Chris Paap Email & Phone Number

Austin, Tx, Us

Texas, Us, Us

At DigitalEX, I lead product strategy and execution for our innovative hybrid cloud cost management platform. We specialize in optimizing costs for AI workloads and hybrid cloud environments, helping businesses achieve their digital transformation goals with real-time visibility and control over cloud spending.

Mountain View, California, Us

I specialize in enabling cloud-native deployments, empowering enterprises to run their applications as containerized workloads or virtual machines using Kubernetes and KubeVirt. My primary focus is deploying Kubernetes to scale AI/ML workloads on-premises, ensuring teams meet their modeling, inferencing, or generative AI requirements.

Mountain View, California, Us

As the lead product manager, I drove the roadmap and product strategy for Platform9's Managed Kubernetes (PMK), edge deployments, open-source virtualization (KubeVirt), and bare metal solutions. I collaborated closely with engineering, GTM, and design partners to successfully launch new offerings and improve product performance.Launched Platform9's virtualization platform (KubeVirt), achieving early access success and securing its first customer through strategic partnerships.Improved KubeVirt and Kubernetes Edge products by incorporating user feedback, resulting in a 30% increase in successful field POCs.Developed comprehensive product strategies and roadmaps for virtualization, bare metal, and edge deployments that aligned with market demands and company objectives.Led GTM initiatives, delivering a clear and successful go-to-market strategy that resonated with the market and enhanced solutions messaging.Created key enablement resources for the company's inaugural SKO, driving team readiness and enhancing market penetration in Edge, Virtualization, and Bare Metal sectors.As a customer-focused product leader driving the vision for an enterprise cloud management platform that empowers customers to manage containerized, virtualized, and bare metal infrastructures through our Managed Kubernetes solutions. Focused on verticals like Telco/5G, Retail, and Edge, I work across private, co-location, and public clouds to establish a new standard for SaaS-managed hybrid and edge clouds using Kubernetes. I collaborate closely with customers and internal teams to define and execute product roadmaps aligned with business goals.

San Jose, California, Us

I led the product marketing initiatives for the Nutanix Database as a Service offering, Era, and the overall Nutanix Database Solution. As a stakeholder of the founder's team, I worked with sales, product management, and the engineering team to grow a year-old product into one of the key focuses for Nutanix as part of the overall Database Solution plan. My role focused on crafting messaging and positioning that profoundly resonated with audiences while developing a GTM strategy that aligns with our business growth. Equally important was my interaction with our internal and external customers. Whether interacting with customers throughout their buyer's journey, presenting at conferences, or providing sales enablement training to partners, I aimed to educate and provide the best experience possible.

Austin, Texas, Us

Product Manager responsible for Solarwinds Virtualization ManagerI was responsible for leading a team of 20 international developers by defining strategy and requirements for SolarWinds monitoring software, Virtualization Manager (VMAN). I identified the product requirements and worked with developers to prioritize the backlog appropriately. I was the product expert, product champion, and internal support for the Sales, Support, and Maintenance teams. I worked with internal stakeholders and customers to understand market demand and define the product roadmap so that our offshore product development team could create features that create value and differentiate VMAN in the market. Customer engagement was paramount in my role, which I performed through blogging, social networks, community moderation, beta participations, and UX feedback sessions.

Austin, Texas, Us

Austin, Texas, Us

Austin, Texas, Us

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Post Graduate Program, Artificial Intelligence And Machine Learning

Ba, Computer Systems Management