Chris’ previous positions include Vice President/Technology, A.H.Belo Interactive, and Executive Vice-President/CIO of askSam Systems. He has been granted three patents in information technology. He has led IT teams to Number 13 on the Infoworld 100; the 2002 “The RealWare Award-Best Enterprise Content Application”; and an “Honorable Mention” in the “2003 CIO Magazine Enterprise Value Awards”.

As Deputy CTO for A.H. Belo Interactive, James architected the building of a world class media web publishing infrastructure and IT organization from scratch, garnering “The 2002 RealWare Award for Enterprise Content Management”, “Honorable Mention” in the “2003 CIO Magazine Enterprise Value Competition”, and his team was honored at the “2002 Wharton School/InfoSys Business Transformation Awards.” He has been awarded two patents.

Prior to joining nextPression as its VP of Business Development Aaron was a co-founder and CFO for Tri Global Energy, a renewable energy developer primarily focused on greenfield development of utility scale wind power projects. Other experience includes underwriting financing for BBVA Compass, providing portfolio analysis and trade support for a Bear Stearn's credit desk and providing assurance services for PwC's private equity clients.