INDIANAPOLIS – May 12, 2025 – Scale Computing, a market leader in edge computing, virtualization, and hyperconverged solutions, proudly announced today that CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, has recognized Marlena Fernandez, Scale Computing’s vice president, marketing, as one of the 2025 Women of the Channel Power 100. This prestigious honor highlights an elite subset of influential leaders chosen from the CRN® 2025 Women of the Channel list.
This annual CRN list celebrates women from vendors, distributors, solution providers, and other channel-focused organizations who make a positive difference in the IT ecosystem. The 2025 Women of the Channel honorees are innovative and strategic leaders committed to supporting the success of their partners and customers. From within this impressive group, the annual Power 100 recognizes some of the most influential women leaders from technology vendors and distributors who consistently contribute their advocacy and expertise to advancing the channel.
Fernandez has been named to the Women of the Channel list for six consecutive years and to the Women of the Channel Power 100 for the past four years for her leadership within the Scale Computing Partner Community. She joined Scale Computing in 2019 and was the first executive to be named to both lists. This past year, Fernandez significantly contributed to growing the Scale Computing partner program and helping Scale Computing achieve record revenue growth in 2024. She led the marketing strategy behind the launches of several partner campaigns, as well as the launches of new tailored pricing tiers, a new Scale Computing Pricing Tool, and more. Fernandez also plays a crucial role in the success of the annual Scale Computing Platform Summit, the company’s flagship event for IT professionals and partners.
“Marlena has achieved a lot this past year, and we’re very proud that she is recognized on the prestigious Women of the Channel Power 100 list for all of her accomplishments. She is instrumental in the success, not only of Scale Computing, but of the overall channel partner ecosystem,” said Dave Hallmen, chief revenue officer, Scale Computing. “As a critical member of our executive team, Marlena brings a wealth of experience from her more than 20 years of results-oriented global marketing and constantly works to improve and grow our business. As more customers and partners continue to seek VMware alternative virtualization platforms, edge computing, and AI inference solutions, we remain committed to being the best solution in our partner’s portfolio. We’re excited for what’s to come within the Scale Computing Partner Community in 2025 and beyond under Marlena’s leadership.”
The women on the Power 100 are an inspiration to industry peers and show deep dedication to improving outcomes and opportunities for their own organizations and their partners in the channel ecosystem.
“It’s an honor to recognize the outstanding accomplishments of these women, who are leaders and change-makers in the IT channel,” said Jennifer Follett, VP, U.S. Content and Executive Editor, CRN at The Channel Company. “Each woman spotlighted on this list has shown exceptional dedication to building creative strategies that propel transformation, growth, and success for their organizations and the entire IT channel. We are pleased to spotlight their important contributions and look forward to their future success.”
The 2025 Women of the Channel will be featured in the June issue of CRN Magazine, with online coverage beginning May 12 at CRN.com/WOTC. To learn more about Scale Computing’s Partner Community, please visit scalecomputing.com/partners.
About Scale Computing
Scale Computing is a leader in edge computing, virtualization, and hyperconverged solutions. Using patented HyperCore™ technology, Scale Computing Platform automatically identifies, mitigates, and corrects infrastructure problems in real-time, enabling applications to achieve maximum uptime, even when local IT resources and staff are scarce. Edge Computing is the fastest-growing area of IT infrastructure, and industry analysts have named Scale Computing an outperformer and leader in the space, including being named the #1 edge computing vendor by CRN. Scale Computing’s products are sold by thousands of value-added resellers, integrators, and service providers worldwide. When ease-of-use, high availability, and TCO matter, Scale Computing Platform is the ideal infrastructure platform. Read what our customers have to say on Gartner Peer Insights and G2.
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