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Chris Mechsner

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Chief Product Officer at Avid
📍 Coppell, Texas, United States

Chris Mechsner is the Chief Product Officer at Avid, leading product strategy with over two decades of experience building software for nonprofits. A 2x founder (RaiseDonors, Ascendio) and former CTO at NextAfter, he focuses on creating customer-centric tools that simplify technology. He is a graduate of Texas A&M University.

Chris is deeply passionate about helping nonprofits increase their impact through technology. He is an Eagle Scout and is driven by a mission to create tools that feel less like software and more like trusted support, empowering fundraisers to do more good in the world.

He has helped nonprofits raise over $1 billion in donations throughout his career.

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Experience
26 Years
Current Role
Chief Product Officer
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Coppell, Texas, United States
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Nonprofit Technology
His entire career, including co-founding RaiseDonors and his current CPO role at Avid, is dedicated to building software and scaling digital solutions for nonprofits.
Customer-Centric Products
As CPO, he focuses on translating customer insight into elegant solutions and delivering an exceptional customer experience across the entire journey.
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Career

Work history

5-2025
Chief Product Officer
Avid
11-2024 - 6-2025
CTO
NextAfter
11-2020 - 11-2024
VP of Giving Solutions at Virtuous
Virtuous
1-2014 - 11-2024
Co-Founder
RaiseDonors
1-2003 - 1-2022
Co-Founder
Ascendio, LLC
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Education
1996 - 2000
BS
Texas A&M University
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