Brian Chau
Expert Sales Engineering Director and Leader
- Location
- San Francisco Bay Area
- Industry
- Information Technology and Services
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Brian Chau's Overview
- Current
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- Director, North America Solutions Consulting at Keynote Systems
- Past
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- Lead Solutions Consultant at Keynote Systems
- Director, Corporate Systems Engineering at Xangati
- Director, Applications Engineering at OPNET Technologies, Inc.
- Education
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- Georgia Institute of Technology
- Recommendations
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26 people have recommended Brian
- Connections
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500+ connections
- Websites
Brian Chau's Summary
Experienced sales engineering manager with expertise in network and application performance management, including a strong understanding of the needs of IT organizations, various IT management products, and what is needed to generate revenue and grow business.
History of success in driving business and generating revenue through activities such as pre-sales and post-sales engineering, technical marketing, development of marketing materials, conference/tradeshow marketing, and training.
Strong ability to convey value of technical solutions to a wide range of audiences, from IT staff members to managers and C-level executives through excellent verbal and written communications skills.
Proficient in establishing rapport and building client relationships while understanding the needs of the customer in order to develop sales strategies that can be applied from initial contact to closing.
Specialties:
* Team Leadership and Management
* Career Planning and Development
* Pre-Sales Engineering/Systems Engineering
* Post-Sales Engineering, Customer Support, and Training
* Strategic Account Management
* Technical Marketing
* Product Marketing and Management
* Project Management
* Web and Mobile Site Monitoring
* Application and Network Performance Management
* Network Monitoring, Troubleshooting, and Analysis
Brian Chau's Experience
Director, North America Solutions Consulting
Keynote Systems
Public Company; 201-500 employees; KEYN; Internet industry
January 2011 – Present (2 years 5 months)
Manager of North American Solutions Consulting team that provides pre-sales and post-sales engineering support.
Lead Solutions Consultant
Keynote Systems
Public Company; 201-500 employees; KEYN; Internet industry
November 2008 – January 2011 (2 years 3 months)
Leader within Solutions Consulting organization that provides pre-sales and post-sales engineering support to Northern California customers; and oversees responsibilities of other Solutions Consultants from the Western US. Also among top sales producers and helped Northern California sales team achieve quota during first year with Keynote.
Director, Corporate Systems Engineering
Xangati
Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry
April 2008 – October 2008 (7 months)
Technical expert and contributor to sales and marketing activities, including sales engagements (i.e., evaluations and demos), customer support, and development of technical marketing resources.
Director, Applications Engineering
OPNET Technologies, Inc.
Public Company; 501-1000 employees; OPNT; Computer Software industry
December 1999 – March 2008 (8 years 4 months)
Leader within pre-sales and post-sales engineering team that provided technical customer support for network and application performance management solutions. Strong contributions to overall company revenue.
Brian Chau's Skills & Expertise
- Capacity Planning
- Troubleshooting
- Analysis
- Pre-sales
- Post-sales Support
- Application Performance Management
- Account Management
- Sales Management
- Product Marketing
- Project Management
- Training
- Sales Operations
- Networking
- Telecommunications
- Management
- Virtualization
- Professional Services
- Sales
- Product Development
- Security
- Leadership
- VoIP
- SaaS
- Cloud Computing
- Enterprise Software
- Sales Engineering
- Business Development
- Solution Selling
- Product Management
- Data Center
- Salesforce.com
- CRM
Brian Chau's Education
Georgia Institute of Technology
1995 – 1999
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