Welcome to the Second in Command Podcast, produced by the C.O. Alliance and brought to

its founder Cameron Herald.

In the second-in-command podcast, we talked to top COOs who share the insights, strategies,

and tactics that made them the chief behind the chief.

And now here's your host, Cameron Harold.

Our guest today is the C.O.

of Bumi, Chris Port.

Chris is responsible for the support, services, success,

and strategy functions within the company.

Chris led the Dell acquisition of Boome in 2011

and was responsible for the company's integration and growth post acquisition.

Previously, Chris was a general manager within Dell Software's system management business unit,

where he was one of the first team members when the organization was formed.

Chris brings a range of experiences to Bhoomi with his career spanning software,

corporate strategy, corporate development, operations, and finance.

Chris was also a senior manager at Kurt Salim Associates, a global

consultancy focused on the retail and consumer product sectors, and spent a year

living abroad in Japan. Chris holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Management from Georgia Tech and

MBA from Duke University. So Chris, welcome to the Second Command podcast.

Thanks Cameron, thanks for having me. I guess it makes sense now why you're based in Austin the fact that you were working with Dell is that what brought you to Austin?

That is what brought up here just over 19 years ago. Nice. It's a great ride. It It's it feels like a pretty booming city right now is all the news that we're reading accurate? Is it just like you know one direction all the traffic coming in to Austin? No one leaving. That's what it feels like right now.

It has definitely changed in our 19 years,

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