Chris Paap

About Chris Paap

With over 20 years in IT, including 10 years in product management, product marketing, and sales engineering, I bring deep expertise in delivering innovative solutions across AI/ML, cloud-native technologies, virtualization, and observability. As VP of Product Management at DigitalEX, I lead product strategy and roadmap execution, driving differentiation in hybrid cloud cost management and AI workload optimization.

Experience

1. Principal Product Manager Edge Kubernetes

   Spectro Cloud

   Sep 2025 — Present · San Jose, CA, US

   I own the product strategy and roadmap for Spectro Cloud’s Edge platform, enabling enterprises to run Kubernetes & VMs seamlessly across data centers, clouds, and challenging edge environments. I focus on industries like retail, telco, and manufacturing, where performance, simplicity, and security must work together.I partner with engineering, design, and go-to-market teams to translate customer pain points into practical features, drive the full product lifecycle, and ensure our edge solutions reduce operational complexity while scaling globally.

Education

• Texas McCombs School of Business

  Post Graduate Program, Post Graduate Program in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: Business Applications

• St.Edward's University

  BA, Computer Systems Management

Skills

• Nas
• Product Marketing
• Hp Server Hardware
• Data Center
• Scrum
• Microsoft Virtual Server
• Compellent
• Agile Methodologies
• Hyper-V
• Emc Celerra
• Management
• Operating Systems
• Storage Area Networks
• San
• Product Development
• Active Directory
• Xp
• Vmware
• Windows Server
• Product Management
• Software Product Management
• Windows Server 2003
• Strategic Planning
• Enterprise Software
• Emc Storage
• Cloud Computing
• Virtualization
• Servers
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Marketing Strategy
• Cisco Ucs
• Microsoft Exchange
• Netapp