Chris Cyr, Sterling's Chief Technology Officer, is an enterprise architect and industry thought-leader. Cyr’s expertise spans quantum computing, blockchain technologies, cloud technologies, computer vision and machine learning, IoT topologies, advanced manufacturing technologies, network architectures, big data, aerospace design and engineering. Cyr logged 28+ years working within the federal government, NASA, and Special Operations community, developing future end-to-end reference architecture. As a high-level computer scientist, he supported the NASA Space Shuttle and International Space Station missions and designed and manufactured a rescue and tactical hovercraft. He was a member of the team that designed and built the first Joint Air Operations Center and the Joint Forces Experiment Program. For 13 years, he was also a member and leader in the Air Force Special Ops. Cyr joined Sterling after five years at Oracle, where he served as Enterprise Cloud Architect and founding member of the Cloud Pursuit Team, Cloud Execution Team, and Cloud Technology Office responsible for Oracle’s transformational pivot to cloud services. He was responsible for working as the subject-matter expert on Oracle Cloud, Enterprise Architecture, and Multi-Cloud Interoperability. Cyr has also worked with a number of Fortune 50 companies — among them: FedEx, General Motors, Verizon, Coca-Cola, and Amazon). In his Sterling orbit – Cyr co-authored and was awarded the Federal Contract for NASA SEWP V. He holds numerous prized manufacturer certifications. As Sterling’s Chief Technology Officer, he drives the company’s technology strategy and related endeavors.