Advisor Christopher Ginder serves as a RVP of Federal Sales at Elastic, an open-source search platform aimed at enterprises seeking to unlock insights from data from any source and allow users to take action. Prior to this role, Chris was the Regional Director of Federal Civilian Sales at NetApp US Public Sector, and was responsible for NetApp’s Civilian federal organization as well as their federal healthcare vertical. Prior to joining NetApp, Chris held sales and marketing positions at companies such as Dell, OpenText, and Adobe, focused on the public sector and enterprise markets, and has been in the IT industry since 1995. Chris holds a BA from the University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from Georgetown University.