Christopher Marks

Christopher Marks is an experienced Account Executive with a strong background in technology and database solutions sales. Currently at Aiven since June 2025, Christopher previously held roles at MariaDB as an Enterprise Account Executive, focusing on driving sales for the MariaDB Enterprise RDBMS platform across various industries. Prior to that, Christopher worked at Upstart selling an online automotive retail platform, managed territory sales at Quest Software in Unified Endpoint Management, and developed database solutions opportunities at IDERA Software. Christopher began a career at Dun & Bradstreet as a Business Information Consultant, excelling in client discovery and sales. Christopher earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from Loyola University Chicago.