Christian Burkhalter

Christian Burkhalter, a seasoned business and project consultant based in Switzerland, joined WestEnd Software in March 2016 to lead their European business development efforts. With his experience of more than 20 years of holding a number of executive positions for leading technology and consumer goods companies, Chris brings expertise both in business and IT project management that will prove invaluable. In this new role at WestEnd Software, Chris will be responsible for leading their client engagement efforts from first contact through to the successful implementation of their Workspace licensing solutions. Building on his two-decade track record of successful business development programs and IT projects, Chris has the expertise and experience to make sure their European-based clients effectively deploy and operate their leading licensing software solutions.

After his Master's at the University of St.Gallen in business administration, Chris started his career at Winterthur Life insurance (today AXA Winterthur) introducing direct marketing to the marketing department. Later he managed many years of projects for Sandoz International Ltd. in about 20 countries all over the world. The next professional step was the representation of a Taiwanese company for household commodities in Europe. Since 1999 Chris focused on project management, first in a company implementing SAP solutions in Switzerland and since 2012 as president of the board for a consultancy company specializing on project management.

With this new commitment to WestEnd Software and the responsibility to lead the launch of their WestEnd Workspace solutions across Europe, Chris will combine his skills and experience from previous professional endeavors to help us become Europe’s leading licensing software provider.