Santi Pierini, Chief Marketing Officer
Santi Pierini is the Chief Marketing Officer responsible for global marketing and outbound strategy for the company. Santi joined InQuira with over 20 years of experience in brand management and marketing to Global 2000 companies. Previously, he held the position of Senior Vice President of Marketing at Day Software. He also served as Vice President of Product Strategy at Vignette Corporation. Pierini joined Vignette via the company’s acquisition of OnDisplay, where he was an officer and Senior Vice President of Marketing and Global Product Management. Prior to this, he was in sales and marketing with Dun & Bradstreet Software, a systems engineer with Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and a senior management consultant for Andersen Consulting (Accenture). Santi holds a degree in computer science from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo.
Chris Hall, Vice President, Product Marketing
Chris brings over twenty years of business experience as a senior marketing and product strategy professional in the enterprise software industry. Prior to joining InQuira, Chris was the Vice President in charge of the global product strategy initiatives at KANA Software. Chris has been Vice President of Worldwide Marketing for Chordiant where he pioneered the company’s customer experience (Cx) branding and was Senior Director of Product Management for Silknet Software which launched a successful IPO in 1999. Chris has a BA in Engineering from the University of Maine and resides in Amherst, New Hampshire.
Nav Chakravarti, Vice President, Solutions
Nav Chakravarti joined InQuira in April 2000, as a member of the founding team. As Vice President of Product Marketing, he is responsible for InQuira’s product messaging and positioning. During his seven year tenure at InQuira, he has had extensive experience in consulting with InQuira’s customers to present InQuira’s value proposition, guiding solution architecture and implementing search and knowledge management solutions. Prior to joining InQuira, Nav spent seven years at Cambridge Technology Partners where he was a Director of Internet Solutions. Nav’s education includes a BS and an MS in Computer Engineering from Michigan State University and an MBA in Marketing from the Anderson School at UCLA.
