Chris Beaudin

Chris is a full-picture business-minded technologist with over 30 years of industry experience. He has served on both the CIO and CFO senior leadership teams of several Fortune 500 companies. Chris has worked in multiple organizations and different disciplines through his Marketing, Finance, and Information Technology career. As "CFO for the IT Department" at DIRECTV/AT&T, he was the finance lead for the annual $1.3B IT Strategy and Innovation budget. He played a critical role in building a "$30B entrepreneurial start-up" into a successful company for the employees and shareholders.

After participating from inception to the blockbuster sale to AT&T, he took different senior leadership opportunities at Live Nation/Ticketmaster and for Nike and Dakine at JR 286. Chris brings a proven track record of enabling the Information Technology and Engineering teams while ensuring transparent financial oversight.

Chris is the CIO of JR 286, a global leader in the manufacturing and sporting goods industry.