Christopher Cook

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ABOUT CHRISTOPHER COOK

A hands on business development and technical design executive with broad engineering experience in storage, enterprise servers, cloud computing, big data, telecom, video, medical, and mobile PC/handheld markets. Spent the past 10+ years focused on FLASH storage: SSDs (Fibre Channel, SAS, and SATA), PCIe, and Memory Channel Storage (MCS). Expertise with FLASH endurance techniques and characterizing SSD performance for major OEMs. A successful motivator and leader who desires challenges requiring innovative and technical expertise, teamwork, and continued learning. Capable of driving schedules as well as tools to ensure projects meet schedules and cost constraints.Results driven with strong communication skills with cross functional teams as well as customers. Formally trained in conflict management, building high performing technical teams, motivation, morale, and constructing efficient organizations.Central US/Eastern US/Canada/European customer experience covering major accounts. For example, IBM, Lenovo, Motorola, EMC, Cisco, Scientific Atlanta, Kontron, Nokia, Ericsson, Mellanox, General Dynamics, Northrop Grumman, and various emerging accounts from Nebraska to Israel.Experience in system design, ASIC design, hardware and software development, manufacturing support, operations, sales, and customer support (pre-sale and post-sale). Quickly pick up new technologies.Specialties: Director, Management, FAE Management, Project Management, P&L, Engineering, Field Applications, Customer Development, System Architect, Designer, Leadership, Team Building, Conflict Management, Organizational Design, Project, Program, Development, Requirements, Scheduling, Design, Integration, Test, Computers, Hand-held, Hardware, Wireless, Software, Embedded Devices, Medical Equipment, Communications, ASIC, Unix, Windows, Entrepreneur, Startup, Semiconductors, Electrical Engineer.