Chris Levanes

Chris Levanes joined CenturyLink in November 2012, and currently serves as the Director of Cloud and Managed Hosting for Asia Pacific. Based in Singapore, he is responsible for driving cloud and managed hosting growth strategies and revenues across the Asia Pacific region, including Business Development and Geo-expansion initiatives. A veteran of the industry with almost 20 years of experience, Chris’s career began as an IT Systems Manager of various environments for commercial and government organizations in Australia. He has progressed onto numerous regional executive roles with industry leaders - Red Hat, Microsoft and Hewlett Packard. Chris has authored and co-authored a number of thought leadership whitepapers and editorials, and is a frequently requested speaker at industry events. Chris graduated from Queensland University of Technology, Australia, with a Bachelor degree in Computer Science, a Post-Graduate Degree in Computer Engineering and Post-Graduate Degree in Business Administration.