Even with some channel business slowing down for the holiday season, there were still plenty of your friends and colleagues taking new jobs or getting promoted.

Among them: Master agent Avant Communications hired a West Coast channel director; rival WTG named a director of strategic alliances; TPx made a pair of key hires in its continued nationwide expansion; and Microsoft’s channel boss took on new responsibilities.

But those are just a few.

Click through our gallery below for the telecom and IT channels’ biggest new hires and promotions in December. These are the people making everyday decisions that impact the channel and the executives whose choices trickle down and impact your business.

Missed last month’s “people” gallery? Click here to see who was on the move in November.