Chris Rogers

Chris’s 30+ years of executive level experience across various industries, including telecommunications, cloud software and electrical systems manufacturing is now directed towards early stage companies. He supports founders and their team to identify new opportunities and create partnerships, ecosystems, and alliances that are often critical to sustainable growth. He guides leadership teams to expand beyond a traditional customer base and leverage partner relationships.

Chris’s career includes Vice President of International Business for Antec where he served for 6 years and was a member of the team that led a successful IPO, General Manager of Raychem’s Energy Division Americas where his responsibilities included consolidating multiple manufacturing sites into a single facility in North Carolina. He was Vice President of Airspan Networks responsible for building North American business and supporting the successful IPO in 2000. Most recently Chris served Juniper Networks for 16 years managing the IBM Alliance organization and joint solutions development focusing on a secure multi-cloud environment.  Chris graduated from University of Waterloo with a Bachelor of Applied Science in Electrical Engineering.