Chris Kocher

Principal
Palo Alto
chris@milestone-group.com

Chris has extensive experience leading large teams toward performance goals and progressive improvements, as well as providing creative thinking at venture funded start-ups. He spent 10 years at Hewlett-Packard defining and bringing new technologies to enterprise and mid-market companies including the first laser printer, HP's first office systems and networking products, HP's first PCs and 3rd party software programs. Chris also served as VP GM at Symantec, growing the business unit from $12-25M. Chris is familiar with: enterprise software, CRM, Supply Chain, Collaboration SW, ASPs, MSPs, Security, Small Business, Wireless, Communications & Networking, Project Management, Utilities, EAI, Web Services, etc.

Chris holds a BA in Political Science and International Relations, Princeton University and an MBA in Marketing and International Business, Columbia University.