Chris is President/CEO of Forum One. Since 1997 he has guided clients in digital strategies to increase their impact on policy issues. Forum One is a full service digital agency with a focus on open source technologies, now with 80 staff in Washington DC, Seattle WA, and elsewhere. Forum One works with clients in global health, economic development, education, health, climate change, and more. Clients include the US EPA, US Global Change Research Program, World Bank, Gates Foundation, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Centers for Disease Control, The Cascade Bicycle Club, and others.

Chris has previously worked as an environmental policy analyst, an environmental engineer, and a Peace Corps volunteer in Nepal.

Chris has led three well attended "Birds-of-a-feather" sessions at previous DrupalCons about business strategy in 2014, 2013, and 2012.