Chris is our Chief Technology Officer, and Director of our Venture services practice.

Chris has particular expertise in  data centre automation, security architecture, networking and messaging. Chris is a regular speaker at IT industry events, lately focussing on cloud computing and the challenges around security, privacy, compliance and identity management.

Before joining Capital SCF in 2009, Chris was a Director in the IT Research and Development team at Credit Suisse, which he joined in 2000.

At Credit Suisse, Chris directed a number of global infrastructure engineering efforts including J2EE, .Net, SOA and Grid computing platforms. More recently he has worked on data centre automation, security architecture, networking and messaging.

Prior to Credit Suisse, Chris worked at eVantage.com, an IT professional services company. Before that he was a Weapon Engineering Officer in the Royal Navy, serving in a variety of surface ship and shore establishment appointments. While serving with the Royal Navy Chris was awarded the Worshipful Company of Engineers award for excellence in Engineering.

Chris has a BEng in Electronics Engineering from the University of York and an MBA from The Open University. He is a Member of the Institute of Engineering and Technology and a Chartered Engineer.

Chris blogs at http://blog.thestateofme.com