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Christopher Chan

Christopher Chan

Business Operations and Strategy & Operations Leader

San Francisco Bay Area, California, US

Background


About

About

Business strategy and operations leader who turns strategic priorities into programs, operating processes, and performance routines across complex organizations. Experienced in building and leading teams, cross-functional execution, enterprise strategic planning, business transformation, customer intelligence, and AI-enabled analytics.

Work Experience

Work Experience

  • Director, Customer Strategy & Insights (Cybersecurity Strategy & Operations), Cisco

    Jan, 2017 - Jul, 20269 years 6 months

    Built and led Cisco Security's 25-person customer engagement and intelligence organization through four senior managers, integrating teams responsible for customer programs and intelligence across the product lifecycle.

    • Owned Cisco Security customer experience and success OKRs and KPIs; established cross-functional performance reviews and improvement initiatives spanning Product, Engineering, Customer Success, and Support.

    • Directed customer engagement programs across design partnerships, beta validation, and post-release feedback, incorporating customer insight into product development, release readiness, and product improvements.

    • Led executive customer engagement and advisory programs connecting enterprise CISOs with Cisco Security leadership and bringing customer priorities into executive decision-making.

    • Defined Cisco Security's AI-enabled customer intelligence strategy, including vision, architecture, roadmap, and investment priorities to turn customer feedback into actionable business insights.

    • Received the 2021 TSIA STAR Award for innovation in XaaS product management and customer outcomes; presented the methodology at Technology Services World 2021.

  • Senior Manager, Strategy and Operations (WW Operations), Cisco

    Jan, 2015 - Dec, 20161 year 11 months

    Translated software, subscription, and consumption-based monetization strategy into operational execution.

    • Defined business processes and transaction-system requirements across seven monetization models in partnership with Product, Services, Finance, Operations, and IT.

  • Senior Manager, Strategy and Operations (Office of the President), Cisco

    Feb, 2012 - Dec, 20142 years 10 months

    Integrated strategic and annual business plans across Cisco's key functions within the Office of the President.

    • Synthesized cross-functional insights to inform enterprise priorities, executive decision-making, and strategic alignment.

  • Senior Manager, Sales Strategy and Operations (Asia Pacific), Cisco

    Jan, 2007 - Jan, 20125 years

    Led Asia Pacific sales forecasting, analytics, and sales process transformation.

    • Consolidated weekly regional sales forecasts across 13 countries and standardized forecasting practices to improve pipeline visibility, performance reviews, and executive decision-making.

    • Drove regional Salesforce adoption and sales process transformation through standardized CRM workflows and seller training; represented APAC business requirements in roadmap discussions with global Sales Operations and IT.

  • Senior Manager, Global Business Systems, Cisco

    Sep, 2000 - Dec, 20066 years 3 months

    Designed and led a scalable Salesforce business readiness and rollout model across 13 Asia Pacific countries.

    • Coordinated regional program managers, user enablement, and deployment readiness; the rollout approach was subsequently adopted as a broader Cisco best practice for enterprise technology rollouts.

Skills

Skills

  • Business Operations

    Operating processes

    Performance routines

    Operational execution

  • Strategy & Operations

    Enterprise priorities

    Strategic alignment

    Executive decision support

  • Strategic Planning and Execution

    Strategic planning

    Annual business planning

    Strategy execution

  • Business Transformation

    Sales process transformation

    Subscription monetization

    Change management

  • AI Strategy & Enterprise Analytics

    AI-enabled customer intelligence

    Analytics strategy

    Roadmaps

    Investment priorities

  • Product Strategy & Operations

    Design partnerships

    Beta validation

    Release readiness

    Product feedback

  • Customer Strategy & Intelligence

    Customer experience

    Customer success

    Customer insights

    Executive advisory

  • GTM Strategy & Operations

    Sales forecasting

    Pipeline visibility

    Sales operations

  • Program Management

    Cross-functional programs

    Enterprise technology rollout

    Deployment readiness

  • Organizational Leadership

    25-person organization

    Leadership through four senior managers

    Team building

  • Performance Management

    OKRs

    KPIs

    Performance reviews

    Improvement initiatives

  • CRM and Business Systems

    Salesforce

    CRM workflows

    Transaction-system requirements

Education

Education

  • Electronic Business (e-Business), Master of Science, University of Technology Sydney

    - Jan, 2004

  • Law, Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.; J.D. equivalent), University of Queensland

    - Jan, 1998

  • Commerce, Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.), University of Queensland

    - Jan, 1996

Awards

Awards

  • TSIA STAR Award for innovation in XaaS product management and customer outcomes , Technology Services Industry Association (TSIA)

    Awarded on: Jan 01, 2021

    Recognized the customer outcomes methodology later presented at Technology Services World 2021.