Chris Patterson

CEO

Dallas, Texas, United States35 yrs 1 mo experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Creator of MassTransit, a leading distributed application framework.
Over 30 years of experience in enterprise software architecture.
Expert in messaging and integration solutions across multiple industries.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Distributed Systems Architect with extensive experience in SaaS and enterprise software solutions.

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Skills

Core Skills

Distributed SystemsOpen-source Development.net

Other Skills

C#Software Development.NET FrameworkWeb ServicesAgile MethodologiesSOAASP.NETMicrosoft SQL ServerJavaScriptArchitectureASP.NET MVCObject Oriented DesignWeb ApplicationsC++Databases

About

Author of MassTransit | Founder at Massient | Distributed Systems Expert | Enterprise Architect I am the creator and author of MassTransit, the distributed application framework trusted by organizations worldwide to build reliable, high-performance systems. With over three decades of experience designing and scaling enterprise software, I specialize in solving the hardest problems in messaging, integration, and distributed systems. Before founding Massient to bring commercial support and enterprise-grade services to MassTransit users, I spent 24 years at McKesson, one of the largest healthcare technology companies in the world. There, I advanced from lead developer and architect to Enterprise Architect, where I guided technology strategy, system modernization, and platform-scale distributed solutions across a Fortune 10 enterprise. Today, my focus is helping companies accelerate their development velocity and system reliability through MassTransit and expert support. My work spans industries including healthcare, finance, government, logistics, and technology, powering systems that process millions of messages daily. Beyond building software, I’m passionate about mentorship, community engagement, and knowledge sharing, ensuring that the developer community continues to thrive on open collaboration and innovation.

Experience

35 yrs 1 mo

Total Experience

5 yrs 11 mos

Average Tenure

3 yrs 6 mos

Current Experience

Massient, inc.

Chief Executive Officer

Jul 2025 – Present · 10 mos · United States

Massient is the company behind MassTransit, the most popular distributed application framework for building message-based applications with .NET.
MassTransit is a modern, lightweight, and feature-rich service bus used by organizations of every size in over 150 countries worldwide. With over 150 million downloads and more than 100,000 deployments across the globe, MassTransit reduces the development time and operational overhead involved in building distributed, event-driven applications.

C#Distributed Systems.NETOpen-Source Development

Loosely coupled, llc

Owner, Consultant

Nov 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 6 mos · United States

Loosely Coupled, LLC provides technology consulting, including the design, development, and deployment of technology solutions, as well as developer support services for MassTransit, an open-source .NET distributed application framework.

C#Distributed Systems.NETSoftware Development

Mckesson

3 roles

Principal Architect

Aug 2020 – Nov 2022 · 2 yrs 3 mos

Senior Director, Business and Platform Architecture

May 2017 – Aug 2020 · 3 yrs 3 mos

Principal Software Architect

Oct 2001 – May 2017 · 15 yrs 7 mos

Software Architect designing applications and systems for high volume real-time transactions, including distributed network applications, web services and databases in a service-oriented architecture.

Masstransit

Founder, Primary Maintainer

Oct 2007 – Present · 18 yrs 7 mos · United States

Founder and primary maintainer of MassTransit, an open-source distributed application framework for .NET

C#Distributed Systems.NET FrameworkOpen-Source Development

Ndchealth

Lead Software Engineer

Oct 2001 – Jan 2006 · 4 yrs 3 mos

Lead engineer and system designer for a high volume Internet-based health care claim management system. Company was ultimately acquired by Per-Se Technologies in January, 2006.

Rymatics software

Software Engineer

Jan 2000 – Sep 2001 · 1 yr 8 mos

Co-founded a startup, focused on creating multimedia experiences for Enhanced-CDs with live connections to back end web services.

Tv guide

Software Engineer

Jul 1997 – Dec 1999 · 2 yrs 5 mos

Provided technical leadership on an excellent team that reengineered the TV Guide Channel, transforming it into a rich multimedia content delivery platform which enabled local video playback, live video cut-ins, hosted segments, and provided a new broadcast quality display engine, transforming the existing scrolling program guide for the 21st century.

Cis technologies, inc.

Software Engineer

Apr 1993 – Jun 1997 · 4 yrs 2 mos · Tulsa, OK

Designed and developed a Windows-based client-server revenue cycle management system for healthcare providers which was the flagship product for the company until it was finally sunset in the mid-2000's.