Chris Evans

Biography

 Chris is an entrepreneur and philanthropist with offices in Raleigh, North Carolina. Evans served as CEO and founder of Accipiter, a leading provider of ad management solutions purchased by CMGI, Inc., and fully merged with Engage in 1998, and member of the Board of Directors for Engage (NASD: ENGA) a majority owned subsidiary of CMGI and provider of profile driven Internet marketing solutions from 1999 until 2001. In 1992, Evans founded Hotlinx, a publisher of print and online buyer's guides for software professionals, which was sold to a group of private investors in 1997. From 1985 through 1992, Evans served as the executive Vice President of DaVinci Systems, a company he co-founded. Evans currently serves on the board of directors of, Community in Schools of Wake County, NC State Engineering Department's Entrepreneurs Advisory Board, and The Entrepreneurs Philanthropic Venture Fund. He also serves as an advisor to several businesses and not-for-profit enterprises in the US and Europe. Evans is also the author of Fruit at Work – Mixing Christian Virtues with Business published in 2Q 2012 by Lanphier Press. Evans many accolades include the 1999 Ernst & Young "Master Entrepreneur" award; Business Leader Magazine's "Entrepreneur of the Year" in 1998, the 1998 North Carolina Council for Entrepreneurial Development "Entrepreneurial Excellence Award", and was named one of Advertising Age's Digital Media Masters.  

Research Interest

 Green Chemistry, Sustainability, renewable resources, biomass, biofuel, Green Engineering, green industrial applications, green investments, green process, green energy, biomaterials, nanotechnology