Chris Maertz

Chris Maertz is the Director of Global Alliances at Instabase. Prior to joining Instabase, Chris served as the Director, Americas Partner Sales Center at Pegasystems from September 2018 to April 2022. In this role, Chris was responsible for identifying and incubating partner focused go-to-market strategies and offerings which accelerated and scaled Pega's expansion in key markets. Chris also created and nurtured partner-led solutions which allowed partners and Pega sales teams to penetrate existing or new accounts with targeted offerings leveraging the market expertise of our partners and the power of Pega.

Before joining Pegasystems, Chris served as the Senior Channel Account Manager - Strategic Alliances at Kofax from July 2015 to August 2018. In this role, Chris managed Kofax's relationship with select global system integrators (GSIs) and worked to evangelize Kofax's portfolio to the vast networks within these global firms. Chris' focus was on the convergence of robotic process automation (RPA) with business process management (BPM) and Kofax's multi-channel capture offerings to help partners deliver truly transformational solutions to their clients.

Chris has a technical background and relies on this experience to see through the hype and focus on technology and solutions which actually deliver value to organizations.

Chris Maertz has 20 years of experience in enterprise software and is currently a lifelong learner. Chris has also obtained a certification in unconscious bias from LinkedIn, and certifications in Pegasystems, Kofax, and SCRUMstudy.

Some of their coworkers include Luke Rogers - VP, EMEA, Kyra Harney - Head of Account Development, North America, and Shannon Nixon - RVP, APJ. Chris Maertz reports to Nathaniel Crook, Chief Revenue Officer.