ABOUT

• Entrepreneur
• Design Strategist
• Technology Architect
• Operator
• Professor
• Speaker
• Musician

I design and build teams, products, and systems that help people make better decisions under uncertainty. My work sits at the intersection of design, engineering, and applied machine learning—most often in national security and risk-oriented domains.

I currently teach courses on creativity and design at Princeton University and work at Lovelace AI in Pittsburgh.

Previously, I led growth and strategy at Shift (a16z-backed), where I launched our federal business practice and built a venture capital and startup immersion program for military innovators (Defense Ventures). Before that, I helped build the applied data & intelligence systems go-to-market practice at Frog, built and led an internal talent research startup at Bridgewater Associates, oversaw counterterrorism and influence operations at the Pentagon, ran a team at the White House Situation Room, and was recruited out of college by the NSA.

I’m trained as a computer scientist and hold advanced degrees from Princeton University and the National Intelligence University.

This portfolio is a sample of my work and interests. If you’d like to get in touch, email chris@shadestream.com or connect on LinkedIn.