Our Leadership

Chris has nearly two decades of federal government support services experience in engineering and program management, serving a broad range of U.S. government agencies and major prime contractors. He has led multidisciplinary teams, managed multimillion-dollar portfolios, and executed complex contracts across diverse vehicles and pricing models. His background spans finance and accounting, contracts and subcontracts, science and engineering, human resources, and business development—often balancing these functions while overseeing numerous concurrent programs.

Chris holds a B.S. in Wireless Engineering (Electrical Engineering & Software Engineering curriculum) and an M.S. in Business Administration, blending technical and business expertise to guide both operational and strategic decision-making.

He approaches leadership through the philosophy of servant leadership. As CEO, his role is to serve Cypress Lake employees—ensuring they have the resources, support, and clarity they need to excel. In turn, employees serve customers, whether federal agencies, teammates, prime contractors, subcontractors, or one another, always in support of the mission.

Throughout his career, Chris has consistently demonstrated that organizations achieve enduring success when leaders prioritize people and relationships first.

Why Cypress Lake Was Founded

Cypress Lake Solutions was founded to create a company where people come first. Chris’s vision is a workplace built on transparency, trust, and respect—where employees know they are valued, and in turn are empowered to serve customers with excellence and integrity.

The goal is simple: to build a company that people aspire to work for, and customers aspire to work with—not only for its technical expertise, but also for its commitment of doing right by people.

Chris Legg - Founder & CEO

The Meaning of “Cypress Lake”

The name comes from a lake on Chris’s family farm in Arkansas, where bald cypress trees grow out of the water on deep roots that anchor them securely. For Chris, this place symbolizes peace, faith, fellowship, and strength. The cypress roots reflect the enduring foundation he wants Cypress Lake Solutions to represent—an organization built on faith, relationships, community, and the principle of serving others first.