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Chris Kollas, Vice President, Business Development

Chris has built his career working in sales and business development roles for various technology start-up ventures. He joined RealNetworks in 1997 and after two years running the western region sales organization, he was promoted to build and lead strategic group responsible for partnering with major U.S. and then European network providers, including Akamai, Speedera, Qwest, British Telecom, and Deutsche Telekom. These partnerships resulted in over $50MM of revenues.

Prior to RealNetworks,Chris developed strategy to penetrate North American retail and emerging markets as Director of Sales for Creative Multimedia, a developer and publisher of consumer-branded CD-ROM products. Creative partnered with top tier brands including Time-Warner, USNews, Viacom, and Billboard. Under Chris’ direction, retail distribution grew from 400 to over 13,000 outlets and revenue grew from one to six million dollars in three years. The company was acquired by IHS Inc. in 1995.

Chris began his career in 1990 as an account manager at Central Point Software, an innovative security software publisher acquired by Symantec in 1994.

Chris earned a Masters in Education with a Humanities endorsement from Antioch University. He holds a B.S. in Business Administration with a Speech Communications Minor from Oregon State University.