Chris Birtwhistle

Executive leader with an extensive record of managing global teams, P&L ownership, full lifecycle M&A execution, as well as driving GTM results and achievement through strategic sales execution and key partnerships.

• Team Leadership - collaborative, hands on leader with experience leading teams of up to 250 people across customer-facing technical, sales and marketing, and corporate ops functions.
• M&A - significant background in all phases of M&A including company funding, buy and sell-side experience including IPO, as well as extensive post-deal integration programs. Practical background with PE and VC funding motion and growth strategies.
• Start-up - founded, led and successfully sold a boutique consultancy to a large VAR achieving an above market valuation multiple and an exceptionally accelerated timeframe of just over 2.5 years.
• Alliances - deep relationships and partnership experience across a broad set of ISVs, Cloud vendors, and on-shore/ off-shore services partners (including GSIs) .
• Financials - more than two decades of direct P&L ownership experience as a line of business operator; evaluation of multiple acquisition opportunities including valuation; positioning and sale of a start-up business; financial due diligence as both seller and buyer.

CB & Associates - Principal (2022-Present)

TestingXperts - Board Director (2022-Present)

Klicktrack - Board Director (2023-Present)

AHEAD - VP, Cloud, Modern Applications & Data (2019-2022)

Platform (acquired by AHEAD) - Founder & CEO (2017-2019)

VMware/Pivotal/EMC - Global VP, Cloud Applications (2011-2017)

Global360 - VP, Global Services (2009- 2011)

FCS - VP, Integration Services (2006-2009) 

webMethods - Sr. Director, Global Operations (2004-2006)

PricewaterhouseCoopers - Sr. Manager (2001-2003)

Bell Canada — Associate Director, Consumer/Business Markets (1996-2001)

University of Toronto (Canada) — MBA

Queen's University (Canada) — BSc (Statistics)