Nutanix’s Christian Alvarez Wins 2021 Channel Madness Crown
Nutanix’s Christian Alvarez was the last channel executive standing, winning the 2021 CRN Channel Madness Tournament of Chiefs. By Mark Haranas, Michael Novinson April 08, 2021, 11:46 AM EDT
Nutanix channel chief Christian Alvarez was crowned the winner of the 2021 CRN Channel Madness Tournament of Chiefs Thursday in his inaugural attempt.
To earn the crown, Alvarez won out against Check Point Software Technologies channel chief Frank Rauch in the final round, garnering 57 percent of the vote to Rauch’s 43 percent.
The seventh annual Channel Madness tournament kicked off on March 18. Thirty-two of the industry’s top channel chiefs vied for votes from CRN readers across five rounds of the single-elimination tournament, ending with Alvarez being crowned the winner.