Chris is a Member of Brown Smith Wallace and is the director of business development. He is responsible for expanding market awareness of Brown Smith Wallace services and the value proposition provided to its clients. His focus is primarily with publicly traded and privately held middle market companies with revenues from $100 million to $3 billion.

He has a strong background in business development, service delivery, project management, staff development and management consulting. He has extensive experience serving publicly traded and privately held clients in the following industries:

• Real Estate Development
  
• Construction
  
• Manufacturing
  
• Distribution
  
• Retail
  
• Professional services
  
• Technology

Prior to joining Brown Smith Wallace, he served as the managing director at Jefferson Wells International where he was responsible for establishing the St. Louis office and developing new business in the surrounding market.

Chris also spent 10 years with KPMG where he left his senior manager position in the external audit practice to join one of his clients as the VP-Finance and Chief Financial Officer.

Chris is a client advocate as he remains significantly involved as the client relationship manager with many of his new clients. Chris has purchased, sold, managed and delivered professional services during his career; it is this experience that he utilizes to maximize the client/service provider relationship.

Chris, a licensed CPA, earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Accounting from the University of Missouri-Columbia. He is a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA), the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) and Financial Executives International (FEI).