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EPISODE · Feb 22, 2026 · 1H 4M

Chris Degnan, Snowflake Ex-CRO on Scaling GTM & Enterprise Tech

from Venture with Grace · host Grace Gong

Chris Degnan is the former Chief Revenue Officer at Snowflake.~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators. Nebius provides AI infrastructure you can count on, combining reliability and speed with flexibility and engineering support unmatched by hyperscalers. AI leaders like Meta, Shopify, and Higgsfield already partner with Nebius to run their AI workloads. Plus, venture-backed startups can save up to $150,000 on compute costs when they apply for access. Visit nebius.com or nebius.com/startups to learn more~~~~~~~~~~~ He helped scale the Data Cloud across multiple public clouds and global enterprise clients. He iis a seasoned enterprise tech executive and board advisor, with 15+ years in building and scaling go-to-market organizations. Chris Degnan co-founded Noname Security and has advised ICONIQ, Giga, Factory, Watershed, PointFive, and Clumio, guiding companies on GTM strategy, revenue scaling, and operational excellence. With deep experience in enterprise sales, product commercialization, and board governance, Chris combines hands-on execution with strategic insight for founders and leadership team plus author of MakeItSnowBook.com detailing Snowflake's playbook, Chris guides founders on sales culture, hiring grit, and durable revenue scale after prior leadership at EMC, Aveksa, Informatica, and Clumio.Topics: Why customer-obsessed GTM motions beat product hype for trillion-dollar enterprise outcomesBoard-level insights on scaling revenue teams for hypergrowth without losing operational rigor.Lessons from deploying mission-critical cloud products in regulated enterprise environments.#EnterpriseSaaS #GTMStrategy #RevenueOps #CloudScale #BoardLeadership

Chris Degnan is the former Chief Revenue Officer at Snowflake.~~~~~~~~~~~This episode is brought to you by Nebius — the ultimate cloud for AI innovators. Nebius provides AI infrastructure you can count on, combining reliability and speed with flexibility and engineering support unmatched by hyperscalers. AI leaders like Meta, Shopify, and Higgsfield already partner with Nebius to run their AI workloads. Plus, venture-backed startups can save up to $150,000 on compute costs when they apply for access. Visit nebius.com or nebius.com/startups to learn more~~~~~~~~~~~ He helped scale the Data Cloud across multiple public clouds and global enterprise clients. He iis a seasoned enterprise tech executive and board advisor, with 15+ years in building and scaling go-to-market organizations. Chris Degnan co-founded Noname Security and has advised ICONIQ, Giga, Factory, Watershed, PointFive, and Clumio, guiding companies on GTM strategy, revenue scaling, and operational excellence. With deep experience in enterprise sales, product commercialization, and board governance, Chris combines hands-on execution with strategic insight for founders and leadership team plus author of MakeItSnowBook.com detailing Snowflake's playbook, Chris guides founders on sales culture, hiring grit, and durable revenue scale after prior leadership at EMC, Aveksa, Informatica, and Clumio.Topics: Why customer-obsessed GTM motions beat product hype for trillion-dollar enterprise outcomesBoard-level insights on scaling revenue teams for hypergrowth without losing operational rigor.Lessons from deploying mission-critical cloud products in regulated enterprise environments.#EnterpriseSaaS #GTMStrategy #RevenueOps #CloudScale #BoardLeadership

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