Biography

Chris is from Nashville, TN. He graduated at Tennessee State University with a Bachelor's in Computer Science. After graduating in May of 2003, Chris moved to Huntsville, AL to pursue a career with The Boeing Company as a Software Engineer. While at the Boeing Company, Chris began his Master's at Carnegie Mellon University with a degree in Software Development and Management and later completed his M.S. degree in August of 2006.

After being married in October of 2005, Chris moved back to Nashville, TN and started working for the COMDATA Corporation as a Application Development Lead. As an Application Development Lead, Chris took the initiative to improve processes at COMDATA to improve development efficiency amongst software developers. With various personal business in travel industry, web development, teaching IT related courses, and rental property management, Chris and his wife love to travel in their past time. They are also the proud owners of several travel websites including www.kingdestinations.com. Chris and wife tranferred to Memphis, TN and worked as a Leader for the FedEx Corporation, while his wife pursued her PhD in Managment Information Systems. Chris was laid off from FedEx in April of 2009 and began his PhD pursuit in Computer Science at the University of Memphis.

Travel/Family

Chris Simmons and his wife love to travel! Here is a list of all of the vacation spots that they have visited together.

• San Juan, Puerto Rico – 1st Anniversary 2006
• Hawaii – Honeymoon 2005
• San Francisco, CA
• New York, NY
• Gatlinburg, TN
• Miami, FL
• Chicago, IL
• Orlando, FL
• New Orleans, LA – New Year’s 2004
• St. Louis, MO Chris’ Birthday 2005
• Jamaica – Kisha’s Birthday 2004
• Las Vegas, NV
• San Jose, CA
• Panama City Beach, FL
• Dallas, TX
• Cozumel, MX
• Houston, TX
• Costa Maya, MX
• Roatan, Honduras
• Barbados, Barbados - 2nd Anniversary 2007
• Paris, France - 3rd Anniversary 2008
• Tahiti and Bora Bora - 4th Anniversary 2009
• Cancun, MX