Announcing the Nucleus 2025 Channel Champion Award Winners

Welcome to the second annual Nucleus Channel Champions award announcement!  

Each company and individual recognized on this page played an important role in the growth of Nucleus throughout 2025. Without their partnership, outreach, and support for Nucleus, we truly would not have had the success we had in 2025. 

Nucleus Is 100% Channel Driven 

Just how important are our channel partners? Before I go into the winners, it’s something I’d like to take a moment to touch on. 

Our channel partners drove approximately 50% of new and upsell Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) in 2025. Even more impressive than that is the fact that all of our business is fulfilled by our channel. We mean it when we say that we are a “Channel First” company at Nucleus. 

Just take a look at our Partner Directory and you’ll see for yourself just how rich our mix of distributors, resellers, and MSSPs is. In 2025 alone, we signed two new distribution partners, seven resellers, and 12 MSSPs. That’s 21 new channel partners over the year, or just over five per quarter! 

The channel is alive and thriving at Nucleus — let’s dive in and meet the 2025 Channel Champion Award winners! 

Global Channel Champion – Chris Peltz, GuidePoint Security 

Our Global Channel Champion, Chris Peltz, is being recognized for his deep collaboration with Nucleus and our customers, acting as a true co-partner in the field. Through thoughtful insights, open dialogue, and impactful feature recommendations, many of which are now part of the Nucleus platform, Chris has helped strengthen both our product and our partnership. 

Outstanding Partner – Orange Cyberdefense 

We’re proud to recognize Orange Cyberdefense as our Outstanding Partner of the Year for delivering consistent, high-impact support across multiple regions. Their outstanding field teams and unwavering commitment set the standard for partnership and execution.

Individual Partner Awards 

We are lucky to work with many incredible companies and individuals who make up our channel partner program. The following people were nominated to be recognized for their advocacy and championing Nucleus.  

Thank you to every one of these incredible professionals. You truly make a difference in all you do for Nucleus. 

Bayside Solutions Inc. 

• Justin Formosa 

Carahsoft 

• Amy Cook 

Cognisys 

• Catherine Boddy 

Consortium 

• Ameer Rogers 

Defy 

• Mark Goldenberg 

Evolver Inc. 

• Nidhi Panchasara 

Evotek 

• Matt Shufeldt 

GuidePoint Security 

• Bobby Brill
• Chris Brown
• Ryan Carlson
• Dan FioRito
• Tyler Gilliland 

Norseman 

• Liz Shear 

Optiv 

• David Alkema
• Sam Dodge
• Shaun Kummer
• Dav Wilson 

Raventek 

• Chris Keys 

SoftwareOne 

• Rob Fitzgerald 

Tevora 

• Josh Jones 

Thrive 

• Kevin Landt 

Thundercat 

• Harold Hinson
• Steve Schumm 

TrueSec 

• Bjorn Andersson