Summary
Chris Collins is a seasoned builder and entrepreneur with over two decades of experience creating AI-driven products and scalable conversational platforms. He has founded and exited multiple ventures—most recently selling PromptRecruit and PromptReply—and has led product, engineering, and go-to-market efforts at companies from startups to Gupshup. Chris combines hands-on product development (VR engines, chatbots, freemium games) with strategic leadership in generative AI, guiding organizations to deploy LLM-powered automation and customer engagement at scale. As CTO and AI Consulting Director at K2 and now building stealth integrations for SaaS, he focuses on pragmatic adoption of AI rather than bleeding-edge for its own sake. Based in Oakland, he pairs a finance/accounting background with deep technical product expertise, a blend that helped turn loss-making units into profitable businesses. An often-overlooked strength is his track record of shipping real-time conversational systems that drive rapid user response and measurable business outcomes.
11 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
B.Comm Finance Accounting, B.Comm Finance Accounting at The University of Western Australia