Chris Townsend
Industry Leadership
Chris Townsend serves as the vice president of public sector at Elastic, where he leads the company’s efforts to provide federal, state, and local governments with cutting-edge search, observability, and security solutions. Townsend has been instrumental in expanding Elastic’s footprint in the public sector, helping agencies harness the power of data through Elastic’s platform for real-time search and analytics. His leadership focuses on enabling government organizations to organize, secure, and access data quickly and at scale, driving transformative outcomes in areas such as cybersecurity, zero trust, secure adoption of generative AI, and improved customer experiences.
