Chris was the Business Manager of the Agilent Technologies Radio Test business. He had P&L responsibility for the operation, with direct responsibility for global product development teams, marketing teams and manufacturing teams. Prior to that, Chris served in a series of Agilent R&D leadership positions moving from project manager to section manager to lab manager. Before the formation of Agilent, he was an R&D project manager for Hewlett Packard. During his 15 years in management, Chris held multiple intrepreneurial positions where he successfully helped start up several new businesses. He has extensive experience building strong engineering teams and leading new product introductions. Before his promotion to project manager, Chris spent 10 years as a Microwave, RF, and Analog design engineer at Hewlett Packard gaining experience in R&D, Marketing, and Manufacturing. He has also done substantial consulting in the areas of design, new product development, and strategic business planning. He has published multiple papers and articles. Chris also spends time teaching and mentoring engineering students. A true inventor at heart, Chris built his first radio transmitter when he was 8 years old and has been inventing ever since. At age 16 he designed a new radio-controlled switch system that won first place in a state-wide electronics competition. This led directly to his first job as an engineer at WATH/WXTQ Radio. He earned his First Class Commercial FCC License and was promoted to Chief Engineer at age 18. He put himself through college working as an engineer at WNCI Radio where he developed new audio processing and synchronous timing systems. For his senior project, Chris designed a new digitally-tunable Spectrum Analyzer for use in the communications lab classes. He holds a BSEE from the Ohio State University.