About

Passionate Founder. Limitless Vision.

Like many people, Chris’ first experience with credit was at 19 with a part-time job in college. You know how the rest goes. Searching for the right app, Chris ended up sticking to pen and paper for his budgeting needs.

Over time, Chris developed his own methods of tracking and forecasting until it became a hobby. As a mechanical and computer engineer, solving challenging problems is one of the most soothing things. Problem-solving in a meaningful way was perfect.

Eventually by 23, Chris had realized that budgeting is just like any other problem in that you can get a correct answer. Every time. You follow the same methods with adjusted circumstances, and you can reach the same conclusions. No matter the constraint, it was just another wall to break down. While cycling through jobs and ever-changing life, it did not matter, and Chris would have multiple plans ready to go at any given time. This will give you a peace like no other.

Friends started to notice Chris’ budgeting skills, and he quickly became known for his obsessive budgeting. To this day, Chris will not even go to the grocery store without budgeting again, and when he does, his grocery list has every price for every item with tax included and is organized in the order that he walks through the store.

Around 24 during the holiday season, Chris was asked by six unrelated people to help them budget over a two-week span. And that’s when the idea came. Anything repetitive can be automated, and if this many people value his opinion on budgeting, imagine if he could help people at scale.

Thus, BetterBudgets was born. BetterBudgets is Chris’ pen and paper projected and refined into an app. Every feature you see is something that Chris has or currently uses. All with the goal of helping others sleep easier, knowing that their financial situation doesn’t need to be painful.