Chris Randles
Entrepreneur-in-Residence

Chris leverages his extensive experience and relationships in the application software industry to generate and validate investment opportunities for Borealis. His work with the Borealis team began early in 2007.

Chris started his career working in technical roles in engineering computing, but his 25-year career has encompassed a variety of sales, marketing and general management positions in the US and Europe for application and enterprise software companies, including Olivetti, Lotus, Software Publishing and Mathsoft. He has contributed successfully to new and established enterprises, and has managed businesses at all stages of development- startup, turnaround and profitable growth- with a strong belief in, and commitment to global strategy.

Chris led the management buyout of Mathsoft in 2001 and was the company’s CEO until its sale earlier in 2006 to PTC (Parametric Technology Corp.). Previously, he was Sr. VP and GM of the Engineering & Education Division of Mathsoft’s former (publicly-traded) parent company. Under Chris’s leadership, Mathsoft was transformed into a fast-growing and profitable provider of analysis and documentation solutions for engineering enterprises around the world.

Chris was raised in England, but has lived in the US for over 16 years and has dual UK and US citizenship. He holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the University of Oxford and has also completed executive programs at London Business School and Caltech.