Chris Garner in

Chris Garner

Observer · DISC type ic
Director Sales, DoD & Intel Community at Hyperscience
📍 Charleston, South Carolina Metropolitan Area, United States

Chris Garner is a seasoned sales director with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry, specializing in the Defense and Intelligence communities. He has a proven track record of building sales teams and bringing emerging technologies to market for companies like Microsoft, Proofpoint, and Hyperscience. He holds a BA from the University of Maryland.

Peers describe him as a strong and trusted business leader who deeply understands his customers mission needs.

He closed one of the largest deals in Microsofts history, valued at over $123 million, and also secured the largest-ever deal for the startup Liquid Machines.

Read the full overview →
Experience
16 Years
Current Role
Director Sales, DoD & Intel Community
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Charleston, South Carolina Metropolitan Area, United States
Personality Overview

How Chris shows up

Value Driven
Example Seeker
Assertive

They are generally strong communicators and are not easy to convince. They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing. They are likely to ask many questions and look heavily for supporting information.

Priorities

Topics Chris cares about

Defense & Intel Tech
His entire career focus involves selling technology solutions to the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community at companies like Hyperscience and Proofpoint.
Go-to-Market Strategy
He has extensive experience developing GTM strategies and building sales teams from the ground up for both startups and large corporations.
+5 more topics Login to view topics
Career

Work history

6-2024
Director Sales, DoD & Intel Community
Hyperscience
1-2022
Advisory Board Member
Permuta Tech Advisory Board
8-2009
Business Development - Key FSI's
Virtual Development
3-2023 - 6-2024
Sr Director, Strategic Markets & Federal System Integrators
Hitachi Vantara Federal
1-2022 - 3-2023
Senior Director, Federal & Federal System Integrators
Proofpoint
In the press

Media appearances

No media yetWe could not find public media appearances for this person.
Education
1990 - 1994
BA
University of Maryland
2000 - 2001
Certificate Program
The George Washington University
Social presence
in
Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

i

Influence (I)

Influence (I) reflects the degree to which a person prefers to work by influencing or persuading others. Those scoring high tend to be people oriented, motivated by social recognition and building relationships.

Other Hyperscience Employees

Explore more public profiles from related professionals.

More profiles

Discover additional public profiles from our index.

Unlock the full playbookSee exactly how to sell to Chris. Free, 10 seconds.