1. Christopher P. Geddes's Bio
Christopher P. Geddes has worked in the High Technology industry for close to 20 years, adding value
to Fortune 1000 customers and technology partners through the offer of emerging technologies. He has
worked for some of the most innovative and leading edge emerging technology start-ups in the world.
Having held senior Sales and Business Development positions with 4 start-ups, 3 of which had major
capital events, he has participated in 5 major technology adoption cycles which have changed the face
of business. Christopher played a major role on teams responsible for the early growth and adoption of
Web Media at Silicon Graphics, B2B Internet Commerce at Commerce One, Open Source Software at
SUSE Linux and Spike Source, Cloud Computing at Concursive Corp. and Big Data at Persistent
Systems. From an investment perspective, in 1999, Commerce One's stock become the highest first
gainer on NASDAQ history rising close to 1000% in it's initial day of trading. Also, SUSE Linux was
acquired by Novell for $500M in a record transaction when IPOs and acquisitions were rare. Spike
Source was also acquired by Black Duck software to fill out their management and support portfolio.
Christopher is an accomplished Business Development and Sales executive having produced, over a
17 year term, quota and revenue target attainment of an average of 150%, with sales figures ranging
from $7-$50M per year. He has served customers in the High Tech, Media, Retail, Financial Services
and Telecommunications verticals, being a keen thought leader on the impact emerging technology has
on industry. Executives from all sectors trust Christopher for his foresight and know-how on the impact
new technologies and business models have on business processes and performance. Having lived in
Silicon Valley and New York, Christopher is well networked in the enterprise and start-up communities.
In his last role as Senior Director of Sales and Business Development at Persistent Systems, he
maintained a client list of such technology leaders as VMWare, Autodesk, Ariba, Informatica, Harmonic,
Google and Pitney Bows. He also spearheaded a Venture Capital Partnership program in which VCs
used Persistent's development resources as a means to optimize capital at their portfolio companies. In
addition, Christopher renovated the Outsourced Product Development (OPD) business model of
Persistent to incorporate innovation contribution (enabling new features to be built) and business
development impact, making better alignment of company resources with the strategic objectives of the
ISV and start-up customers he served.
Christopher graduated from The University Of Houston Business School with a B.A with concentration
in Marketing and a minor in Entrepreneurship. He was a part of the first undergraduate
entrepreneurship program in the United States.
Christopher is in the process of relocating to Europe from the Caribbean where he is currently based.
He is extremely excited about the Social Business space as he sees this as the next stage of enterprise
value to be provided by Web technologies. Chris is open to working with start-ups in the B2B or B2C
markets in the capacity of early Venture Development or be an adviser on Business Development,
Sales Strategy and Execution. He is interesting in networking and getting to know the key players in the
start-up community in Europe. Follow Christopher on Twitter @primalCODE, see his LinkedIn profile
at www.linkedin.com/in/geddeschris and check out his interests
atwww.pinterest.com/primalcode/my-values

2. Regards,
Christopher Paul Geddes