Chris Burleson
— EVP of Sales


Chris Burleson is Aztec's Executive Vice President of Sales where he is responsible for enterprise-wide sales strategy and execution. Chris joined the Aztec team as a result of the Aztec-ProData merger. Prior to Aztec Chris founded ProData in 1981, and served as President and Director of Sales. Chris is frequently asked to provide insight into the areas of accounting software, business automation, business partnering, eBusiness, and the accounting software industry. Due to his experience in the software industry, he has become a noted expert on accounting solutions for mid-sized organizations with particular emphasis in supply chain.

Prior to founding ProData, Chris was the Director of Sales for the Oklahoma-based software firm R.F. Jenkins & Associates and helped develop the firm's COBOL-based mini-computer product for the distribution and service industry. Before joining R.F. Jenkins & Associates, Chris was a District Sales Manager for NCR Corporation and headed up numerous management positions to include Major Retail Accounts for the State of Oklahoma, Strategic Corporate Mainframe Accounts, and the Medical Education and Government Sales Division.

Most notable of Chris's sales and consulting experience is his tremendous market knowledge of having been involved in over 1,000 ERP implementations over 34 years of various sizes, ranging for small, 5-to-10 users systems up through an extensive background in large enterprise, mainframe based installations.

Chris holds a B.S. degree from the University of Oklahoma with Majors in Marketing & Finance and Minors in Management and Economics. He was previous president of the Delta Tau Delta Housing Corporation and is a member of the University of Oklahoma Business School Alumni Association.

"When we were having trouble reaching our former Great Plains VAR, Aztec stepped up to the plate and was very responsive."

— Brian T. O'Donnel, Manager, Parago, Inc.