Chris McCarthy

Chris McCarthy is a strategic technologist and leader at the intersection of enterprise architecture and high-scale digital commerce. As the Principal Architect and GM of Industry Verticals at New Relic, Chris advises global brands on optimizing complex architectures through observability, ensuring their most critical digital systems remain resilient, performant, and scalable.

With deep technical roots in machine learning and distributed systems, Chris previously engineered AI-driven visual search products at Sentient Technologies (acquired by Cognizant) and optimized global recommendation engines for some of the world's largest retailers at RichRelevance. Today, he serves as a key bridge between deep technical engineering and executive strategy, helping organizations navigate the transition to AI-first, composable architectures with a focus on operational reliability and measurable business growth.