CEO & Founder

Cris Kobryn is the CEO and Founder of PivotPoint Technology Corporation, a software and systems engineering services company that focuses on Model-Driven Engineering Solutions™ for tough business and technical problems. Cris is a technologist, system architect and entrepreneur who specializes in advanced software and systems development. He has global experience leading high-performance software development teams, and has architected custom applications and commercial products. Before founding PivotPoint, Cris held senior technical positions at Telelogic, EDS, MCI Systemhouse, Inference and SAIC.

Cris is an internationally recognized expert in visual modeling languages and model-driven development technologies. He chaired large international teams of vendors and users to specify the Unified Modeling Language (UML) 1.1 and 2.0 standards for software engineering, and the Systems Modeling Language (SysML) for systems engineering. In recognition of Cris's contributions to the UML the Object Management Group (OMG) presented him with its Distinguished Service Award, and in acknowledgement of his contributions to the SysML the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) presented him with its Outstanding Service Award.

Before Cris became a software professional he served as a commissioned officer in both the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Army, and was infantry, armor, airborne and Special Forces qualified.

Cris received a BA degree from Colgate University, and a BSCS degree from San Diego State University. His multi-disciplinary graduate studies at SDSU and UCLA explored the synergies among linguistics, computer science and artificial intelligence.

Cris is a frequent invited speaker at industry conferences and workshops that are concerned with model-driven development, UML and SysML. He is a former computer science instructor at the University of California, San Diego Extension and is a member of the ACM, IEEE, INCOSE and AAAI.