“The short version: Chris excelled in the work that he did for me. He is highly skilled, dedicated to doing an excellent job, and a pleasure to work with. For a more complete description and evaluation of his work, please see:
http://www.ocean.washington.edu/people/faculty/grunbaum/MacGregor_ref_2_11_08.pdf”
Top qualities: Great Results, Expert, High Integrity
“I found Chris highly skilled, tenacious, professional, and creative. I hired him when we were in different, distant offices and his ability to take a project and work it independently were critical to me. I also worked with him when he was at bsquare and I was at Intergraph, with similar results. I would hire him again in a heartbeat. I make this endorsement personally and it should not be attributed to my employer.”
“Chris is one of those go-to guys whenever you have a tough
computing problem. Smart, articulate, and focused on practical solutions. I
very much enjoyed working with him. [I make this endorsement personally and
it should not be attributed to Digeo, Inc.]”
“Chris is an extraordinarily bright engineer without all the
"rock-star" luggage that normally entails. Very pragmatic and
precise he was a pleasure to work with and an important asset to the company
we worked at.”
“Chris has a keen mind and has served as my main
resource for Linux imaging and administration. He played a key role at Digeo
where Linux development was concerned. He will be missed dearly.”
“Chris was one of the people that I supported at Digeo. During
that time I found Chris to be one of the most intelligent and capable people I
have ever had the pleasure of working with. Any software company that finds
Chris should be glad to have such a detail orientated and dedicated hard
worker.”
“Chris and I worked together on several projects at Sony related to
digital TV where Chris provided high-quality work on time with test code to
prove that it all worked as planned. He has a great breadth of technical
knowledge with exceptional depth in C++, Perl and understanding of Linux which
he is always happy to share with others in a friendly, accessible manner. He
works well by himself but is great in a team as he has so much energy and
knowledge to add.”
“Chris was incredibly energetic and thorough in the work he did. His
output was really impressive, and he worked well with each person in our
groups.”
“Chris and I worked together at Sony. During this time, I found
Chris to be an extremely competent software developer. He is very much a
people person and a team player.”
“I worked closely with Chris for over four years at Sony's
Advanced Technology Group. He provided smart, well-balanced software solutions
for the hardware R&D projects in which I participated. In addition, Chris
was always willing to share his Linux expertise both to accomplish our group's
business goals, and to advance his co-workers' command of the Linux OS.”
“Chris is a thorough and talented engineer, his knowledge and
skills in the system software area (compilers, linkers, etc) were exemplary.
I wouldn't hesitate to recommend him for any tough software project.”
“Chris joined bsquare at the very beginning and was a great
addition to the team. He is driven to be a great programmer, technical
contributor and co-worker. In my time at the company, Chris went from
successful project, to successful project (I'm don't think he ever worked on a
project that wasn't on time and on budget). For a company that went from 6
people, to 500+ and a successful IPO, those early people are so important.
Chris was one of the people that made the company work, both with his work and
his commitment to excellence.
One way that Chris's skills as a team builder showed, was in his roll as the unofficial staff photographer of bsquare. I have a shot of the whole staff that Chris took in 1996 in my office today. It is amazing how much those pictures were used then and how much I enjoy the few I have now.
If you are doing systems work (compilers, OS, drivers, or database engines), I'm sure Chris would be a great addition to your team. I recommend him highly and would be looking to work with him again.”
“Chris is extremely skilled with a wide variety of programming
languages. He is exemplary in the way he expresses his coding; always clean
and publish-worthy. He is also a great natural leader and a wonderful team
player that I hold a very high regard for.”
“Chris and I worked together at GTE on a large software
development project. Chris repeatedly demonstrated great technical skills,
problem solving abilities and worked very well with others in team
environment. I highly recommend Chris and am pleased to provide further
details, if necessary.”
“It was quite a few years ago that I worked with Chris, but when
I did, I remembered him as a very detail-oriented engineer who seemed to be
quite "underemployed" with the work he was doing at GTE NMO. He
definitely needed to find better challenges for his talents.”
“I supervised Chris both while he was a co-op and later a fresh-out hire at Stratus Computer. He was an energetic, enthusiastic, hard worker. His work was high quality and timely. I later enjoyed working with him in a non-supervisory capacity.”
“It's been a while since Chris and I worked together, but I
remember him as smart, hard-working and a real self-starter.”
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