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Chris Rihm

Observer · DISC type ci
Senior Account Executive at Grafana Labs
📍 United States

Chris is a Senior Account Executive at Grafana Labs, where he specializes in helping IT and business leaders develop their observability strategy. A graduate of Purdue University, he has a background in strategic sales from his time at Docker and DeveloperTown, focusing on open standards.

Outside of work, Chris is deeply involved with his community at College Park Church. He is a family man, enjoying time with his wife and three daughters, and has personal hobbies that include brewing coffee, contributing to his blog, and telling dad jokes.

He has a passion for brewing good coffee and is an aficionado of dad jokes.

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Experience
15 Years
Current Role
Senior Account Executive
Location
United States
Personality Overview

How Chris shows up

Assertive
Curious
Example Seeker

They are likely to ask many questions and look heavily for supporting information. They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing. They are generally good communicators and can be hard to convince.

Priorities

Topics Chris cares about

Observability Strategy
His primary professional focus is helping organizations unify metrics, logs, and traces to gain control over their systems without vendor lock-in.
Open-Source Solutions
He shows a strong commitment to open standards and user choice, values central to his roles at both Grafana and his previous position at Docker.
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Career

Work history

2-2026
Senior Account Executive
Grafana Labs
9-2025 - 2-2026
Strategic Account Executive
Docker, Inc
10-2021 - 9-2025
Senior Account Executive
Docker, Inc
1-2017 - 10-2021
Account Executive
DeveloperTown
10-2015 - 1-2017
Marketing Specialist
DeveloperTown
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Media appearances

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Education
2007 - 2011
Bachelor’s Degree
Purdue University
2003 - 2007
Education details unavailable
Covenant Christian High School
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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