Chris is a strategic program manager for the OpenStack Foundation. He works on collaborations between OpenStack and container development communities, including Airship, Kata Containers and Kubernetes. He also administers the trademark program for the OpenStack Foundation, and holds a seat on the Open Container Initiative (OCI) Trademark Board. Previously he worked as an OpenStack community manager and developer at Puppet Labs and operated a research cloud for the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Oregon. When not working in open source cloud computing communities, he enjoys long-distance running, dancing and throwing a ball for his border collie.