Chris is the CEO and Executive Chairman. Prior to AtScale, Chris co-founded and was a General Partner at Accomplice, a venture capital firm investing in early-stage tech companies. Chris has held leadership roles at tech startups such as Vertica, Acopia Networks and Arrowpoint Communications.
May 4, 2026
Microsoft Held Databricks Customers Hostage. Customers Paid the Ransom. Freedom Ends It.Microsoft made a small, deliberate change to the Power BI connector for Azure Databricks (release notes). The change looks technical, but it's really a move to seize control of the semantic layer, where your company defines what revenue, customer, and…
July 2, 2020
A Capitalist’s Approach to Analytics & PerformanceOne of the most important concepts any business must consider when investing in technology infrastructure or applications is ROI (return on investment). Capital is one of the most precious commodities an organization has - and often one of the most…
April 13, 2020
Free Access to AtScale’s COVID-19 Cloud OLAP ModelIt has been a few weeks since my last note to the AtScale community about our commitment to customers and partners during this unprecedented time of COVID-19. First and foremost, the thoughts and prayers of the AtScale family are with…
March 23, 2020
COVID-19 and Remote Work – The Catalyst to Transform IT & Fully Embrace the CloudI’ve been hearing interesting perspectives on how COVID-19 is making some ongoing challenges even more relevant in recent days. Customers have been telling me about IT departments struggling to keep up with the infrastructure demands of having their entire workforce…
March 19, 2020
A Letter to Our Customers As We All Face COVID-19As we all navigate through the effects of COVID-19 with our families, friends, businesses and communities, we at AtScale are committed to maintaining a high degree of support for all of you. Our hearts go out to anyone who's been…