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Chief Revenue Officer (CRO), Head of GM's, GTM and Product Management | AI | Cybersecurity
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Chief Revenue Officer (CRO), Head of GM's, GTM and Product Management | AI | Cybersecurity
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New York City Metropolitan Area, United States
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Chris Hand is listed as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO), Head of GM's, GTM and Product Management | AI | Cybersecurity at Fortra, a with 1670 employees, based in New York City Metropolitan Area, United States. AeroLeads shows a matched LinkedIn profile for Chris Hand.
Chris Hand previously worked as Chief Revenue Officer at Fortra and Chief Revenue Officer & Executive Vice President | AI | SaaS | Software | MDM | Displays | Pro Svcs at Promethean. Chris Hand holds Alumni, Executive Education from Harvard Business School.
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C-Level executive leader, NASDAQ IPO + scaled businesses above $100M+, $500M+ and $1B+. Fortune 500, Startup and Mid-Sized companies - Hewlett Packard, Arm/SoftBank, CA, Avaya, and Alcatel-Lucent($2.1B XYLAN acq.).CAREER HIGHLIGHTS - GROWTH 900%+✔GROWTH - LARGE: HP 900% $100M-$1B + $10B Pipeline & Dealertrack $800M-$1.1B ($4B Acq).✔GROWTH - MID: Promethean 118% $275M-$600M & Motricity $80M-$133M (IPO) ✔GROWTH - STARTUP: ARM 400% $25M-$125M ($40B NVIDIA offer) & Xylan $20M-$150M ($2.1B Acq.).✔LAUNCHED/WINS: $1B+ new HP Multi-Cloud WW & 10-20K SaaS deals plus hundreds $MM wins.✔TEAMS: 5,000 channel partners, 2,600 matrixed field teams and 500 direct teams.✔FUNCTIONS: Sales (Field, Channel, Inside & Technical), Marketing (Corporate, Field & Digital/Web), Sales Ops (Revenue+Enablement), Customer Success, Services (Professional, Project & Customer), Consultants, DE&I and Leadership.✔ACQUISTIONS: Exits & Integrations - systems, tools, people, process, enablement and KPI’s.✔SHAREHOLDER VALUE+: NASDAQ IPO, growth & exits $2B, $4B, $8B, $19B & $40B (NVIDIA accepted offer).
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10 roles · 30 years
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Chief Revenue Officer
CurrentI have joined the team at Fortra as Chief Revenue Officer. I am looking forward to helping customers as we create a simpler, stronger, and more straightforward future for cybersecurity. Fortra has an extensive heritage with four decades experience, 30,000 customers, a number of strategic acquisitions, and we are now unifying our strong cybersecurity portfolio within our Fortra Platform. Visit us at www.Fortra.com.
2024 - Present
~2 yrs 6 mos
Chief Revenue Officer & Executive Vice President | Ai | Saas | Software | Mdm | Displays | Pro Svcs
CRO & EVP leading Promethean GTM WW with 118% revenue growth & #1 Market Share.• Grew revenues 118% $275M-$600M, in route to $1B+ and increased our #1 Global Market Share.• Unified WW GTM, created Global Rev Ops, expanded team 100% to 300+ and Global Partners 21% to 5,000+.Promethean is a global leader in Interactive Software, AI(Merlyn Mind exclusive), Collaboration(Explain Everything acq.), LMS, NFC/Roaming Profiles, and displays in 100+ countries for SLED/public sector & enterprise customers.
2020 - 2023
~3 yrs
Chief Revenue Officer, Semiconductors | Ai Cdp Data Platform | Saas | Esim | Ml | Iot | Analytics
$2B Arm business. CRO & Arm Cloud Director building multiple NextGen Lines of Business with 400% growth.• Scaled 400% from $25M to $125M ARR, grew team 125% from 100 to 225 and hired LOB GTM Leaders.• Treasure Data (AI ML CDP), Stream & Kigen acquisitions/integrations–Systems, tools, people process, and KPI’s.• Egon Zehnder – Top Executive Coaching, ecosystem BoD Placement List & Organizational Framework Design.Arm’s full tech stack includes Semiconductors | Global AI Data Management | Marketing Intent | IoT | Connectivity | SIM Security Solution Platforms spanning connectivity, device, and data management.
2018 - 2020
~2 yrs
Svp, Global Solutions Sales And Channels | Cloud | Saas ($19B Acquisition By Broadcom)
$4B Global Software business, leading second largest & highly profitable BU WW with 300+ team members.• Triple digit YoY increase in New Cloud SaaS business plus improved Win rate +20% from 35% to 42%. • Launched AgileOps Cloud & Applications Services for DXI-Digital Experience Insights, Business Analytics, Applications (AXA SaaS, APM SaaS) and Infrastructure (UIM SaaS), NetOps and Customer Experience. • Recognized as Gartner Magic Quadrant LEADER for Application Performance Management.• Sold business to Broadcom for $18.9B.
2017 - 2018
~1 yr
Senior Vice President, Cloud Cdp | Saas | Erp | Crm Sales ($4B Acquisition By Cox)
$1.1B intuitive and high-value web-based cloud software solutions (SaaS Front & Back Office suite) with 38% CAGR.• Grew 38% YoY to $1.1B from ~$800M resulting from ~20K client SaaS wins. Hired 100+ growing team to 500.• Optimized GTM Organizations via 19 acquisitions and integrations, including Strategic Accounts, Key Accounts, SMB, Associations, Digital Marketing/Strategic, Inside Sales, Sales Ops, Training, Sales Engineering, Specialist Orgs. (Inventory, MIS/DMS, Fixed Ops, Finance. & Ins., CRM, Managed Services). • Strategic Multi-Million Dollar wins: Mercedes Benz, Jaguar Land Rover, Hyundai, Penske, and Auto Nation.• Sold business to Cox for $4B+.
2014 - 2015
~1 yr
Vice President, Ww Cloud Sales & Channels | Software | Saas | Ai | Crm | Paas | Iaas | Applications
$112B Fortune 20 Company: Launched new Multi-Cloud Services WW serving all major vertical markets.• Achieved 900%+ TCV growth from $100M to $1.04B & pipeline 400% from $2B to $10B spanning 2,430 deals.• HP, Microsoft & SAP S/4HANA($1.2B framework), Multi-Cloud Solutions & training for 2600 field personnel. • $10M+ Cloud Wins: P&G, SAP, Kraft, KPMG, PWC, DHS, DWP, Catalonia, VA, Australia, Philips, ING, Nokia, EDF, Texas, Nike, GM, DoD, Kuoni Travel, Alfred Karcher, Syngenta, Datwyler, Belgacom, Delta. Multi-Cloud SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, CRM, Mobile & Applications Services portfolio of solutions and services to meet the business needs of our enterprise, government, carrier, ISV's and partners.
2011 - 2014
~3 yrs
Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales - Operating Committee Executive | Nasdaq Ipo
NASDAQ IPO, reaching $1.1B Market valuation!• Marketplace, Messaging & Advertising: financially revenue sharing 3-400M Subscribers to MVNOs/Carriers via content from 2,000 providers.• Grew existing and new major customer wins with AT&T Mobility, Verizon Wireless, Sprint, T-Mobile, Virgin Mobile, Reliance, XL, Hello, Dialog, Robi and Celcom, plus thirty-three new U.S. Enterprise and Messaging Customers.
2009 - 2011
~2 yrs
Global Accounts, Vice President
$5B Global Technology Leader. Private Cloud Software, CRM, Collaboration, Networking, Unified Communications and Contact Center Software/Applications.Global GM model responsible for sales, sales engineering, sales operations, program office, program managers, project managers, on-site technicians. Lead the global teams responsible for the company's largest revenue producing global customers.
2005 - 2009
~4 yrs
Avp/Director Northeast Us & Eastern Canada
$16B Global Technology Leader. Software, Hardware, Services, CRM, Collaboration, Networking, Unified Communications and Contact Center Software/Applications.Head of Sales, Systems Engineering, Consultant Program and Channel Distribution for Geography. Two years Global Accounts Coordinator for North America.
1997 - 2005
~8 yrs
6 education records
Chris Hand education
Alumni, Executive Education
Harvard Business School
Bachelors, Double Degree, Business Marketing & Business Personnel Management
Syracuse University - Martin J. Whitman School Of Management
Program For Leadership Development
Harvard Business School
Leadership Best Practices
Harvard Business School
Changing The Game: Negotiation And Competitive Decision Making
Harvard Business School
Aligning Strategy And Sales
Harvard Business School
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What company does Chris Hand work for?
Chris Hand works for Fortra.
What is Chris Hand's role at Fortra?
Chris Hand is listed as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO), Head of GM's, GTM and Product Management | AI | Cybersecurity at Fortra.
Where is Chris Hand based?
Chris Hand is based in New York City Metropolitan Area, United States while working with Fortra.
What companies has Chris Hand worked for?
Chris Hand has worked for Fortra, Promethean, Arm, Ca Technologies, and Dealertrack Technologies.
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Chris Hand holds Alumni, Executive Education from Harvard Business School.
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