Chris Cripps is a Partner and Director of Client & Commercial Strategy at Forge Digital, where he leads the company’s financial strategy and forecasting while supporting sales execution and long-term growth.

In parallel with his CFO responsibilities, Chris works closely with strategic customers, acting as a trusted advisor to help align engineering investments with real-world business outcomes.

 Before co-founding Forge Digital, Chris built a career spanning more than two decades across software OEMs and value-added resellers within the digital engineering and manufacturing software ecosystem. He has extensive experience supporting mechanical engineering organizations with complex design, simulation, and advanced manufacturing solutions, including five years working directly at Siemens and many additional years focused on the Siemens Digital Industries Software portfolio.

At Forge Digital, Chris applies a leadership style that is technical, technically fluent, practical, and trusted. He is known for listening closely to customer needs and developing creative, financially viable solutions that deliver measurable value and improved return on investment, while helping build a strong, scalable financial foundation to support Forge Digital’s continued growth.