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Chris Comparato

VP, Customer Solutions
Acquia, Inc.

Chris comes to us with an extensive background in leadership roles at service-oriented software and consulting organizations. Chris was the SVP Worldwide Customer Solutions for Endeca (recently acquired by Oracle) where he led several client-facing functions including consulting, solution enablement, education, and customer care. He often wore numerous hats including the Executive Sponsor for Endeca’s strategic partner initiatives, spearheading Endeca’s initial penetration into the Enterprise space. He also championed Endeca’s strategic partner initiatives, facilitated its initial penetration into the Enterprise space, and re-shaped its client base in the West Region. At Endeca, Chris worked with other Acquians, including Chris Harrop and Jess Iandiorio.

Prior to Endeca, Chris held management roles with Keane, Breakaway Solutions and Cambridge Technology Partners. He started his career at TASC (The Analytical Sciences Corporation) as a team technical lead and developer. Chris holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Union College.

Recent blog posts

Posted on Monday, May 20, 2013 - 18:14
Hello DrupalCon! Have you arrived yet? DrupalCon Portland starts officially tomorrow but come and get your badges and awesome t-shirts. I was going through the session list to pick out what sessions would be most beneficial for me and I wanted to More...
Posted on Thursday, May 2, 2013 - 09:44
As the site manager for acquia.com, I had a lot to think about when we originally decided to translate the site into other languages. Why are we translating? What will we be translating? How will we handle pages that aren’t translated? What modules More...
Posted on Tuesday, March 12, 2013 - 11:59
This may come as a shock, but some of us at Acquia aren't afraid to have a drink every once in a while. And what better time of year to discuss the finer points of beer and drinking than St. Patrick's day, right? Beer tap in the Acquia kitchen St. More...
Posted on Tuesday, February 19, 2013 - 12:09
Test, test, test, everyone has an opinion of what will work best when it comes to websites but you can’t argue with data. We know marketers love data! (cute marketing pick up line, “I love you, like a marketer loves data!” ) Testing is a huge part More...
Posted on Tuesday, January 15, 2013 - 15:43
I recently used acquia.com to demonstrate how to increase site traffic on a Drupal website by improving the online marketing. This conversation made me think that I could share some of the key things I do on acquia.com with other Drupal site More...
Posted on Thursday, April 26, 2012 - 19:47
Originally posted http://www.theworld.org/2012/04/governments-websites/ Alex Gallafent of the BBC examines how countries go about creating their own government web sites to market themselves to their own citizens. Tom Erickson, CEO of Acquia, More...
Posted on Monday, December 5, 2011 - 09:52
User Experience Designer Lisa Rex from Acquia joins Andrew Riley, Ryan Price, and Mike Anello in this episode of the podcast to discuss her involvement in the Drupal community, DrupalCon session proposals and sprints, potential interview questions More...
Posted on Thursday, November 10, 2011 - 14:37
Emma Jane Hogbin and Acquia's Erich Ludwig join Andrew Riley, Ryan Price, and Mike Anello in this super-sized podcast to discuss Emma Jane’s new book, “Drupal User’s Guide”, Acquia’s new “U”, and a bunch of other Drupal-related stories from the past More...