Chris Burgess

Chris Burgess has a diverse work experience spanning over a decade. Chris currently holds the position of Head of Solutions at Optimity Ltd, where they are responsible for sales, channel, and supply chain management. In this role, they lead ISP, MSP, and Traditional ICT sales, achieves monthly sales targets and key KPIs, manages channel and vendor relationships, conducts channel marketing, and provides sales training. Before joining Optimity, Chris worked as a Manager in the Solutions Team and a Solutions Account Manager at the same company.

Prior to their role at Optimity, Chris served as a Senior Account Manager at Computerworld Group from 2019 to 2021. Chris also worked as a UK Cloud Territory Manager at Arcserve in 2018 and as a Territory Manager - Public Sector at Veeam Software from 2017 to 2018.

Chris gained valuable experience as an Enterprise DCG Account Manager at Lenovo from 2015 to 2017. Prior to that, they worked at Prestige Data Centre Solutions as the Manager of the EMC Business Unit from 2014 to 2015, and earlier as an Account Manager from 2010 to 2014.

Their work experience also includes a role as a Project Coordinator at GCL Direct from 2009 to 2010. Overall, Chris's work experience showcases their expertise in sales, account management, and leadership roles in various sectors, including IT and data management.

Chris Burgess attended Baverstock School from 2000 to 2005, where they studied English, Maths, Science, Sport, IT, and Design. Chris did not obtain a degree during this time. In terms of additional certifications, Chris Burgess received the following certifications: "Leadership and Management" from High Speed Training in May 2022, "EMC SE: Technologies 2015" from EMC in June 2015, "Sales - Converged infrastructure 2014" from EMC in June 2014, "Sales - Converged infrastructure VSPEX Blue 2015" from EMC in June 2015, and "Sales - Technologies 2015" from EMC in June 2015.