Chris Silver

Chief Revenue Officer Parloa

Last Reviewed: September 27, 2026

Executive Summary

Chris Silver is Chief Revenue Officer of Parloa, which builds AI agents that handle customer service conversations for large enterprises, with voice at the core of its product. Parloa hired him in July 2025, weeks after its $120 million Series C, to oversee revenue generation, customer success and market strategy. He came from Five9, the cloud contact center provider, where he led strategic enterprise sales, and he has also worked at AT&T. In the period since his arrival Parloa has reported passing $50 million in annual recurring revenue and has raised a $350 million Series D at a $3 billion valuation.

Career Highlights

• Appointed Chief Revenue Officer of Parloa on 29 July 2025, responsible for revenue generation, customer success and market strategy.
• Described by Parloa in December 2025 as the Chief Revenue Officer leading global sales, as the company reported passing $50M in annual recurring revenue.
• Five9 lists him as GM & Vice President of Strategic Enterprise Sales, Canada, and describes him as its Regional Vice President of Enterprise Accounts for the Northeast and Canada regions.
• Parloa credits him with more than a decade of experience driving growth at companies including Five9 and AT&T.

Professional Journey

Silver’s career has centred on enterprise sales in customer communications. Parloa says he has more than a decade of experience driving growth at companies including Five9 and AT&T. At Five9, the cloud contact center software company, he led strategic sales organisations. Five9’s own author page for him lists him as GM & Vice President of Strategic Enterprise Sales, Canada, and describes him as its Regional Vice President of Enterprise Accounts for the Northeast and Canada regions. Neither title is dated there.

In July 2025 Parloa appointed him Chief Revenue Officer. Parloa was founded in 2018 by Malte Kosub and Stefan Ostwald and has offices in Berlin, Munich and New York. His arrival followed its $120 million Series C and the company’s $1 billion valuation. Kosub said the hire was about evolving Parloa’s go-to-market organisation without losing sight of what makes the company different. Silver said he wanted to help the company scale “not just quickly but with intent”.

Parloa then continued to build out its executive team. When it named Latané Conant as its first Chief Marketing Officer in November 2025, it described that hire as following Silver’s appointment from Five9 four months earlier. In December 2025 the company said it had passed $50 million in annual recurring revenue and named Silver as the Chief Revenue Officer leading global sales. In January 2026 it announced a $350 million Series D, led by General Catalyst, at a $3 billion valuation. Its About page continues to list him as Chief Revenue Officer. In May 2026 Parloa also announced a partnership with his former employer, Five9, which makes Parloa’s AI agents available to Five9 contact center customers.

Education

No education record was found in a first-party source.