# Chris Young (slim)

> Chris Young is president at Chief Executive Officer and Director. Vertex O Series on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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President, Chief Executive Officer and Director.

Chris Young became president and chief executive of Vertex, and joined its board, in November 2025. He was previously executive vice president for business development, strategy and ventures at Microsoft from 2020 to 2025 and chief executive of McAfee from 2017 to 2020, and he co-founded Cyveillance.

## What Chris builds

- [Vertex O Series](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/vertex-tax.md), graded C, 54.8/100, in Tax calculation & compliance. Vertex O Series is indirect tax software from Vertex, Inc. that calculates sales tax, use tax and VAT for a transaction and records it for reporting. Agents reach it through REST v2 APIs with OAuth client credentials. President, Chief Executive Officer and Director, researched 2026-10-28.

## Works with

- [Bala Chandran](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/bala-chandran/), Chief Product and Technology Officer

## Questions

### Who is Chris Young?

Chris Young became president and chief executive of Vertex, and joined its board, in November 2025. He was previously executive vice president for business development, strategy and ventures at Microsoft from 2020 to 2025 and chief executive of McAfee from 2017 to 2020, and he co-founded Cyveillance.

### What does Vertex, Inc. make?

Anchor Terminal lists Vertex O Series from Vertex, Inc..

### How are Chris's tools graded?

Vertex O Series is graded C, 54.8 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.vertexinc.com/
- https://www.vertexinc.com/contact-us
- https://www.vertexinc.com/support-services/customer-support
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertex,_Inc.

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