Chris Mitchell
Founder | Product & Tech | Investor | Trout Whisperer
- Role
- Board Member & Advisor at Shroomer
- Location
- Austin, TX, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Chris Mitchell
I’ve been building and selling software since 1994 and haven’t stopped since.I’m a technical founder turned product leader, advisor, and investor. I’ve taken companies from 0 to 1, led machine learning teams, built scalable platforms, and helped startups find product-market fit and grow. I’ve sold companies, launched apps, applied AI to optimize operations and workflows, and built consumer insights engines tied to powerful identity graphs.Currently, I’m VP of Surveys at Publishers Clearing House, where I lead product, revenue, and strategy for our insights platform. My work connects continuous user profiling with survey monetization, balancing long-term data value with short-term revenue. I also help shape our broader Question & Answer platform that powers data collection across properties.Past highlights: • CTO & Cofounder at Wide Open Media, driving innovation in generative AI, serverless architecture, and content delivery • Led ML-based price optimization at Zilliant as Director of Solutions • Board member and early investor in Remington Family Distillers & Shroomer • Cofounded and scaled multiple startupsI enjoy working with fellow entrepreneurs, especially on product, data, and infrastructure challenges. I’m always open to interesting advisor roles, investing in early-stage ideas, or just talking shop over coffee (or on a river with a fly rod).
Experience
Board Member & Advisor
Jun 2022 — Present · Austin, TX, US
Education
Trinity University
B.S., Computer Science
1996 — 2000
Skills
- Enterprise Software
- Enterprise Architecture
- Web Applications
- Perl
- Agile Project Management
- Integration
- Product Management
- Ruby
- Crm
- Software Development
- Scrum
- Web Development
- Rapid Prototyping
- Xml
- Rest
- Software Design
- Architectures
- Magento
- Pricing
- Web Services
- Technical Leadership
- Distributed Systems
- Mobile Applications
- Linux
- Saas
- Git
- Performance Tuning
- Spring
- Business Intelligence
- Soap
- Mobile Devices
- E-Commerce
- Scalability
- Software Engineering
- Technology
- Cloud Computing
- Agile Methodologies
- Architecture
- Start-Ups
- Management
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