- Founded, funded and ran OEM software company that sold in 2004 for $5 million.
- Positive review from Walt Mossberg in the Wall Street Journal highlighting the Migo.
- Practices lean startup techniques including low-cost market validation for new products and split-testing for Web site optimization.
- Logged more than 10 years of experience developing web- and desktop-based OEM and consumer software applications.
- Compiled a strong knowledge of social media and marketing while working on several Top 10 Facebook apps.
- Developed deep experience and success in recruiting and managing outsourced U.S.- and overseas-based software engineering teams.
Chris’s entrepreneurial skills emerged in high school, when he made money selling candy to fellow students in study hall. He sharpened this acumen as an undergraduate at Bucknell University, when he co-founded a desktop publishing company that is still operating today. After receiving a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, Chris followed his passion for bike racing to become director of marketing for Spinergy, a venture-funded manufacturer of carbon fiber bicycle wheels. In 2001, while living in San Francisco, he started First Person Software, which created and patented software that resides on USB drives and allows automatic personalization of any computer. The technology was purchased in 2004 by Migo, which still exists today. Chris also has founded Dovetail TV, an Internet-based distributor of high quality independent films; and Face It (now Appsorama), a Facebook application company. He has even tackled product management for Sling Media, ScanCafe and other startups.
When he’s not launching companies, he’s launching planes; Chris has his pilot’s license and has logged more than 300 hours of flight time. He also enjoys road and mountain biking and skiing in Basalt, Colorado, where he lives with his wife and daughters.