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Albena Ivanova — Director Enterprise Customers, Chaos

Chaos’ Key Account Group are unsung heroes of the CG industry. They understand the trends of the VFX, arch-viz and design industries; they’re happy to be woken up at 3AM on Christmas morning to help customers solve problems—and they help gather feedback to help shape Chaos products.

Heading up the Key Account Group is the dynamic and energetic “Mother of Dragons,” Albena Ivanova. After studying business at university, Albena honed her skills in film production before joining Chaos. Albena discusses the unusual ways customers use Chaos software, reminisces about epic parties for clients and talks about her newest recruit—Chris Nichols himself.

Links:

Albena Ivanova on LinkedIn > 

Albena Ivanova V-Ray Interview >


Chapters:

5:42 Introducing Albena

12:32 Albena’s movie experience

16:31 Joining Chaos

19:01 What the Key Accounts Group does

25:58 The importance of feedback

34:20 Consulting with unusual businesses

39:30 Sales and Tinder dates

45:33 Partying at the Dodgers Stadium

50:51 500 customer meetings—from home

58:49 Why Chris loves being part of Key Accounts



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About the author

Christopher Nichols

Chris is a CG industry veteran and Director of Chaos Labs. He can also be heard regularly as the host of the CG Garage podcast which attracts 20,000 weekly listeners. With a background in both VFX and Design, Chris has worked for Gensler, Digital Domain, Imageworks and Method Studios. His credits include Maleficent, Oblivion and Tron: Legacy.

Originally published: March 8, 2021.
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