Chris Poer is an accomplished professional with extensive experience in the high-tech industry. With over $40M in direct career sales and $140M in indirect sales, Poer has proved his expertise in sales, marketing, strategic planning, and new business development. He has a strong technical background based on his studies at Virginia Tech and Stevens Institute of Technology, including seven years of hardware and software development at AT&T Bell Labs. Poer also holds an MBA from NYU, adding a strong business background to his technical expertise. He progressed to Director of Business Development at Lucent Technologies, where he handled a $140M network access business unit.

Poer is a recognized leader, with a proven track record of growing sales by implementing innovative sales and marketing strategies, creative thinking, and consistent execution. He has held numerous executive positions throughout his career, including COO, Director of Sales and Marketing, and VP of Sales and Marketing. In all of his roles, he has successfully built out new regions and markets for companies using a combination of direct and indirect sales, and he has the ability to build sales and marketing organizations quickly that produce immediate results.

Currently, Poer is serving as the Director of Cloud Infrastructure and Security Services at Techgardens. He was formerly the Director, Cloud Services, Cloud Sales, Business Development, and Channel Development at QuadraNet, and the COO, Cloud Sales, Finance, and M&A at ENKI Corporation. Poer's expertise covers Cloud Sales, SaaS/IaaS, Cloud Security, and Turnaround.