Chris Mitchell

Chief Technology Officer at Publishers Clearing House

Basalt, Colorado, United States

About Chris Mitchell

Chris Mitchell is Chief Technology Officer at Publishers Clearing House. Location: Basalt, Colorado, United States.

I've been building and selling software since 1994 and haven't stopped since. I'm a technical founder turned product leader, advisor, and investor. I've taken companies from 0 to 1, led machine learning teams, built scalable platforms, and helped startups find product-market fit and grow. I've sold companies, launched apps, applied AI to optimize operations and workflows, and built consumer insights engines tied to powerful identity graphs. Today I'm CTO at Publishers Clearing House, where I also lead product. I came in through the acquisition of my company, Wide Open Media, in 2020, and worked my way across the business (insights platform, partnerships, consumer data) before taking over technology and product. Now I guide both sides of PCH's rebuild as we grow revenue and reimagine the best sweepstakes club in America. Some history: • Cofounded Wide Open Media and grew it to 30M monthly uniques and 310M people reached monthly across site, social, and video. Acquired by Publishers Clearing House in 2020. • Led ML-based price optimization solutions at Zilliant • Board member and early investor in Remington Family Distillers and Shroomer; advisor and investor at Score LabsAI • Cofounded and scaled multiple startups along the way I enjoy working with fellow entrepreneurs, especially on product, data, and infrastructure challenges. I'm always open to interesting advisor roles, investing in early-stage ideas, or just talking shop over coffee (or on a river with a fly rod).

Skills

  • Product Strategy
  • Technology Leadership
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Additional experience

  • General Manager - Partnerships & Consumer Insights

    Publishers Clearing House

    April 2025 – March 2026

Education

  • B.S., Trinity University