Chris Hillyer

Chris Hillyer is the global Director of Professional Services for the nVent Data Solutions business. He has worked in the IT, data center, and communications industry for 32 years understanding and leading industry change at some of the world’s largest compute installations.

Prior to joining nVent as a Senior Solution Architect, Chris spent a combined 10 years at BlackBox Networks, UC Davis Healthcare, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) as a Global Data Center Design Engineer, responsible for data center design and engineering for Western US and APAC regions.

Chris holds certifications with BICSI RITP, BICSI Outside Plant Design, CNet CDCMP, and is a FOA Certified Fiber Optic Specialist. Chris has 7 patents issued or under application, and has authored two articles for ITC Journal.  In the past Chris has owned responsibility for the BICSI TDMM and RITP, and was a Master Trainer for the VDV training program in Northern California where he worked to develop the first regional training program for IBEW/NECA.