Chris Pelletier

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President/Co-Founder Ahanu.ai @ Ahanu.ai
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Greater Seattle Area, United States, United States
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About Chris Pelletier

Interdisciplinary global senior leader with a blend of strong business development, leadership, and technology skills. Well-traveled and capable of leading diverse global teams and driving customer engagement. A true change agent and corporate fixer. Frequently tapped by senior leadership and board of directors as a corporate “jack-of-all-trades” who can strategically map out and lead complex organizations, programs, or acquisition integrations. Excellent peripheral vison and holistic organizational thinking. Strategic planner who drives alignment within organization of strategic initiatives, goals, and execution timelines. Skilled at preparing and driving scale and expansion in start-ups and mature organizations.

Chris Pelletier's Current Company Details
Ahanu.ai

Ahanu.Ai

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President/Co-Founder Ahanu.ai
Chris Pelletier Work Experience Details
  • Ahanu.Ai
    President/Co-Founder
    Ahanu.Ai Apr 2021 - Present
    Calvin Pelletier and I Started Ahanu to use Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence (ML/AI) to make the world better. Our first experimental product is fluid.photo supporting the transgender/gender fluid communities, their allies, and families. The first of its kind product that transforms the gender characteristics of a photo regardless of age. Proof of concept complete.
  • Open Arms Of Minnesota
    Chair Person And Member Of The Board Of Directors
    Open Arms Of Minnesota Nov 2014 - Present
    Minneapolis, Mn, Us
    Proud board member, donor, and volunteer. Open Arms' vision: people who are sick should not be without food. Yet every day people in our community with life-threatening illnesses find themselves unable to shop or cook — and, often, without the support network to help.That’s where we come in. Open Arms is the only nonprofit organization in Minnesota that cooks and delivers free meals tailored to meet the nutrition needs of individuals living with cancer, HIV/AIDS, multiple sclerosis, and ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease). Open Arms is unique in its phenomenal community of donors and more than 2,400 volunteers — the folks who work with us every day, ensuring that we continue to do our work with enthusiasm, joy and success.
  • Entrust
    Senior Vice President, Gm Financial Instant Issuance
    Entrust Jun 2018 - Apr 2021
    Minneapolis, Mn, Us
    Entrust offers an unmatched breadth of digital security and credential issuance solutions. With more than 2,500 colleagues, a network of global partners, and customers in over 150 countries, Entrust grew organically and inorganically from $330MM to $800MM during my tenure. Handpicked by CEO to be business unit leader after previously leading the business from acquisition to $55MM in revenue. Tapped me as the fixer, create a real growth plan that increased market share, revenue, and profit. We also needed to bring the Financial Instant Issuance solution to the cloud. • Enterprise Leadership: Second time as Financial Instant Issuance Business unit leader. Created new 5-year strategic plan. Increased revenue growth, market share, profitability, R/D investment, and innovated by bringing our on-premises software solution to the cloud. • Growth Strategy: Spearheaded growth to $110MM. Resulted in largest installation in the world (Banco Estado, Chile), 100% market share with US Banks/Credit Unions over 500 branches, largest US and global provider.• Tech Innovation: Launched Entrust's and the markets first PCI-CP certified cloud solution in 2020. Led to filling a critical gap in portfolio while leapfrogging the competition. • Global Marketing Strategy: Created new messaging, marketing, and demand generation. Spearheaded (with CMO) creation of more natural and crisp way to talk to our customers and created innovated demand generation activities. Our success restarted growth in FII and was a model that was copied by other internal business units.
  • Entrust
    Senior Vice President - Strategy Execution, Integration Leader
    Entrust Mar 2013 - Jun 2018
    Minneapolis, Mn, Us
    Led integration of Entrust’s the largest acquisition in company history with the acquisition of Entrust which was headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, with large regional offices in Dallas, Texas, and Reading, UK. Upgraded Business Process team to a Strategy/Execution team. Led Strategic planning process and execution. Program management of largest strategic initiatives. • Strategy Execution | Alignment: Created companywide strategic plans, then created strategic goals for each business unit, and functional leaders. Drove execution process and tracking with quarterly business reviews, and board presentations. • Drove scope and objectives for board approval, created execution plans, built cross-functional teams to execute, created success metrics and incorporated updates into revamped monthly corporate operations review sessions. • Globalization Strategy: Expand and operationalize in emerging markets: China, Brazil and India. Built out business processes and infrastructure in India and Brazil to meet new market requirements for time of delivery and billing in local currency. Explored joint venture and strategic alliances in China and India to re-ignite growth • Voice of the Customer: Multi-year “Easier to do Business with Entrust” program, encompassing global customer visits, enterprise-wide process reengineering, training, system changes, and new internal recognition program. • Enterprise Integration: Led integration of Entrust acquisition. Successful integration and grew Entrust revenue from $117MM to $200MM by 2020. • Human Resources | Integration Leadership: Onboarded hundreds of new colleagues and strived to take best practices from both companies. Developed playbooks with senior leadership to facilitate clear plans with cross-functional integration team.
  • Entrust
    Senior Vice President Of Business Process & Information Systems (Cio)
    Entrust 2010 - Mar 2013
    Minneapolis, Mn, Us
    Added CIO responsibilities and was promoted to SVP. Took on CIO role to modernize planning approach, technology, and relationships with the business. CIO role responsible for all technology except application software developers. Drove first true strategic IT plan and roadmap. Executed large transformational IT products.
  • Entrust
    Vice-President - Quality
    Entrust Jan 2010 - Mar 2011
    Minneapolis, Mn, Us
    Recruited by CEO to improve Entrust’s operations worldwide and increase customer satisfaction. Integration leader and GM of purchased Financial Instant Issuance business. Led enterprise-wide business process improvement overseeing a team of 3 six-sigma master black belts and lean practitioners. Substantial travel (250K miles/year).
  • Four51
    Executive Vice President - Operations
    Four51 2008 - 2009
    Minneapolis, Mn, Us
    Spearheaded day-to-day business, reporting and improvement operations for company. Coordinated all business reengineering processes including strategic and operational planning. Managed actions of 3-person team and 6-person cross-functional group to enhance productivity, efficiency and performance. Directed business systems/processes while establishing key performance indicators in addition to metrics and reporting procedures. Collaborated with executive team to develop strategic process plans for sales operations, accounting and capital budgeting.
  • Gelco Information Network
    Vp - Business Operations
    Gelco Information Network Jan 2006 - Nov 2007
    Us
    Improve corporate wide processes, drive costs savings, manage supply chain, and lead the building of a long term strategic and financial plan. Teamed with the core executive team to prepare and then sell both business units comprising Gelco.
  • Gelco Information Network
    Vp It Operations And Planning
    Gelco Information Network Jan 2005 - Jan 2006
    Us
    Led IT Infrastructure, Engineering, and Finance and Planning groups for a 24x7 SaaS company.
  • St. Paul Travelers
    Director - It Infrastructure
    St. Paul Travelers 2001 - 2004
    New York, Ny, Us

Chris Pelletier Skills

Cross Functional Team Leadership Strategy Management Strategic Planning Saas Sales Operations Product Management Strategic Partnerships Enterprise Software It Strategy Vendor Management Project Planning Business Intelligence Solution Selling Cloud Computing Crm Supply Chain Customer Relationship Management

Chris Pelletier Education Details

  • University Of Maryland Global Campus
    University Of Maryland Global Campus
    Mba
  • Cal State East Bay- College Of Business & Economics
    Cal State East Bay- College Of Business & Economics
    Business Finance
  • University Of Maryland Global Campus
    University Of Maryland Global Campus
    Ms Management - Mis

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