AuguryHarbor IT’s finance chief wins a seat at the table as a CRN Rising Star finalist
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Harbor IT finance chief named a Rising Star finalist — and it matters beyond the trophy
Harbor IT has announced that its chief financial officer, Hannah Paige, is a finalist for CRN’s 2025 Women of the Year Rising Star award. The recognition puts Paige in a short list of rising leaders across the tech channel, signalling that her work in finance is being noticed by peers and industry editors.
This kind of award is more than a personal honor. For a mid‑sized technology company, having a finance leader recognised on an industry stage helps with recruiting, customer confidence and the firm’s wider reputation. It suggests the company is building a bench of leaders who can run both the numbers and the strategy as the business grows.
Why CRN’s Women of the Year Rising Star category matters
CRN’s Women of the Year program has grown into a well‑known annual spotlight on women who shape the IT channel — the community of vendors, resellers and service providers that deliver business technology. Within that program, the Rising Star award focuses on people who are still relatively early in their leadership journey but who have already shown strong results and clear potential.
Judges typically look for practical achievements: who improved a team’s performance, who led a successful project, who mentored others, and who helped their business move forward. Being a finalist means an individual stood out among many nominations for visible impact, energy and the ability to lift others — qualities CRN highlights when it chooses its winners.
Hannah Paige: a practical finance leader getting noticed
Hannah Paige has been the public face of Harbor IT’s finance function while the firm has navigated growth and change. In her role she oversees the company’s financial planning, reporting and the routines that keep the business running day to day. Colleagues describe her work as hands‑on and focused on building reliable, transparent processes.
The Rising Star nod points to more than spreadsheet skill. It recognises a finance leader who helps the rest of the company move faster — whether by making budgeting clearer for operations, streamlining month‑end reporting, or supporting strategic moves such as partnerships and investment in services. That mix of steady execution and an eye for growth is exactly what the award looks for.
What this does for Harbor IT
For Harbor IT, the recognition raises the company’s profile inside a crowded market. It signals to customers, partners and potential hires that the firm invests in leadership and that its finance team can support a growing business. Internally, a leader’s public recognition can help keep talented people engaged and open doors for the company when it seeks new partnerships or talent.
The effect is subtle but useful: awards like this don’t transform a business overnight, but they make conversations easier. Clients and partners who see a company’s leaders acknowledged by respected trade media often treat the organisation as more credible and stable.
What happens next and where to follow the news
Final winners of CRN’s Women of the Year program are usually announced at the formal awards event later in the awards cycle. As a finalist, Paige will be listed among the nominees until the winners are revealed and the industry takes its measure.
Harbor IT released the nomination news through its media channels and described the recognition as a proud moment for the company. Readers who want to track the outcome should watch coverage from CRN and trade press in the weeks around the awards. Meanwhile, Harbor IT’s leadership win is already serving as a useful public signal: the company has a finance chief who is building influence in the tech channel, and that matters for business, customers and people thinking about joining the team.
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