Christopher Bentley is a management and finance professional with 13 years experience.  Chris recently received his MBA from Temple University’s Fox School of Business.  While at Fox, he has focused on financing growth, managing technology and innovation, and entrepreneurial studies.  Chris was the recipient of the Dean’s Full Academic Scholarship and a Graduate Fellow.  During Chris’ tenure at Temple University, he provided consulting services to Murex Investments, a venture capital firm in Philadelphia, PA and MomSpace.com, an internet media start-up in Media, PA.  Upon completion of the program, Chris received the Dean’s Certificate of Excellence and was asked to be the student commencement speaker, representing the Fox MBA program.

Since completing his graduate work, Chris has been operating as an independent consultant, working with early-stage companies.  Chris specializes in providing financial planning and business plan development services.

Prior to returning to school, Chris worked at Lutron Electronics, Inc. as the Business and Financial Analyst for the Window Systems business unit. Prior to that, he held several management roles including Manager of Strategic Purchasing and Manager of Customer Service.

Before working at Lutron, Chris was Manager of Production Engineering and Quality Assurance at GAI-Tronics, Inc., a manufacturer of industrial telecommunications equipment.  Chris also held consulting roles at Urban Engineers, Inc., a transportation design and engineering consulting firm in Philadelphia, PA.

Chris earned a B.S. in Industrial Engineering and Information Systems at Northeastern University where he graduated with honors in June 1994.