Chris Linford

Chris Linford

HR

Chris Linford is a human resource consultant who partners with organizations to build and scale their people operathttps://ampleo.com/ions functions for sustainable growth. With over two decades of experience leading people functions and serving as a member of senior and executive leadership teams, Chris specializes in creating scalable, people-centered programs that align employees with business goals and support long-term organizational success. She has deep expertise across the full employee lifecycle, including organizational design, leadership development, succession planning, and M&A integration.

Chris’s leadership style is collaborative, people-focused, solution-oriented, and culture-driven. She works closely with executive teams to design and implement strategies that foster engagement, strengthen leadership pipelines, and build high-performing, inclusive cultures. Her initiatives have helped organizations improve employee engagement, enhance leadership effectiveness, and support successful growth transitions.

Before joining Amplēo in 2025, Chris served as a Chief People Officer and as Principal and Founder of her own consulting practice. In these roles, she helped organizations at critical stages of growth establish the HR infrastructure, talent strategies, and leadership development programs needed to scale effectively and drive meaningful business results.

Fun Facts/Hobbies

  • Taking art classes and experimenting with new mediums
  • Testing recipes for America’s Test Kitchen and sharing them with friends and family
  • Planning the next adventure, whether it’s discovering a new local find or exploring an international destination

Education/Certificates

  • Bachelor of Arts in Communications, University of Maryland
  • MBA Candidate, Southern Utah University (expected Spring 2026)
  • SHRM-SCP Certified
  • SPHR Certified

Meet the rest of the team

Kyle Shurtz

Fractional CMO

Kyle is a marketing strategist with more than 10 years driving revenue-focused campaigns. He has overseen substantial marketing budgets and translated them into billions in client revenue, with a particular focus on video-based content strategy.

Mike Riley

Fractional CMO.

Mike has more than 14 years in digital marketing and has held fractional CMO roles across multiple companies, bringing proven leadership and the strategic judgment to align marketing efforts behind a single growth plan.

Julia Olson

Fractional CMO

Julia has 18 years across digital marketing, event management, public relations, and marketing leadership, and has driven results for dozens of brands. She is at her best building campaigns from a blank page.

Beau Graves

Fractional CMO

Beau brings two decades of marketing expertise and leads integrated campaigns for top brands, driving results through organic search, creative content, and demand generation. Known around here as the SEO Cowboy, for reasons involving both search algorithms and Western heritage.

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Ryan Hutchins

President, Valuation

Ryan founded Peak Business Valuation, a national firm that delivers 1,100+ business valuations and 150+ equipment appraisals a year. He works with business owners who are buying, selling, or growing — and need to know what they actually have. His focus is quality, accuracy, and making sure the number means something.

Jason Parr

President, Sales Tax

Jason has spent 30 years going deeper into one discipline while most firms go broader. He joined Peisner Johnson in 1996 and built his career there learning every service line, working through every kind of situation, and eventually becoming President and CEO. The Sales Tax People has completed 35,000+ projects for companies ranging from regional mid-market businesses to large multinationals. His clients are CFOs, controllers, and the accountants who serve them, usually calling when the exposure has already been building quietly for months. He'd rather you call before that point.

 Let's Build It

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A fractional CFO who knows your numbers. A fractional CMO driving your pipeline. An HR leader building your people systems. Sales tax specialists keeping you compliant. Valuation experts ready when you need them. All embedded. All executing. All backed by Ampleo Intelligence, our AI platform.

 Let's Build It

You've Got the Vision. 


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A fractional CFO who knows your numbers. A fractional CMO driving your pipeline. An HR leader building your people systems. Sales tax specialists keeping you compliant. Valuation experts ready when you need them. All embedded. All executing. All backed by Ampleo Intelligence, our AI platform.

 Let's Build It

You've Got the Vision. 


We've Got the Fractional

Team to Build It.

A fractional CFO who knows your numbers. A fractional CMO driving your pipeline. An HR leader building your people systems. Sales tax specialists keeping you compliant. Valuation experts ready when you need them. All embedded. All executing. All backed by Ampleo Intelligence, our AI platform.

 Let's Build It

You've Got the Vision. 


We've Got the Fractional

Team to Build It.

A fractional CFO who knows your numbers. A fractional CMO driving your pipeline. An HR leader building your people systems. Sales tax specialists keeping you compliant. Valuation experts ready when you need them. All embedded. All executing. All backed by Ampleo Intelligence, our AI platform.