Chris is the Owner of York Services, a consulting practice laser focused on improving IT organizations. Chris has been a consultant for over a decade, working with IT organizations around the globe consistently helping them save millions of dollars year after year.
Chris is passionate about Information Technology. Even as a child, Chris was drawn towards technology. He raced home from grade school to pull out the latest Commodore 64 magazine, containing code samples, and quickly typed them into his computer. Chris continued this desire to learn technology in High School as he and his best friend gathered almost daily to learn the ins and outs of personal computers together. In his pre-internet days, he still remembers dialing into bulletin board systems and scanning the list of software to download and thinking “What is Lotus 123? Is that some sort of new game?”
Chris started working in his 1st IT department in 1996. He started as a Help Desk agent and was quickly promoted to various other IT positions. It was there that he first saw the tremendous opportunity for growth within IT. IT does a lot of things right. However, there are a lot of areas of improvement. His passion for IT process improvement began here.
Chris has studied different IT methodologies over the years. IT Infrastructure Library, Theory of Constraints, Lean, Six Sigma, Agile, etc. Chris draws on his expertise from these methodologies as well as his practical experience to build solutions for his clients.
Chris has always been a voracious learner and has proactively sought out opportunities to grow. Starting with his first IT certification in 1996 as an MCSE, and continuing right up to today, he continues to learn and seek new and better ways of doing things. A day doesn’t go by without Chris learning something new.
After 4 years as a practitioner, it was time to branch out. Chris started his consulting career in 2000. For more than a decade now he has worked with over 50 different IT organizations in various capacities. In his role as a consultant, he has helped his client organizations save millions of dollars by creating solutions that helped them become leaner and more efficient.
In addition to IT Consulting, Chris has 3 other major passions to balance his life:
Chris and his family have chosen to live in Boulder, Colorado due to the beauty of the area, the excellent family environment as well as quick access to the outdoor life.
Chris has a long track record of successful technical implementations in the IT Service Management arena. From ITIL process development, to tools implementation, to integration, Chris can do all of these. He is a pleasure to work with.
Sam Melehy, Pepperweed Consulting
His approach towards any issue and requirement is great. I really appreciate his help during successful implementation of such a struggling project. I definitely recommend Chris for any project/work which he thinks is best suited to him.
Akhil Mangla, CSC
We purchased a new CMDB software package, Service-now, with the intention of implementing a CMDB based on ITIL principals. Chris helped us shape the ITIL vision, shared with us many different possibilities for implementation strategies.
Dan O'Mara, Watson
Chris is a top-notch consultant with solid technical, customer service, business process and organizational management skills. He is very adaptable and quickly masters new technological challenges. He is a team player and a lot of fun to work with.
Steve Gerrick
Chris is undoubtedly one of the most capable individuals I have met. He has excellent interpersonal skills, both in dealing with co-workers and with clients. I would not hesitate to work with him again.
Johnnie Lee
From 2003 to 2006 I had the distinct pleasure of working with Chris on some of the same projects. His work ethic and deliverables were exemplary. His professionalism is unsurpassed even to this day. I would be very pleased indeed to have the most excellent opportunity to work with him again in any capacity.
Rory George
To my fellow IT Managers, I can wholeheartedly recommend Chris York
Dan O'Mara, Watson
Chris has a solid understanding of Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Best Practices and how to leverage technology to meet business objectives. Chris teams very well with his peers and is able to build strong relationships with his customers to achieve extraordinary results. Chris is an extremely valuable asset.
Michael Kraft
Our organization had many custom processes and Chris helped us find efficient strategies to achieve our business objectives. Chris has a background working with a variety of ticketing systems and other computer systems that help us implement cutting edge automation in a variety of areas. I found that Chris York was always professional, personable, hard working, trustworthy, and willing to go the extra mile.
Dan O'Mara, Watson
Chris has worked for us on multiple projects where he exhibited a depth of expertise on many different products. I recommend him without hesitation.
Gary Kinsman, Chevron
Chris' work was consistently accurate, disciplined, thoughtful, and innovative. More than once, Chris went above the call of duty to help out a struggling project. His technical skills are unsurpassed and his ability to be creative in the technical world are a pleasure to witness. I would definitely recommend Chris for any work that he thinks he can do
Dale Preston, CSC
Chris is an exceptionally talented young man. He has shown tremendous ability and been hugely successful at a relatively young age. I have hired and trained people for over 30 years and find in Chris all the best qualities that I seek but rarely find.
Jack Feldman
I have experienced Chris as a highly competent professional. His knowledge of IT Service Management and the Service-now tool in particular are substantial. He proved to be a significant asset to our project team. I look forward to working with him again and enthusiastically recommend him to you.
CJ Johnston
Chris has a fundamental understanding of the ITSM process and a deep technical knowledge to quickly implement solutions. Chris's excellent communication skills and gentle personality help to instill confidence with customers and in the end deliver a solution everyone is happy and proud of.
Dutch Sullivan, Pepperweed Consulting
Chris worked for me as a developer and specialist. His skills proved instrumental in developing to meet and in some cases exceed the customer expectations. His expertise also helped mitigate and avoid issues that would have proven to cause issues and elongate the projected project schedule.
Debbie Perry, Northrop Grumman
I first hired Chris to perform work as an IT Consultant, performing detailed design and customization work on Help Desk software. His professional work ethic, creativity and dedication to delivering the highest quality work is remarkable. It led me to have the highest professional respect for him, leading to us working together over the course of 3 years. If you need to get results, you must get Chris on your team!
Jonathan Nichols
Chris brings a wealth of experience with both Service-now.com and ITSM methods. Upon arrival, he immersed himself in our processes and systems, and then made key recommendations for adjustments to both. He rolled up his sleeves to work with the team to implement those recommendations. Chris's services were critical to the success of our project. He is the epitome of an effective consultant.
Joe Palmer, CIO Jefferson County
Chris is one of the most gifted technologists that I have ever worked with.
Richard Baker
Chris developed the first portion of a software implementation at Ameriquest Mortgage. The documentation Chris left behind was easy to follow and allowed me to enhance the implementation as new desires came from the project's stakeholders. Still after months of his departure I have went back to his document to prepare for the upgrades at Ameriquest.
Jon Unger, Ameriquest Mortgage
Chris rapidly assimilates new technologies. He is committed to customer success and is able to quickly create value for customers and end users using these technologies. Chris also has a polished customer presence and can articulate complex technological and business issues in a clear and concise manner.
Richard Baker
I had the pleasure to work with Chris on a software implementation project and found him to be a top-class consultant with strong analytical and technical skills. He is very quick in understanding the client's requirements and finding the necessary solutions for them. I will be glad to work with him anytime in future.
Mohan Vivekanandam
Chris is a very detail oriented consultant that does a very good job managing Customer expectations. He carefully analyzes and reviews customer requirements for feasibility and ensuring that they stay within ITIL and industry best practices. I would recommend Chris for any project and I think once you work with him you will also.
Chris Hall, CWN Consulting, Inc
Chris is by far the best consultant that I have had the pleasure to work with in the IT Service Management arena. Chris is an expert with ServiceNow and IT Service Management principles. He provided many creative solutions to solve our business challenges. He customized an HR, Consumer Affairs and Flight application for us. I did not have much experience with ServiceNow but I have learned a lot from Chris and he has been amazingly patient. Chris' code of ethics are very admirable. I am more knowledgeable and a better person for working with Chris.
Laura Fike, Discount Tire
Chris is a top notch employee and consultant...I would gladly have Chris on any team in the future.
Dennis Velco
Chris is very personable and professional. It is always a pleasure to work with him because of his commitment to the project. Implementations he has supported us on have been highly successful. We have worked with him on more than one occasion because of his capabilities and knowledge.
Debbie Ortega, Northrop Grumman
Chris and I worked together on a project in Japan. I was very much satisfied with his both technical and consultant skill he performed on that project. He communicated well with non native English speakers which usually requires much patience and positive attitude. He is ready for global project.
Yoshio Hitomi
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