Chris joined the H. Pearce Company in December 1979. Prior to that he was employed by Jackson Newspapers of New Haven, CT, as an account executive in their National Advertising Department.

Since joining the H. Pearce Company, Chris has been a consistent member of the "Million Dollar" and "Multi-Million Dollar Clubs", having sold and/or leased in excess of $110 million dollars worth of real estate during his career. He has been active in many community activities, including the Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce where, among other responsibilities, he assisted in establishing the very popular "Business After Hours", networking meetings for local business people. Most recently, Chris was on the task force of the Town of North Haven's "Taking Care of Business" campaign. He has just completed his fifth year serving on the Executive Board of the Board of Directors of the Quinnipiac Chamber of Commerce and is the chairman of their Economic Development Task Force.

Chris has devoted his efforts to all facets of Industrial, Commercial and Investment type properties. Two major land development projects that Chris successfully marketed were the 106-acre Universal Business Center in North Haven, CT and a 103-acre retail development site in Westbrook, CT, now a regional outlet mall.

He also marketed to completion the 63-acre, Exit 10 Industrial Park, and throughout the years has sold and leased space in this development for a number of the current property owners. Until its sale to Yale University in 1998, Chris marketed for eight years one of downtown New Haven's newest Class "A" office buildings, Whitney Grove Square. At the time of title transfer, this facility boasted an occupancy rate of 98%. Tenant's included Murtha, Cullina, Richter and Pinney, LLP, Yale University, Corporate Health Strategies, PricewaterhouseCoopers, People's Bank (Regional Headquarters), Federal Express, and American National Bank (Corporate Headquarters) to name a few tenants. He was President of the Commercial Investment Division (C.I.D.) of the Greater New Haven Association of REALTORS®, Inc. for two years, and has completed a three-year term as a State Director of the Greater New Haven Association of REALTORS®, Inc. Also, Chris is a founding committee member of "The Downtown Real Estate Brokers' Committee for a Better New Haven".

A native of New Haven, Chris graduated from the University of Richmond, Richmond, VA where he earned a B.A. in English Literature. He now resides in Wallingford, CT.