Chris Purkis

I'm looking for a Head of Product & Design with a rapidly growing, well funded start-up with half a billion users and 6 cross functional product teams, in Zurich. I'm a Senior Consultant at Ethan Partners, and we are an executive recruitment firm based in Lisbon. Some of our current and past clients include: Uber, Groupon, Zalando, Naspers, Ringier, Rocket Internet, and many others! If you'd like to learn more, feel free to take a look at my Linkedin profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrispurkis/

I'm a Consultant at Ethan Partners, a Global Executive Search company, assisting start-ups & enterprises to find Executive talent (C-level to Director roles). We're an incredibly nimble firm, & I have developed expertise in aeas like Fintech, Automotive, Gaming, within many sub-domains like Connected Car, Strategic Outsourcing, AI/Machine learning tech, Cloud Gaming, etc. I love creating strategies for finding the best talent, & turning over every rock to help clients find a great match for their roles.

At Outsell, we ensure executives make the right strategic decisions and increase revenue through expert advisory, groundbreaking research, peer-to-peer events, and exclusive online communities. I was hired as the only BDR as a part of an experimental BDR program to sell and spread awareness about new services at Outsell. More specifically, I did the initial outreach to prospects and set up meetings for my sales manager.

From March 2015 until February 2016, I lived in Guayaquil, Ecuador, in the house of my grandmother, to learn Spanish at an advanced level. I also worked part time as a waiter to earn extra money, and traveled to Portugal during this time.

- I supported our amazing community of free-trial users! - I brought in over $5,000 in monthly recurring revenue for our business. I provided our users with the value they needed before subscribing to our platform, and converted 28 free trial users into paying customers. - After the trial period, received a full time job offer with the team but decided to pursue other opportunities and to move to Guayaquil, Ecuador, to learn Spanish and to be with my family.

I was a sales development apprentice at Salesforce in California. I sped up the process of identifying and qualifying the best prospects possible for my team. I did this by searching for and getting useful information on decision makers, preparing cold messages for potential customers, and I helped bring in over $600k in estimated pipeline by doing the above activities

I studied abroad for 5.5 months in Pforzheim, Germany, and earned credits towards both my Certification in Professional Sales, and towards my Bachelors Degree in Marketing.

- Certification in Professional Sales - 12 months as trumpet player in Jazz ensemble - Honors Thesis project completed; Study on the roles of self efficacy and life satisfaction for effective student leaders - Graduated with Honors in General Education