal government\u2019s IT mission through a network of value-add solution providers, delivering industry-leading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/enterprise\/en-us\/products.html\">IT security products<\/a> and services,\u201d he said.\u00a0 \u201cYou will see us focus on developing heightened technical proficiency and capabilities. 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