WESTBOROUGH, MA, October 1, 2024

The Channel Company, a global provider of news, insights, strategy, events, and marketing services for the information technology industry, today announced the appointment of Kumaran Ramanathan to the company’s Board of Directors, effective October 1.

Ramanathan has deep experience as a senior leader of top technology media and marketing organizations and a proven record of success driving growth for global brands. Most recently, Ramanathan served six years as President of media and software provider Foundry, where he accelerated brand transformation by strengthening product offerings through complementary acquisitions. Prior to that, Ramanathan held impactful senior executive roles at Incisive Media, CMP Media, and VNU.

“We are thrilled to welcome Ram to the board and are excited to work with him on innovative growth initiatives,” said Matt Yorke, CEO of The Channel Company. “His outstanding leadership experience and clear vision will be invaluable as we focus on evolving our products and services, delivering exceptional outcomes for our customers, and driving global growth for our business.”

Ramanathan will work closely with Matt Yorke, The Channel Company’s private equity partner, EagleTree Capital, and the rest of the Board to help drive The Channel Company’s strategic vision forward.

Ramanathan has decades of experience as an innovator and leader for iconic global media brands, including The Channel Company’s CRN and Computing brands. He has also worked on CIO, Computerworld, Network World, InfoWorld, CSO, PC World, and Macworld. As a member of The Channel Company Board of Directors, Ramanathan will share his insights and leadership on methodologies and technology strategies that build momentum in the funnel and drive revenue.

''The clarity that The Channel Company offers the world’s best technology providers is a clear differentiator in an ecosystem that is demanding strong leadership,” said Ramanathan. “Matt Yorke is a serial innovator, always looking to create customer centric models that achieve sustainable growth, at global scale. It’s an area where Matt and I share a passion, expertise and understanding. The team has real momentum and it’s a privilege for me to be working again with brands like CRN and Computing. It feels like coming home.''

Ramanathan’s appointment advances the board’s leadership and unrivaled expertise in a highly complex ecosystem, and enhances The Channel Company’s ongoing mission to support customers across strategic channels to accelerate growth.

About The Channel Company
The Channel Company, Inc. is the global leader in data-driven growth acceleration solutions and services for the IT channel. With 50 years of channel expertise and a premier portfolio of editorial brands, marketing and event services, and strategic consulting, we help technology vendors, solution providers, and IT decision-makers worldwide unlock better business outcomes. The Channel Company is a portfolio company of investment funds managed by EagleTree Capital, a New York City-based private equity firm. For more information, visit thechannelco.com.

About EagleTree Capital:
EagleTree Capital is a leading New York-based middle-market private equity firm, with $5.3 billion of assets under management, that has completed 45 private equity investments and over 100 add-on transactions over the past 20+ years. EagleTree primarily invests in North America in the following sectors: business services, consumer, and water and specialty industrial. . For more information, visit www.eagletree.com or find EagleTree on LinkedIn.