Chris comes to Furniture Atelier with 15 years of experience in the hospitality industry. Chris began his career in the textile industry in 2009 sorting textiles in the Keyston Bros warehouse in Denver Colorado. He then joined KB Contract as a sales representative where he helped grow the company from its conception into the thriving textile hospitality brand that it still is today. In 2017 Chris was asked to be the West Coast VP of Sales for Appian Textiles where he grew the hospitality division’s sales and rep agencies doubling the territory business in 3 years. During Covid in November 2020 Chris moved on from the textile industry and joined Astro Lighting as the West Coast Regional Sales Manager and more than tripled the territory business in just over 3 years.

Chris earned his Retail Marketing degree from the University of Arizona in Tucson, AZ.

In his free time Chris spends his time outdoors hiking, running, golfing, and traveling the world with his wife and son in sunny California