Chris Arends

Chris Arends is an experienced marketing professional currently serving as a Sr. Ecosystem Marketing Manager at Red Hat since March 2011, where responsibilities include managing reseller partnerships for open source software and engaging with system integrators to drive demand generation and sales activities. Key accomplishments include managing over $1 million in Marketing Development Funds and promoting joint solutions within Red Hat's sales organizations. Prior experience includes roles at HP as Alliance Marketing Manager, Citrix Systems as Emerging Products Channel Development Manager and Sr. Sales Engineering Manager, and various marketing positions at Net 6 and Nortel Networks. Chris holds an MAS in Information Technology and an MBA in Marketing from the Naveen Jindal School of Management at UT Dallas, as well as a BGS in Marketing Advertising and Photography from the University of Missouri-Columbia.