Realize 2050 is an energy transition consultancy and venture studio powering future-ready solutions with corporates, utilities, government, and startups.We are in the midst of a once-in-a-species opportunity to reshape our world for an emissions-free, resilient future that optimizes for long-term impact and financial returns. To realize this vision well before 2050, we've empowered a team that blends an insider’s knowledge of today’s energy and transportation systems with an outsider’s entrepreneurial perspective to create new businesses and business models.

The EV Button leverages underutilized infrastructure like arenas to accelerate fleet electrification. EV Button is currently developing a project at Amerant Bank Arena supported by a $4.9M DOE grant.

Chris founded and led Uptake Alliance, an $8.5M NYSERDA-funded climatetech venture development program that connects organizations with technical challenges to startups with novel solutions — creating the conditions for frontier climate ventures to thrive.

ADL Ventures develops and launches clean infrastructure innovations. Chris led ADL's Energy & Transportation practices.

Entromy's platform uses AI to accelerate organizational diagnosis by 10x. It provides a continuous pulse check on an organization's health that does not depend on weeks of consultant interviews and focus groups.If your organization could talk, what would it say?

Talent Response was acquired by McLean Intelligent Workforce in September 2019.Hire Learning was our sister company.

Chris was responsible for ensuring that EnerNOC's suite of Energy Intelligence Software addressed customers' most pressing energy challenges. His intrapreneurial focus was on SaaS new product development in utility bill management, supply procurement technology, and predictive electricity demand. In addition to evaluating the customer and competitive landscape to inform the product roadmap, Chris also packaged, priced, and positioned EnerNOC’s suite of energy intelligence applications, particularly focusing on EnerNOC’s energy supply procurement offering.Chris worked closely with the machine learning and data science teams to develop the business case for a predictive electricity demand product.

As a consultant at Norbridge, Chris conducted quantitative analyses and primary and secondary research on over 35 projects, ultimately defining messages and presenting conclusions to clients. Experience presenting to and influencing C-Level executives. Progressed from analyst to project manager for clients that have included: electric utilities, transportation/logistics companies, private equity firms, and law firms. Client objectives included: growth strategy, go-to-market strategy, commercial due diligence, and litigation support.Analyst: 2006-2008; Associate: 2008-2010; Sr. Associate: 2010-2012

Chris' entrepreneurial roots are in music, where he connected classical musicians with hundreds of orchestral performance opportunities. Choice Music Chicago was a market-maker between orchestral musicians and orchestras/churches for hundreds of performances.He also regularly performed with orchestras such as the Lyric Opera of Chicago and Milwaukee Symphony.