Chris Perez

Chris Perez

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Sr. Product Marketing Director, Perforce | Engineer → B2B Marketing Strategist | AI Systems Builder
San Antonio, Texas, United States

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  • Perforce Software
    Senior Director Product Marketing
    Perforce Software
    Mar 2026 - Current (7 months)
    Product marketing leader for P4, Perforce's founding product and the industry standard version control for leading game studios, VFX houses, and semiconductor companies.

    I manage a team of marketers, content strategists, and user advocates to guide positioning, messaging, GTM, content, and sales enablement across the full P4 product line.

    Here's a few of the key milestones and outcomes I've led:
    • Unified a fragmented product suite into a cohesive platform solution.
    • Led a portfolio-level rename and repositioning for the P4 brand that has driven +80% growth in awareness YoY.
    • Developed and deployed an organization-wide AI Sales Prospecting Assistant to accelerate pipeline and enable more cross-sell acr
  • Perforce Software
    Director, Product Marketing
    Perforce Software
    Mar 2023 - Feb 2026 (3 years)
  • SolarWinds
    Director, Content Marketing
    SolarWinds
    Jul 2021 - Feb 2023 (1 year 8 months)
    • Established an executive thought leadership program and grew share of voice 70% YoY across core product themes.
    • Created an efficient content program that increased organic reach +30% YoY with 50% lower budget by deploying revised content development models, workflows, and KPIs.
    •  Partnered with Product Marketing and Customer Success teams on the SolarWinds Observability product launch—one of the company's largest product bets.
    • Owned the content engine across the full funnel, and managed teams across several brands, domains, and acquisitions
  • Lifesize
    Sr. Director, Digital Marketing
    Lifesize
    Apr 2020 - Jul 2021 (1 year 4 months)
    • Led the digital marketing function through a period of significant transformation — corporate rebrand, full website platform migration (10,000+ URLs, 1.5M+ monthly traffic, Sitecore to WordPress), and a complete overhaul of SEO and content strategy that drove 378% YoY organic traffic growth.
    • Managed external agencies and vendors, built executive-level performance dashboards, and led conversion rate optimization across web, social, and campaign channels.
  • Left Right Media
    Co-Founder, Creative Director
    Left Right Media
    Feb 2013 - Jul 2019 (6 years 6 months)
    • Co-founded a digital agency and grew it to $1M+ in annual revenue, serving clients across tech and retail including Nokia, BuildFax, and Cinnamon Shore.
    • Built and led a team of 7 across branding, positioning, web development, content strategy, and SEO.
    • Created Citygram Austin — a mobile app and local guide that grew to 6K+ monthly subscribers and repositioned the agency as a digital media company.
    • Established partnerships with brands like Whole Foods, Adobe, and Austin Food & Wine Festival.
  • IBM
    Technology and Design Interface, Hardware Engineer
    IBM
    Jul 2004 - Feb 2013 (8 years 8 months)
    • Hardware engineer on core microprocessor development for the PS3, Xbox 360, and Nintendo Wii — responsible for circuit design, fabrication, test-site coordination, and performance analysis.
    • Led cross-functional coordination across engineering teams and chaired regular interlocks to resolve trade-offs across schedule, capacity, and performance.
    • Led a patent filing team recognized as the top contributor in our division.
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  • University of Michigan
    Master's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering
    University of Michigan
    Jan 2002 - Jan 2004 (2 years 1 month)
  • Austin College
    Bachelor of Arts (B.A, Physics & Mathematics
    Austin College
    Jan 1998 - Jan 2002 (4 years 1 month)
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    Rackham Engineering Fellowship Award
    Issued by University of Michigan
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    Scholar Power Award for Academic Excellence
    Issued by University of Michigan
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    Departmental Honors in Physics
    Issued by Austin College
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