Chris is a Managing Director at Granite and focuses on investments in infrastructure and application software and payments technology.Chris serves on the Board of Directors for Lucidworks (enterprise search), Hirevue (digital candidate analysis), Marqeta (next-generation issuer processer) and serves as a Board Observer at Anaplan (cloud-based business modeling.)Chris previously served as a Director of Arcot Systems (strong authentication as a service; acq by CA), Purisma (master data management, acquired by Dun & Bradstreet), Sendmail (e-mail infrastructure, acq by Proofpoint) and Symplified (cloud identity, acq by EMC/RSA) and was a board observer at Actional (acquired by Progress Software), Connected (remote backup solution, acquired by Iron Mountain), Cardiff (electronic forms technology, acquired by Verity) and Convio (CRM for non-profits. IPO, subsequently acquired by BLKB).Chris holds a B.A. from the University of Virginia.