Chris Werpy

Chief Technology Officer at AVANT Communications

Folsom, California, United States

About Chris Werpy

Chris Werpy is Chief Technology Officer at AVANT Communications. Location: Folsom, California, United States.

Chris is responsible for AVANT’s growth and development of strategic initiatives, alliances and potential mergers and acquisition targets. Recognized as one of the “Most Influential” executives by Channel Futures, Chris brings a relentless energy for excellence and 20+ years of experience in business development, strategy, operations, sales, and technology leadership. Previously, Chris served as President and COO of PlanetOne as well as Masergy’s Executive Leadership Team for more than 13 years. He is a graduate of the University of Colorado, Leeds School of Business and resides in Northern California with his family. AVANT is the nation's premier Technology Services Distributor and leading industry platform for IT decision-making. AVANT provides unique value to its extensive network of Trusted Advisors with its proprietary customer facing tool, Pathfinder, original research, channel sales enablement, training, and resources to guide business decisions for next generation technologies. From the strongest security services and latest UCaaS and CCaaS solutions, to complex cloud designs and global wide-area network deployments, AVANT sets the industry standard as the leading Technology Services Distributor, enabling its partners to make intelligent, data-driven technology decisions.

Skills

  • Co-location
  • WAN
  • Management

Additional experience

  • President

    PlanetOne

    January 2022 – May 2022

Education

  • Bachelors, University of Colorado Boulder - Leeds School of Business
  • Boulder High School