Chris Patton is currently the Architectural Market Manager at ETC. From 2014-2019, he was the Architectural Luminaires Product Manager at ETC, where he was instrumental in integrating the ArcSystem auditorium lighting system, acquired from GDS, as a globally compliant standard product range at ETC. 

Originally from the UK, Chris worked for acclaimed lighting manufacturer GDS from 2011-2014, first as International Sales Manager, and then as VP of Business Development for subsidiary company, GDS North America. Before hopping the fence to the manufacturing side, Chris enjoyed a twelve-year career at UK entertainment lighting firm, Stage Electrics, working on many temporary and permanent lighting projects throughout Europe, Middle-East and Africa.