About
Chris is a passionate developer advocate and technology enthusiast, with a specialism in web / cloud systems, and a keen interest in the developer community. By day, he works with internal development teams and external developer communities to improve GitHub’s developer experience. His background focuses on the enterprise space, having worked with a number of large organisations to help bridge the gap between traditional enterprise systems and development paradigms into modern DevOps practices and cloud-native platforms. He has worked with stakeholders in start-ups and enterprises from developers and system admins through to Heads of Division and CTOs.
In addition to his Developer Relations experience, Chris is pursuing an MBA at Warwick Business School and expecting to graduate in July 2025. His dissertation is focused on the topic of Developer Relations, and how it can be used to drive business value.
During his time at Microsoft, Chris presented at several events including Microsoft Tech Ready, Microsoft Ignite and several Microsoft Tech Summit events. He has also presented at several user groups, many DevOps-focused industry conferences and keynoted a number of customer-internal events. Chris is no stranger to podcasts or videos. Aside from Cloud with Chris, he has also collaborated on the YouTube series Azure Mythbusters, a short series for busting common cloud myths.
Outside of work, Chris is a Musical Theatre Enthusiast. He was on Reading Operatic Society’s Committee and performed in a number of productions, including;
- Judas in Godspell at The Kenton Theatre with Reading Operatic Society
- The Bartender (himself) in Closing Time at The Oakwood Centre with Reading Operatic Society
- Stevens in Dogfight at The Oakwood Centre with The Hear My Voice Project
- Bert Healy in Annie at The Kenton Theatre with Reading Operatic Society
- Annas in Jesus Christ Superstar at Progress Theatre with Progress Theatre
- Jamie in My Fair Lady at The Hexagon with Reading Operatic Society
In 2020, Chris attended an intensive workshop with The Showstoppers, focused on improvised Musical Theatre. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, Chris hasn’t returned to the stage, but plans to once his studies are complete.