There are people who leave a mark not just on the work they do, but on everyone around them — and Chris was one of those people.

I met Chris at BCG, and it didn’t take long to realize I was working alongside someone special. As an engineer, he had that rare combination of deep technical skill and genuine curiosity….the kind of person who didn’t just solve problems, he understood them in ways most people never would. He made everyone around him better just by being in the room.

But what I’ll remember most isn’t the work. It’s the conversations. We spent a lot of time just talking — about tech, football, life, politics among many other things, and those conversations stuck with me in ways I didn’t fully appreciate until he was gone. He had a way of making you think differently, and he did it without ever making you feel small.

Chris fought cancer with the same quiet strength he brought to everything else.

I miss him. It’s as simple and as hard as that.

Rest easy, Chris. The world was better with you in it.