Chris holds a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from Texas A & M University, and a Master’s degree in International Business Management from Thunderbird. Chris began his career in the aerospace/defense communications industry and, in the 1990’s, transitioned into the commercial wireless communications with Andrew Corporation and Nortel Networks. Chris was instrumental in introducing and expanding digital wireless technologies into the North American, Asian, and European markets. After repatriating, he was VP and General Manager for Flextronics Network Services. He later moved to Goodman Networks to spearhead the company’s aggressive growth, helping the firm reach $125M in annual revenue in 2006.

In 2007, Chris co-founded EmFinders, an emergency locating solution for the critical missing persons such as wandering children with Autism or an elderly person suffering from dementia. The company’s solution was utilized by law enforcement over 150 times to successfully locate and recover missing persons. He sold his stake in the company in 2012 to a subsidiary of Liberty Media. In 2013, Chris served as the Chief Operating Officer of BridgeMetrics, an IT marketing technology firm. Later that year, he helped launch Magnifects, which was developing a new fuel-conditioning solution to improve combustion efficiency of certain petroleum fuels. In 2015, Chris helped launch WHRZT, a mobile-asset tracking solution. As Chief Technical Officer of WHRZT, Chris’s team rapidly developed a complete commercial solution involving wireless hardware, cloud-based middleware, and a smartphone app. Chris has co-authored four US patents in the fields of wireless and wearable technologies.