Chris is the Managing Director of Calterra Capital. He is a successful entrepreneur who combines vision and execution. Throughout his career, he has identified opportunities and created scalable solutions to address them. Chris currently participates at a Chairman level in many companies and serves on the board of business and charitable organizations worldwide.
In 1990 Chris was the Founder and President of DBI, a company that configured and networked computers to run custom database applications for corporate and government application. In 1995, he founded and ran PDI which was the first distributor to sell computers and technology components on the internet. In 2000, he worked with the California Institute of Technology applying advanced game theory to complex asset distribution scenarios. During that time, he also worked with Idealab and eBay. In 2003, he founded and became CEO of Equator which provided residential home loan default servicing technology to banks and government entities. Under his guidance, Equator grew to be a benchmark of the mortgage industry that helped banks and the US economy recover from the mortgage crisis of 2008. In 2015, Chris formed Calterra Capital as a Private Investment firm. Also, in 2015, Chris became the Executive Chairman of Resitrader who revolutionized the way securitized debt is purchased and sold in the US and international markets. He most recently serves as Executive Chairman of LauraMac providing technology solutions for Capital Markets.
Outside of the office Chris is usually on or near the water, whether surfboard, paddle board, powerboat or sailboat. When he’s not on the water, he also has the propensity to drive big ugly trucks up dirt roads, not sure what that’s about but he enjoys it.