Chris is a former Vice President of modeling at RMS where he lead the development of earthquake models for numerous countries including China, Japan, Taiwan, Turkey, and Iran. He played a significant role in many multi-hazard probabilistic risk assessment projects including worldwide cyclone, and flood, including typhoon-induced flooding, and has been involved in the Florida Commission on Hurricane Loss Projection Methodology since its inception in1995. Chris expanded his risk assessment experience to agriculture by participating in probabilistic agri risk assessment in Malawi, Mozambique and the Philippines. Before RMS, Chris worked at TERA Corporation where he was in charge of the seismic risk assessment of all Plutonium facilities in the United States and participated in the design of several nuclear power plants including core meltdown scenarios. The approach he pioneered has become the accepted standard at the US Department of Energy and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

At Stanford University Chris earned a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, an M.S. in Structural Engineering, and was a Research Associate at the John A. Blume Earthquake Center. Having written numerous technical papers and conference presentations, Chris is an internationally recognized catastrophe modelling expert.

Ranvir is CEO of Educerts.com, a company offering open, secure, and interoperable Verifiable Credentials solutions. Before educerts.com, Ranvir was Managing Director for India at Digitary (now Instructure) and Vice President (Solutions) for APAC, Latin America, and Africa at Pitney-Bowes. He was also Director of Strategic Systems Planning at Verizon in New Jersey and a strategy and management consultant at Deloitte in New York. 

Ranvir holds a B.E. in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Delhi Technological University, a Masters in Computer Science from the University of South Florida, and an MBA in Finance from the NYU Stern School of Business.

Christine is a retired professional who previously served as Vice President at Moody’s (formerly Risk Management Solutions - RMS). In her role as leader of model product management, she oversaw the global suite of weather-related natural catastrophe models, including floods, windstorms, tropical cyclones, severe convective storms, and wildfires. Before this position, Christine directed software product management for an innovative reinsurance product, which was RMS’ first platform to incorporate time simulation into risk assessment—an important improvement for accurately pricing various reinsurance treaties. She has also worked on financial models related to the pricing of weather derivatives.

Christine has a strong interest in the climate crisis and is passionate about biodiversity and sustainability. She is recognized internationally as an expert in catastrophe modelling. She earned her Ph.D. in Meteorology from the Free University of Berlin on the predictability of complex systems with applications in weather forecasting.