Chris Kemp - Founder, Chairman and CEO @ Astra

Overview

Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles

Number of Founded Organizations

Primary Job Title Founder, Chairman and CEO
Primary Organization
Astra

Location San Francisco, California, United States
Regions San Francisco Bay Area, West Coast, Western US
Gender Male

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Chris is the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Astra, a Guest Lecturer at Stanford University Graduate School of Business, and a Co-founder of OpenStack. Chris was a Founder and CEO of Escapia.Chris attended The University of Alabama in Huntsville.

Jobs

Number of Current Jobs

Number of Past Jobs

Chris Kemp

has

current jobs as

Founder, Chairman and CEO

Astra

and

Co-Founder

OpenStack

. Additionally,

Chris Kemp

has had

past jobs including

Board Director at OpenStack

OpenStack

Astra Founder, Chairman and CEO2016
OpenStack Co-Founder

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
OpenStack	Board Director at OpenStack	Nov 1, 2013	Apr 1, 2015
Nebula	Founder and Chief Strategy Officer	Sep 1, 2014	Apr 1, 2015
Nebula	Founder and CEO	Apr 1, 2011	Sep 1, 2014
Classmates.com	Chief Architect	2010	2012
Escapia	Founder and CEO	Mar 2006	2010

Board and Advisor Roles

Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles

Chris Kemp

holds

board and advisor roles including

Board Member (Independent)

Scalr

Advisor

Planet

, and

Advisor

Nixie Labs

Scalr Board Member (Independent)Apr 1, 2015
Planet AdvisorJan 1, 2012
Nixie Labs Advisor
Iguazio Board Member

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Education

Chris Kemp

studied at

University of Alabama

University of Alabama DegreeEngineering19951999

Events

Number of Events

Chris Kemp

has participated in

events. They most recently attended, or will attend,

START Summit 2023

Mar 30, 2023

START Summit 2023 Speaker Saint Gallen, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland, EuropeMar 30, 2023
START Summit 2023 Speaker Saint Gallen, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland, EuropeMar 30, 2023
TechCrunch Sessions: Space 2020 Speaker Los Angeles, California, United States, North AmericaDec 16, 2020
START Summit 2018 Speaker Sankt Gallen, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland, EuropeMar 15, 2018

Recent News and Activity

Number of News Articles

145

News•

May 6, 2024