Chris Heard

Chris Heard is an accomplished entrepreneur and executive with extensive experience in technology and sales leadership. As the CEO and founder of Olive since May 2018, Chris has focused on revolutionizing technology decision-making within organizations through an AI-driven community platform. In addition to leading Olive, Chris serves as a fractional Chief Revenue Officer at Applied Particle Technology Inc., where the emphasis is on growth in the industrial health and safety market. Other roles include serving as an advisor for Cloud-fence, hosting the Ahead of the Heard podcast, contributing as a thought leader for the Forbes Technology Council, and mentoring at New Ventures BC. Previously, Chris held significant positions at Fuze as Regional Sales Manager and co-founded Leggings.ca, achieving robust growth and successful acquisition.