Chris has 35 years of experience in large and small companies operating in 8 broad industry sectors, including Aerospace/Defense, Life Sciences, Telecommunications, Transportation and Clean-Tech. His roles in these companies have included several C and VP appointments and his senior management career in high-tech companies has spanned the last 20 years.

Holding a Ph.D. in Control Systems from Imperial College, London, UK and a first degree in Electrical Engineering, Chris has built-up considerable experience in a broad range of engineering disciplines, focusing on software development. He is trained in change management and project management and these skills have been put to good use in driving growth in small and mid-cap companies and achieving turnarounds of failing companies and projects.

Chris has held the key Corporate Engineering Director role at MacDonald Dettwiler Associates, an information systems company with interests in satellite deployment, space robotics, and information processing, where he was responsible for 500 staff at the Vancouver site and all engineering activities throughout the company.

He provided leadership to Visible Genetics Inc, a small molecular diagnostics company, as it went through acquisition by Bayer Inc, and he continued to lead all design, development, manufacture and marketing of the Toronto Molecular Diagnostic Division under Bayer as General Manager/VP Engineering.

Chris has also worked with numerous start-up and small companies needing leadership to support growth or reorganization to improve operational efficiency, including Agile Systems Inc., a designer and manufacturer of novel brushless motor drives, operating in the clean-tech sector. Chris has transactional experience, having been through the acquisition process from both viewpoints, representing companies as the acquirer and the acquired during numerous due diligence exercises.