Chris Hand

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Chief Revenue Officer (CRO), Head of GM's, GTM and Product Management | AI | Cybersecurity @ Fortra
New York, NY, US
Chris Hand's Location
New York City Metropolitan Area, United States, United States
About Chris Hand

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).

Chris Hand's Current Company Details
Fortra

Fortra

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Chief Revenue Officer (CRO), Head of GM's, GTM and Product Management | AI | Cybersecurity
New York, NY, US
Website:
fortra.com
Employees:
1670
Chris Hand Work Experience Details
  • Fortra
    Chief Revenue Officer (Cro), Head Of Gm'S, Gtm And Product Management | Ai | Cybersecurity
    Fortra
    New York, Ny, Us
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  • Fortra
    Chief Revenue Officer
    Fortra 2024 - Present
    Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Us
    I 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.
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  • Promethean
    Chief Revenue Officer & Executive Vice President | Ai | Saas | Software | Mdm | Displays | Pro Svcs
    Promethean 2020 - 2023
    Seattle, Washington, Us
    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.
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  • Arm
    Chief Revenue Officer, Semiconductors | Ai Cdp Data Platform | Saas | Esim | Ml | Iot | Analytics
    Arm 2018 - 2020
    Cambridge, Cambs, Gb
    $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.
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  • Ca Technologies
    Svp, Global Solutions Sales And Channels | Cloud | Saas ($19B Acquisition By Broadcom)
    Ca Technologies 2017 - 2018
    San Jose, California, Us
    $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.
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  • Dealertrack Technologies
    Senior Vice President, Cloud Cdp | Saas | Erp | Crm Sales ($4B Acquisition By Cox)
    Dealertrack Technologies 2014 - 2015
    $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+.
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  • Hewlett Packard Enterprise
    Vice President, Ww Cloud Sales & Channels | Software | Saas | Ai | Crm | Paas | Iaas | Applications
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise 2011 - 2014
    Houston, Texas, Us
    $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.
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  • Motricity (Mobile Cloud)
    Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales - Operating Committee Executive | Nasdaq Ipo
    Motricity (Mobile Cloud) 2009 - 2011
    Bellevue, Wa, Us
    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.
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  • Avaya
    Global Accounts, Vice President
    Avaya 2005 - 2009
    Morristown, New Jersey, Us
    $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.
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  • Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise
    Avp/Director Northeast Us & Eastern Canada
    Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise 1997 - 2005
    92707 Colombes, Fr
    $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.
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Chris Hand Education Details

  • Harvard Business School
    Harvard Business School
    Executive Education
  • Syracuse University - Martin J. Whitman School Of Management
    Syracuse University - Martin J. Whitman School Of Management
    Business Marketing & Business Personnel Management
  • Harvard Business School
    Harvard Business School
    Program For Leadership Development
  • Harvard Business School
    Harvard Business School
    Leadership Best Practices
  • Harvard Business School
    Harvard Business School
    Changing The Game: Negotiation And Competitive Decision Making
  • Harvard Business School
    Harvard Business School
    Aligning Strategy And Sales

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Chris Hand's current role is Chief Revenue Officer (CRO), Head of GM's, GTM and Product Management | AI | Cybersecurity.

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Chris Hand attended Harvard Business School, Syracuse University - Martin J. Whitman School Of Management, Harvard Business School, Harvard Business School, Harvard Business School, Harvard Business School.

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