Chris is the founder and CEO of Tercera, an investment and advisory firm that helps founders driving the Third Wave of cloud computing. Chris brings more than 25 years of technology and professional services experience, and is a proven entrepreneur, CEO, senior executive and board member. His most notable entrepreneurial journey was founding Appirio, one of the first professional services companies hyper-focused on the first wave of enterprise cloud computing. He and the founding team grew Appirio to more than 1500 employees around the world, and eventually sold to Wipro for $500M+. Chris is also the founder of SipTequila, and a board member at Bates College.