Chris Olson is a seasoned operator and founder with 14 years of experience building go-to-market motion, growth automation, and business operations for early-stage startups. Currently CEO of Mach 1, he helps companies integrate AI agents into operations, having previously run Trace’s sports business and shaped enterprise strategies at Replicated. At Amplify.LA he reviewed 12,000 applications and helped steer investments that collectively raised $250M and produced multiple acquisitions, giving him a rare view into what drives startup scale and investor allocation. He blends hands-on marketing and sales playbook development with systems-driven automation to enable repeatable growth, and is comfortable moving between product, commercial, and developer communities. Based in Austin, he pairs operator pragmatism with a track record of turning operational insight into investable outcomes.
14 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Economics, Economics at University of Southern California
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.