Chris has a background in mechanical engineering. He started his marine career with Geraldton Boat Builders in 1994 working as shipyard draftsman and developed his capabilities over the next 3 years to become responsible for developing John’s designs for the company into complete design packages. In 1997 John and Chris branched out to form Southerly Designs and over the next 10 years Chris took the lead role in the sourcing & implementation of CAD/CAM/CAE into the design process, collating vessel data & developing performance algorithms for new designs. During this time Chris was responsible for training new staff & also progressively took over new vessel design from John. Chris has developed a strong reputation for his leading edge 3D design & visualisation capabilities.