Services
I offer one-on-one coaching for technical leaders and consulting engagements for team development.
From your first technical executive to an experienced team facing tremendous scale, my holistic approach to leadership supports your organization at every stage.
Product Development Strategy
Technical delivery assessment, planning, and process
Assessment of current product development processes, technical architecture, and systems infrastructure. Strategic roadmap development based on company KPIs and growth objectives.
Team Building and Culture Development
Talent acquisition, development, and culture
Identification and definition of key technical hires, and strategy to recruit, onboard, and retain them — both for initial team building and growth-stage turnarounds. Assessment of team's strengths and weaknesses, and development of programs for retention, leveling, and performance reviews.
Leadership Coaching and Mentorship
One-on-one mentorship and coaching for new and experienced technical leaders
Empowering leaders to self-reflect on strengths and weaknesses, and develop strategies for equipping and enabling their teams to be successful. Mentorship for leaders scaling large organizations.
About Me
I'm a seasoned technical leader of early- and growth-stage startups, often as the first hire focused on engineering leadership and people development. I've had the privilege of building high-performing teams to work on highly-technical products, including JazzHR, Deis/Helm (now part of Microsoft Azure), Algorithmia, and Logixboard.
My passion is to foster the personal growth and professional development of others, so they can flourish personally and professionally. Leveraging my experience building and leading high-performing teams at early-stage startups, I partner with founders, technical executives, and leaders to help them think about technical architecture, product process, and organizational growth.
I'd love to work with your team!
Specialties
People-first approach to leadership- Values-driven recruiting, coaching, and mentorship
- Experience building highly-distributed remote teams
- Product management for large open-source projects
- Modern DevOps and infrastructure tools and practices
Testimonials
“Chris is a natural leader who will make an immediate, positive impact on your engineering team’s culture and productivity. Teams embrace his collaborative approach and infectiously positive energy, fostering camaraderie built on trust and respect.”
KEVIN MERRITT
Founder, CEO & President,
Socrata
“Chris is a natural leader who will make an immediate, positive impact on your engineering team’s culture and productivity. Teams embrace his collaborative approach and infectiously positive energy, fostering camaraderie built on trust and respect.”
KEVIN MERRITT
Founder, CEO & President,
Socrata
“Chris has been instrumental in bringing structure to our engineering organization. His vision to see the current structure of the company and improving it has led to more scalable work processes, better defined responsibilities, and happier employees.”
KENNY DANIEL
Founder and CTO,
Algorithmia
“Chris has been instrumental in bringing structure to our engineering organization. His vision to see the current structure of the company and improving it has led to more scalable work processes, better defined responsibilities, and happier employees.”
KENNY DANIEL
Founder and CTO,
Algorithmia
“Chris has a gift for helping team members discover their goals, passions, and motivations. He identified my team's strengths and set us in motion. I now enjoy working on the most positive, energetic, and collectively intelligent team I have ever worked on.”
MATT BUTCHER
Principal Software Development Engineer,
Microsoft
“Chris has a gift for helping team members discover their goals, passions, and motivations. He identified my team's strengths and set us in motion. I now enjoy working on the most positive, energetic, and collectively intelligent team I have ever worked on.”
MATT BUTCHER
Principal Software Development Engineer,
Microsoft
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