Paul Karr

Paul Karr is the Vice President of Customer Success at Aquera. Paul has held this position for 1 year and 6 months. Prior to their current role, Paul was with Trilliant for 14 years and 2 months where they served as the SVP Global Services and Customer Success, Managing Director EMEA, SVP Commercial Operations and Technical Sales, and Vice President Marketing and Product Management. Paul was responsible for driving growth through software and services at Trilliant, including the launch of SaaS solutions and managed services. Paul also successfully managed the EMEA P/L during the high growth stage, including new sales and major project delivery. Paul then led a senior team responsible for technical sales, commercial proposals and major contract negotiations which resulted in significant growth through increased focus on high margin software and services. In their role as Vice President Marketing and Product Management, Paul launched marketing and product management to support early stage growth of the company. Paul successfully leveraged leading customers references for broad market credibility of emerging solutions.

After their time at Trilliant, Paul spent 4 years as the Director of Solutions Marketing and Strategic Alliances at Sun Microsystems (acquired SeeBeyond). Paul then spent 2 years as the Director Of Business Development at Inktomi Corporation. Prior to their roles at Trilliant and Sun Microsystems, Paul spent 8 years in leadership roles in sales and marketing at Texas Instruments and ABB.

Paul Karr has a Master's in International Business from Seattle University and a degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Washington.