Chris Connors

Chris Connors 2020

Chris steers corporate strategy and operations for Danforth, including the company’s long-term vision and the plans required to support it. He joined Danforth in 2019 as the company’s first President, a role in which he led the establishment of a scalable infrastructure, the development of new services and markets, and quality initiatives ranging from client service to consultant mentorship. Chris previously spent 15 years in senior leadership positions at Vistaprint, where he was instrumental to the company’s growth from start-up operations to achieving over $1 billion in revenue. He previously served in technical consulting roles at Envisa and Accenture.

Chris holds a BS in Management Information Systems from Babson College.

Select Achievements

  • Led a capabilities development organization comprising 300+ software engineers, quality engineers and project managers
  • Managed the strategic direction for decision support systems, including business intelligence, financial controls and accounting, financial planning and analysis, and human resources information systems
  • Led all aspects of real estate planning and execution to support explosive global growth

Specialties

Strategic and operational leadership
People, process and technology scale-up to support rapid growth
Team building
Value creation