Chris Whittaker
Senior Consultant at Claritythroughcommunity.org
Magnolia, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChris Whittaker is a seasoned public sector and logistics leader with 13+ years of experience guiding rapidly growing cities, nonprofit boards, and complex supply-chain operations across military and civilian spheres. He has led municipal modernization and infrastructure strategies that scaled services for communities planning tenfold population growth, while translating military logistics rigor into measurable efficiency gains in civilian organizations. As a credentialed city manager, consultant, and recent VP of development in renewables, he blends strategic planning, procurement insight, and team-building to solve leadership and operational challenges. His background includes senior Army logistics commands where he developed lifecycle sustainment policies and reduced excess inventory through metrics-driven systems—an approach he now applies to city performance and government contracting. Based in Magnolia, Texas, he also mentors emerging leaders and advises on city performance software, reflecting a rare mix of hands-on operations, public policy advocacy, and technology-informed management.
13 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Arts, Business Administration and Management, General, Master of Arts, Business Administration and Management, General at American Military UniversityCertified Public Manager, Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management, Certified Public Manager, Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management at Texas State UniversityBA, History, BA, History at Virginia Military InstituteCertificate, Project Management Professional, Certificate, Project Management Professional at Villanova UniversityCertification, Human Resources Management and Services, Certification, Human Resources Management and Services at Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry UniversityIncident Command System program, Incident Command System program at FEMACertificate, AI Strategy, Certificate, AI Strategy at The University of Texas at AustinCertificate, Local Government, Certificate, Local Government at International City Manager Association
Github Skills (35)
risk-assessment9
breakout8
open-government7
incident-response7
jekyll6
react6
message-system6
api5
robot5
css5
wordpress5
python5
javascript5
php4
web-development4
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
smartchicago/civic-user-testing
Feb 2013 - Apr 2013
Contributions:8 commits in 1 month
codeforamerica/brigade-knowledge
Jun 2017 - Jun 2017
Contributions:11 commits, 10 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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