Chris Riley

About Chris Riley

I’m a product leader with a background in customer success, technical project management, strategy and systems design. Over the past decade, I’ve helped build platforms used by millions of real humans — blending user insight, AI, and product architecture to solve real problems at scale.At the core of my work is a mission: to help people build resilient, meaningful lives — especially in a world that’s changing faster than most systems can keep up with. Whether through tech, education, or just asking better questions, I’m focused on the spaces where human potential and machine capability intersect.Outside of work, I’m drawn to the edges — where automation challenges old assumptions, where the trades still matter, and where values like autonomy, adaptability, and purpose shape what we build next.

Experience

1. Product

   Topstep

   Dec 2025 — Present

   Established company\'s first formal A/B testing program to validate product decisions and mitigate risk in a high-stakes prop trading environmentDrove product development across SKU/product management and trading rule optimization for B2C retail trader audience in prop trading spaceCoordinated cross-functional execution across engineering, design, marketing, and compliance teams in Agile Kanban environment

Education

• University of Colorado Boulder

  Master of Science - MS, Computer Science

• Brigham Young University

  Bachelor's degree, Political Science

  2009 — 2013

• Liberty University

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration and Management, General

  2013 — 2015