Chris McAvoy

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Head of Technology Strategy and Architecture at Pearson

Boulder, Colorado, United States

Overview

As Head of Technology Strategy and Architecture at Pearson, Chris McAvoy is responsible for designing the companys future technical architecture. With a background as a CTO and VP of Engineering, he specializes in scaling SaaS infrastructure and enterprise software teams. Colleagues describe him as innovative, positive, and passionate about technology.

Outside of his formal role, Chris is a dedicated technologist who enjoys building and maintaining personal coding projects, viewing programming as an art form. He is deeply interested in emerging technologies like AI agents and enjoys tinkering with complex personal tech setups, such as his elaborate home kubernetes cluster for hosting his blog.

He once built a personal app for friends that ran for ten years without needing a fix before he finally updated it using an AI assistant.

Personality Overview

Charismatic

Values Relationships

Assertive

They are charming and can persuade others to support their decisions.  They are not against taking risks and can make tough decisions when required.
 They prefer to ensure that they are in control of the situation.

Topics They Care About

AI Agents
He actively posts about AI agents and protocols like MCP, believing the next phase of AI is adding existing products and services to LLM agents.
Technology Architecture
His current role at Pearson is focused on designing and implementing future state technical architecture, a core professional responsibility.
Creative Coding
He expresses a passion for programming as an art form and enjoys fun, quirky web projects, as shown in his lament for the end of Glitch's hosting services.

Media Appearances

Chris has no verified media appearances

Work History

9-2025
Head of Technology Strategy and Architecture at Pearson
7-2024 - 10-2025
CTO, Enterprise Learning and Skills at Pearson
7-2022 - 8-2024
Head of Engineering, Workforce Skills at Pearson
5-2016 - 3-2022
Head of Engineering, Cognizant Accelerator (NA) at Cognizant
4-2015 - 5-2016
VP of Engineering at Cognizant Quick Left

Education

1994 - 1998
Bachelor of Science - BS from Arizona State University

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Exp : 11 Location : Boulder, Colorado, United States Job Level : Mid-senior Designation : Head of Technology Strategy and Architecture at Pearson
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Insights For Selling To Chris

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Address your competition clearly and confidently
  • Build a trustworthy relationship while keeping the product center-stage
  • Give them control of the sales process

DONT's

  • Avoid unnecessary negativity or slowness
  • Don’t hesitate from asking them how they truly feel about your product
  • Do not look like someone who doesn’t know what they are talking about

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Chris is

  • Relationship and product conviction matter equally, followed by a sense of achievement.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Chris

  • If they are not convinced, they will say no though in a friendly way.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Chris move?

  • They can reach decisions quickly if they develop trust and confidence in the product.
  • Can Chris take some risk or not?

  • If necessary, they will be ready to take risks.

You And Chris

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