Chris Richardson is a global executive in the internet space who with global technology sector experience. He has over 20 years of experience building organisations and products.
Mr Richardson was the global general manager of KIT digital's network-operator division, and chief executive of KIT Germany. Before KIT digital, Mr Richardson served in executive roles in marketing and product-management for several Silicon Valley startups including U4EA Wireless and NextHop Technologies. Prior to founding NextHop technologies, Mr Richardson was a software engineer at MERIT Networks, where he helped build the early internet, developing routing protocols, and consulting with developing countries around the world on deploying the Internet; lecturing multiple times at ISOC's Developing Countries workshops in Geneva, Switzerland.
Mr Richardson was Visiting Professor of Internet Routing at St Petersburg State Technical University in Russia.
