Chris Heard
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Chris Heard
CEO of Olive
Chris Heard, CEO and co-founder of Olive Technologies, began his journey with “Bars in Action” in England before transitioning to tech sales. He played a key role at Mobify, driving growth as head of business development and senior account executive. He then led sales teams across the US tech industry. In 2018, Chris co-founded Olive Technologies, with a mission to revolutionize enterprise IT decision-making by eliminating bias, enhancing transparency, and improving efficiency.
Dan Harrison
Co-Founder of Olive
To take a page from Henry Hill, “As far back as he can remember, Dan always wanted to change the world with computers”. Growing up in the semi-rural outskirts of Vancouver, Canada, there wasn’t much to do besides read, build forts, and tinker with computers. Born at just the right time to watch the growth of the internet first hand, Dan directed his life from an early age to one day have a startup of his own.
Dan spent much of his early adult life learning the trade of cabinet refinishing, which lead to his first entrepreneurial journey, taking over the company so he could continue to pay for his university classes.
With nearly 10 years behind him working directly with clients, and with a newly minted CS degree, he joined a local startup, Mobify, as a Sales Engineer. This unique role was a perfect blend of tech and customer service, and allowed Dan to grow his experience across multiple disciplines. It was also at Mobify where Dan met Chris.
After working in a number of technical sales roles, Dan noticed himself drifting from that one principle that brought him the most happiness through life: “Be of service to others” . He pulled the plug and followed his dreams, joining Chris to start Olive. Each day since has brought Dan the same excitement he felt as a little tinkerer, as he can help drive the creation of something of value and be of service to others.