Summary
Cris Lemon is a founder and owner with nearly a decade of experience building businesses at the intersection of luxury retail, advanced mobility, and defense technology. He has a proven track record closing high-value deals in high-end timepieces and automotive sales while scaling startups from concept to market as Founder & President of Kai Industries, where he leads R&D on hybrid electric VTOLs, deep-sea systems, and maritime defense platforms. Comfortable shifting between hands-on operations and strategic partnerships, Cris combines negotiation and business development chops with technical commercialization and product prototyping. Based in El Paso, he blends a business-administration background with a BS in Computer Science to bridge engineering teams and client-facing commercial strategy. Notably, his work spans both boutique luxury brokering and ambitious, defense-grade innovation aimed at “securing the blue frontier.”
9 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science at Southern New Hampshire University
Associate's degree, Business Administration, Management and Operations, Associate's degree, Business Administration, Management and Operations at Waubonsee Community College
Associate's degree, Business Administration, Management and Operations, Associate's degree, Business Administration, Management and Operations at East West University