Staff

Chris Winland

Chris Winland brings over a decade of public and private sector experience to Good Company Associates.  He joined Good Company from the Office of Texas State Representative Mark Strama, where he served as legislative director and chief of staff and helped craft bills on green jobs, renewable energy financing, and a wide range of other subjects.  Prior to working at the Texas Legislature, he held positions at IBM, the Austin Technology Incubator’s Clean Energy Incubator, the LBJ School of Public Affairs, and MTG Management Consultants.  With this diverse experience, he has an excellent understanding of both the business and policy challenges facing Good Company’s clients, whether they are well-established companies or emerging start-ups.

Chris started his career at IBM, where he served as managing consultant and project manager in both the Financial Management and Enterprise Applications practices of IBM Business Consulting Services.  He provided a broad range of management and technology consulting services to over twenty private and public clients, including Shell Oil, Lockheed Martin, Kawasaki, Pfizer, Nissan, Enron, Avaya Communication, and the U.S. Navy.  During his time at IBM, he managed diverse project teams and gained first-hand experience in all stages of major information technology projects, from requirements definition and sales through business transformation and strategic outsourcing.

Chris left IBM to pursue a graduate degree in business from the University of Texas at Austin.  During this time, he worked as an associate at the Austin Technology Incubator’s Clean Energy Incubator, where he provided strategic guidance to early-stage clean energy companies, completed research projects on their behalf, and evaluated business plans of potential member companies.  He also worked as a teaching assistant at the LBJ School of Public Affairs, helping teach a graduate course on modern American political campaigns.  After receiving his degree, he returned to management consulting before being lured to the Texas Capitol and then to Good Company Associates.

Chris has a Bachelor of Science degree in physics and political science from Duke University and an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin.