Christopher W.

About Christopher W.

Chris is a bank founder, board director, business mentor, and investor based in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Most of the companies he is involved with share one or more of the following characteristics: start up, high growth, and / or turn around. Having been a Founding Executive or Founding Director for 3 banks and a specialty lending group, he has particular expertise as an entrepreneur in the banking/ finance sector. Chris earned a CPA certificate (inactive), is a former FINRA series 7 licensee, and spent over 25 years advising and financing start-up and middle market companies as a senior banking executive. He has been profiled or quoted in publications including the Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Business Journal, San Jose Mercury, San Diego UT, and San Diego Business Journal. Chris has been interviewed about business on radio, TV, and the internet and has been a speaker and moderator on topics including banking, start up financing, team building, and entrepreneurship.

Experience

1. Trustee

   Silicon Couloir

   Jan 2024 — Present · Jackson Hole, WY, US

Education

• UC Santa Barbara

  BA- Summa Cum Laude, Business Economics

Skills

• Marketing Strategy
• Corporate Finance
• Capital Raising
• Finance
• Financial Modeling
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Entrepreneurship
• Executive Management
• Financial Structuring
• Business Planning
• Strategic Planning
• Banking
• Strategy
• Private Placements
• Angel Investing
• Real Estate
• Portfolio Management
• Mergers
• Private Equity
• Start-Ups
• Loans
• Small Business
• New Business Development
• Business Development
• Venture Capital
• Business Strategy
• Team Building
• Management
• Growth Capital
• Commercial Banking
• Investment Banking
• Strategic Partnerships
• Financial Analysis
• Leadership
• Financial Services
• Sales
• Asset Based Lending
• Emerging Markets
• Equities
• Corporate Development