Chris Lynnes is a system architect on the Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS), a NASA-funded network of Earth Observation data archives. Prior to that he was Chief Systems Engineer for an EOSDIS archive at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. His previous career centered on forensic seismology research and development for DARPA. He holds a Ph.D. in Geophysics from the University of Michigan and an A.B. in Earth Sciences from Dartmouth College.