Chris is Senior Managing Director, Advanced Analytics & AI at Ankura, a global expert services and advisory firm that delivers services and end-to-end solutions to help clients at critical inflection points related to change, risk, disputes, finance, performance, distress, and transformation. The Ankura team consists of 2,00 professionals in more than 35 locations globally who are leaders in their respective fields and areas of expertise. He was formerly Avanade’s Global Security Practice Lead, where he was responsible for defining Avanade’s Security Offerings and Capability development.

Previously, Chris served as Avanade’s Chief Technology & Innovation Officer, defining and driving Avanade’s technology strategy and innovation functions worldwide. As CTIO, he was responsible for Avanade’s technology strategy, client-centric innovation agenda (including Avanade Innovation Labs), Avanade’s annual Technology Vision, and emerging technology incubation program.

From 2010-2015, Chris was Avanade’s Chief Information Officer, responsible for the technology capabilities that power the company’s people and operations worldwide. Chris and his team worked closely with Microsoft to maintain Avanade’s role as an aggressive early adopter of Microsoft enterprise technologies. He regularly shared first-hand experience and insights about deployments with clients to help them optimize their own operations.

Chris joined Avanade after 16 years at Accenture, where he spent 10 years in Accenture’s consulting organization building core business solutions for Fortune 500 clients, and 6 years in Accenture’s internal IT organization running large portfolios of applications.