CrowdStrike announces 2025 APJ partner award winners
CrowdStrike has announced the recipients of the annual CrowdStrike Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) Partner Awards.
The APJ Partner Awards recognise the significant contributions made by partners throughout the region over the past year. The awards were given to those partners who have provided tangible benefits to both CrowdStrike and their shared customer base. The winners were selected from various territories, including Australia/New Zealand, India, Japan, South East Asia, and North Asia.
In the Australia/New Zealand region, Dell Technologies secured the award for Partner of the Year. Baidam Solutions Pty Ltd was named Growth Partner of the Year. Zac Cochrane from Dell Technologies received the Best Partner Salesperson of the Year title, and Ash Watts from Prescient Solutions Pty Ltd was recognised as the Best Partner Solution Engineer of the Year.
CrowdStrike's Vice President of Channels, APJ, Jon Fox, remarked, "CrowdStrike's APJ Partner Symposium is an opportunity for us to recognize the exceptional business achievements and extensive relationships we have with our partners. I congratulate all of our 2025 APJ award winners for accelerating their growth with CrowdStrike and delivering superior customer outcomes." He further stated, "Our partner ecosystem understands and delivers the immense value that CrowdStrike's AI-native Falcon platform provides to organizations."
For the India and SAARC region, ACPL Systems Pvt. Ltd received the Partner of the Year accolade. The Growth Partner of the Year award was given to Quadrasystems.net India Pvt. Ltd. Best Partner Salesperson of the Year was awarded to Balaji S of Quadrasystems.net India Pvt. Ltd, while Bhavesh Khola from ACPL Systems Pvt. Ltd took home the award for Best Partner Solution Engineer of the Year.
In Japan, the Partner of the Year title was awarded to NTT Data Japan Corporation. Kanematsu Electronics Ltd was recognised as the Growth Partner of the Year, and Yuichiro Sato from Internet Initiative Japan Inc. was named Best Partner Salesperson of the Year.
The South East and North Asia region saw Ensign InfoSecurity (Smarttech) Pte Ltd. being named Partner of the Year. Stark Technology Inc. was awarded Growth Partner of the Year. Michael Koh from Ensign InfoSecurity (Asia Pacific) Pte Ltd was acknowledged as Best Partner Salesperson of the Year, while Leo Liaw from Stark Technology Inc. received the Best Partner Solution Engineer of the Year award.
The overall APJ award winners included Sekuro Operations Pty Ltd as APJ Partner of the Year, Ernst & Young as SI Partner of the Year, Amazon Web Services (AWS) as Technology Alliance Ecosystem Partner of the Year, and Nexus Technologies, Inc. as MSSP of the Year. Macnica, Inc. was named Distributor of the Year, while Theos Cyber Solutions was awarded Growth MSSP of the Year and Inflow Technologies Private Limited was recognised as Growth Distributor of the Year. Additionally, Chiranjeebi Samantaray from Value Point Systems and Lye KinWeng from UnThreats Pte Ltd. were awarded the Champion MVP of the Year and Champion MVP Technologist of the Year, respectively.
