Chris is a Commercial Operating Partner at the Sterling-Group; a mid-market private equity firm based in Houston, TX. Chris is focused on helping portfolio companies achieve organic growth objectives. Prior to Sterling, Chris served as CEO for Oakwood Worldwide and before that spent seven years as a Senior Advisor for TPG Capital. At TPG Chris worked on a wide range of commercial initiatives across multiple industry sectors focused on organic growth.
Prior joining TPG Chris served five years as Corporate SVP of Sales & Marketing for Oakwood, VP of Commercial Marketing, Products and Strategy; and led the Managed Services Business for FedEx Office (Kinko’s). Before joining FedEx Office, Chris was VP of Sales and Marketing for NowDocs (a SaaS startup).
Chris is a founding board member for the Texas Nursing School of Health Sciences, is an advisor to Agency 73, GoGather and Ploom Social and serves as a mentor to first generation college students for The Assistance League.