An executive in Booz Allen’s Chief Technology Office (CTO), Mr. Christou leads the Edge/NextG core tech business area. This involves leading the development of Edge Cloud, IoT, and 5G/NextG solutions, the Booz Allen state of the art 5G/NextG test facility, and the delivery of Edge, 5G, spectrum, and NextG related projects across multiple markets, including DoD, U.S. Federal, and commercial. In his role, Mr. Christou leads the development of state-of-the-art AI RAN technologies and edge cloud/IoT solutions to extend cloud services to small form factor products. Mr. Christou currently serves on the Executive Committee of the National Spectrum Consortium (NSC). Chris has over 25 years of experience engineering, designing, testing, and deploying cloud environments, networks, and IT systems for commercial, civilian, and defense clients. Since joining Booz Allen in 2002, he has led projects related to the deployment of secure cloud environments, the design of software-defined networks (SDN), the engineering of enterprise-wide IT systems, and the integration of unified communications systems. Before joining Booz Allen, Chris was a network design and planning engineer for UUNet, which was then the largest internet backbone in the world. Prior to UUNET, Chris worked as a telecommunications engineer for Mitretek Systems and a software developer for Hughes/Raytheon STX. Chris earned a M.S. degree in Telecommunications and a Graduate Certificate in Engineering from the University of Maryland School of Engineering, College Park. He earned a B.A. from the University of Virginia and has completed coursework in computer science at the University of Pennsylvania. Chris holds Amazon Web Services, Cisco, Juniper, TMF, and SDN certifications.