The Philadelphia Native.
Chris started programming and writing at age eight. Her after school hobby of computers and programming evolved into a passion that would last a lifetime. Chris’ creative writing won awards with the Concerned Black Men Organization, Philadelphia’s Junior Achievement Program, and Philadelphia’s  NAACP Chapter.

A Teenager Against the Odds.
A teenage mom, and graduate at age 17 from Gwynedd-Mercy Academy, Chris excelled in computers, science, and math. She enrolled in Temple University, School of HPERD majoring in Community Education in 1988. Under the wing of Temple Professor, and Olympic Champion, Dr. Nikki Franke, Chris showed diverse talent as the Manager of Temple University’s Womens Fencing Team, and as a budding Community Educator.

A  mentee of Ben Franklin Technology Center’s Chief Technology Officer, Jerry W. Smith, she learned the foundations of computer networking and the Windows’ operating system. BFTC helped to forge her skills for managing technology projects, and facilitated an early exposure to business development, entrepreneur resources and  - the Internet.

At 24, Chris plunged into technology consulting full-time, programming web applications and designing web sites for Fortune 500 and Fortune 1000 companies in the US and UK. As a consultant, her experience credits include Hewlett-Packard, DuPont, and MBNA.

Small Business Wonder.
Chris uses her unique perspectives and personal stories to help others get ahead in the world of online business. Her first book, entitled “Work the Web!: The WebWise Guide to Business Online”, advises business owners and entrepreneurs how to get “beyond the point of pretty pages to the point of profitability.”

As a well-respected industry expert, Chris can often be found in magazines, business publications, and web sites around the globe offering her views on topics involving web business. She’s been featured in Black Enterprise, and quoted  on Forbes.com, MSN Money, and The Street, as well as a host of local and national radio networks and business-focused web sites. Chris was also a radio personality on “Tech Talk Philly” for 4 years with co-host Chuck Stewart of “Computer Techies”, and was also the host of “WebWise Business” on Voice America. “Webwise Business” now airs live via internet radio.

In all that she does, Chris’ enthusiasm and energetic perspectives about web business entrepreneurship is contagious, and there’s no question she’s one of the most progressive Web Business Professionals of our time.