Chris Wong

Sales Finance, Operations and Strategy at Cloudflare, Inc.

San Francisco Bay Area

About

Interests, experience and focus areas: - Cross functional leadership and alignment - Go to market development from new market sizing, segmentation, coverage and channel development - Business planning and resource optimisation across competing demands - Sales strategy from role definition, compensation, and process design - Performance management including quota development, forecasting, pipelining and attainment - Transformation: Operational and change management in a fast moving environment

Experience

  • Cloudflare (8 yrs 6 mos)
    • Senior Director, Head of Go-To-Market Finance
      Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 7 mos

    • Head of Go-To-Market Finance, Americas
      Jun 2023 - Dec 2024 · 1 yr 7 mos

      Member of the Americas Leadership Team Responsibilities include: - Execute Americas financial planning, goal setting, forecasting, budget allocation across GTM - Align of Go To Market initiatives to long term growth - Develop, track and report on relevant metrics pertaining to business drivers impacting Americas leadership

    • Head of Go-to-Market Strategy and Operations, APJC
      Feb 2018 - May 2023 · 5 yrs 4 mos

      Member of the APJC leadership team. Helping Cloudflare grow from low $X00sM to $1B+. Responsibilities include: - Annual planning - GTM strategy for emerging markets (e.g., identification of growth potential, alignment of route to market and coverage, deployment of resources) - Revenue Strategy and Operations (e.g., Quota setting, Pipeline Management, Forecasting, Operational oversight of performance metrics) - Cross functional (Sales, Marketing, Finance/IT, Product, Engineering, HR) problem solving across regions

  • SVP Strategy and Development at Unlockd
    Aug 2017 - Jan 2018 · 6 mos

  • Twitter ()
    • Sales Strategy and Operations: Head of APAC
      Nov 2016 - Aug 2017 · 10 mos

      Run sales strategy and operations for Twitter's APAC region, supporting the MD of Asia Pacific as well as each country head. Ensures the smooth day to day sales operations as well as owning special initiatives for the longer term business growth. Works with the APAC and Global sales operations and other cross functional teams to gain alignment globally, regionally and locally.

    • Sales Strategy and Operations: Head of Online Sales
      Apr 2015 - Oct 2016 · 1 yr 7 mos

      Run sales Strategy and operations for Twitter's APAC and LATAM Online Sales teams and self-serve advertising business. Also cover all channels for Australia, China and Russia. Sales Strategy and Operations at Twitter ranges from regional strategic projects and initiatives, to in country channel definition, policy development, and dispute resolution including day to day problem solving for the sales organization.

  • EMC ()
    • Senior Director, Corporate Strategy Practice Lead
      Nov 2008 - Mar 2015 · 6 yrs 5 mos

      Focused on Strategy, Growth, Operations / Productivity and Organizational design Selected project experience includes: Go-to-market , 3-year planning, Centers of Excellence, Cost Reduction, Solutions Development Process Improvement across Americas (North and South), EMEA and Asia

    • Director, Strategy Development, Emerging Markets
      Feb 2008 - Oct 2008 · 9 mos

  • Project Leader at Boston Consulting Group
    Nov 2004 - Feb 2008 · 3 yrs 4 mos