CMO

CMO is currently the Chief Evangelist at Endy at Chapa. Prior to this, they were with Qumulo from January 2021 to July 2022, where they served as the Chief Evangelist. They have also previously worked with Veeam Software from October 2017 to October 2018 as the Sr. Director of Product Strategy.

In their role as Chief Evangelist, CMO is responsible for collaborating with the VP of Product Strategy to create a closed-loop feedback strategy with sales and field engineers to bring the customer voice to Product Management, Engineering, and the Office of CTO. They have also developed a long term strategic vision and messaging to be delivered by the senior product strategy team.

At Veeam Software, CMO drove new feature requests and innovation to maintain a competitive edge in the data center and cloud ecosystems. They also regularly met with the Office of CTO and Product Management, presenting user feedback and business cases for feature enhancements and new feature requests.

CMO has a wealth of experience in developing strategies and plans to improve product offerings. They are excellent at communicating with others and have a proven track record of success in driving innovation within organizations.

The Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) has a background in computer science from Illinois College and Harper College. They also have completed the Senior Leader Program Training (Level 1 & 2) from NetApp University.

A direct report to CMO is and Kalkidan Tinsae - Marketing Specialist. They are on a team with Head of Legal - Vacant Position, Director of Reconciliation and Settlement Officer - Vacant position, and Etsegenet Yimer - Vacant Position. CMO reports to Nael Hailemariam, Co-founder and General Manager.