Chris Gaun
Vice President Product Marketing at Island
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolChris Gaun is a product and go-to-market leader with nine years of experience scaling cloud-native and AI products from idea to enterprise adoption. Currently VP of Product Marketing at Island, he previously led product growth and management at Solo.io where he helped grow the business to unicorn scale with 10x revenue and customer expansion. He has deep domain experience in Kubernetes, container orchestration, and AI/ML platforms from senior roles at D2iQ and EY, blending technical product strategy with customer-driven growth. Early career analyst roles at Gartner and Ideas International shaped his data-driven approach to product metrics and market positioning. Based in New York, Chris balances hands-on product stewardship with executive-level storytelling to drive renewals and high net dollar retention. An unexpected detail: he once paused his corporate trajectory to focus on family life and small daily routines, reflecting a pragmatic, people-first leadership style.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Physics, Physics at The Graduate Center, City University of New YorkPhysics, Physics at Hunter College
English
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Github Skills (41)
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Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
chrisgaun/hands-on-with-kubernetes-workshop
Apr 2017 - Sep 2017
Contributions:4 commits, 24 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
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chrisgaun/Manage-Kubernetes-with-DCOS-Days
Jun 2018 - Oct 2018
Half day of using Kubernetes on DC/OS
Contributions:195 commits, 16 PRs, 112 pushes in 3 months
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