Chris Stueart

Chris is a veteran of the corporate world, having spent 19 years at CRA International as Director of Information Services. While at CRA, he built and oversaw the research functions of the company, answering the need for high-level, value-added research result. After CRA, Chris reinvented himself by embarking on a gastronomic journey, beginning with a year obtaining a master's degree at SlowFood's University of Gastronomic Sciences in Parma, Italy, and culminating with two years spent at Tenuta di Spannocchia, where he worked the farm, learned to butcher and prepare many of Italy's famed cured meats, and ultimately joined the board of trustees of that organization, which role he retains. In early 2014 he helped Shen Tong to found Food-X, a food business accelerator program.