Chris Byrd is the President and Chief Operating Officer of Evolution 1. He oversees daily operations, sales, marketing, partnerships and leads business development, mergers and acquisitions, and government and industry relations. With over 25 years of experience in employee benefits and banking, Chris helped design proprietary prepaid benefits card architectures and previously focused on finance, strategy, and business development for health companies.

1. Chris Byrd
President and Chief Operating Officer, Evolution 1
CHRIS BYRD is the President and Chief Operating Officer. He oversees the daily execution of Evolution1's
business as well as its sales‚ marketing‚ and partner relationship activities. He also leads the company's
business development‚ M&A‚ and industry and government relations efforts. Chris has over 25 years'
experience in employee benefits and banking. As a founder of Evolution Benefits in 2000‚ he played a
key role in designing the proprietary architecture for EB's prepaid benefits card. Previously‚ Chris
focused on finance‚ strategy‚ and business development for Value Health and two startup health care
companies. He began his career in commercial banking. Chris is a frequent speaker on emerging trends
in financial services and benefits and is active in industry and government relations. He is a founder and
Vice Chair of SIGIS: Special Interest Group for IIAS Standards and is active in the local community‚
serving on the Boards of the United Way of Northern and Central Connecticut and Riverfront Recapture
Inc.‚ as well as the Economic Development Council of the Metro Hartford Alliance. Chris holds an AB in
Economics from Brown University.