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Hi, I'm Chris, and I made you some content.

Hi, I'm Chris, and I made you some content.

I'm Chris, currently CTO at Kigen, where I lead 100+ engineers building the security infrastructure that powers billions of connected devices. My journey started as a founding engineer creating "Facebook on SIM" for regions without internet (yes, really!) and evolved into architecting the systems that now secure eSIM and iSIM at global scale. I've spent the past decade turning complex security challenges into elegant solutions - from bare-metal Kubernetes clusters running GSMA-accredited infrastructure to cryptographic interfaces that make HSM-grade security accessible to any developer. The thread connecting it all? A belief that great technology should feel simple, even when it isn't. This site is my playground for exploring what catches my curiosity - whether that's diving into WASM over a weekend, wrestling with CSS (harder than distributed systems, honestly), or sharing thoughts on building high-trust teams that actually enjoy the process. Currently fascinated by: making IoT security boring (in the best way), the intersection of developer experience and secure design, and finding problems we don't even know exist yet. Want to connect? Find me on LinkedIn where I share more structured thoughts. I'm always up for conversations about secure system design, scaling teams, or why monospace fonts make everything better.

Blog PostJul 20, 2025

Building a Portfolio That Builds Itself

The Over-Engineer's Guide to Portfolio Development. It started innocently enough. "I need a portfolio site," I thought, like every developer before me. Why? Who...