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Conor Forde

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Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) at Aiven
📍 Cork, County Cork, Ireland

Conor Forde is the Chief Revenue Officer at Aiven, responsible for the entire Go-To-Market organization, including sales and marketing. His career features progressive leadership roles at Cloudera and Hortonworks, focusing on scaling operational capabilities. He earned a Bachelor of Business in Information Systems from Munster Technological University.

Conor has deep professional ties to Cork, Ireland, where he previously established a global operations center for Cloudera and has driven Aivens recent EMEA hub expansion. In 2021, he accepted the "Best Workplace" award on behalf of Cloudera, highlighting his commitment to fostering positive work environments.

He operates on the principle of "do as I do, not as I say, " emphasizing transparent and authentic leadership.

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Experience
17 Years
Current Role
Chief Revenue Officer (CRO)
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Cork, County Cork, Ireland
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Go-To-Market Strategy
He leads the entire GTM organization at Aiven and recently rethought how the company scales its market efforts to support its next phase of growth.
Open Source Data
He is a proponent of Aiven's open-source data platform, which is designed to help developers and businesses accelerate the creation of new applications.
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Career

Work history

3-2026
Chief Revenue Officer (CRO)
Aiven
10-2024 - 3-2026
Senior Vice President - Go To Market
Aiven
10-2023 - 10-2024
Vice President Sales Operations & Strategy
Aiven
2-2022 - 9-2023
Vice President Go To Market (GTM) Operations
Cloudera
1-2020 - 2-2022
Snr. Director Global Field CoE
Cloudera
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Education
2003 - 2007
Bachelor of Business (Honours) In Information Systems
Munster Technological University
1997 - 2003
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