Platform Partnerships, Facebook

Chris works on Platform Partnerships at Facebook, where he helps the NYC tech community build awesome applications and services on the Facebook Platform.  Prior to Facebook, Chris was Director of Emerging Platforms, R&D at The New York Times Company where he explored the intersection of media and technology by prototyping new products that demonstrated the shifting ways in which content will be consumed in the future.

Prior to NY Times, Chris was Director of Business Development at Scripps Networks, where he lead business development and strategy for mobile, social, and new platforms across all Scripps Networks media properties (Food Network, HGTV, Travel Channel). Chris has also held product management and development roles at Travel Channel, Zoombak, and Spirent Communications, focused on different parts of the mobile ecosystem.

Chris received a BS in Computer Engineering from Villanova University and an MBA from Rutgers Business School.