Summary
Chris Horton is a Forward Deployed Product Engineer with a decade of hands-on experience building web and machine learning solutions for government and commercial clients. He has moved between roles as a founder, senior engineer, and government contractor, translating mission requirements into scalable, user-focused software—from automating enterprise workflows to deploying DHS-facing applications. Based in Colorado Springs, Chris combines full-stack fluency with practical DevOps sensibilities developed during his Air Force and CACI tenures, enabling rapid, secure delivery in regulated environments. He also founded a consultancy to help businesses tame tech debt and automate processes, demonstrating an entrepreneurial knack for productizing internal tooling. Notably, his background blends operational discipline from military web operations with startup agility, making him effective at shipping production systems under tight constraints.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Associate of Science - AS Computer Science, Associate of Science - AS Computer Science at Diablo Valley College
Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc Computer Science, Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc Computer Science at University of Colorado Colorado Springs
English, Spanish, German