Professionally, Chris is certainly a proven entrepreneur. Impressed with his work, in 2015 President Obama invited him to the White House. In 2011, The Great Muhammadi Ali awarded Chris with a Humanitarian award and invited him to his hometown in Louisville KY. He has been invited to speak at prestigious platforms such as TED, the World Economic Forum, and the United Nations. Chris has won many international awards for his work; most recently he was named TED Fellow & World Economic Forum Young Global Leader. His work has been featured in many major media publications both locally and internationally such as BBC, Forbes, and NPR. Chris holds a Bachelor of Science, and Master’s of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.