Chris Durand - CTO

Chris Durand, an expert in software internationalization, is the Chief Technology Officer at Bridge360. Chris brings both business and technical expertise to Bridge360 and has been a key contributor to Bridge360's rapid growth.

Chris has led the Bridge360 technical team in numerous successful projects in areas such as international software development, mainframe-to-web migration, accessibility and translation. He recently led the Bridge360 technical team to migrate a critical supply chain management system for a Fortune 50 manufacturer to Asia.

Prior to joining Bridge360 in 2003, Chris was a senior product developer specializing in internationalization at BMC Software. He created an international training program for developers and provided internal consulting on internationalization projects. Chris has also worked on a number of software projects at Cirrus Logic and IBM and has experience with embedded systems and device drivers.

He contributes his technical expertise as an instructor for the Austin Community College's Localization Program

Chris holds an MBA with honors from The University of Texas at Austin, as well as a bachelor's degree with honors in computer science from the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech). Chris combines his business knowledge base with over 15 years of software development experience to assist clients in delivering high-quality, global software applications.