Christopher Schmidt

A 20-year networking industry veteran, Christopher Schmidt joined Arista Networks in 2008 as a Sales Director and was responsible for the company's growth in low latency financial services. He now drives worldwide sales and customer engagement for the company across global regions and non cloud verticals. Prior to Arista, Chris was a Client Director at Cisco Systems responsible for global sales at key financial institutions. Previously, Chris was a sales consultant for minimally invasive procedures at Boston Scientific.

Chris holds a B.S. in Marketing and Management from Siena College.