Chris Palmer is a proven Global executive who has led financial organizations, business operations, and key strategic initiatives for industry leaders such as Intel, Micron, and Televerde. His colleagues know him as a quick study and critical thinker that expertly balances strategy and detail to deliver results and increased value in nearly any environment whether organic growth operations, joint ventures, or through mergers & acquisitions.
Chris has delivered exemplary results across a wide range of financial, general management, and operating assignments including as Chief Financial and Chief Innovation Officer of Televerde, a private Equity backed Sales and Marketing BPO that he helped more than double in size and expand globally. He earned Finance Executive International’s Arizona CFO of the year award for his innovation and financial leadership excellence while at Televerde. Chris currently serves as an advisor for Stepwyze.io…The Blockchain Company and consults with Twist Bioscience, a silicon-based DNA manufacturing company, seeking to scale its operations and increase its competitive advantage in the face of rapid growth.
Chris received his undergraduate degree at University of Arizona and his Master’s in Business Administration from Duke University where he graduated as a Fuqua Scholar, the school’s top academic honor. He began his career at Big Four firm KPMG where he learned the language of business and most importantly project management skills that help him create order from chaos to this day.
Chris enjoys both the creative and the doing aspects of business which he coins as, “the persistent pursuit of excellence, the leveraging of the novel, and the relentless alignment of collective energy to make great results happen.”