Chris O’Connor

Chris O’Connor is the Executive Director of Operations at PAAS, a SaaS based "Procurement Spend Analytics Company." Chris has been with PAAS for 1 year and 8 months, during which time they have served as the Executive Vice President of Sales & Operations and Advisor. In their role as Executive Vice President of Sales & Operations, Chris has helped lead a passionate team to dramatically reduce costs for PAAS's loyal customers by 15-30%. Chris has also been instrumental in PAAS's growth, partnering with companies of all sizes to analyze their spend alongside valuable, benchmarked data to accelerate the procurement lifecycle. Prior to joining PAAS, Chris was an Investor with Invari, an industry leader in invoice analytics. Chris has also served as an Advisor for NextActiv, Enterprise Marketing and Commerce experts focused on Digital Marketing, Marketing Strategy, Email Marketing, Mobile Marketing, Content Marketing, Performance Marketing, Marketing Consulting, Growth Marketing, and Content Strategy. Chris began their career as a Senior Account Executive for Healthcare & Life Sciences at Copado. Throughout their career, Chris has demonstrated a commitment to helping companies save money and grow their businesses.

Chris O'Connor has a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) from Penn State University in Marketing and a Master of Business Administration - MBA from Drexel University's LeBow College of Business in Management Information Systems and Technology.

Chris O’Connor is the Executive Director of Operations and has a small team. Chris's colleagues include Ali Tomasic (Director of Projects), Vincent Mulvey (Telecom Sourcing Director), Bennett Falck (Director of Spend Analytics), and Tim Andreae (Executive Director). Dave Krigger (Chief Data Officer), Patrick McMullen (Chief Talent Officer), Gary Ritacco (Executive Director), Russ Ross (Chief Strategy Officer), David Plumb (Executive Director of Financial Services), Natalie Palastro (Director of Product Marketing), David Hatch (Executive Director), Francois Daumard (Executive Director), Justin Jones (Global VP of Sales), Amanda Baird (Director of Customer Success), Russ Paterra (Executive Director of Retail), and John Bench (General Counsel) all report to Chris O’Connor.