A Cloudy PaaS and SaaS architect since the turn of the century. Chris is an Apache Stratos and Cloud architecture afficionado who has worked with clients to deploy innovative ecosystem PaaS environments.

Chris has led many successful startup software teams who operated as the solution provider of choice. He has advised Fortune 500 / Global 2000 organizations on software strategies, roadmaps, and best practices. Chris is an accomplished author and speaker, whose goal is to make you and your team successful. Chris has written for TechWell.com, OpenSource.com, InfoQ, and GigaOm, and spoken at Gartner Catalyst, SOA Symposium, CloudExpo, GigaOm Structure, and WSO2Con conferences (among others).