Kris is from Boston, Massachusetts, USA, and has worked across international development and global health. Before joining TechnoServe as Kenya's Country Director, Kris worked as a strategy consultant and market maker for Accenture Development Partnerships, where he shaped and led several high-profile strategy and innovation engagements for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Save the Children, UNICEF, Amref Health Africa, Mastercard, and dozens of other international organizations. In 2018 and 2019, Kris spent time building the practice and portfolio in Kenya, spending time in Nairobi, Makueni, and Kisumi. From 2020-2022, he has also served as the Senior Partnerships Lead for USAID's MOMENTUM award for Routine Immunization Transformation & Equity. Prior, Kris was Executive Director for Mali Health, a local NGO focused on maternal and child health in slum communities of Bamako. In 2017, Kris also joined TechnoServe as a consultant, working with the Strategic Initiatives group in South Africa in Ghana. Kris holds an MPH from Tulane University and an MBA from Yale.