Primary Job Title Cofounder, CEO Primary Organization Valid8
Location Boulder, Colorado, United States Regions Greater Denver Area, Western US Gender Male
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As CEO and Cofounder, Chris leads VALID8’s vision, strategy, and execution. Prior to cofounding VALID8, Chris led marketing as Chief Marketing Officer for NexGen Storage where he built a world class marketing team around strategic market analysis and product management.
Chris started his career as an Electrical Engineer designing systems for
Boeing 747’s. Identifying the need to modernize the engineering design data infrastructure, he revamped how system design software could leverage large datasets more effectively. Passionate about extracting value from big data systems, Chris took on several product roles with start-ups acquired by F500 companies HP and SanDisk.





