Chris brings over 30 years of experience in building large scale operations focused on technology development and introduction across a wide variety of sectors including internet, wireless networks, data centers, and advanced video enhancement. Past projects include scaling greenfield start-ups to over $300M in annual revenues and up to $5.5B in valuations.
Chris has a proven track record of M&A and technical due diligence and leading software product development (integrating both domestic and international resources) while growing start-up engineering teams into large global operations.
Chris has held a variety of CTO and COO positions across a variety of companies including Elefante, Verio, and OneCom/Nextel. Chris continues to advise private equity and serve on the boards of technology and service companies.
Chris earned his B.S. from United States Naval Academy, an M.S. in Systems Management from University of Southern California, and an M.B.A. from University of California, Los Angles