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2019
Sands Capital (2019 – 2020)
Arlington, VA | Sr. Associate
YL Ventures (2018 - 2019)
Chicago, IL | Venture Associate
Forgepoint Capital (2018)
San Mateo, CA | Summer Associate
Origin Ventures (2017 – 2018)
Chicago, IL | Venture Capital Fellow
Merlon Intelligence (2017)
Washington, D.C. and Chicago, IL | Business Operations Manager
Promontory Financial Group (2012 - 2017)
Washington, D.C. | Associate, Product Manager
University of Chicago
MBA | Booth School of Business
Georgetown University
BS | Foreign Service in International Economics
Chris is a principal at Sands Capital Alternatives. He supports the team’s efforts on investments in the artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and IT infrastructure sectors.
Prior to joining the firm in 2019 as a senior associate, Chris worked as a business operations manager at Merlon Intelligence, a machine learning start-up, helping financial institutions to prevent financial crime. In addition, he worked as a management consultant at Promontory Financial Group (now IBM Promontory).
Chris received a BSFS in international economics from Georgetown University and an MBA from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
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