Christopher Golec

Christopher Golec's work experience includes roles at various companies throughout their career. Christopher is currently the Founder & CEO of Channel99, a role they began in May 2022. Prior to that, they worked as an Advisor for Regrello and Extracker in 2021. In the same year, they also served as a Regional Board Advisor for the Challenged Athletes Foundation.

Golec's most significant role was as the Founder & CEO of Demandbase, a position they held from August 2006 to December 2019. During their tenure, they raised over $130 million in financing and built a team of 300 people. Golec pioneered the Account-based Based (ABM) technology category, which is widely adopted by over 500 companies today.

Before Demandbase, Golec was an Advisor/Investor for Madrone Technology, a cloud-based portfolio management and business intelligence platform for the asset management industry. The company was sold to Solovis in 2017.

Earlier in their career, Golec co-founded Supplybase, Inc. and served as the VP Marketing from July 1996 to August 2002. The company, which was acquired by i2 Technologies, provided a proprietary database of global suppliers and hosted enterprise software for large manufacturers.

Golec also gained experience at General Electric, where they worked as a Global Marketing Manager, overseeing $100 million in global sales for GE's Advanced Materials business. Christopher also worked as a Sales Manager, growing the Northeast sales region and increasing market share. Prior to GE, Golec worked at DuPont as a Product Development Engineer, leading the development of technology for electronically joining natural gas piping.

Overall, Golec has a diverse background with extensive experience in various leadership and advisory roles in the technology and manufacturing industries.

Christopher Golec obtained a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Chemical Engineering from Michigan State University. Christopher attended the university from 1983 to 1987. Later, in the years 1992 to 1994, Christopher pursued a Master of Business Administration (MBA) with a focus on General Management, although the institution where they obtained their MBA is not specified. In 2016, they received a certification as an ABM Certified Strategist from Demandbase - The Leader in Account-Based Marketing.