Chris is on a mission to democratize the process of innovation and entrepreneurship via his third startup, SparkFire Labs. SparkFire Labs is a cloud-based technology platform providing private collaboration, business development and innovation work spaces.

Chris also serves as a mentor to Longhorn Startup,an interdisciplinary program designed to encourage student entrepreneurship at the University of Texas.

Previously, he was Director of Marketing at Axion Capital Management, founded the research consulting firm OmniPresent Media and two CRM startups in the automotive service industry.

In 2013 Chris was a panelist at the American Legion National Convention and actively promotes veteran-based entrepreneurship and veteran’s issues.