Chris Ross Email & Phone Number

Houston, TX, US

Houston, TX

• Serve as a product owner tasked with envisioning, developing, delivering, and maintaining analytic products for several hundred customers and internal departments.
• Pilot oversight and development of an enterprise data warehouse and several reporting technologies.
• Oversee a team of analysts and data scientists to support development efforts and desired roadmaps.
• Collaborate with the leadership team and customers to guide and refine product features, functionality and roadmaps.
• Build and deliver go-to-market strategy and numerous deliverables to support new product launch efforts through sales, marketing and customer engagement.

Coral Gables, Florida, United States

• Worked as the lead architect and engineer of a two-sided marketplace like Airbnb that allows users to list and rent public and private meeting spaces in the Miami Metro area.
• Oversaw the successful launch of the product in February 2020.
• Collaborated on the company transition to a COVID business model during the pandemic’s onset.

Houston, TX

• Consulted as Virtual CIO to small and medium-sized organizations with a specific focus on development and implementation of internal software systems/automation, external applications, and associated business processes.
• Ideated and launched several notable start-ups with technology-driven proprietary platforms built on Google Cloud Platform and Microsoft Azure with integrations utilizing several disparate on-premises and SaaS services.
• Communicated with clients to understand their business goals and needs and made strategy and product recommendations to assist them in realizing those goals.

Houston, Texas Area

• Drove a 3-year company growth of 2,152%, achieving the coveted Inc 500 Fastest Growing Privately Heald Companies placement — ranking #167 overall, #10 in Software — and services organization growth of 3,500% during the.
• Closed day-to-day business development activities, led, and managed teams working with partners and customer prospects, architecting, designing, and implementing (when required) solutions across Microsoft Public and.
• Designed, introduced, and managed a Partner and Community Enablement program and associated teams in the U.S. and abroad, which resulted in over 260 partners globally and accounted for $18 million+ in annual sales.
• Led development of Go-To-Market, Compete, Managed Service Provider and Microsoft Azure strategies for core products and services, as well as partner-focused initiatives to drive sales and consumption across all lines.
• Served as the principal consultant responsible for initial build and development of core consultancy practice.
• Handled recruiting and hiring across the entire technical organization, providing guidance and mentorship to new hires to help build high-performing teams.

Greater Denver Area

• Established a U.S.-based consulting practice and methodology for sales, marketing, and delivery of Microsoft System Center Service Manager 2010-2012.
• Expanded a team to over 20 full-time consultants with revenues over $4 million per year while participating in or leading nearly every sales opportunity nationally and simultaneously delivering System Center projects.
• Independently developed and managed core strategic partnerships that increased market share, project duration, and total project revenue across multiple streams.