References
Eric Schmidt
Former CEO of Google, Former VP Engineering Sun Microsystems | LinkedIn >
Chris was the first to quantify the exact points where usability of workstations suffered due to mismatches between OS paging behavior and real-time visual interaction — a threshold no one had even defined before. His pioneering human factors study at Sun Microsystems turned vague user frustrations into hard engineering data, enabling system architects to redesign for interactive workloads rather than batch logic. That insight didn’t just improve usability — it fundamentally changed how we engineered the software stack for modern visual computing, inspiring changes for Solaris OS.
John Cordier
CEO of Epistemix | LinkedIn >
Chris distills what usually takes years of hard-earned operating and investing experience into clear, actionable guidance for founders. Getting Funded equips early-stage entrepreneurs with the clarity and tools to execute effectively from Seed to Series A and B funding. It’s the kind of book you’ll wish you had from day one — a future classic every startup founder will be talking about.
Mattia Montagna
CEO of Quantum Bridge Technologies | LinkedIn >
With an uncommon ability to expand the value proposition in ways that directly engage different buyer roles within the B2B technology decision cycle, Chris amplified interest with several new investors. By disentangling deployment scale and usability from performance and reliability — separate from highlighting our unique differentiation in Quantum Computer Safe secure communications— he transformed how we presented ourselves. His sharp narrative and clear, high-impact visuals strengthened our defensibility, deepened the breadth of our appeal, and directly contributed to achieving our Series A raise.
Carol Leaman
former CEO of Axonify | LinkedIn >
Chris’s CRM Reveal process enabled us to isolate and compare our pockets of strength and weakness across many combinations of industries and product use cases for selling our SaaS separate product SKUs: by time, efficiency and value. This enabled us to evolve our sales qualification criteria and sales rep assignments for an effectiveness focus, and to increase the speed and TCV separately to amplify revenue growth. With changes in place and new evidence of results, we were able to obtain significant step up in Series B funding.
Scott Bledsoe
former CEO of Theon Security | LinkedIn >
I met Chris During our series A fundraising for Theon in 2023. I have engaged him repeatedly ever since because of his degree of insight and sophistication on product and GTM topics. Also, the referrals that he brings to the party are key. He understands the high standards of investor conviction and just what that requires across multiple dimensions. On top of that, Chris is intuitive, understands the complex missions and cares about the success of those he is engaged with.