Chris Hughes
AI Native Security - InfoSec Intelligence - Zero Day Prevention - Cloud Workload Security - IT/OT Convergence - Critical Infrastructure Cyber Defense (30K connections capacity)
- Role
- Director, Enterprise & Mid-market Sales at Darktrace
- Location
- Charlotte, NC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Chris Hughes
A decorated Sales Professional with a unique ability of scaling world-class Sales and Alliance Teams focused on Fortune 500 market expansion. Skilled in Sales Management, Brand Development, and Cross-Functional Team Leadership. SaaS based Enterprise Security Sales Director and Emerging Technology authority. Focus: Sales Leadership - SSE - CASB/SWG/ZTNA - Enterprise PKI Management - A.I- SOC Automation - Cloud Workload Protection - SaaS - IoT/OT/IIoT Cyber Defense - Threat Visibility - APT Protection - Micro-Segmentation - Cyber Resilience - Critical System Protection - Endpoint, Network and Application Security - SOCaaS - Compliance - Data Protection
Experience
Director, Enterprise & Mid-market Sales
Feb 2026 — Present · US
Education
East Carolina University
Business/Corporate Communications
1991 — 1995
Wake Forest University
Certificate in Cyber Security (CCS), Security Strategy & Implementation
2015
Skills
- Saas
- Forecasting
- Strategic Partnerships
- Strategic Planning
- Network Security
- Integration
- Business-to-Business (B2b)
- Account Management
- Needs Analysis
- Contract Negotiation
- Marketing
- Sales
- Sales Process
- Cloud Security
- Security
- Enterprise Software
- Sales Management
- Data Intelligence
- Strategy
- Business Development
- Software as a Service (Saas)
- Management
- Team Building
- Threat Intelligence
- Marketing Strategy
- Executive Management
- Information Security
- Solution Selling
- Sales Operations
- New Business Development
- Cyber Security
- B2b
- Cyber Defense
- Automation Technology
- Cloud Computing
- Software Industry
- Endpoint Security
- Networking
- Leadership
- Team Leadership
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