Chris Econn

Chris Econn is an experienced, hands-on, and growth-oriented CTO with a proven track record of over 25 years in building successful cloud enterprises in various industries, including Financial Services, Cybersecurity, Commercial Aviation, and Social Networking/Media. He started his career as the third software engineering hire at ticketmaster.com and has led multiple early-stage start-ups to successful acquisitions exceeding US$500 million, including Grindr and Onica. During his tenure at Onica, Chris grew the AWS consulting practice to become AWS's top non-GSI technology partner, earning recognition as the fifth fastest-growing solution provider in 2019 on the CRN Global Fast Growth 150 list. Most recently, at Guardrail, Chris designed and implemented the Algorand Blockchain on AWS, Azure, and GCP, creating a compliant and hyper-secure cloud operating environment for the Algorand ecosystem. Prior to founding Guardrail, Chris served as Senior EVP for [redacted], where he led professional services and managed security services practices.