BIO

Christine Heckart is a 30-year veteran of the tech industry with a track record of creating new categories in business and consumer markets. Her latest company, Xapa World, is a mobile app that helps companies grow the people that grow the business. Xapa is intended to be a powerful and lasting legacy to democratize access to the competencies, programs and content that is often reserved for the wealthy, educated and powerful. It represents a fun and unique way to consume all forms of personal improvement and professional development. Today, she works with CEOs and executives teams around the world to help them achieve unparalleled business outcomes by cost effectively scaling development for leaders, managers and global talent and providing daily practice of the skills and behaviors that are most associated with high performance. Prior to founding Xapa, Christine was CEO of Scalyr, Inc., a data analytics company acquired by SentinelOne, with its initial public offering in 2021. Christine held executive roles at Cisco, Microsoft, NetApp, and Juniper Networks, and TeleChoice, Inc. and board roles at Lam Research, a Fortune 250 semiconductor equipment company, SiTime, 6sense, Contentful, Next Gen Directors Academy at Berkeley Haas Business School, and others. Named one of the ten top strategic thinkers and 50 most powerful people in the technology industry before she was thirty, Christine has also received a variety of respected awards including the Fifty Most Powerful Women in Technology, 2016 Woman of Influence, Top 100 Silicon Valley Female Leaders, and 2020 Top Women in Cloud. Christine is a frequent speaker and guest lecturer at conferences, universities, and enterprise companies on topics that include advanced technology trends, conscious capitalism, engaging Millennials and Gen Z, category creation and leadership. Christine has three amazing adult children and lives with her husband of thirty five years, Doug, and their very large Bernese Mountain Dog, Tank. In her spare time she paints, writes, reads, is an avid sports fan, renaissance woman and adventurer. Read Q&A with Christine>