Chris Zahner
Head of Sales Product, FAS, Vanguard
Chris Zahner is listed as Head of Sales Product, FAS, Vanguard. Chris is scheduled to speak at Microsoft Ignite 2026 on 18 November 2026.
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About
Chris Zahner is Head of Sales Product for Vanguard Financial Advisor Services (FAS). His team builds the tools Vanguard's wholesalers use to serve RIA, broker-dealer, wirehouse, bank, and insurance channel clients, which represent trillions in assets. His team has been partnering with Microsoft on solutions that cut across Dynamics 365, the Microsoft 365 Sales Agent, Fabric, and Work IQ. He brings 20 years of experience leading digital and product teams at Signet Jewelers (Kay, Zales, Jared, Blue Nile), U.S. Bank, Citi, and Charles Schwab. He holds an MBA from UT Austin, degrees in Economics and History from UC Davis, and is a patented inventor.
Upcoming
Microsoft Ignite 2026 17 November 2026 – 20 November 2026
- How Vanguard is transforming advisor productivity with data and AI Speaker · 18 November 2026
Spoke alongside
People who have shared a session with Chris at events on B2DB.
- Sangeeta Iyer Forwarded Deployed Engineering Leader, Industry Solutions Engineering · Microsoft 1 shared session
Others from Vanguard
- Claire Maillet 🗣️ International Keynote Speaker | 🏆 Multi-Award-Winning Fraud Expert | 💻 Academic Researcher | 📘 PhD Thesis on Internal Fraud Awarded ‘Pass No Corrections’ in 2026 | 🧠 ADHD, ASD & Stammer 5 sessions
- Keyur Parikh Head of IIG Technology Strategy & Services 2 sessions
- Yan Pu Principal, Global Head of Foreign Exchange 2 sessions
- Ahron Geminder Head of Digital Product 1 session
- Azin Shahidi Head of International Technology Office- Strategy & Governance 1 session
- Deola Habeeb Head of Global Tech Operations 1 session
- Edward Hassall Equity Portfolio Manager & Trader 1 session
- James Chatfield Head Trader - Asia Pacific & Senior Portfolio Manager 1 session
- Janielle Porter ETF Capital Markets 1 session
- MacKenzie Pettit Assistant Portfolio Manager and Equity Trader 1 session
- Sara Devereux CIO VCM, Global Head of Fixed Income 1 session