Founder and CEO at Stealth Space Company
San Francisco Bay Area
Innovation Endeavors
Entrepreneur in Residence
July 2015 to Present
San Francisco Bay Area
Moffett Data, Inc
Advisor
October 2015 to Present
San Francisco Bay Area
Nixie Labs
Advisor
April 2015 to Present
San Francisco Bay Area
Scalr
Member of the Board of Directors
April 2015 to Present
San Francisco Bay Area
Planet Labs
Advisor
January 2013 to Present
San Francisco Bay Area
OpenStack
Co-Founder
July 2010 to Present
Nebula
Founder & Chief Strategy Officer
September 2013 to April 2015
OpenStack
Member of the Board of Directors
January 2013 to April 2015
Nebula
Founder & CEO
March 2011 to September 2013
NASA
CTO
April 2010 to March 2011
NASA Ames Research Center
Chief Information Officer
November 2007 to April 2010
NASA
Director of Business Development
June 2006 to November 2007
Escapia
Founder & CEO
January 2000 to March 2006
Greater Seattle Area
Classmates.com
Chief Architect
2000 to 2002
Netran
Founder & CEO
1996 to 2000
Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Systems Engineer
1995 to 1996
What company does Chris Kemp work for?
Chris Kemp works for Innovation Endeavors
What is Chris Kemp's role at Innovation Endeavors?
Chris Kemp is Entrepreneur in Residence
What industry does Chris Kemp work in?
Chris Kemp works in the Aviation & Aerospace industry.
Who are Chris Kemp's colleagues?
Chris Kemp's colleagues are Jacob Portukalian, Daniel Wilson, Mladen D., Ben Simpson, Alex Zannos, Lee Azzarello, Arlen Abraham, Stephen Lai, Derek Paxson, and Ron Gilchrist
📖 Summary
Chris C. Kemp is an entrepreneurial executive that has founded three companies and serves as a board member or advisor to Planet Labs, Scalr, and Nixie. Chris co-founded OpenStack, the largest and fastest growing open source project in history. Chris has been recognized in the 2014 CNBC Disruptor 50 list, the Silicon Valley Business Journal "40 under 40," and received the prestigious "Federal 100" award for his service at NASA. At NASA, Chris was responsible for pioneering work in cloud computing, open source, and open government. Chris worked with the White House to develop the cloud strategy for the United States federal government. Previously, he served as the CIO of NASA Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley where he forged partnerships with Google and Microsoft and helped create Google Moon, Google Mars, and Microsoft World Wide Telescope. Prior to joining NASA, Chris helped create Classmates.com, the third largest online community, was the founding CEO of the leading web-based vacation rental platform Escapia (acquired by HomeAway), and, as the founding CEO of Netran, developed the first online grocery shopping platform for Kroger, the world’s largest grocery store chain.Entrepreneur in Residence @ From July 2015 to Present (6 months) San Francisco Bay AreaAdvisor @ From October 2015 to Present (3 months) San Francisco Bay AreaAdvisor @ From April 2015 to Present (9 months) San Francisco Bay AreaMember of the Board of Directors @ From April 2015 to Present (9 months) San Francisco Bay AreaAdvisor @ From January 2013 to Present (3 years) San Francisco Bay AreaCo-Founder @ From July 2010 to Present (5 years 6 months) Founder & Chief Strategy Officer @ From September 2013 to April 2015 (1 year 8 months) Member of the Board of Directors @ From January 2013 to April 2015 (2 years 4 months) Founder & CEO @ From March 2011 to September 2013 (2 years 7 months) CTO @ From April 2010 to March 2011 (1 year) Chief Information Officer @ From November 2007 to April 2010 (2 years 6 months) Director of Business Development @ From June 2006 to November 2007 (1 year 6 months) Founder & CEO @ From January 2000 to March 2006 (6 years 3 months) Greater Seattle AreaChief Architect @ From 2000 to 2002 (2 years) Founder & CEO @ From 1996 to 2000 (4 years) Systems Engineer @ From 1995 to 1996 (1 year) Chris Kemp is skilled in: Cloud Computing, Product Management, SaaS, Start-ups, Software Development, Software Design, Mobile Devices, Strategic Partnerships, Business Intelligence, Business Strategy, Data Center, Web Applications, Entrepreneurship, Agile Methodologies, Strategy
Extraversion (E), Sensing (S), Thinking (T), Perceiving (P)
2 year(s), 2 month(s)
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There's 91% chance that Chris Kemp is seeking for new opportunities
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Issued by CNBC · July 2014
Issued by Federal Computer Week · December 2010
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