Chris is a North Carolina native who grew up in Greensboro. He was introduced to his first computer - a Commodore 64 - at age five and has not been able to disconnect since.

He is passionate about crafting better software, improving the user experience and giving back to the programming community.

Prior to joining Microsoft in 2009, he spent 4 years at Volvo IT working on the world's largest implementation of MCMS 2002. Soon after joining Volvo IT he helped lead the conversion of their CMS with 750,000 content articles from MCMS and SharePoint 2003 to a completely new system based on SharePoint 2007 for the company's Intranet, Extranet, and Internet presence.

To decompress, he enjoys hiking, backpacking, travelling, writing software, mountain biking, motorcycling, photography, live music, reading, playing guitar, doodling, and chasing his furry friends Roxy(a Sheltie) and Brasky(a Ninja Kitty).

While still residing part-time in Greensboro with his girlfriend Bridget, he looks forward to becoming a full-time Charlottean in 2010.