Karim Chester

Karim Chester's work experience begins in 2001 when they were a member of the GB Squad during their training in the USA. Karim then worked as a Business Development professional at Progress Software from December 2007 to November 2009. From December 2009 to August 2011, Karim held the role of New Business Commercial Sales at xMatters, Inc. Following this, they worked at Oracle as an Enterprise Account Manager from February 2011 to January 2015. Karim then joined EMC in an undefined time period until 2016 as a Senior Account Manager, working with the financial services and enterprise markets in the emerging software-defined technology division. Subsequently, they became the UK&I Account Director at Docker, Inc from June 2016 to July 2017. At MongoDB, Karim served as a Senior Enterprise Account Executive from June 2017 to March 2020. Finally, they joined Kong Inc. in March 2020 as a Sales Director for the UK&I region and was later promoted to Regional Director UK&I and South Africa in July 2021. At Kong Inc., Karim achieved noteworthy accomplishments such as being recognized as the Global Top Sales Leader of the Year in Year 1 and surpassing 140% of target in Year 2.

Karim Chester has a diverse education history. Karim pursued their undergraduate studies at Northern Arizona University from 2003 to 2005, focusing on Political Science with a 3.5 GPA. Karim continued their studies at the same university from 2003 to 2006, now majoring in Political Science with a concentration in International relations and law. Karim then attended Coventry University, where they obtained a 2:1 degree in International Relations and Politics from 2005 to 2007. Karim further pursued a Master of Arts degree in International Law & Global Security at Coventry University from 2007 to 2008. Prior to these higher education experiences, Karim attended Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, although specific details regarding degree or field of study are not provided.