Chris is both a seasoned entrepreneur and Fortune 250 senior leader, leading growth technology services and tech-enabled companies for over 30 years. Over his career, Chris has been recognized as a passionate force for the intersection of technology-innovation and business.
Chris was most recently the CEO of SoftServe. During his tenure as Chief Executive Officer between 2016 and 2023, SoftServe grew into a leading software engineering and digital transformation company, regularly recognized as the Best Employer and Best Place to Work, while doubling in size approximately every two years.
Chris joined SoftServe as a Board Advisor in 2012, became a Board Member in 2013, and served as CEO from 2016 to 2023. Before joining SoftServe, Chris served both as President and Chief Technology Officer of 360incentives.com, a leading incentive management company based in Toronto, Canada. Prior to that, he had been an active angel investor after serving as President of Group 1 Software, a leading enterprise class data quality company based in Lanham, MD (a wholly owned subsidiary of Pitney Bowes.) While with Pitney Bowes, he participated in multiple acquisitions and integrations and was a member of the Chairman’s Council and the Strategic Leaders Council.
Earlier in his career, among other startups, Chris founded and built MailCode Inc. into a leading global provider of technology solutions for mail processing via optical character reading, which was later sold to Pitney Bowes. Chris holds multiple patents, including one for Differential Weighing, a method to increase the speed and efficiency of weighing mail pieces.
Chris serves as a Director on several boards and is a strategic advisor to PE backed companies in the IT services and tech-enabled software company space.
Chris holds a B.S. degree, with honors, in Electrical Engineering Technology from Purdue University and has been honored as a Distinguished Purdue Alumnus. Chris lives in Annapolis MD, but spends time in Telluride CO whenever possible.
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