Christopher W. Cabrera

Christopher W. Cabrera (born December 5, 1966) is an American entrepreneur, author, and philanthropist. He is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Xactly Corporation.
Early Life and Education
Cabrera was born in Framingham, Massachusetts to Eduardo and Ruth (née Grahm) Cabrera. He is one of five siblings raised in a Columbian-American family. He was first employed as a local paperboy, and in High School he worked at Togo’s.
Cabrera graduated from Saratoga High School in 1984. He received a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Entrepreneurship from the University of Southern California and an MBA from Santa Clara University. He later founded a security company, Cave Imaging, with his father.
Career
In March 2005, Cabrera founded Xactly with Satish K. Palvai and has served as the company’s CEO for the last ten years.
Cabrera is the author of Game The Plan (River Grove Books, 2014) and co-author of Xactly Sales Compensation for Dummies (Wiley Publishing, 2006), as well as a contributing writer to such industry publications as Inc.com, Selling Power Magazine, and destinationCRM .
Influence and Honors
*National Honoree, Beta Gamma Sigma - May 2013
*2011 “Alumni Entrepreneur of the Year” by the Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at the USC Marshall School of Business.
*2010 Winner - ABA - Best Overall Company Award
Board Affiliations
*Board of USC Marshall Partners, Northern California
*Advisory Board for Santa Clara University's Leavey School of Business
*SCU Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE).
Personal life
Cabrera lives in Almaden and has been married to his wife Marla Cabrera for 25 years. They have two children together, Alexa and Cole.

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