Executive Profile: Christopher Cronin, Atlas Research’s VP of Business Development Center of Excellence

Christopher Cronin serves as the vice president of Atlas Research's Business Development Center of Excellence. As a member of the strategic advisory and applied research services company's executive management team, Cronin leverages over two decades of experience in government contracting. He handles a team that provides leadership, best practices, research, support and training across all business development activities, according to his LinkedIn profile. 

Before he joined Atlas in February 2019, Cronin served as the president of Carney, an e-learning company for which he won three new indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts.

Cronin also spent two years as Carney's chief operating officer and was responsible for overseeing capability, client services and business development teams. 

His other prior roles include president at Nangwik Services, CEO at Concentric Methods, division manager at Quantum Research and program analyst and graphic artist at Coleman Research.

Cronin began his professional career by serving as an active-duty infantryman in the Marine Corps for four years. He left the military in June 1998 to serve as an operations manager at Sting Security.

He earned a bachelor's degree in management information systems from the Catholic University of America and an associate's degree in justice administration from the Northern Virginia Community College.