Chris Amato

Founder and lead project manager for Knectar, a nine-person web development team located in Easthampton, MA. A former geologist, Chris brings 12 years of software architecture, programming and project management experience to the web production process. His project experience includes work for Hay Group, Kellihers Samets Volk, Draftfcb, Euro RSCG Edge, Stoltze Design, TSM Design, Cramer, Fuzz Productions, Bidwell ID, Inside Interactive, Seventh Generation, FreePress.net, Dragonfly.com, RockPaperPixel, Bernardaud, the State of Vermont, among other companies and organizations. Chris has an M.S. in Geology, Indiana University, did post-graduate level coursework at Brown University in Rhode Island, and did post-graduate .NET programming and software architecture training at Baruch College in New York. Knectar has specialized in Drupal as a CMS solution since 2006.